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|Nickleville, Richland Twp.,<br>Venango Co. PA  || ~1930 -  1938 ||  ||<sup class="reference"></sup>  
 
|Nickleville, Richland Twp.,<br>Venango Co. PA  || ~1930 -  1938 ||  ||<sup class="reference"></sup>  
 
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|OH, VT, NC  ||1938-1940 ||working for REA   || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|OH, NC  ||1938-1940 ||line work for REA <br>or private power companies  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|'''Early Marriage'''  ||    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|'''Early Marriage'''  ||    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Laurens, SC  ||14 Feb 1940 - late spring||working for REA/ Miller Baxter; returned home to PA   || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Laurens, SC  ||14 Feb 1940 - late spring||line construction, REA/ Miller Baxter  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Polk, Sandy Creek Twp.,<br>Venango Co. PA  || 1940||working for REA || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Polk, Sandy Creek Twp.,<br>Venango Co. PA  || 1940|| REA<br>or private power companies  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Cornelius, SC; Lexington  & Madison, NC  ||Oct 1940-1941||working for REA || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Cornelius, SC; Lexington  & Madison, NC  ||Oct 1940-1941||REA<br>or private power companies  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Ellwood City,Lawrence Co. PA  ||late summer 1941||helped a cousin build a house  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|Ellwood City,Lawrence Co. PA  ||late summer 1941||helped a cousin build a house  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Monks Corner, SC  ||1941-42|| REA or private power companies; <br>leased Green Gables Cafe & gas station<br>for 10 wks, $1000 profit  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|Monks Corner, SC  ||1941-42|| REA or private power companies; <br>leased Green Gables Cafe & gas station<br>for 10 wks, $1000 profit  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Smyrna, NashvilleTN<br> Gallatin TN ("Green River Line"), <br>Scottsville TN; Glasgow, Newport KY;<br>Kingsport TN (Nov 42- Mar 43)||1942||Bought 1st trailer<br> worked for REA or private power companies,<br> Holston Defense in Kingsport; laid off in March  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Smyrna, NashvilleTN<br> Gallatin TN ("Green River Line"), <br>Scottsville TN;<br> Glasgow, Newport KY;<br>Kingsport TN (Nov 42- Mar 43)||1942||Bought 1st trailer<br> worked for REA or private power companies,<br> Holston Defense in Kingsport; laid off in March  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Pittsburgh, PA  || Spring 1943||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Pittsburgh, PA  || Spring 1943||private employer, not recorded   || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|'''Military Training'''  || 14 Aug 1943, drafted    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|'''Military Training'''  || 14 Aug 1943, drafted    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|'''Military Service, WWII'''  || 14 Aug 1943, drafted    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|'''Military Service, WWII'''  || 14 Aug 1943, drafted    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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|Camp Patrick Henry, VA  || 19 Jan 1945    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Camp Patrick Henry, VA  || 19 Jan 1945    ||http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Patrick_Henry || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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| Gibraltar  || 5 Feb 1945    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
| Gibraltar  || 5 Feb 1945    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|St. Vallery, France    ||17 May    1945    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
|St. Vallery, France    ||17 May    1945    ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA  || 1945-1948    ||Depression Era persisted;<br>worked in brother-in-law's garage in Emlenton; lived with in-laws, then rented Joe Rose house, Mariasville  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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The following chart serves as a record of the work career of John T. Wilson with TVA; an indication of school locations for his daughters; and a guide to dates/locations for some of the photographs. Locations in parentheses indicate additional work locations while in one residence location.
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Location || Dates || Notes || Sources
  
