Lucinda Wilson1

b. 16 January 1833, d. 22 October 1876
Family
Birth*16 January 1833Lucinda Wilson was born on 16 January 1833.1 
Marriage*12 January 1849She married, as his first wife, William K. Neale on 12 January 1849 in Mars Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas.1,2,3 
Death*22 October 1876She died on 22 October 1876 at age 43.1 

Family

 William K. Neale b. 7 Mar 1829
Child 1.Nora B. Neal+4,1,5 b. 22 Feb 1871, d. 14 Mar 1938

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Lucinda Neal, Memorial# 94203001. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, William K Neal, Memorial# 94203154.
  3. [S2986] Arkansas, U.S., Washington County Marriage Records, 1845-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William Neel, near 20 years of age, and Lucinda Wilson, near 16 years of age, on 12 January 1849 in Mars Hill Township, Washington County, Arkansas, USA. Hereinafter cited as Arkansas, U.S., Washington County Marriage Records, 1845-1941.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Nora B. (Neal) Prior, Memorial# 71075936.
  5. [S1710] Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 21 April 1906 in Colfax, Whitman County, Washington, USA, of Hiram H Harper, age 42, farmer, his second marriage, born about 1864 in Oregon, USA, son of John M Harper and Amanda K Eaton, married Nora B Anderson, maiden name Nora B. Neal, age 35, her second marriage, born about 1871 in Arkansas, USA, daughter of William K Neal and Lucinda Wilson, referencing Washington State Archives, Olympia, Washington, Washington Marriage Records, 1854-2013. Hereinafter cited as Washington, U.S., Marriage Records, 1854-2013.

Lucy Caroline Wilson1,2

Family
Marriage*6 February 1862She married David Holt on 6 February 1862 in Edgar County, Illinois.3,2 

Family

 David Holt
Child 1.William T. Holt+3 b. Sep 1866

Citations

  1. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage in 1889 in Edgar, Illinois, USA, of Emma L. Nail, age 18, born about 1871, daughter of James Nail and Maggie Finley, (her surname transcribed as "Hinly"), married William T. Holt, (his middle initial transcribed as "F"), age 22, born about 1867, son of David Holt and Lucy Wilson, (her surname transcribed as "Wilson, (her surname transcribed as "Weiser")"), referencing Various Illinois County Courthouses; Marriage Records; Collection Title: Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940.
  2. [S1689] Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 6 February 1862 in Edgar County, Illinois, of David Holt and Lucy Caroline Wilson, noting that this record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1301880 - 1301882. Hereinafter cited as Illinois, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900.
  3. [S1701] Illinois, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1800-1940, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage in 1889 in Edgar, Illinois, USA, of Emma L. Nail, age 18, born about 1871, daughter of James Nail and Maggie Finley, (her surname transcribed as "Hinly"), married William T. Holt, (his middle initial transcribed as "F"), age 22, born about 1867, son of David Holt and Lucy Wilson, (her surname transcribed as "Weiser"), referencing Various Illinois County Courthouses; Marriage Records; Collection Title: Marriage Records.

Mabel Alice Wilson1

b. May 1880, d. 1 October 1881
Family
Father*William R. Wilson1 b. Jan 1845, d. 1913
Mother*Adelaide L. Hyland1 b. 4 Jul 1850, d. 24 Jun 1889
Birth*May 1880Mabel Alice Wilson was born about May 1880 in Cecil County, Delaware,1 
Death*1 October 1881 and died there of cholera on 1 October 1881 at the age of sixteen months.1 

Citations

  1. [S2047] Delaware Death Records, 1861-1933, online at www.ancestry.com, death from cholera of Mabel Alice Wilson on 1 October 1881 in Cecil County, Delaware, USA, age 16/12, born about 1880 to Wm R Wilson and Addie L Hyland, referencing Delaware Public Archives, Dover, Delaware. Hereinafter cited as Delaware Death Records, 1861-1933.

Malinda Wilson1

b. 26 May 1801
Family
Birth*26 May 1801Malinda Wilson was born on 26 May 1801 in Norfolk, Virginia.1 
Marriage*1820She married John Rogers about 1820.1,2 
(Wife) Death7 October 1872Malinda became a widow when John Rogers died on 7 October 1872 at age 74.2 
Death*She died in Harrison County, West Virginia,1 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Wallback, Roane County, West Virginia.1,2 

Family

 John Rogers b. 11 Dec 1797, d. 7 Oct 1872
Child 1.Elizabeth Rogers+1,3 b. 22 May 1835, d. 1 Feb 1877

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Malinda “Mary” (Wilson) Rogers, Memorial# 87495306. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, John Rogers, Memorial# 87167715.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Elizabeth (Rogers) Mollohan, Memorial# 152534074.

Margaret Wilson1

b. 1861
Family
ChartsDescendants of Thomas Gerrard of Gibbstown, County Meath, Ireland and his Brothers
Father*John Wilson Esq.1 b. 1842
Mother*Georgiana Atkinson2 b. 1847
Birth*1861Margaret Wilson was born about 1861 in County Longford, Ireland.3,4 
Marriage*26 July 1895She married Charles Packington Gerrard, bachelor, of Rossduff House, Rossduff, County Waterford, gentleman, son of John Vipont Gerrard and Elizabeth Hesilrige Buckby Walker, on 26 July 1895 in the Parish Church of St. Matthew's, Ballyfermot, County Dublin, by license.5,1 
Relationship Note*Margaret and Violet Maud Wilson were probably sisters, presenting another example of sisters marrying brothers.6,1 
(Daughter-in-Law) Census Ireland 190131 March 1901Margaret and her husband were enumerated on the 1901 census taken as of the night of 31 March 1901 in the household of her husband's parents, Elizabeth and John Vipont Gerrard, at Number 4, Rossduff, Woodstown, County Waterford, Ireland. Margaret was recorded as 40 years of age, and her husband Charles was age 35 and recorded as a farmer's son.3,4 
(Daughter-in-Law) Census Ireland 19112 April 1911Margaret and her husband were enumerated on the 1911 census taken as of the night of 2 April 1911 in the household of her husband's widowed father, John Vipont Gerrard, at Number 6, Rossduff, Woodstown, County Waterford, Ireland. Margaret was recorded as 56 years of age and a lady, and her husband Charles was recorded as age 46 and a gentleman farmer. They had been married for 16 years and had no children.7,8 
(Wife) Death8 June 1919Margaret became a widow when Charles Packington Gerrard died at Rossduff, County Waterford, on 8 June 1919 at age 55.9,10 
Coroner Inquest*9 June 1919An inquest was held the following day, on 9 June 1919, and the coroner determined the cause of her husband's death as "hemorrhage and shock due to a wound in his throat which was self-inflicted while of unsound mind."9,10 

Family

 Charles Packington Gerrard b. 1864, d. 8 Jun 1919

Citations

  1. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, marriage by licence on 26 July 1895 of Charles P. Gerrard of Rossduff House, Rossduff, County Waterford, full age, bachelor, gentleman, son of John V. Gerrard, Esq., and Margaret B. Wilson of 96 Tritonville Road, full age, spinster, daughter of John Wilson, solicitor, married in Parish Church of St. Matthew, Irishtown, County Dublin, witnesses Samuel Carrothers and Bessie Gerrard, with the church register page attached. Hereinafter cited as IrishGenealogy.ie.
  2. [S1671] Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911, online at www.ancestry.com, citing FHL Film Number: 255972. Hereinafter cited as Ireland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1620-1911.
  3. [S1522] 1901 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of John Vipont and Elizabeth Gerrard, 4 Rossduff, Woodstown, County Waterford. Hereinafter cited as 1901 Ireland Census.
  4. [S1794] Ireland, Census, 1901, Ancestry Transcription Notes, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John Vipont Gerrard and Elizabeth Gerrard as of 31 March 1901, 4 Rossduff, Woodstown, Waterford, Ireland, citing Ancestry's "Web: Ireland, Census, 1901", Class: RG14. Hereinafter cited as Ireland, Census, 1901, Ancestry Transcription Notes.
  5. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the Church Records, www.irishgenealogy.ie, at https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/…. Hereinafter cited as "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research."
  6. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Church Records, marriage by special licence on 28 September 1898 of John Henry Gerrard of Elton Lodge, Rossduff, County Waterford, full age, bachelor, sub inspector, Cape Police, son of John Vipont Gerrard, gentleman, and Violet Maud Wilson of Main Street, Longford, County Longford, full age, spinster, daughter of John Wilson, solicitor, married in the Parish church of Sr. Anne, Dublin, witnesses Wolsey A. Atkinson, Charlotte Amy Wilson and J.W.H. Holmes, with the church register page attached.
  7. [S1793] Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry Transcription Notes, online at www.ancestry.com, household of John "Eipant" Gerrard as of 2 April 1911, 6 Rossduff, Woodstown, County Waterford, in the Electoral District of Woodstown, citing Ancestry's "Web: Ireland, Census, 1911", Class: RG14. Hereinafter cited as Web: Ireland, Census, 1911, Ancestry Transcription Notes.
  8. [S1536] 1911 Ireland Census, online at the National Archives of Ireland, www.census.nationalarchives.ie, household of John Vipont Gerrard, 6 Rossduff, Woodstown, County Waterford. Hereinafter cited as 1911 Ireland Census.
  9. [S1640] Mairéad Crinion of Evergreen Oak Family Research Services at https://www.facebook.com/…, "Gerrard - Gibney Family Research," e-mail messages exchanged on multiple dates, citing the Civil Records, www.irishgenealogy.ie, at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/…
  10. [S1659] IrishGenealogy.ie, online at https://www.irishgenealogy.ie/en/, Civil Records, death of Charles Packington Gerrard, married, age 55, gentleman, on 8 June 1919 in Rossduff, County Waterford, death from hemorrhage and shock caused by a self-inflicted wound to his throat when of unsound mind, informant was the coroner, registered at Woodstown, County Waterford, viewed online at https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/…

Margaret Wilson1

b. 1877
Family
Father*George Wilson1 b. 9 Aug 1832, d. 2 Feb 1904
Mother*Hannah Reed1 b. 1 Jan 1841, d. 19 May 1899
Birth*1877Margaret Wilson was born about 1877 in Indiana.1 

Citations

  1. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Anna R. Wilson, Year: 1880; Census Place: Paoli, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 302; Page: 190a; Enumeration District: 022. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.

Mary A. Wilson1

b. 1883
Family
Birth*1883Mary A. Wilson was born about 1883.1 
Marriage*1906She married, as his first wife, Paul O. Kirschmann in 1906 in Philadelphia.1,2 
Census US 1910*15 April 1910Mary A. and Paul O. Kirschmann were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 15 April 1910 at 5548 Chancellor Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Paul was 30 years of age and worked from home as a self-employed notary public, and Mary was 27 years of age. They had been married for three years, rented their house, and Mary had given birth to one child who was living and enumerated with his parents in 1910. Oliver was sixteen months old.3 
Divorce*Mary A. (Wilson) Kirschmann and Paul O. Kirschmann were divorced.4 
Census US 1930*15 May 1930Mary A. W. Kirschmann was enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 15 May 1930 at 4501 Sansom Street, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. She was 47 years of age, divorced, and worked as a salesman for a retail dry goods company. She rented her apartment for $40 and owned a radio set. Her son, Oliver R., resided with her in 1930. He was 21 years old and worked as an attendant in a gasoline station.4 

Family

 Paul O. Kirschmann b. 28 Oct 1879, d. 21 May 1965
Child 1.Oliver R. Kirschmann1 b. 5 Dec 1908

Citations

  1. [S1866] Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Oliver Kirschmann on 5 December 1908 in Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA to Paul O. Kirschmann, age 29, notary public, and Mary A. (Wilson) Kirschmann, age 25, citing certificate# 196334, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania (State). Birth certificates, 1906–1910, Box 201 and 196209-198979 certificate number range. Hereinafter cited as Pennsylvania, Birth Certificates, 1906-1911.
  2. [S1817] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Paul O Kirschmann and Mary A Wilson in 1906 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, referencing Digital GSU# 4141874. Hereinafter cited as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Marriage Index, 1885-1951.
  3. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Paul O. and Mary A. Wilson, Philadelphia Ward 46, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1413; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 1171; FHL microfilm: 1375426. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary A. W. Kirschmann, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Page: 30A; Enumeration District: 0496; FHL microfilm: 2341873. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.

