We continue the exploration of A. Maxwell Wilson’s progeny. There’s four more children to meet: Warren, Woodrow, Harry, and Edith. Today, we’ll discuss Woodrow. Woodrow Wilson. Belle and Max named him for the current present; their brother Emmett was in his administration. Max obtained a postmastership (which was a presidential […]
Continuing the study of A. Max Wilson’s children, we now meet the second son, James Fannin Wilson. And confidentially, I’ve sat on the story of Fannin for several days because I wasn’t sure how to present it. In straight journalism, one presents the data, without editorializing or embroidering the piece further. […]
It’s been awhile since I reported on this other important yet elusive family reference. But finally, I have an update. As you know from previous entries, I’ve been going through the original Wilson family descendants list to locate someone, anyone, who either a) is still alive and knows where Emmett […]
Continuing with the exploration of A. Max Wilson’s descendants, we meet the second child, the Rev. Dr. Francis Childria Wilson. Because there’s now two Dr. Francis C. Wilsons to reference in this family, I’ll refer to Emmett’s father as Dr. FCW, and Emmett’s nephew as Rev. FCW. We first see […]
Statistically, a female child born in 2011, has a 1 out of 3 chance (33.7%) to reach the age of 100; a male child has a 1 out of 4 (26%) chance. A female child born in 1917 had a 1.4% chance of reaching the age of 100; a male […]
I came across something unusual in the continuing search for Emmett Wilson information from his brother A. Max Wilson’s descendants. Let me rephrase that: What I found may not have been all that unusual in the early 1900s, but it is a little unusual today. Let’s take another look at […]
The next name on Katie Wilson Meade’s list of her brother A. Max Wilson’s children is Augustus Maxwell Wilson, Jr., or ‘Max Jr.’ This next descendant has more ‘documentation’ of what he was doing, but not much else in terms of photos, letters, articles in the paper — Max Jr. […]
After yesterday’s post, I couldn’t just leave Max and his branch of the Wilson clan dangling there on the family tree, unexplored. So, I decided to dig around today. As mentioned, Max and his wife Belle Fannin Wilson had 11 children — but more accurately, they had 12, with 11 […]
Here’s a list of the Wilson children (from oldest to youngest) and my find/contact progress thus far: Maxwell Augustus Wilson (‘Max’) — eleven children, no contacts yet. Cephas Love Wilson (‘Cephas’) — two children; a son and a daughter. No contacts yet with any of Cephas’ descendants. Percy Brockenbrough Wilson […]
All together, we have about 30 inches of snow on the ground at my house. My husband has dug a path down the driveway to the street … which probably won’t be shoveled by the county until Wednesday. I’m not going anywhere for a few days. Thankfully, we have plenty […]
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