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|-
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|'''TVA Career'''  ||    ||Landlords  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Russelville, AL  ||4-28 Feb, 1948    ||Edward Pace  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Wilson Dam, AL  ||28 Feb-8 Apr  1948  ||Dempsey Terry  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|West Point, MS  || 8 Apr-12 Apr 1948  ||Goat's Texaco Sta. || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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|Mayfield KY  || 12 Apr - 9 May  1948 ||Richard Bagwell  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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| Paris TN  ||17 May-13 June    1948 || Dave Oliver || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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| Mayfield KY  || 12 June-2 July  1948 || Mrs. Cleve Sanderson || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Mountain City TN  || 3 July-20 Aug  1948 ||Alf McQueen  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Mt. Pleasant TN  ||21 Aug - 20 Sept    1948 ||Mrs. Ethel Simmons  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Murfreesboro TN  ||20 Sept - 23 Oct    1948||Otto Green  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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|Woodbury TN  ||23 Oct -11 Dec    1948 ||Joe Stephens  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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|  McMinville TN  ||11 Dec - 17 Jan  1948/49 ||Roy Newby  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Nashville TN  ||17-21  Jan  1949  ||Pure Oil Sta.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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| Chattanooga TN  ||21-24 Jan    1949||Farniers Trailer Pk , Cherokee Blvd. || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Knoxville TN  ||24 Jan - 2 Mar  1949  ||King's Grocery, Southerland Ave  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Lenoir City TN  || 2 Mar - 16 Ma6  1949  ||C. E. Brachett || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Elizabethton TN  || 16 May - 4 June  1949 ||Mrs. Bowen  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Nashville TN  || 4 June - 25 July  1949 ||E. G. Davenport  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Jackson TN  ||30 July - 19 Nov  1949  || Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Cadiz KY  ||  19 Nov - 29 Jan  1949/50  ||White Eagle Cafe  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Memphis TN  || 29 Jan - 9 Feb 1950  ||Harbin's Cabins, Hwy 51  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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|Tupelo MS  || 9 Feb - 11 Mar 1950    ||Rockway Inn, Hwy 45  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|West Point MS  ||11 Mar - 1 Apr 1950    ||Goat's Texaco St.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Tupelo MS  || 1 Apr - 27 May  1950  ||Rockway Inn, Cecil Cafe  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Corinth MS  ||27 May - 3 July  1950  ||Randolph Yancy, 1411 Wick St.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Jackson TN  || 3 July - 15 July  1950 ||Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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| New Johnsonville/Camden TN  || 15 July - 18 July 1950    ||J'ville Trailer Pk  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Jackson TN  || 19 July - 24 July  1950  ||Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Macon MS  ||24 July - 16 Dec  1950    ||Mrs. M. B. McLemore  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| West Point MS  ||16 Dec - 15 Jan 1950/51    ||Goat's Texaco Sta.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Somerville TN  ||15 Jan - 19 May 1951    ||H. G. Myers tourist home  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Memphis TN  ||19 May - 15 June    1951 ||J. C. Harbin's, Rt. 51  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|-
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| Jackson TN  ||15 June - 24 July 1951    ||Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Lexington  ||24 July - 16 Aug  1951  ||  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Jackson TN  || 16 Aug-7 Sept 1951  ||  Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Benton KY  ||23 Sept - 23 Feb 1951/52    ||Herman Kanatzer  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|  Fulton KY<br>(McKenzie, Martin,)  ||23 Feb - 31 May 1952    ||Star Cafe, <br>Hwy on state line  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Benton KY  ||31 May - 16 Oct  1952  ||Ben Hunt, Rt.3 (till 16 Sept)<br>Will Eggner, Mrs. Farmer  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Jackson TN <br>(Lexington, Union City) ||16 Oct- 6 June  1952/53  || Mrs. W. B. Ranson  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Tupelo MS    ||6 June - 8 July  1953  ||Rockway Inn  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| West Point MS  ||8 July - 1 Sept  1953 ||T.J. Earnest, Prairie Jct. || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Louisville MS  ||1 Sept - 14 Nov  1953  ||Millers Trailer Pk, Mrs. Elva Roberts  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Pontatoc MS  ||14 Nov - 2 Jan  1953/54  ||(Houston & Jack)?,<br>across from Jerry's Drive In  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Corinth MS<br>(& Tiptonville)  ||2 Jan - 30 May  1954  ||Horton Groc.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Waverly TN  || 30 May - 21 Aug  1954  ||Wm. "Plunk" Gould  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Dickson TN  || 21 Aug - 27 Oct  1954  ||Ludy & Lorraine ___  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Bolivar TN  ||27 Oct - 2 Jan  1954/55  ||foster Motel,<br> Elgie & Inez  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Russellville AL  ||2 Jan - 23 Feb  1955  ||Bendix Standard Sta.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Holly Springs MS  ||23 Feb - 18 Mar  1955    || LaFever Holly Courts || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Covington TN  ||18 Mar - 7/8 Apr  1955    ||Mrs Adams<br>(with Ruth & Dan Price)  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Sheffield AL    ||9 Apr - 21 June  1955    ||Tri-Cities Trailer Ct.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Huntsville AL  ||21 June - 2 July  1955    ||Whispering Pines  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Benton KY  |2 July - 20 July|  1955  || Mrs. Eggner || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Huntsville AL  ||24 July - 7 Aug  1955  ||Mrs. Williams,<br>401 McKinley  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Russellville AL  ||7 aug - 3 Dec  1955  ||M. H. McMurray Cafe  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Athens AL  || 3 Dec - 10 Mar  1955/56  ||Old Spinning Wheel Motel,<br.Mitchell Wallace  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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|Sheffield AL  ||10 Mar - 21 July  1956  ||Walter Kelly, 1701 High St.  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
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| Scottsboro, AL  ||22 July 1956 - retirement after ~ 1965/70; died 1985  ||built house on Hwy 72  || <sup class="reference"></sup>
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Patrick_Henry
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Revision as of 11:26, 22 November 2008