Mary Ermine Wilson1

b. 27 May 1881, d. 28 September 1951
Family
Father*Robert H. Wilson1 b. Mar 1828
Mother*Mary Susan Wilson1 b. 30 Aug 1838, d. 13 Feb 1916
Birth*27 May 1881Mary Ermine Wilson was born on 27 May 1881 in Taylor County, Kentucky.1,2 
Name VariationShe was called Ermie.3 
(Daughter) Census US 190019 June 1900Mary E. was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 19 June 1900 in the household of her parents in Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky. She was 19 years old, able to read, write and to speak English, and had completed her schooling.4 
(Daughter) Census US 191017 April 1910Mary E. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 17 April 1910 in the household of her widowed mother in District 6, Taylor County, Kentucky. She was 27 years of age, able to read, write and to speak English, and reported no occupation.5 
Marriage1921She married, as his second wife, Charles Nelson Strong, son of Zachary Taylor Strong and Elizabeth F. Diviney, about 1921, probably in Kentucky. Charles had been a widower for sixteen years and had two grown sons, and Mary had not been married before.1,6,7 
Census US 1930*28 April 1930Ermie and Charlie Strong were enumerated on the 1930 census taken on 28 April 1930 on Elkhorn Pike, East Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky. Charlie was 59 years of age, had been age 22 when he married his first wife, and his occupation was recorded as Merchant. He owned and operated a general grocery store on his own account and had been at work the day before the census was taken. Mary was 49 years of age and had been age 40 when she married for the first time. They were both able to read, write and to speak English and owned their home, which was valued at $800, and was not on a farm. They did not own a radio set.8 
(Wife) Death17 December 1940Ermie became a widow when Charles Nelson Strong died from a cerebral hemorrhage on 17 December 1940 at age 70.6,3 
Death*28 September 1951She died on 28 September 1951 in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, at age 702 
Burial* and was buried with her husband in Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville.1,6 

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Ermine (Wilson) Strong, Memorial# 68778092. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Mary Ermine Strong on 28 September 1951 in Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA, age 70, widow, housewife, born on 27 May 1881 in Taylor County, Kentucky, daughter of Robert Wilson and Mary Susan Wilson, informant her nephew, Guy S. Strong, burial in Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville, citing Kentucky Department For Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965.
  3. [S2059] Kentucky, U.S., Death Records, 1852-1965, online at www.ancestry.com, death from cerebral hemorrhage of Charlie Nelson Strong on 17 December 1940 at his home on South Campbellsville Street in rural Taylor County, Kentucky, USA, age 71, merchant, born on 6 May 1869 in Illinois, son of Zachary T Strong and Elizabeth Diviney, married to Ermie Strong, age 59, informant was his brother, W. T. Strong of Campbellsville, burial in Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville, citing Kentucky Department For Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Mary Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spurlington, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: 552; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0121. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Charles Nelson Strong, Memorial# 68778040.
  7. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charlie and Mary E. Strong, Year: 1930; Census Place: East Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340513; Mary, who was 49 years of age, reported being age 40 when she married for the first time. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.
  8. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Charlie and Mary E. Strong, Year: 1930; Census Place: East Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0004; FHL microfilm: 2340513.

Mary Susan Wilson1

b. 30 August 1838, d. 13 February 1916
Family
Birth*30 August 1838Mary Susan Wilson was born on 30 August 1838 in Kentucky.2,3 
Marriage*16 October 1873She married, as his second wife, R. H. Wilson on 16 October 1873 in Taylor County, Kentucky.1,4,2 
Census US 1900*19 June 1900Mary and Robert H. Wilson were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 19 June 1900 in Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky. Robert was 72 years of age and a farmer, and Mary was 61 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 26 years and Mary had given birth to four children, all of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1900. Icilius and Claudius were ages 25 and 23 years, respectively, and worked as farm laborers on the family farm; Mary was 19 years old and had completed her schooling; and Roy H. was 16 years old and had attended school for five months of the census year. Everyone in the Wilson household was able to read, write and to speak English.2 
Census US 1910*17 April 1910Mary S. Wilson was enumerated as the head of her household on the 1910 census taken on 17 April 1910 in District 6, Taylor County, Kentucky. She was 71 years of age and a widow who had given birth to four children, all of whom were living. Her occupation was farmer and employer, and she owned her farm free of mortgage. Three of her children, all still single, were enumerated with her in 1910. Icilius, whose name was transcribed as "Julius" by Ancestry, was 34 years of age and a farmer working on his own account; Mary E. was 27 years of age and reported no occupation; and Robert H. was 24 years of age and worked for wages as a farm laborer on the home farm. Everyone in Mary's household was able to read, write and to speak English.5 
Death*13 February 1916She died on 13 February 1916 in Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky, at age 776 
Burial*13 February 1916 and was buried on 13 February 1916 in Palestine Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County.6 

Family

 Robert H. Wilson b. Mar 1828
Children 1.Icilius Wilson7 b. 9 Dec 1874
 2.Claudius Wilson2 b. May 1877
 3.Mary Ermine Wilson1 b. 27 May 1881, d. 28 Sep 1951
 4.Robert H. Wilson8 b. 4 May 1884

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Ermine (Wilson) Strong, Memorial# 68778092. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Mary Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spurlington, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: 552; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0121. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Susan (Wilson) Wilson, Memorial# 256778194.
  4. [S1688] Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of R. H. Wilson and Mary S. Wilson on 16 October 1873 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Susan (Wilson) Wilson, Memorial# 256778194, with her death certificate included on her memorial page.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Icilius Wilson, Memorial# 105336220.
  8. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S.. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516.

Maynard J. Wilson1,2

b. 4 May 1910, d. 13 September 1948
Family
Father*Robert L. Wilson1,3 b. 19 May 1888
Mother*Sylvania Shell1,3 b. 27 Sep 1886, d. 20 Feb 1939
Birth*4 May 1910Maynard J. Wilson was born on 4 May 1910 in Clay County, Kentucky.1,2 
Name VariationHis full name was Maynard Jack Wilson.2 
Marriage*18 February 1928He married first, as her first husband, Cynthia Louise Reid, daughter of John Reid and Nancy E. Turner, on 18 February 1928 in Butler County, Ohio.1 
Marriage*October 1947He married second Edith J. Coupe, daughter of John W. Coupe and Helmi Salmela Hartikka, about October 1947.4,5 
Death*13 September 1948He died on Monday, 13 September 1948 in New York at age 386 
Burial* and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Owego, Tioga County, New York.7 

Family 1

 Cynthia Louise Reid b. 1909, d. 19 Jan 1967
Child 1.Maynard Lowell Wilson8 b. 3 Aug 1929

Family 2

 Edith J. Coupe b. 13 Nov 1918, d. 4 Oct 2004

Citations

  1. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Louise Reid of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, her first marriage, age 18 as of 16 August 1927, born in Clay County, Kentucky, daughter of John Reid and Nancy Turner, and Maynard Wilson of 221 Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, his first marriage, age 21 as of 4 May 1927, born in Clay County, Kentucky, son of R.L. Wilson and Sylvania Shell, married on 18 February 1928 in Butler County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000355796. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  2. [S1967] U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of Maynard Jack Wilson of Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, age 30, born on 4 May 1910 at Malcomb, Kentucky, USA, registered on 16 October 1940 in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA, describing him as 5 11 in height, weighing 175, Dark complexion, Gray eyes and Brown hair, person who would always know his address was his friend, Miss Edith Josephine Coupe of 26 Lake, Owego, Tioga County, New York, referencing U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, National Archives at St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, WWII Draft Registration Cards For Connecticut, 10/16/1940-03/31/1947, Records of the Selective Service System, 147, Box 443. Hereinafter cited as U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  3. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert L. and Sylvania Wilson, Year: 1920; Census Place: Champaign Ward 3, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: T625_298; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 7. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Edith J. Wilson, Memorial# 110009401. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  5. [S1456] Social Security (U.S.) Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, online at www.ancestry.com, Social Security information for Edith Josephine Coupe, born on 13 November 1918 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, child of John W Coupe and Helmi L Salmela, died in 4 October 2004, agency notes: Nov 1936: Name Listed As Edith Josephine Coupe; Oct 1947: Name Listed As Edith Josephine Wilson; 15 Oct 2004: Name Listed As Edith J Wilson. Hereinafter cited as Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  6. [S2096] U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, Press and Sun-Bulletin, Binghamton, New York, Thursday, September 16, 1948, page 2, reporting from Owego that funeral services for Maynard j. Wilson, 38, of 614 Park Avenue, Syracuse, who died of a heart attack the previous Monday would be held Friday, September 17 with burial following in Evergreen Cemetery; that survivors included his wife, Mrs. Edith Coupe Wilson of Owego, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, four brothers and four sisters, all of Indiana. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current.
  7. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Maynard J. Wilson, Memorial# 110009408.
  8. [S2628] Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Maynard Lowell Wilson on 3 August 1929 in Ft Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA, son of Maynard Wilson and Louise Reid, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Births; Year: 1929; Roll: 014, citing Certificate# 34544, Roll# 40474_356493, Volume Range 66 - 70. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944.

Maynard Lowell Wilson1

b. 3 August 1929
Family
Father*Maynard J. Wilson1 b. 4 May 1910, d. 13 Sep 1948
Mother*Cynthia Louise Reid1 b. 1909, d. 19 Jan 1967
Birth*3 August 1929Maynard Lowell Wilson was born on 3 August 1929 in Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.1 
Name VariationHe was called Lowell.2 
(Grandson) Census US 19307 April 1930Lowell Wilson was enumerated with his mother on the 1930 census taken on 7 April 1930 in the household of his maternal grandmother, Nancy Huth, at 111 South Third Street, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio. Lowell was eight months old.2 

Citations

  1. [S2628] Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944, online at www.ancestry.com, birth of Maynard Lowell Wilson on 3 August 1929 in Ft Wayne, Allen, Indiana, USA, son of Maynard Wilson and Louise Reid, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, Indiana; Births; Year: 1929; Roll: 014, citing Certificate# 34544, Roll# 40474_356493, Volume Range 66 - 70. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1907-1944.
  2. [S91] 1930 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Nancy Huth, Year: 1930; Census Place: Hamilton, Butler, Ohio; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0009; FHL microfilm: 2341487. Hereinafter cited as 1930 United States Federal Census.

Mourning Wilson1

Family
Marriage*20 April 1808She married Jesse Hunt on 20 April 1808 in Guilford County, North Carolina.1,2 

Family

 Jesse Hunt
Child 1.Elizabeth Hunt+1 b. 1 Dec 1812, d. 23 Jun 1850

Citations

  1. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, New Garden Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Men's Minutes 1783-1800, recording her given name as "Mourning". Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.
  2. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Centre Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Records 1775-1903, recording her surname as "Wilson."

Nancy J. Wilson1,2

b. 28 November 1859, d. 6 November 1941
Family
Father*Alfred Wilson3,4 b. 19 Nov 1816, d. 11 Jul 1895
Mother*Eliza Deliah Felton5,4 b. 7 Apr 1815, d. 18 May 1895
Birth*28 November 1859Nancy J. Wilson was born on 28 November 1859 in Indiana.4,1 
Marriage*5 December 1886She married first, as his first wife, Charles M. Foster, son of Josiah Foster and Mary A. Spence, on 5 December 1886 in Grant County, Indiana.6 
Divorce*Nancy and Charles separated, and were likely divorced. Charles married a second time in 1891, and Nancy married a second time in 1896.7 
Marriage*11 February 1896She married second Lewis L. Jones on 11 February 1896 in Grant County, Indiana.4,7 
(Wife) Death1900Nancy became a widow when Lewis L. Jones died in 1900.4 
Marriage*24 October 1902She married James Tomlinson, son of Zadock Griffin Tomlinson and Sarah Ann Dickey, on 24 October 1902.2,4,8 
Death*6 November 1941She died on 6 November 1941 in Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana, at age 814 
Burial* and was buried in Plot# 3C of Park Cemetery, Fairmount.4 

Family 1

 Charles M. Foster b. Dec 1863, d. 1 Aug 1937

Family 2

 Lewis L. Jones d. 1900

Family 3

 James Tomlinson b. Jan 1868, d. 2 Feb 1948

Citations

  1. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Alfred and Eliza Wilson, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Liberty, Grant, Indiana; Roll: M653_261; Page: 293; Family History Library Film: 803261. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 24 October 1902 in Grant County, of James Tomlinson and Nancy Jones, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Grant County, Indiana; marriage Records Volume III Book 12 (Mar 1898-Mar Compiled By--Grant County Genealogy Club; Book: 14; Page: 183. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Alfred Wilson, Memorial# 91474080. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Nancy (Wilson) Tomlinson, Memorial# 11868191.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Eliza Delilah (Felton) Wilson, Memorial# 91474118.
  6. [S1501] Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019, database with images, online at www.familysearch.org. Digital collection of microfilmed records located at the Wayne County Courthouse, Richmond, Indiana. Includes surname indexes, marriage on 5 December 1886 in Grant County, Indiana, of Nancy J. Wilson of Grant County, born in Grant County, daughter of Alfred Wilson and Eliza Felton, and Charles M. Foster of Fairmount, Grant County, born in Fayette County, Indiana, son of Joseph Foster and Mary A. Spence, viewed on 22 June 2024 online at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DC26-91N2. Hereinafter cited as Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019.
  7. [S1444] Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 February 1896 in Grant County, of Lewis L Jones and Nancy Foster, referencing Works Progress Administration; Index to Marriage Records: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940; Series Title: Grant County, Indiana; marriage Records Volume II Book 7 (Apr 1882-May 18 Compiled By--Grant County Genealogy Club; Book: 11; Page: 79.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, James Tomlinson, Memorial# 11868194.

