James Garfield Wilson

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR James Garfield Wilson is not in my direct ancestor. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Bert Winiford Wilson Son of James L. Wilson and Elizabeth Ann Stoughton

James Garfield (Jim) Wilson was a son of James Luther Wilson and Elizabeth A. Stoughton. He was born in 1887, the third of four children. He was, however, the older of the two remaining boys when his older brother and sister both died young. Jim and younger brother Bert worked with their father at the sawmill, and on the farm. He married Lorena B. Mayer, and they had seven children between 1909 an 1922. Over the years they acquired land from Lorena's paternal grandfather, from Jim's maternal grandfather John C. Stoughton, from his father James L. Wilson, and from Jim's uncle Sol Stoughton. Much of his land lay in the area of present day Moraine State Park. After the death of Lorena Jim remarried. His second wife was Della Reddick Wicks and they had three children. Both Jim and Bert followed the "oil excitement" to Venango County, hiring contractor Harry Fithian from Butler to drill wells on their property. Jim died five days before Christmas, in 1931, only two years after the death of his father. He was buried by Lorena at West Liberty Cemetery.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	22 Aug 1887	Butler County, PA
1st Marriage	1890-1924		To Lorena Bernice Mayer
2nd Marriage			To Della Wicks
Death	20 Dec 1931
Burial		West Liberty Cemetery, Worth Twp., Butler Co., PA

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Children

( children with Lorena Bernice Mayer)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Sarah Pearl Wilson	F	1909		Clifford Bickel
Alvin Merl Wilson	M	1910		Elda Bickel
Brice ClaytonWilson	M	1912		unknown McCreary
Bernice Evelyn Wilson	F	13 July 1915		Charles Wimer
Dorothy Frances Wilson	F	14 Feb 1920		Paul Frederick Heckethorn
Homer Dean Wilson	M	15 Apr 1922		Helen (Morris/Harris?)
Kenneth James Wilson	M	3 Feb 1918		Mary unknown

(children with Della Wicks)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
James Edward Wilson	M	31 Oct 1925		Bernice Fulmer
Mary Jane Wilson	F	10 Apr 1929		Arthur Roy Fleming
Mabel Aileen Wilson	F	7 July 1930		Roy Fleming

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Worth Township, Butler County, PA
Venango County, PA

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original	N/A
1	Paul Keith Heckathorn, grandson of James G. Wilson; correspondence 1988-1991.	N/A
2	Russell W. Wilson, nephew of James G. Wilson; recollections, Sept 2006.	N/A