When REA (Rural Electrification Administration) came through Nickleville, PA in 1938, a lineman allowed him to try on the cleated boots and climb a pole. That began his lifelong work with the agencies building power lines in rural area. He began with REA in PA and OH in 1938. Ten years later, after WWII, he began with TVA in 1948. He began as a lineman, but fell 30 ft. onto a concrete base and injured his back. After hospitalization and recovery, rather than being placed on permanent disability, he was promoted to foreman, so that he didn't have to climb. His crews built steel towers and strung high voltage lines, in western Tennessee & Kentucky, and the northern-most tier of Alabama & Mississippi. One of these lines crossed the lower Mississippi River, and he pointed out in later years that a tall tower built on a large concrete base on the eastern bank of the river was by then in mid-river, the river's course having shifted.
See REA:http://newdeal.feri.org/tva/tva10.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural_Utilities_Service
See TVA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Valley_Authority

Date Location Notes Sources
Birth 10 Nov 1917 Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage 2 Feb 1940 Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA To Ella May Beals
Military 19 Jan -17 May 1945 Europe WWII Army Airforce, Cpl.
B17 tail gunner, 483 Bombardment Group,
815 Squadron, based in Foggia, Italy 		caputred near Lenti, Hungary;
POW, Austria & Germany
Death 18 May 1985 VA Hospital, Birmingham AL
Burial 22 May 1985 Nickleville Presby. Cemetery,
Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA 


 Generation 1               Generation 2             Generation 3
 
                                                 +-- Bert Winiford Wilson
                                                 |   (1891-1971)             
                        +-- John Thomas Wilson --+
                        |   (1917-1985)          |
 Elizabeth Ann Wilson --+                        +-- Clara Mabel Wimer
 (1943- )               |                            (1891-1944)
                        +-- Ella May Beals
                            (1917- )
 Sources:

Children

(2 daughters with Ella May Beals

Name Gender Date of Birth Birthplace Spouse Notes Sources
Elizabeth Ann Wilson F
living Wilson F