Rebecca Wilson1

b. 20 August 1716
Family
Father*Samuel Wilson1 b. 5 Apr 1686, d. 2 Feb 1729/30
Mother*Elizabeth Hawes1 b. 29 Jan 1688/89, d. 19 Dec 1739
Birth*20 August 1716Rebecca Wilson was born on 20 August 1716 in Needham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England).1 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Robert Wilson1

(Grantee) Deed Memorial16 April 1795A memorial of a deed dated 16 April 1795 was made whereby James Walsh and Mary (Hinds) Walsh agreed to sell their interest in the lands of Thorntown and Stradbally, which they derived under the will of the late Ralph Hinds Esq., to Robert Wilson of the county of Meath for the considerations therein mentioned. The signed and witnessed deed was recorded on 17 April 1795.1 
(Grantee) Deed Memorial2 May 1795A memorial of a deed of lease and release dated 1 and 2 May 1795 was made between James Walsh of the city of Dublin, gardener, and his wife Mary (Hinds) Walsh of the one part, and Robert Wilson of Newtown in the county of Meath, gentleman, of the other part. Reciting as therein is recited and witnessed that James Walsh and Mary Walsh otherwise Hinds, for the considerations therein mentioned, did assign and make over unto Robert Wilson all that, that part of the town and lands of Stradbally and Thorntown lying on the south side of the road leading from Kilsallaghan to Grange containing one house and 52 acres, 3 roods and 10 perches, with the appurtenances, situate in the county of Dublin. To hold to Robert Wilson, his heirs and assigns, during the lives of Matthew Hinds and Thomas Hinds, who we suspect were Mary's brothers, provided Mary Walsh shall so live. The signed and witnessed deed was recorded on 4 May 1795.1 

Citations

  1. [S588] Ireland Registry of Deeds, Transcripts of memorials of deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929; on 2687 FHL microfilms. Most are now digitized and available online at www.familysearch.org, LDS Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah: 1795; Film number 535728; Volume 490; Page 151; Deed number 313260. Hereinafter cited as Deeds, conveyances and wills, 1708-1929.

Robert Wilson1

b. 1828
Family
Birth*1828Robert Wilson was born about 1828 in Indiana.2 
Marriage*1 July 1854He married Didema Ward on 1 July 1854 in Jeffersonville, Clark County, Indiana.2,3 
Census US 1870*27 July 1870Didema and Robert Wilson were enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 27 July 1870 in Linn, Audrain County, Missouri. Robert was 42 years of age and a farmer with real estate valued at $2,000 and a personal estate valued at $1,000, and Didema was 32 years of age and keeping house. Their eight children were enumerated with them in 1870. Alfred and Samuel were ages 15 and 13 years, respectively, worked on the family farm, and had attended school within the census year; Zelah, who was recorded as Gelia and "at home", was 10 years old and had attended school within the census year; Isabella, Ruth and Didema were ages 8, 6 and 4 years, respectively, and had all attended school within the census year; Robert was 2 years old and Sarah had been born in December and was six months old.2 

Family

 Didema Ward b. 1838
Children 1.Alfred Wilson2 b. 1855
 2.Samuel C. Wilson2 b. 21 Jan 1857, d. 28 Mar 1933
 3.Zelah Wilson2 b. 13 May 1860, d. 15 Mar 1904
 4.Isabella Wilson2 b. 1862
 5.Ruth A. Wilson+1,4 b. 28 Jul 1864, d. 11 Nov 1949
 6.Diadema Wilson2 b. 6 Aug 1866
 7.Robert Wilson2 b. 1868
 8.Sarah R. Wilson2 b. 24 Jan 1870

Citations

  1. [S2175] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 23 February 1917 in Kay County, Oklahoma, USA, of John Aveline of Chicago, Illinois, age 52, born in Indiana about 1865, son of James Aveline and , and Mrs. Allinea R Maulsby of Kansas City, Missouri, born about 1874 in Indiana, daughter of Robert Wilson, married by G. A. Kleinsteiber, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newkirk, referencing Film# 001311015. Hereinafter cited as Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S1570] Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 1 July 1854 in Jeffersonville, Clark, Indiana, of Robert Wilson and Didema Ward, referencing FHL Film# 1415852, Volume F, page 522. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A; Ruth was 6 years old and her year of birth was estimated as 1864.

Robert Wilson1

b. 1868
Family
Father*Robert Wilson1 b. 1828
Mother*Didema Ward1 b. 1838
Birth*1868Robert Wilson was born in 1868 in Indiana.1 
(Son) Census US 187027 July 1870Robert was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 27 July 1870 in the household of his parents in Linn, Audrain County, Missouri. He was 2 years old.1 

Citations

  1. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.

Robert H. Wilson1,2

b. March 1828
Family
Birth*March 1828Robert H. Wilson was born in March 1828 in Kentucky.3,2 
Marriage*23 December 1855He married, as his first wife, first Ermine Sallee on 23 December 1855 in Adair County, Kentucky.4 
(Husband) Deathbetween 1860 and 1870Robert became a widower when Ermine (Sallee) Wilson died , we believe between 1860 and 1870 at about age 30. Ermine was enumerated with her husband and baby daughter on the 1860 census, and her husband and daughter were enumerated without her in 1870. Her husband remarried in 1873 and he and his second wife named their first daughter Mary "Ermine", after his first wife, which was a tradition during that time period to honor a deceased wife.5,3 
Census US 1870*26 August 1870Robert H. Wilson was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 26 August 1870 in Columbia, Adair County, Kentucky. He was 41 years of age and a farmer with a personal estate valued at $600. His daughter, Fannie M. was 10 years old and we believe his wife was deceased. Five adult members of his Wilson family were also enumerated with him in 1870. Nancy Wilson, who was 75 years of age, keeping house and had real estate valued at $200, was his mother; William Wilson, who was 55 years of age, a farmer and recorded as insane, was his brother; Lucinda Wilson, a sister, was 44 years of age and keeping house; and Harriet E. Wilson, another sister, was 34 years of age.5,6 
Marriage*16 October 1873He married, as his second wife, Mary Susan Wilson on 16 October 1873 in Taylor County, Kentucky.1,7,2 
Census US 1900*19 June 1900Mary and Robert H. Wilson were enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 19 June 1900 in Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky. Robert was 72 years of age and a farmer, and Mary was 61 years of age. They owned their farm free of mortgage, had been married for 26 years and Mary had given birth to four children, all of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1900. Icilius and Claudius were ages 25 and 23 years, respectively, and worked as farm laborers on the family farm; Mary was 19 years old and had completed her schooling; and Roy H. was 16 years old and had attended school for five months of the census year. Everyone in the Wilson household was able to read, write and to speak English.2 

Family 1

 Ermine Sallee b. 1834, d. bt 1860 - 1870
Child 1.Fanny M. Wilson3 b. 1859

Family 2

 Mary Susan Wilson b. 30 Aug 1838, d. 13 Feb 1916
Children 1.Icilius Wilson8 b. 9 Dec 1874
 2.Claudius Wilson2 b. May 1877
 3.Mary Ermine Wilson1 b. 27 May 1881, d. 28 Sep 1951
 4.Robert H. Wilson9 b. 4 May 1884

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Mary Ermine (Wilson) Strong, Memorial# 68778092. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Mary Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spurlington, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: 552; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0121. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Ermine (Sallee) Wilson, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Division 2, Adair, Kentucky; Roll: M653_353; Page: 7; Family History Library Film: 803353. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S2248] Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852-1914, online at www.ancestry.com, Kentucky Department For Libraries and Archives; Frankfort, Kentucky; Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records - Microfilm (1852-1910); Roll: 994027. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, U.S., Marriage Records, 1852-1914.
  5. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Columbia, Adair, Kentucky; Roll: M593_444; Page: 27B. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Elijah and Nancy Wilson, The National Archives in Washington, DC; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M432; Residence Date: 1850; Home in 1850: District 2, Adair, Kentucky; Roll: 190; Page: 78b. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S1688] Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of R. H. Wilson and Mary S. Wilson on 16 October 1873 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Hereinafter cited as Kentucky, Compiled Marriages, 1851-1900.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Icilius Wilson, Memorial# 105336220.
  9. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S.. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.

Robert H. Wilson1

b. 4 May 1884
Family
Father*Robert H. Wilson1 b. Mar 1828
Mother*Mary Susan Wilson1 b. 30 Aug 1838, d. 13 Feb 1916
Birth*4 May 1884Robert H. Wilson was probably born on 4 May 1884 in Kentucky.2,3,4,5 
Name VariationHis full name was Robert Harlan Wilson.3 
(Son) Census US 190019 June 1900Robert H. was enumerated on the 1900 census taken on 19 June 1900 in the household of his parents in Spurlington, Taylor County, Kentucky. He was 16 years old, able to read, write and to speak English, and had attended school for five months of the census year.6 
(Son) Census US 191017 April 1910Robert H. was enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 17 April 1910 in the household of his widowed mother in District 6, Taylor County, Kentucky. He was 24 years of age, able to read, write and to speak English, and worked for wages as a farm laborer on the home farm.7 

Citations

  1. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S.. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  2. [S1768] U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, online at www.ancestry.com, registration of Robert Harlan Wilson of Spurlington, Kentucky, USA, born on 4 May 1884 in Taylor County, Kentucky, USA, his height was 5 7, eyes were Brown, hair was Brown, weight was 135 and his complexion was Dark, referencing National Archives at St. Louis, St Louis, MO, USA, World War II Draft Cards (Fourth Registration) For the State of Kentucky, Record Group: Records of the Selective Service System, Group# 147, Box or Roll# 251. Hereinafter cited as U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Robert Harlan Wilson, Memorial# 68874313; his date of birth recorded as 4 May 1884. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Mary Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spurlington, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: 552; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0121; their son Robert H. was recorded as 16 years old and his date of birth as May 1884. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S.. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516; her son Robert H. was recorded as 24 years of age, and his year of birth estimated as 1886.
  6. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert H. and Mary Wilson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Spurlington, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: 552; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0121.
  7. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Mary S. Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: District 6, Taylor, Kentucky; Roll: T624_503; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0140; FHL microfilm: 1374516.

Robert L. Wilson1,2

b. 19 May 1888
Family
Birth*19 May 1888Robert L. Wilson was born on 19 May 1888 in Kentucky.2 
Name VariationHis full name was Robert Lee Wilson.3 
Marriage*1907He married Sylvania Shell about 1907 in Kentucky.1,2 
(Husband) Death20 February 1939Robert became a widower when Sylvania (Shell) Wilson died on 20 February 1939 at age 52.4 

Family

 Sylvania Shell b. 27 Sep 1886, d. 20 Feb 1939
Child 1.Maynard J. Wilson+1,5 b. 4 May 1910, d. 13 Sep 1948

Citations

  1. [S1576] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of Louise Reid of Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio, her first marriage, age 18 as of 16 August 1927, born in Clay County, Kentucky, daughter of John Reid and Nancy Turner, and Maynard Wilson of 221 Gordon Avenue, Hamilton, his first marriage, age 21 as of 4 May 1927, born in Clay County, Kentucky, son of R.L. Wilson and Sylvania Shell, married on 18 February 1928 in Butler County, Ohio, USA, referencing FHL Film# 000355796. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993.
  2. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Sylvania Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: Burning Springs, Clay, Kentucky; Roll: T624_471; Page: 11b; Enumeration District: 0053; FHL microfilm: 1374484; they reported they had been married for three years. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Robert Lee Wilson, Memorial# 53871790. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  4. [S1571] Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017, online at www.ancestry.com, death of Sylva Wilson of R.R.#1, Ossian, Wells County, age 52, housewife, married to Robert L. Wilson, died on 20 February 1939 in Jefferson, Wells, Indiana, USA, born on 27 September 1886 in Clay County, Kentucky, daughter of Nicholas Shell and Mary York, informant her husband, Robert L. Wilson, R.R.#1, Ossian, Date Registered 1939, referencing Indiana Archives and Records Administration; Indianapolis, IN, USA; Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2011; Year: 1939; Roll: 03. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Death Certificates, 1899-2017.
  5. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert L. and Sylvania Wilson, Year: 1920; Census Place: Champaign Ward 3, Champaign, Illinois; Roll: T625_298; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 7. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.

Ruth A. Wilson1,2,3

b. 28 July 1864, d. 11 November 1949
Family
Father*Robert Wilson1,2 b. 1828
Mother*Didema Ward4 b. 1838
Birth*28 July 1864Ruth A. Wilson was likely born on 28 July 1864 in Sullivan County, Indiana.2,5,6,1,7,8 
Name VariationHer full name may have been Ruth Ellena Wilson, as her middle name was recorded as Ellena on her 1902 marriage license, or possibly her middle name was Allinea, as she most often used "A" as her middle initial and her name was recorded as Allinea on the record of her 1917 marriage.9,1,3,2 
(Daughter) Census US 187027 July 1870Ruth was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 27 July 1870 in the household of her parents in Linn, Audrain County, Missouri. She was 6 years old and had attended school within the census year.4 
Marriage*25 August 1892She married first Jonathan E. Bronson, son of Dr. Jonathan Bronson and Lucinda Countryman, on 25 August 1892 in Golden, Jefferson County, Colorado.3,10 
Business*5 January 1895She opened her new Bon Ton Millinery business in Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, on Saturday, evening, 5 January 1895, with a festive party. The local newspaper reported that a number of ladies and a few gentlemen attended the elegantly furnished Parlors on Main Street, where was displayed a choice assortment of flowers, feathers and silks and many other attractive fabrics so delightful to the feminine mind. Mr. McIntyre on the guitar and Frank Price on the violin discoursed sweet strains of music until late in the evening, and the newspaper declared the opening of the Bon Ton a glittering success of which Mrs. Bronson could well feel proud. It also stated that in her coming, Woodward ladies could congratulate themselves in having her taste and splendid line of millinery goods at their command, and predicted a successful year for Mrs. Bronson and the Bon Ton Millinery Parlors. About two weeks later, Ruth announced through the Woodward and Wichita, Kansas newspapers thar she had secured the services of an artiste from Chicago, that she was making additions to her stock, and that the proposition was that the Bon Ton should lead the fashions for the territory.

In early February, 1895, the Woodward News reported that owing to the hard times, Mrs. Ruth Bronson was making bed-rock prices on dress-making and sewing, and asking readers to call at her dress-making parlors on Main Street for prices.

Advertisements for her Bon Ton Millinery ran in the Woodward newspaper on several Fridays between 4 January and 3 May 1895. We've found nine of them signed Mrs. J. E. Bronson, The Bon Ton Milliner, and offering the following information under the title, "Millinery": Hats: at all prices from $2 to $20 each; Fascinators, Tam O'Shanters and Hoods; Ready-made Tea Gowns, silk, wool and cotton; Ready-made Underwear, silk a specialty; Children's wear also; Ready-made Bed Linens; Complete line of Ladies' Underwear; Gents' hats cleaned and dyed.11,12,13,14 
Arrest*16 April 1895 On Tuesday, 16 April 1895, Ruth was arrested and, waiving examination, was bound over to the District Court, Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, on the charge of assault with the intent to kill in the sum of $300. According to the Woodward News of 19 April, she had resented a gross insult from a man of indiscreet tendencies, and she had armed herself and demanded an apology. When he refused, she took a shot at him, but it flew wide of its mark.

A Wichita, Kansas newspaper, on 23 April, published more of the story under the headline, "Wichita Woman in Oklahoma Defends Her Honor with a Gun". It reported that Mrs. Ruth Bronson, formerly of Wichita, gave some of the people of Woodward, a few days ago, a sample of the mettle of a Wichita woman. The story quoted the information as it had appeared earlier in The Woodward Jeffersonian newspaper, reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson, a milliner and dressmaker in Woodward, who had moved there about three months before from Wichita, Kansas, opened fire with a revolver Tuesday evening at Robert Oats' livery stable on John Monroe, a young man whom she claimed insulted her. The ball failed to hit its mark and went into the livery stable, coming very close, about one-half inch, to hitting Postmaster Carroll and Robert Oats. The article stated that both men could congratulate themselves in their good luck in not being killed. Mrs. Bronson was immediately arrested and gave bond for her appearance before the probate court. Her trial was Wednesday and she was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $300.15,16 
Business3 May 1895Two weeks after her arrest, on 3 May 1895, the Woodward newspaper reported that Mrs. Ruth Bronson had decided to close out her millinery stock and would sell for actual cost; those wanting bargains were instructed to see her.17 
Business2 October 1895 On 2 October 1895, the Woodward News printed Ruth Bronson's notice that she was pleased to announce she would open a new stock of millinery and notions on Monday, October 5th, in the Raymond building. She wrote that goods were strictly new and prices low. She would offer artistic work in trimming, and would have a splendid dressmaking department. She invited ladies to call, and signed her announcement, Mrs. Ruth Bronson. On 23 October 1895, she placed a notice that, owing to a misdirection in shipment, her goods failed to arrive when expected, but that they would be there without fail the next day, Saturday, October 24th. She included an invitation to go in and see the latest and best at lower prices than ever made in Woodward.18,19 
Social News*8 November 1895 On 8 November 1895, the Woodward News reported that Ruth Bronson of Wichita, Kansas, was a guest in the Woodward home of her sister, Zelah Benn.20 
Divorce Filing*22 October 1896Ruth filed an affidavit with the District Court on 22 October 1896 related to the divorce she had filed in Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory against her husband, Jonathan E. Bronson. The judge who took her oath wrote, " “Personally appeared Ruth A. Bronson who being by me duly sworn defends and says that she is with due diligence is unable to ascertain the post office address of defendant and cannot make personal service on him and that she has filed her suit for divorce and wishes to make service by publication”. Newspapers, according to the time period required, printed her Notice of Affidavit beginning with the first publication on 30 October 1896.21 
Divorce Case18 December 1896A local newspaper, on 18 December 1896, reported that the Ruth A. Bronson vs. J. E. Bronson divorce case had been continued by the District Court until the next term of the court.22 
Arrest20 December 1896The Woodward newspaper of 20 December 1896 reported from the District Court, that in the case of the Territory vs. Ruth Bronson, attorney Ed Sample had entertained a nolle, which meant that the Territory was declining to prosecute, and that Mr. Sample added a statement, “the only feature to be regretted by the Territory was that Mrs. Bronson's aim was bad”.23 
(Wife) Social News2 March 1897Her husband, Jonathan E. Bronson, was reported to have been living in Hot Springs, Garland County, Arkansas, when he arrived in Woodward, Oklahoma Territory on Tuesday, 2 March 1897, to visit his brother-in-law, Bob Benn.24 
Divorce Dismissed21 May 1897 On 21 May 1897, the newspaper reported that the divorce case in District Court, of Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson, had been dismissed.25 
Arrest23 June 1897 On Wednesday, 23 June 1897 in Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory, Ruth was arrested on a charge of striking Bob Brown on the head with a can of meat. She was taken before Probate Judge Lawhon, pled guilty to the charge, and was fined $50 plus costs. Brown went to Dr. Patton and had a few stitches taken in his head.26 
Newspaper Item*27 August 1897The following note was sent by Ruth Bronson to The Woodward News, Oklahoma Territory, and was published by the newspaper on 27 August 1897:

Notice: This is to inform certain parties that I am fully able to care for my own affairs and those who meddle in same should first cast the beam from their own eye before they try to pluck the mote from others. I've lived here for three years and consider my reputation superior to those who presume to criticize my conduct, and as long as I live I shall resent insults offered me by any person. If people would build up instead of trying to tear down another, how much better it would be.
signed... Mrs. Ruth Bronson.27 
(Sister) Social News14 December 1897Ruth Bronson, her sister, Zelah (Wilson) Benn, with her husband, Sheriff Robert "Big Bob" Benn, and the Benn's two older daughters, Eliza and Edna, were among the guests who attended the Hartman-Osborn wedding on 14 December 1897 in Woodward, Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory.28 
Census US 1900*4 June 1900Ruth Bronson was enumerated as the head of her household on the 1900 census taken on 4 June 1900 at 311 East Douglas Avenue, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. She was 35 years of age and was recorded as divorced. Her husband, Jonathan E. Bronson, was enumerated as married at the farm he owned free of mortgage in Oklahoma, and he reported he had been married for seven years. Ruth was able to read, write and speak English, rented her house, and her occupation was recorded as "Rooming House". She had given birth to three children, two of whom were living and enumerated with her in 1900. Nettie and Edna Bronson were 7 and 6 years old, respectively. Two boarders were also enumerated in the Bronson's Rooming House household. Verne Maulsby, who would become Ruth's second husband in 1902, was 39 years of age and worked as a horse trainer, although he had been unemployed for six months. The second boarder in the Bronson household in 1900 was Cora Strathen, who was 16 years old, divorced and reported no occupation.29,30 
(Wife) Death5 January 1901Ruth became a widow when Jonathan E. Bronson died on 5 January 1901 at age 55.31,32 
(Wife) Obituary6 January 1901Jonathan's obituary was published in a Wichita, Kansas newspaper on 6 January 1901 under the headlines, "Death of Mr. Bronson; New Hampshire Soldier with a Fine Record Dead." It said he had died in the morning of the previous day of tuberculosis and chronic indigestion. He had been 57 years of age and left a family. All old soldiers were invited to attend his burial which was to be held on January 6, the same day his obituary was published in the newspaper, and was to take place from Dunbar's under the auspices of Garfield Post, Grand Army of the Republic.

Mr. Bronson had been born and raised at Bath, New Hampshire where he enlisted in Company E of the Forty-third New Hampshire volunteers and served with distinction all through the war. He was a man of superior education and was a bookkeeper by profession. He was silent in his disposition but had a singular faculty for discovering and admiring men of merit, and had a remarkable, although undemonstrative, admiration for several men of the cities of Wichita, Kansas and of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, where he lived. He was a college bred man and always maintained the dignity and personal pride cultivated by college life.

Mr. Bronson's father was a prominent New Hampshire physician, and a brother, Dr. Ora Bronson, is also a distinguished physician in Sedalia, Missouri. He is the Supreme Medical Examiner of one of the most influential mutual benefit organizations in the country. If Dr. Ora Bronson can possibly be here, he will arrive today.

In the death of Mr. Bronson, his obituary concluded, a chapter of the better side of human nature was opened up, one that is pleasing to men who look at the world from the better side. Some time ago he expressed the wish to go to the soldiers' home and he cherished the idea of becoming one of its inmates to the last hour. The approach of death brought to him the memory of battle fields and his comrades, and he spoke a great deal of the events of America's greatest tragedy.33 
Pension Application*5 May 1902Ruth applied on 5 May 1902 in Kansas for a widow's pension as a result of Jonathan's service in the Civil War.34 
Marriage*11 June 1902She married second Verne Maulsby, son of John H. Maulsby and Mary C. Kimmerle, on 11 June 1902 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Two Kansas newspapers reported the couple's wedding using similar words of description, although one named her Mrs. Ruth Bronson, widow of the late Captain J. E. Bronson, who had died seventeen months earlier, and the other named her Mrs. Allina Ruth Bronson and reported her husband had died about two years previously. Their marriage ceremony, after an engagement of nearly four years, and a courtship brought about by their mutual love for horses, was held at the residence of the Reverend Charles E. Bradt of the First Presbyterian Church, where the new Mrs. Maulsby was a member. Only immediate friends of the couple were present, as the marriage was a quiet one. The bride wore a beautiful white wedding gown which, with adornments of flowers and some magnificent jewelry, added much to her other personal attractions. Mr. Maulsby was dressed in the conventional black. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was spread at the home of her brother, Samuel C. Wilson, and it was quite an elaborate affair. Mr. Maulsby is a prominent horseman and has been one of the best-known figures at the training grounds for many years. He is the owner of some of the fastest colts in the state, and is the gentleman who is training the horses at the east livery barn. Mrs. Bronson came to Wichita four years ago from Woodward County, Oklahoma Territory, where she owns a large farm consisting of several hundred acres. She is well known for the active part she has taken in relieving distress and the kindly interest she has taken in horses, especially by those abused by drivers. The happy couple will make their home at 313 East William Street.29,9,35,36 
(Sister) Death15 March 1904Ruth's sister, Zelah (Wilson) Benn, died of consumption (tuberculosis) on 15 March 1904 at age 43. She died at the Maulsby home at 1957 South Wichita Street, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Zelah's obituary in a Wichita newspaper reported that Zelah had gone to Wichita the day before she died from Woodward, Oklahoma Territory where she had lived for a number of years and that just before death occurred she had prepared a will in which she appointed her sister, Mrs. Maulsby, guardian of her three children and of her property.37,38 
Arrest*May 1906 In May 1906, Ruth and Vernon Maulsby, owners of The Villa, Wichita, Kansas, were arrested for keeping and maintaining a nuisance. Several newspaper articles kept the story in the news for about two weeks.