Places of Residence

Location Dates Notes Sources
Birth & Childhood
Worth Twp., Butler Co. PA 1917-~1930 with parents
High School, work with REA
during Great Depression
Nickleville, Richland Twp.,
Venango Co. PA 		~1930 - 1938
OH, NC 1938-1940 line work for REA
or private power companies
Early Marriage
Laurens, SC 14 Feb 1940 - late spring line construction, REA/ Miller Baxter
Polk, Sandy Creek Twp.,
Venango Co. PA 		1940 REA
or private power companies
Cornelius, SC; Lexington & Madison, NC Oct 1940-1941 REA
or private power companies
Ellwood City,Lawrence Co. PA late summer 1941 helped a cousin build a house
Monks Corner, SC 1941-42 REA or private power companies;
leased Green Gables Cafe & gas station
for 10 wks, $1000 profit
Smyrna, NashvilleTN
Gallatin TN ("Green River Line"),
Scottsville TN;
Glasgow, Newport KY;
Kingsport TN (Nov 42- Mar 43)		 1942 Bought 1st trailer
worked for REA or private power companies,
Holston Defense in Kingsport; laid off in March
Pittsburgh, PA Spring 1943 private employer, not recorded
Military Training 14 Aug 1943, drafted
Greensboro NC Aug 1943-?
Greenville SC by Christmas 1943- 1944 Furman Univ.; accelerated officers training;
entire class "washed out"
Midland TX 1944, after Mar training as tail-gunner
Alexandria LA 1944, including Dec training
Lincoln, NB 1944, including Dec for shipment overseas
Military Service, WWII 14 Aug 1943, drafted
Camp Patrick Henry, VA 19 Jan 1945 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Patrick_Henry
Gibraltar 5 Feb 1945
Algiers, N. Africa 8 Feb 1945
Naples, Italy 12 Feb 1945
Foggia, Italy 17 Feb 1945 base of operation,
483 Bombardment Group,
815 Squadron
Pilot, Harvey A. Mitchell
Lenti, Hungary 14 Mar 1945 taken POW
Bratislava 19 Mar 1945 POW
Vienna, Austria 20 Mar 1945 POW
Nurenberg, Ger. 22 Mar 1945 POW
marching, location unrecorded 23 Mar 1945 POW
Nurenberg, Ger. 25 Mar 1945 POW
Moosberg, Ger. 20 Apr 1945 POW , Liberated
Landshut, Ger. 4 May 1945
Reims, France 6 May 1945
St. Vallery, France 17 May 1945
Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA 1945-1948 Depression Era persisted;
worked in brother-in-law's garage in Emlenton; lived with in-laws, then rented Joe Rose house, Mariasville

The following chart serves as a record of the work career of John T. Wilson with TVA; an indication of school locations for his daughters; and a guide to dates/locations for some of the photographs. Locations in parentheses indicate additional work locations while in one residence location.