One of the first, having some fun with the story, was The Topeka Daily Capital on Friday, May 18, 1906. Under the headline, "Wichita Officers Really Raid Resort', they reported from Wichita that, armed with a warrant and a wagon with which to cart away the "goods", Deputy Marshall Wesley Hawk "swooped down" on the "Villa" near the fairgrounds, and when he departed, he had "wet" goods and the owners in tow. They wrote that Mrs. Ruth Maulsby and Vernon Maulsby, "proprietors" of the "Villa" pleaded not guilty to keeping and maintaining a nuisance, and that they gave bonds of $200 for their appearance. Then, as the judge was scanning a calendar for the purpose of fixing a date for the hearing, Mrs. Maulsby said, "Don't put the case on circus day, Judge." It was, they reported, the vigilant eye of Officer Charles Harmon who discovered the "wet" goods in an ice box at the Maulsby "Villa” and complained to the county attorney and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the owners of a certain ice box. Mrs. Maulsby said that "Harmon stole that bottle of beer" which was how the city policeman got "wise" to the contents of an ice box in the "Villa". "He took that bottle of beer without my permission and I think I shall prosecute him for theft -- petty larceny, it would be."

Two times, dates for the case to be heard were set, and then continued until, finally, the parties were in court on Monday, May 28. Testimony reviewed that Vern and Ruth Maulsby were arrested about two weeks before and charged with keeping a nuisance at the corner of Wichita and Levy streets. It was policeman Charles Harmon who spied an "undrunk" bottle of one per cent alcohol in a refrigerating closet in the Villa. He let the secret out in the presence of County Attorney J. A. Brubacher, and the same afternoon, Deputy City Marshall Wesley Hawk chartered a van and proclaimed it moving day at the Villa. Among other surprises the day brought forth during testimony, were two cases of stage fright at the Villa caused by the deputy marshal. The victims of the scare were a man and miss who had dropped in at the Villa for a little spiritual refreshment and saw the stern-faced marshal trundling the ice box out.

The charge against Mrs. Ruth Maulsby was not sustained and she was discharged by the court. Verne Maulsby was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of the suit, and to go to jail for a period of 30 days. He gave notice of an appeal to the district court, through his attorney, citing that Judge James A. Dyer erred in passing both a fine and sentence, and was released on $250 bond. His appeal was scheduled to be heard at the October term the district court.39,40,41,42,43,44 
Illness*1906Two Wichita newspapers reported that Ruth Maulsby was ill with appendicitis. The Wichita Eagle, on 27 June 1906, reported that she might need an operation; and the Wichita Beacon, on 1 July 1906, reported that there was little hope for her recovery.45,46 
Court Action*10 October 1906Her husband, Vernon Maulsby, was arraigned in District Court, Wichita, Kansas, on 10 October 1906, for contempt of court, regarding an order given the previous Saturday to restrain Maulsby from selling or giving away intoxicating liquors at his residence in South Wichita. The County Attorney, J. A. Brubacher, had alleged in a petition he filed with the court, that Vernon Maulsby had sold intoxicating liquors at "The Villa" on the previous Sunday. He was arraigned on that charge, and his bond was fixed at $300 to appear before Judge Wilson in district court for a hearing. The first date set for his hearing was October 11, which was likely postponed, as a second date of November 28 for his case was reported by a Wichita newspaper. We found no additional newspaper reports about his case.47,48 
Court Action*4 May 1907Claiming she was treated badly, and dissatisfied with the result of the trial of her damage suit against the Peru-VanZandt Implement company, Ruth Maulsby asked for a new trial. The case had been tried in District Court, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, shortly before 4 May 1907, the date her request was reported in a Wichita newspaper. Mrs. Maulsby had claimed that she was injured by the breaking of an imperfect buggy she purchased from the implement company, and a verdict had been given denying her the damages she had requested. In listing the causes, or legal reasons, for a new trial, she named thirteen, some of which, according to the newspaper, that were far-fetched and rather startling. She said the case was improperly tried and that there was misconduct on the part of the court and jury. She stated that things were allowed to be said about her that caused the jurors to form a bad opinion of her and her claim.49 
Domestic Disturbance*25 July 1907 Two Wichita newspapers, both published on 25 July 1907, carried a story about the domestic altercation between Ruth Maulsby and Vernon Maulsby that occurred at the fairgrounds in the very early morning hours of that day. The Wichita Eagle, a morning newspaper, would have had the time constraint to publish before all of the facts of the event were known, and The Wichita Beacon, an evening newspaper, had the advantage of publishing after more of the truth was determined. Because we've found both articles to be of interest, we are sharing them both.

The Wichita Eagle, under the headlines, "Shooting at Fairgrounds: Woman Fired at Vern Maulsby Last Night", reported that a shooting scrape occurred at the new fairgrounds last night about 12 o'clock in which Vern Maulsby was shot at several times by a woman who claimed to be his wife. One of the shots that was fired at him was so close that the flame from the pistol set fire to his undershirt, but the bullet inflicted no wound. The trouble started over some furniture that was owned by the two persons but, as they were not living together, a division was to be made of the furniture, which led to the dispute. Mr. Maulsby said he would swear out a warrant for the woman in the morning, charging her with assault with intent to kill.

The Wichita Beacon, under the headlines, "'He Sailed In', Gun Was Used: Early Morn Excitement at the Fair Grounds", reported that Vern Maulsby called at the police station that morning and reported to Chief Wood that his wife, Ruth Maulsby, had attempted to kill him at an early hour that morning. He said he had been sleeping in the stables at the fair ground, where he was training some horses, and that about 1:30 that morning, his wife called him and attempted to shoot him. He declared that he saw her taking a gun out of her hand bag and, not being able to get away from her, he ran and kept so close to her when she tried to shoot him that the bullets she fired at him failed to take effect. He showed a black streak on one of his wrists which he said had been caused by a bullet, and told Chief Wood that there were four other such marks on his arm under his shirt sleeve. Maulsby had evidently been in some kind of a mix-up, as his clothes were soiled and torn, but the police do not credit the story that his wife shot him. Chief Wood told him to see the county attorney about his trouble, and Maulsby left the office with that intention, declaring that if his wife was not shut up or placed under bond to keep the peace, he would have to kill her or be killed himself.

Mrs. Maulsby told a different story concerning the affair. She said she found her husband in the Fourteenth block of South Market Street the previous night and that he escaped by a rear door and went to the new fairgrounds, where they were living. At the fairgrounds, Mrs. Maulsby said she informed her husband that he had done wrong and that she would leave him. She said he threatened to whip her and "sailed in." When the battle was over, Mrs. Maulsby had two loose teeth and bruises on her head and arms. Men separated the combatants after three pistol shots had been fired.50,51 
Injury*May 1908 In late May 1908, at his work as a race horse trainer and driver, her husband, Vernon Maulsby sustained a serious injury while driving a horse on a race track.52 
Insanity*2 June 1908Ruth filed an affidavit of insanity against her husband, Vernon Maulsby, in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, probate court on 2 June 1908. Under the headlines, "Affidavit of Insanity in Vernon Maulsby Case; Patient Will Be Taken from Jail to His Home" a local newspaper reported that the hearing was to be held before a commission in the probate court and that, in the meantime, it was probable that Verne would be taken from the county jail where he was confined, to his home, where he would be kept under guard. The following day, under the headlines, "Vernon Maulsby Adjudged to be of Unsound Mind; Commission of Physicians Made an Examination", the same newspaper reported that Vernon Maulsby had been adjudged that day to be insane, and that he would probably be taken to the state hospital in Osawatomie for treatment. The newspaper stated that Maulsby was a horse trainer and driver, and that he had been injured the week before while driving on the track.53,52 
Illness*5 May 1909A Wichita newspaper reported that Ruth and Vernon Maulsby had returned to Wichita on 5 May 1909 from Kansas City, where Vernon had been a patient in a hospital for the past month. The brief item stated there was very little hope for Verne's recovery.54 
(Wife) Death6 May 1909Ruth became a widow for the second time when Vernon Maulsby died on 6 May 1909, the next day after their return from Kansas City, at their home on South Wichita Street, Wichita, at age 48.55,56,57 
Funeral*10 May 1909Her husband's funeral was held on 10 May 1909 in their home at 1957 South Wichita Street, Wichita. It was conducted by the Pythians and Eagles and was open to all who wished to attend.58 
(Widow) Obituary10 June 1909Her husband's obituary was published on 10 June 1909 in The Wichita Eagle which reported that he had been born near Redfield, Iowa on 23 December 1860, a son of John and Mary Maulsby who had ten other children, eight of whom survived Vernon. His father was a member of the Friends church, and Vernon grew to young manhood surrounded by the best of Christian influences. Several years before his death, he had been injured in a horse race and the article expressed the belief that his injury did much to hasten his death, as it began a long series of illnesses which ended with a siege of typhoid fever, his last illness and death. His obituary recounted his successful thirty-year career in the race horse business, as both a driver and trainer, naming several of his winning horses and races. He was described as a born race horse man and reported that his happiest days were spent among horses. He married Ruth Bronson on June 11, 1902 and passed away at his residence on South Wichita Street on May 6 last, expressing the opinion that there was no doubt that his life was prolonged by the tender care he received from his devoted wife. According to his obituary, his remains were at that time in the receiving vault at the cemetery and that the funeral was to be announced later.55,56 
Social News*25 September 1909A story in The Wichita Eagle of 25 September 1909 reported that, among the many dinner parties given for owners and trainers of horses participating in the previous week's races, was one held the previous evening by Ruth Maulsby at her home on South Wichita Avenue in honor of friends of her late husband, Vernon Maulsby. Among those present, according to the article, were A. D. Helm of Hutchinson, J. Patterson of Eureka, Frank Costello of Kansas City and Thomas Riley of New York, and that all were men who had known Mr. Maulsby during his successful career as a trainer. The evening was given over to discussion of the days when Mr. Maulsby's horses, "Ella Woodline", "Bell Altken" and "Corporal" were in their glory, and the party was brought to a pleasant close by Miss Ruth Burk's rendering of several numbers on the piano.59 
Census US 1910*20 April 1910Ruth A. Maulsby was enumerated as the head of her household on the 1910 census taken on 20 April 1910 at Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. She was 40 years of age, a widow, and had given birth to three children, only one of whom was living. She owned her house with a mortgage, and worked on her own account as a Clairvoyant in an office. She had three boarders and a nephew, George W. Corwin, residing with her in her household in 1910.60 
Marriage (Illegal)1911She married third, as what she believed was his second wife, John B. Aveline, son of James Aveline and Shingoquah, in 1911. They had met at a spiritualist meeting while Allinea was trying to talk to her deceased husband, Vernon Maulsby. Allinea and John were married after a one-week courtship by a spiritualist preacher and would find out three years later that he had no authority to marry them. Newspapers with the story regarding his conviction for Bigamy in 1919 reported the place of their spiritualist marriage as Wichita, Kansas, and the divorce documents filed by Ruth in 1922 reported the place of that marriage as Salina.61,62 
Residence1914Ruth A. Maulsby, a clairvoyant, widow of Vernon, was listed with her business at 515 E. Douglas Avenue and her residence at 1957 S. Wichita Street in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas City Directory of 1914.63 
Residence1915 In 1915, her husband John was living in Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, and advertised as Professor Aveline, teacher of violin and band instruments. Stating he had years of experience, he also offered artistic painting, and was permanently located upstairs at A. C. Towne's residence, Miami, Oklahoma, Phone 348.64 
Census State KS 1915*1915Ruth A. Maulsby was listed with her son, Robert J. F. Aveline, on the 1915 Kansas State census in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Ruth was 40 years of age and Robert was age 3.65 
Occupation*8 January 1915 On 8 January 1915, she ran a newspaper advertisement as Madam Aveline in Drumright, Creek County, Oklahoma, offering her services as a Spiritual Medium and Clairvoyant. Her ad stated that, "If I don't tell you what you are interested about, no charges. Message meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. 116 South Main Street, room 6. Tulsa, Okla." Signed Madam Aveline.66 
Residence1917Ruth A. Maulsby, widow of Vern, was listed at 1957 S. Wichita Street in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas City Directory of 1917. Her second husband, John B. Aveline, a musician, was also listed with the same business address on another page in the same directory.67 
(Wife) Residence30 January 1917Her husband, John B. Aveline, a sign painter and violinist, had been working and living in Caney, Montgomery County, Kansas, and on 30 January 1917, he packed up his affairs in Caney and moved back to Wichita to join his wife and son who had been spending much of their time.68 
Marriage (Illegal)*23 February 1917 After learning that their first marriage ceremony had been performed by a spiritualist preacher who was not licensed to perform legal marriages, Ruth A. Wilson and John B. Aveline were married a second time on 23 February 1917 in Newkirk, Kay County, Oklahoma, by G. A. Kleinsteiber, Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newkirk. Although their minister was legal, their marriage was not because John was still legally married to his first wife, Lena (Lindsey) Aveline, who lived with their unmarried daughter in Indiana.1,61 
Residence1918Madame Ruth A. Maulsby, medium and healer, was listed at 1957 S. Wichita Street in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Polk City Directory of 1918. Her husband was listed at the same address as John B. Aveline, sign painter.69,70 
(Wife) BigamyDecember 1919 In December 1919, her husband, John B. Aveline was sent to the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, to serve one year for Bigamy. Although separated, he and Lena (Lindsey) Aveline were not legally divorced when he met his second wife at a spiritualist meeting in Oklahoma. She had been at the meeting trying to talk with her dead husband and, after a week's courtship, she and John were married by a spiritualist preacher who had no authority to perform a legal marriage, which John and his wife discovered three years later. They went to Newkirk in Kay County, Oklahoma and were married legally. Then, when John left Ruth, she learned he was living with another woman as a common law wife, and that it was then learned he had never secured a divorce from his first wife. He and Ruth had one son together.61 
Census US 1920*9 January 1920She was enumerated as Ruth A. Maulsby, and was the head of her household, on the 1920 census taken on 9 January 1920 at 1957 S. Wichita Street, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. She was reported as 45 years of age and a widow. She was able to read and write, owned her house with a mortgage and worked on her own account as a Medium in a Psychic Guild. Her son, Robert Aveline, was enumerated as Robert Maulsby. He was 7 years old and had attended school within the census year.71 
Injury*20 August 1921 A Wichita newspaper reported that on Saturday, 20 August 1921, Robert Aveline, small son of Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline, of 409 East Douglas Avenue, suffered an injury to the second toe of his right foot when his foot was caught in the machinery of a gasoline engine. He was removed to a hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the toe. Robert was 9 years old.72 
Residence*1922Her husband, John B. Aveline, an artist, and Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline were listed at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas City Directory of 1922. Ruth was also listed a second time, directly below the first, as Madame Ruth Maulsby Aveline, Psychic and Palmist, office at 409 E. Douglas Avenue and residence at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue.73 
(Mother-Foster) Birth1922In most records Dorothy Aveline was identified as the daughter of Ruth A. (Wilson) Bronson Maulsby Aveline, and in one newspaper article, Ruth was identified as Dorothy's foster mother and Ruth's husband, John B. Aveline, as Dorothy's foster father. We suspect the latter identification more accurate because Dorothy was born when Ruth was about 55 years of age which, while not impossible, is unlikely.74,75,76 
Divorce Filing*8 July 1922Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline filed for divorce from John B. Aveline on 8 July 1922 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. A newspaper account of her petition reported that Ruth, a Clairvoyant, alleged non-support and abandonment as her grounds, and recited that they were married in Salina in 1911 and had one boy, age 10, as a result of their union.62 
Residence1925Ruth M. Aveline was listed in the City Directory of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, as a Psychic. Her business was located at 125 W. Douglas Avenue, and her home address was 1115 S. Meridian Avenue.77 
Missing Person*11 July 1925The first time her son, Robert Aveline, ran away from their home at 1115 South Meridian Avenue, Wichita, Kansas, was on 11 July 1925. His anxious mother described him as 13 years old, with brown eyes and hair. One toe was missing from his right foot, and he had been wearing dark blue serge pants and a light shirt.

He went missing a second time eighteen months later. A Wichita newspaper reported that his mother was heart-broken because her son, Robert Aveline, 15 years old, had run away from home Monday morning, 3 January 1927, with a neighbor boy, Theodore Montayne, 16, of 1231 South Meridian Avenue. His mother, Madam Maulsby Aveline, believed that the boys had planned to leave Wichita several days before, and was appealing to peace officers in Kansas to urge her boy to return home if they happened to find him and, if he refused to return home, to hold him and call Wichita's chief of police. She said that Robert, who was large for his age, had light brown hair, brown eyes, weighed 135 pounds, was five feet, five inches tall and was of slender build. His right ear was larger than his left, and that when Robert left home, he was wearing corduroy trousers, a blue serge coat, and tan shoes. She said the Montayne boy had black hair, gray eyes, and was stoop shouldered. He had bony features, talked with a drawl, and was about five feet, nine inches tall. He had been wearing a black suit when he left home. He was a mechanic by trade, and had left school some time before to accept employment at the Ben Sibbitt foundry. The article reported that Madam Aveline's downtown office was at 125½ West Douglas Avenue. The same newspaper, two weeks later, wrote that Robert Aveline had not been heard from since his disappearance. His mother said that the boy had been lured away on a previous occasion and that she feared he had been kidnapped again. She thought that a reward would be offered for his return by interested persons in Wichita. As the end of January approached, the newspaper reported that Robert's mother, Madame Maulsby Aveline, 125½ West Douglas Avenue, was grief stricken and seriously ill at her home because her boy, who had left home three weeks before, had not returned. There was fear she would not recover. For three days and nights, Madame Aveline had been unable to sleep. Worn out and wearied by hours of search for the boy, she was on the verge of a physical and mental breakdown. Her son, Robert Aveline, disappeared while on his way to school, and no trace had been found of him since.

On Sunday, 13 March 1927, The Wichita Eagle reported that a nation-wide search had been instituted for Robert Aveline, 14, the son of Mrs. Ruth Aveline of Wichita, who had been missing since January 3, and that probation and police officials throughout the country had been sent notices regarding the youth's strange disappearance. The item stated that it was believed that he left Wichita with Theodore Montayne, age 17. Robert was described as looking older than his true age. He was five feet, five inches tall, and had brown hair and eyes. The Montayne youth was five feet, ten inches in height, and had blue eyes, black hair and a dark complexion. He was wanted only to aid in finding the Aveline boy. A reward of $25 had been offered for information leading to the safe return of young Aveline. The following week, on 20 March, the same newspaper again mentioned the reward opportunity, reporting that, having had no word from her son Robert since his mysterious disappearance the previous January, she had offered a $25 reward for his safe return. Her appeal reminded readers that the boy was 14 years old and that she believed he left Wichita with Theodore Montayne, age 17, whose photograph accompanied the article. Robert's mother, Mrs. Ruth Aveline, whose office was at 125 West Douglas Avenue, declared that the strain of her loss was too much for her to bear longer. She could not properly concentrate on her work and feared a breakdown unless her son was restored to her.

On 29 April, a second newspaper, The Wichita Beacon, reported that the psychic powers of Madame Aveline, combined with the police departments of many cities, had failed to uncover the whereabouts of her son, Robert Aveline, who had been listed as missing for the last three months. Madame Aveline, a medium, had not been content to rely on her spiritualistic insight solely, in the search for the youth, but had enlisted the aid of the probation office. It was stated that practically every morning, A. E. Jones, probation officer, had received a call from Madame, and on that day, as on previous days, he had been forced to reply, "No word yet." Robert, aged 14, and his pal, Theodore Montayne, aged 17, disappeared on the same day. Montayne had worked as a mechanic in Wichita and was wanted only because he was believed to have taken the youth away. The article noted that a reward of $25 was offered for the safe return of Robert to Mr. Jones, probation officer.

The last newspaper mention we found regarding Robert's disappearance was published in The Wichita Eagle on Tuesday, 17 May 1927, which reported that Madam Maulsby Aveline was of the opinion that the lad found the previous day wandering about near Alva, Oklahoma in a dazed condition was her boy Robert, who had disappeared from Wichita some months earlier. The sheriff who found the boy was unable to learn where he lived, as the boy thought he had spent the winter in Blackwell, Oklahoma and that he lived in Hutchinson, Kansas. Madam Aveline called the sheriff the previous night and said the description of the youth tallied with that of her son.78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85 
Education*1931 In 1931, her daughter, Dorothy, was an honor student in the 3A class at the Webster School, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.74 
Illness*May 1931Her daughter, Dorothy Aveline, was reported in May 1931 to be in a critically ill condition with septicemia, known also as blood poisoning. Her suffering was caused by an infection which followed the extraction of a tooth. Fortunately, Dorothy, who was 9 years old, was able to recover after a specialist operated on her infected jaw.86,74 
Court Action5 August 1931The Wichita Eagle newspaper reported that spiritualist medium Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline had sued the estate of another medium for $350 of the estate's $1,200 total. The trial was held on Wednesday afternoon, 5 August 1931, in Probate Court, Wichita, Kansas. The morning edition of the newspaper on 6 August carried a short review of the previous day's trial. It reported that the claim of $350 was against the estate of Madam Lucy Sampson, who died June 30, and that Madam Aveline claimed the amount was due her for services furnished clients of Madam Sampson during her last illness. A former medium, Neva Burgoyne, testified she had been paid for her work as substitute medium for Mrs. Sampson in circle meetings, but that she too believed money was due her from the estate of Madam Sampson for work in private readings. The article added that, following the hearing, Madam Aveline stated she had been in communication with Madam Sampson "in love and thoughts," but that in this communication the claim against her estate was not mentioned.

The evening edition of the paper published a more complete article about the trial, and included a bolded summary of the case beside a large photograph of Madam Maulsby Aveline, and some of her testimony. The summary said, "Claiming she neglected her own business to take care of the clients of another medium, Madam Maulsby Aveline awaits a decision of the probate court after filing a claim to $350 of the $1,200 estate left by the late Madam Lucy Sampson. Madam Aveline also claims to have served as nurse at the woman's bedside for many nights, besides acting as her advisor on ways and means of keeping her money away from 'racketeers.' Madam Aveline was moving Thursday to the old offices of Madam Sampson at 156½ North Main."

The body of the paper's coverage reported that Madam Maulsby Aveline, a spiritualist medium, claimed she had saved the $1,200 estate of the late Madam Lucy Sampson, another medium, from racketeers, and that she felt confident her claim of $350 against the estate was just and would be granted by the judge. Madam Aveline claimed to have spent night after night nursing Madam Sampson during the 18 months prior to her death on June 30, and said that many times she left her offices above the fish market on West Douglas -- leaving clients awaiting readings -- to go care for Mrs. Sampson or to make readings for her. She said that when Madam Sampson's husband died two years before, his widow was left $1,000 in insurance money. According to Madam Aveline, the aged woman placed the money in an old trunk, and that about that time, Madam Aveline declared, a woman and a Wichita doctor tried many means of getting hold of the money, and that she said she advised Mrs. Sampson to put the money in a bank and caused her to cease talking "business deals" with the woman and the doctor.

The newspaper quoted Madam Aveline's testimony, "On the day her husband died, she called me to make some readings for her. I gave her all the money, as she needed it. From then on, she called me day after day to help her. When she (Madam Sampson) gave readings, she always stood on her feet. Her feet became sore and she could not read well. Time after time she called on me to help her. Then one day she told me that a turtle was bringing messages from the dead. I knew then that her mind was slipping for no medium has ever claimed that any turtle brought messages. From then on, I practically did all her work, but she took the money."

Madam Sampson was survived by three children. Madam Aveline claimed the children made no inquiry of her until they learned she was dead. "I feel that I am entitled to even more than the estate for my services, but as there are children, I would not think of taking a large share," Madam Aveline declared. The final statement in the article was that Madam Aveline was moving that day from her offices above the fish market to the old offices of Madam Sampson at the Colonial Rooms, 156½ North Main.