Location Dates Notes Sources
TVA Career Landlords
Russelville, AL 4-28 Feb, 1948 Edward Pace
Wilson Dam, AL 28 Feb-8 Apr 1948 Dempsey Terry
West Point, MS 8 Apr-12 Apr 1948 Goat's Texaco Sta.
Mayfield KY 12 Apr - 9 May 1948 Richard Bagwell
Paris TN 17 May-13 June 1948 Dave Oliver
Mayfield KY 12 June-2 July 1948 Mrs. Cleve Sanderson
Mountain City TN 3 July-20 Aug 1948 Alf McQueen
Mt. Pleasant TN 21 Aug - 20 Sept 1948 Mrs. Ethel Simmons
Murfreesboro TN 20 Sept - 23 Oct 1948 Otto Green
Woodbury TN 23 Oct -11 Dec 1948 Joe Stephens
McMinville TN 11 Dec - 17 Jan 1948/49 Roy Newby
Nashville TN 17-21 Jan 1949 Pure Oil Sta.
Chattanooga TN 21-24 Jan 1949 Farniers Trailer Pk , Cherokee Blvd.
Knoxville TN 24 Jan - 2 Mar 1949 King's Grocery, Southerland Ave
Lenoir City TN 2 Mar - 16 Ma6 1949 C. E. Brachett
Elizabethton TN 16 May - 4 June 1949 Mrs. Bowen
Nashville TN 4 June - 25 July 1949 E. G. Davenport
Jackson TN 30 July - 19 Nov 1949 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
Cadiz KY 19 Nov - 29 Jan 1949/50 White Eagle Cafe
Memphis TN 29 Jan - 9 Feb 1950 Harbin's Cabins, Hwy 51
Tupelo MS 9 Feb - 11 Mar 1950 Rockway Inn, Hwy 45
West Point MS 11 Mar - 1 Apr 1950 Goat's Texaco St.
Tupelo MS 1 Apr - 27 May 1950 Rockway Inn, Cecil Cafe
Corinth MS 27 May - 3 July 1950 Randolph Yancy, 1411 Wick St.
Jackson TN 3 July - 15 July 1950 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
New Johnsonville/Camden TN 15 July - 18 July 1950 J'ville Trailer Pk
Jackson TN 19 July - 24 July 1950 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
Macon MS 24 July - 16 Dec 1950 Mrs. M. B. McLemore
West Point MS 16 Dec - 15 Jan 1950/51 Goat's Texaco Sta.
Somerville TN 15 Jan - 19 May 1951 H. G. Myers tourist home
Memphis TN 19 May - 15 June 1951 J. C. Harbin's, Rt. 51
Jackson TN 15 June - 24 July 1951 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
Lexington 24 July - 16 Aug 1951
Jackson TN 16 Aug-7 Sept 1951 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
Benton KY 23 Sept - 23 Feb 1951/52 Herman Kanatzer
Fulton KY
(McKenzie, Martin,) 		23 Feb - 31 May 1952 Star Cafe,
Hwy on state line
Benton KY 31 May - 16 Oct 1952 Ben Hunt, Rt.3 (till 16 Sept)
Will Eggner, Mrs. Farmer
Jackson TN
(Lexington, Union City) 		16 Oct- 6 June 1952/53 Mrs. W. B. Ranson
Tupelo MS 6 June - 8 July 1953 Rockway Inn
West Point MS 8 July - 1 Sept 1953 T.J. Earnest, Prairie Jct.
Louisville MS 1 Sept - 14 Nov 1953 Millers Trailer Pk, Mrs. Elva Roberts
Pontatoc MS 14 Nov - 2 Jan 1953/54 (Houston & Jack)?,
across from Jerry's Drive In
Corinth MS
(& Tiptonville) 		2 Jan - 30 May 1954 Horton Groc.
Waverly TN 30 May - 21 Aug 1954 Wm. "Plunk" Gould
Dickson TN 21 Aug - 27 Oct 1954 Ludy & Lorraine ___
Bolivar TN 27 Oct - 2 Jan 1954/55 foster Motel,
Elgie & Inez
Russellville AL 2 Jan - 23 Feb 1955 Bendix Standard Sta.
Holly Springs MS 23 Feb - 18 Mar 1955 LaFever Holly Courts
Covington TN 18 Mar - 7/8 Apr 1955 Mrs Adams
(with Ruth & Dan Price)
Sheffield AL 9 Apr - 21 June 1955 Tri-Cities Trailer Ct.
Huntsville AL 21 June - 2 July 1955 Whispering Pines
2 July - 20 July| 1955 Mrs. Eggner
Huntsville AL 24 July - 7 Aug 1955 Mrs. Williams,
401 McKinley
Russellville AL 7 aug - 3 Dec 1955 M. H. McMurray Cafe
Athens AL 3 Dec - 10 Mar 1955/56 Old Spinning Wheel Motel,<br.Mitchell Wallace
Sheffield AL 10 Mar - 21 July 1956 Walter Kelly, 1701 High St.
Scottsboro, AL 22 July 1956 - retirement after ~ 1965/70; died 1985 built house on Hwy 72



Photo Gallery



Sources

Ref. Num. Description Image of original
1 1870 United States Federal Census,
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