The third and final newspaper item we found about the trial, was published on Friday, 7 August. The witness, Madam Neva Burgoyne, who was another a spiritualist medium, had visited the Eagle newspaper office that day to say she was not interested in money from the estate as might have been inferred from her testimony. She said she was a close friend of Madam Sampson.87,88,89 
(Sister) Death26 March 1933Her brother, Samuel C. Wilson, died in a local hospital on 26 March 1933 in Wichita, Kansas, at age 76.90,91 
(Sister) Obituary28 March 1933An obituary for her brother Samuel was published in a Wichita newspaper on 28 March 1933 under the title, "Loses Only Brother." It reported that Samuel Wilson of 1807 Emporia Avenue, Wichita, who had died in a local hospital the previous Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving brother of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline, also of Wichita. Mrs. Aveline, it continued, has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper (Diadema (Wilson) Draper) of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hil (Sarah R. (Wilson) Hill) of Arizona. Mr. Wilson, it concluded, was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons.92 
Residence1934 In the 1934 City Directory of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Ruth M. Aveline was listed with her son, Robert F. Aveline, at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue. Ruth was working as a Medium, and Robert was a student.77 
Education*10 June 1934Her son, Robert F. Aveline's name and photo were published in a Wichita newspaper on 10 June 1934, along with other graduates of the 1934 Class of Wichita High School North, Wichita, Kansas.93 
(Mother) Social NewsOctober 1936Her daughter, Dorothy, was 15 years old in October 1936 and resided with her mother at 125½ West Douglas, Wichita, when she won awards and received recognition for her artwork with pastels, water color and with oils. A Wichita newspaper noted that her father had also been a painter. Dorothy had entered her work in a local display and was given ribbons on a "Moss Rose", another entitled "A Castle", and also a scene showing an old New England home on a lake shore with a boat in the background.94 
Residence*1938Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline and her daughter, Dorothy Aveline, a student, were listed at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue in the Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas City Directory of 1938.75 
Residence1939 In the 1939 City Directory of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, Ruth Aveline was listed with her son, Robert F. Aveline, and daughter, Dorothy Aveline, at 125½ W. Douglas Avenue. Ruth was working as a Medium, Robert's occupation was not identified, and Dorothy was a student.77 
(Mother-Foster) Social News8 June 1940Her foster daughter, Dorothy Aveline, won additional honors for her art work while a student at East High School, Wichita. A local newspaper article dated 8 June 1940 included an interview with her foster mother, Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline, who attributed Dorothy's talent to her early environment and the work of her foster father, John B. Aveline, Ruth's deceased husband, who had been an artist whose work in Wichita as a sign painter became such that he was called upon for many oil paintings for residences. Some of his oils showing outdoor life, such as duck hunting scenes, were outstanding. Ruth reported that she had taught Dorothy to draw when she was a child, urging her to copy pictures, and also to sketch the works of her foster father. She added that Dorothy had early developed an outstanding talent with pencil and brush, inspiring Ruth to give her nine years study under art teacher, E. Helene Perry.76,95 
Death*11 November 1949She died as Ruth A. Maulsby on 11 November 1949 at age 85 at a local hospital in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Her obituary reported she was survived by a daughter, Dorothy Aveline, a son, Robert F. Aveline, and a sister, Sarah R. Hill of Prescott, Arizona7,96 
Burial* and was buried in Section M, Lot FP, Grave 341, of Maple Grove Cemetery, Wichita.96 

Family 1

 Jonathan E. Bronson b. Oct 1845, d. 5 Jan 1901
Children 1.Nettie Bronson29 b. Aug 1892
 2.Edna Bronson29 b. Jul 1893

Family 2

 Vernon Maulsby b. 23 Dec 1860, d. 6 May 1909

Family 3

 John B. Aveline b. Apr 1861, d. Jul 1932
Children 1.Robert Francis Aveline97 b. 20 Jul 1912, d. 1 Dec 1973
 2.Dorothy Aveline75 b. 1922

Citations

  1. [S2175] Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 23 February 1917 in Kay County, Oklahoma, USA, of John Aveline of Chicago, Illinois, age 52, born in Indiana about 1865, son of James Aveline and , and Mrs. Allinea R Maulsby of Kansas City, Missouri, born about 1874 in Indiana, daughter of Robert Wilson, married by G. A. Kleinsteiber, minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Newkirk, referencing Film# 001311015. Hereinafter cited as Oklahoma, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1890-1995.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A; Ruth was 6 years old and her year of birth was estimated as 1864. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2162] Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 25 August 1892 in Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA, of Ruth A Wilson, and Jonathan E Bronson, referencing FHL Film# 001690057. Hereinafter cited as Colorado, County Marriage Records and State Index, 1862-2006.
  4. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A.
  5. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Didema Wilson, Year: 1880; Census Place: Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: 376; Page: 608a; Enumeration District: 050; Ruth's age reported as 16, and her year of birth estimated as 1864. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ruth Bronson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 499; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0277; Ruth's date of birth was recorded as July 1864. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  7. [S2717] Ruth Maulsby 1949 Kansas Obituary, online at www.findagrave.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Saturday, November 12, 1949, Page 1, (Downloaded on Feb 16, 2025), reporting the death of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby, age 75, of 4720 North Arkansas on Friday in a local hospital; that she was born July 28, 1874 in Sullivan, Indiana; that she had been a resident of Wichita the past 15 years; survived by a daughter Dorothy Aveline, a son Robert Aveline, and a sister Mrs. Sara R. Hill of Prescott, Arizona. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby 1949 Kansas Obituary.
  8. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Ruth Maulsby, Memorial# 33264005, reporting her date of birth as 28 July 1874. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  9. [S2173] Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, online at www.newspapers.com, marriage license issued on 11 June 1902 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA of Ellena Ruth Bronson of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, age 33, born about 1869, and V Maulsby of Wichita, Kansas, age 40, born about 1862, and married on the same date in the same place by Charles E. Bradt, Minister of the Gospel, citing Film# 002363974. Hereinafter cited as Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911.
  10. [S2181] Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 25 August 1892 in Golden, Jefferson, Colorado, USA, of Miss Ruth A Wilson of Arapahoe County, Colorado, and Jonathan E Bronson of Arapahoe County, Colorado, referencing Colorado State Archives, Denver, CO, Jefferson County Marriage Records, 1868-1981, year 1892. Hereinafter cited as Colorado, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1863-2018.
  11. [S2756] Ruth Bronson: Bon Ton Millinery Parlor Opens (11 January 1895) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, January 11, 1895, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting that the Millinery opening by Mrs. J. E. Bronson last Saturday evening attracted a number of ladies and a few gentlemen to the elegantly furnished Parlors on Main Street, where was displayed a choice assortment of flowers, feathers and silks and many other attractive fabrics so delightful to the feminine mind; that Messrs. McIntyre on the guitar and Frank Price on the violin discoursed sweet strains of music until late in the evening; that the opening of the Bon Ton was a glittering success of which Mrs. Bronson may well feel proud; and that in her coming, Woodward ladies may congratulate themselves in having her taste and splendid line of millinery goods at their command; that the newspaper predicted a successful year for Mrs. Bronson and the Bon Ton Millinery Parlors. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson: Bon Ton Millinery Parlor Opens (11 January 1895) Oklahoma Territory.
  12. [S2761] Ruth Bronson: Secures Artiste for Bon Ton (19 January 1895) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Woodward Jeffersonian, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Saturday, January 19, 1895, Page 3, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), publishing a report from the Wichita Eagle of Wichita, Kansas which stated that Mrs. J. E. Bronson of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, was in the city; that she had secured for the Bon Ton millinery store of that young city, of which establishment she was proprietress, the services of Madam Hannel, an artiste of Chicago, and the proposition was that the Bon Ton should lead the fashions for the territory; that Mrs. Bronson was making additions to her stock. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson: Secures Artiste for Bon Ton (19 January 1895) Oklahoma Territory.
  13. [S2758] Ruth Bronson: Bed-Rock Dress-making Prices (8 February 1895) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, February 8, 1895, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting that, owing to the hard times, Mrs. Ruth Bronson was making bed-rock prices on dress-making and sewing; and asking readers to call at her dress-making parlors on Main Street for prices. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson: Bed-Rock Dress-making Prices (8 February 1895) Oklahoma Territory.
  14. [S2757] Ruth Bronson: Bon Ton Millinery Advertisement (4 January 1895 - 26 April 1895) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, January 4, 1895 - Friday, April 26, 1895, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), publishing the advertisement for "Millinery" and advertising Hats: at all prices from $2 to $20 each; Fascinators, Tam O'Shanters and Hoods; Ready-made Tea Gowns, silk, wool and cotton; Ready-made Underwear, silk a specialty; Children's wear also; Ready-made Bed Linens; Complete line of Ladies' Underwear; Gents' hats cleaned and dyed; signed... Mrs. J. E. Bronson, The Bon Ton Milliner. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson: Bon Ton Millinery Advertisement (4 January 1895 - 26 April 1895) Oklahoma Territory.
  15. [S2736] Mrs. J. E. Bronson Arrested for Assault 1895 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, April 19, 1895, Page 1, (Downloaded on Jan 30, 2025), reporting that on Tuesday, Mrs. J. E. Bronson, resenting a gross insult from a man of indiscreet tendencies, had armed herself and demanded an apology; that upon refusal whereof she took a shot at him, but which flew wide of its mark; that she had been arrested and, waiving examination, was bound over to the district court on the charge of assault with the intent to kill in the sum of $300. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. J. E. Bronson Arrested for Assault 1895 Oklahoma.
  16. [S2739] Ruth Bronson Defends Honor with a Gun 1895 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, April 23, 1895, Page 3, (Downloaded on Jan 4, 2025), under the headlines, "She Used Gun: Wichita Woman in Oklahoma Defends Her Honor With a Gun", reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson, formerly of Wichita, gave some of the people of Woodward, O. T., a few days ago, a sample of the mettle of a Wichita woman according to the following from The Jeffersonian of that city; that quoting, "Mrs. Ruth Bronson, a milliner and dressmaker of this city, who came here about three months ago from Wichita, Kansas, opened fire with a revolver Tuesday evening at Robert Oats' livery stable on John Monroe, a young man whom she claimed insulted her"; that the ball failed to hit its mark and went into the livery stable; that it came very near hitting Postmaster Carroll and Robert Oats; that it didn't miss each either one by a half inch; that both could congratulate themselves in their good luck in not being killed; that Mrs. Bronson was immediately arrested and gave bond for her appearance before the probate court on Wednesday; that her trial came off Wednesday and she was bound over to the grand jury in the sum of $300. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson Defends Honor with a Gun 1895 Oklahoma.
  17. [S2735] Ruth Bronson to Close Out Millinery Stock 1895 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, May 3, 1895, Page 1 , (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson had decided to close out her millinery stock and would sell for actual cost; instructing to see her if bargains were wanted. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson to Close Out Millinery Stock 1895 Oklahoma.
  18. [S2760] Ruth Bronson Notice: Opens New Stock at New Location (2 October 1896) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, October 2, 1896, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), under the title, "Will Open for Business", reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson was pleased to announce that she would open a new stock of millinery and notions on Monday, October 5th, in the Raymond building; that goods were strictly new and low prices; artistic work in trimming; that a splendid dressmaking department would be in connection; that ladies were invited to call; signed by Mrs. Ruth Bronson. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson Notice: Opens New Stock at New Location (2 October 1896) Oklahoma Territory.
  19. [S2759] Ruth Bronson: Millinery Shipment Delayed (23 October 1896) Oklahoma Territory, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, October 23, 1896, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), publishing a "Notice" that owing to a misdirection in shipment Mrs. Bronson's goods failed to arrive when expected; but that would be there without fail the next day, Saturday, October 24th; and inviting to go in and see the latest and best at lower prices than ever made in Woodward; that it was signed by Mrs. Ruth Bronson. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson: Millinery Shipment Delayed (23 October 1896) Oklahoma Territory.
  20. [S2762] Ruth Bronson of Wichita, Kansas Visits Sister, Mrs. Robert Benn, in Woodward, Oklahoma Territory 1895, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, November 8, 1895, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson of Wichita was the guest of her sister, Mrs. Robert Benn and family. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson of Wichita, Kansas Visits Sister, Mrs. Robert Benn, in Woodward, Oklahoma Territory 1895.
  21. [S2732] Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson Divorce 1896 Oklahoma Affidavit for Publication, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma) , Friday, November 20, 1896, Page 1 , (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), under the title, “Notice for Publication” and first published on 30 October 1896, referencing her petition for divorce, Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson, the District Judge stated that on 22 October 1896, “Personally appeared Ruth A. Bronson who being by me duly sworn defends and says that she is with due diligence is unable to ascertain the post office address of defendant and cannot make personal service on him and that she has filed her suit for divorce and wishes to make service by publication”. Hereinafter cited as Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson Divorce 1896 Oklahoma Affidavit for Publication.
  22. [S2733] Ruth A. Bronson vs. J. E. Bronson 1896 Oklahoma Divorce Case Continued, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, December 18, 1896, Page 4 , (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting by the District Court that the Ruth A. Bronson vs. J. E. Bronson divorce case had been continued until the next term of the court. Hereinafter cited as Ruth A. Bronson vs. J. E. Bronson 1896 Oklahoma Divorce Case Continued.
  23. [S2737] Oklahoma Territory vs. Ruth Bronson 1895 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, December 20, 1895, Page 4, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), reporting from the District Court that in the case of the Territory vs. Ruth Bronson, Attorney Ed Sample entertained a nolle, (meaning he declined to prosecute), followed by a statement, “the only feature to be regretted by the Territory was that Mrs. Bronson's aim was bad”. Hereinafter cited as Oklahoma Territory vs. Ruth Bronson 1895 Oklahoma.
  24. [S2726] J. E. Bronson of Hot Springs, Arkansas 1897 Visits Brother-in-Law, Bob Benn in Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, March 5, 1897, Page 1, (Downloaded on Jan 30, 2025); reporting that J. E. Bronson of Hot Springs, Arkansas, arrived in the city Tuesday, the 2nd, and was visiting his brother-in-law, Bob Benn. Hereinafter cited as J. E. Bronson of Hot Springs, Arkansas 1897 Visits Brother-in-Law, Bob Benn in Oklahoma.
  25. [S2734] Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson 1897 Oklahoma Divorce Dismissed, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma) , Friday, May 21, 1897, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 3, 2025), reporting that the divorce in District Court, of Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson, had been dismissed. Hereinafter cited as Ruth A. Bronson vs. Jonathan E. Bronson 1897 Oklahoma Divorce Dismissed.
  26. [S2738] Mrs. Ruth Bronson Arrested; Fined $50 1897 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, June 25, 1897, Page 1, (Downloaded on Jan 30, 2025), reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson was arrested Wednesday, June 23, 1897, on a charge of striking Bob Brown on the head with a can of meat; that she was taken before Probate Judge Lawhon, pled guilty to the charge and was fined $50 and costs; that Brown went to Dr. Patton and had a few stitches taken in his head. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Ruth Bronson Arrested; Fined $50 1897 Oklahoma.
  27. [S2751] Ruth Bronson's Response to Criticism 1897 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma), Friday, August 27, 1897, Page 1, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), printing a notice sent by Mrs. Ruth Bronson stating: This is to inform certain parties that I am fully able to care for my own affairs and those who meddle in same should first cast the beam from their own eye before they try to pluck the mote from others. I've lived here for three years and consider my reputation superior to those who presume to criticize my conduct, and as long as I live I shall resent insults offered me by any person. If people would build up instead of trying to tear down another, how much better it would be. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson's Response to Criticism 1897 Oklahoma.
  28. [S2728] Ruth Bronson and Robert and Zelah Benn Family Attend 1897 Oklahoma Wedding, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Woodward News, (Woodward, Oklahoma) · Fri, Dec 17, 1897 · Page 1, (Downloaded on Jan 30, 2025); reporting that Mrs. J. E. Bronson, Sheriff and Mrs. Benn, and Misses Eliza and Edna Benn were among the guests attending the 14 December 1897 wedding of Mr. Hartman and Miss Rose Osborn. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Bronson and Robert and Zelah Benn Family Attend 1897 Oklahoma Wedding.
  29. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ruth Bronson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 499; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0277.
  30. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Jonathan E. Bronson, (his name transcribed as "Jonastram" by Ancestry), Year: 1900; Census Place: Judkins, Woodward, Oklahoma; Roll: 1344; Page: 6; Enumeration District: 0244.
  31. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Jonathan Elijah “Jack” Bronson, Memorial# 25995546.
  32. [S2293] U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904, online at www.ancestry.com, headstone provided for Jonathan E Bronson, died on _____ 5 1901, buried at Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA, served in Company E of the 5th Regiment of the New Hampshire Infantry., referencing The National Archives at Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; Card Records of Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, ca. 1879-ca. 1903; Record Group: Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General; Record Group Number: 92; Series Number: M1845. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Headstones Provided for Deceased Union Civil War Veterans, 1861-1904.
  33. [S2781] Jonathan E. Bronson 1901 Obituary Kansas and Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, January 6, 1901, Page 7, (Downloaded on January 3, 2025), under the headlines, "Death of Mr. Bronson; New Hampshire Soldier with a Fine Record Dead", reporting that yesterday morning, John E. Bronson departed this life at 8:36; that 2 o'clock that afternoon, January 6, the burial would take place from Dunbar's under the auspices of Garfield Post, Grand Army of the Republic; that all old soldiers in the city were invited; that Mr. Bronson was 57 years of age and left a family; that his death was caused by tuberculosis and chronic indigestion; that the deceased was born and reared at Bath, New Hampshire where he enlisted in Company E of the Forty-third New Hampshire volunteers and served with distinction all through the war; that he was a man of superior education and was a bookkeeper by profession; that he was silent in his disposition but had a singular faculty for discovering and admiring men of merit; that he had a remarkable although undemonstrative admiration for several men of the city of Wichita and of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory where he lived; that he was a college bred man and always maintained the dignity and personal pride cultivated by college life; that Mr. Bronson's father was a prominent New Hampshire physician; that he has a brother who is now a distinguished physician of Sedalia, Missouri being supreme medical examiner of one of the most influential mutual benefit organizations of the country; that his name is Dr. Ora Bronson, and if he can possibly be here he will arrive today; that in the death of Mr. Bronson a chapter of the better side of human nature was opened up, one that is pleasing to men who look at the world from the better side; that some time ago he expressed the wish to go to the soldiers' home and he cherished the idea of becoming one of its inmates to the last hour; that the approach of death brought to him the memory of battle fields and his comrades and that he spoke a great deal of the events of America's greatest tragedy. Hereinafter cited as Jonathan E. Bronson 1901 Obituary Kansas and Oklahoma.
  34. [S1447] U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, online at www.ancestry.com, pension index record for Jonathan E. Bronson, served in Company E of the 5th New Hampshire Infantry, Soldier, filed on 4 August 1890 in Colorado for his invalid pension, citing Application# 871862 and Certificate# 656762, and Ruth A. Bronson, his widow, filed on 5 May 1902 in Kansas for a widow's pension, citing Application# 762305, referencing The National Archives in Washington, DC; Washington, DC, USA; U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Title: General Index to Civil War and Later Pension Files, Ca. 1949-Ca. 1949; NAI Number: 563268; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Number: T288; Roll: 53, Ancestry image# 1351 of 4639. Hereinafter cited as Civil War Pension Index to Pension Files,1861-1934.
  35. [S2715] Mrs. Ruth Bronson and Verne Maulsby 1902 Kansas Marriage, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, June 15, 1902, page 17, (Downloaded on December 31, 2024); reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson, widow of the late Captain J E. Bronson, and Mr. Verne Maulsby were united in marriage Wednesday at the home of the Rev. C. E. Bradt of the First Presbyterian Church; that only the immediate friends of the parties were present; that the bride was gowned in a beautiful white creation with adornments of flowers and jewels; that Mr. Maulsby was attired in black; that after the ceremony a wedding dinner was spread at the home of the bride's brother, and it was quite an elaborate affair; that Mr. Maulsby is the owner of some of the fastest colts in the state, while his bride owns a fine ranch in Woodward county, O. T.; that they will make their home at 313 East William street. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Ruth Bronson and Verne Maulsby 1902 Kansas Marriage.
  36. [S2782] Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials 1902 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Mount Hope Clarion, (Mount Hope, Kansas), Friday, June 13, 1902, Page 4, (Downloaded on December 31, 2024), under the title, "Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials", and from The Wichita Eagle of June 12, reporting that Mrs. Allina Ruth Bronson and Mr. Verne Maulsby were married at the residence of Rev. C. E. Bradt, after an engagement of nearly four years, and a courtship brought about by a mutual love of horses; that the bride wore a beautiful wedding gown which, with some magnificent jewelry, added much to her many other personal attractions; that Mr. Maulsby was dressed in the conventional black; that the wedding dinner was served at the residence of the bride's brother and was quite an elaborate function; that only immediate friends were present, as the marriage was a quiet one; that the happy couple will make their home at 313 East William Street; that Mr. Maulsby is a prominent horseman and has been one of the best known figures at the training grounds for several years; that Mrs. Bronson came here four years ago from Woodward, O. T., where she owns a large farm consisting of several hundred acres; that she is well known for the active part she has taken in relieving distress and the kindly interest she has taken in horses, especially those abused by drivers; that she is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, by whose pastor she was united to Mr. Maulsby; that her husband died in this city about two years ago; that Mr. Maulsby is the gentleman who is training the horses at the East Livery Barn. Hereinafter cited as Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials 1902 Kansas.
  37. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Zelah J. (Wilson) Benn, Memorial# 25994669.
  38. [S2725] Zelah (Wilson) Benn 1904 Kansas Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, March 16, 1904, Page 6, (Downloaded on Feb 6, 2025); under the headline, “Died of Consumption: Mrs. "Zellah" Benn Will Be Buried Tomorrow", reporting that Mrs. Zelah Benn died of consumption the evening before at the home of her sister, Mrs. Verne Maulsby, 1957 South Wichita Street; that she had come to Wichita the day before she died from Woodward, Oklahoma Territory where she had made her home for a number of years; that her maiden name was Wilson; that she left three children; that just before death occurred she drew up a will in which she appointed her sister, Mrs. Maulsby, guardian of her children and the property; that funeral would be Thursday and burial in Maple Grove Cemetery. Hereinafter cited as Zelah (Wilson) Benn 1904 Kansas Obituary.
  39. [S2740] Ruth and Vernon Maulsby Arrested (dated 18 May 1906) Kansas for Keeping and Maintaining a "Wet" Nuisance, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Topeka Daily Capital, (Topeka, Kansas), Friday, May 18, 1906, Page 3, (Downloaded on Feb 19, 2025), under the headline, "Wichita Officers Really Raid Resort', reporting from Wichita that, armed with a warrant and a wagon with which to cart away the "goods", Deputy Marshall Wesley Hawk "swooped down" on the "Villa" near the fairgrounds, and when he departed, he had "wet" goods and the owners in tow; that Mrs. Ruth Maulsby and Vernon Maulsby, "proprietors" of the "Villa" pleaded not guilty to keeping and maintaining a nuisance; that they gave bonds of $200 for their appearance; that Mrs. Maulsby said, "Don't put the case on circus day, Judge" when he was scanning a calendar for the purpose of fixing a date for the hearing; that it was the vigilant eye of Officer Charles Harmon who discovered the "wet" goods in an ice box at the Maulsby "Villa"; that he complained to the county attorney and a warrant was issued for the arrest of the owners of a certain ice box; that "Harmon stole that bottle of beer" was how Mrs. Maulsby explained how the city policeman got "wise" to the contents of an ice box in the "Villa"; "He took that bottle of beer without my permission and I think I shall prosecute him for theft -- petty larceny, it would be". Hereinafter cited as Ruth and Vernon Maulsby Arrested (dated 18 May 1906) Kansas for Keeping and Maintaining a "Wet" Nuisance.
  40. [S2749] Maulsby Case Continued: Nuisance Charge Will be Argued Thursday (dated 21 May1906) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Monday, May 21, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "Maulsby Case Continued: Nuisance Charge Will be Argued Thursday", reporting that Vern and Ruth Maulsby, charged with harboring and shielding what in the language of Charles Harmon is a common nuisance, will be tried in the city court Thursday; that the case was set for today and continued. Hereinafter cited as Maulsby Case Continued: Nuisance Charge Will be Argued Thursday (dated 21 May1906) Kansas.
  41. [S2750] Vern and Ruth Maulsby Case Continued (dated 24 May 1906) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, May 24, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025)' reporting that the case in which Vern and Ruth Maulsby are charged with keeping a nuisance at the corner of Wichita and Levy Street, was continued in the city court this morning until Monday. Hereinafter cited as Vern and Ruth Maulsby Case Continued (dated 24 May 1906) Kansas.
  42. [S2746] Vern Maulsby Gets Fine and a Jail Sentence (dated 29 May 1906) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, May 29, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headline, "Gets Fine and a Jail Sentence", reporting that Vern Maulsby, keeper of the "Villa" in South Wichita street, must spend 30 days in the county Jail and pay a $100 fine, unless the district court holds that Judge James A. Dyer erred in passing a fine and sentence on the keeper of the South End place; that Vern and Ruth Maulsby were arrested two weeks ago and charged with keeping a nuisance at the corner of Wichita and Levy streets; that policeman Charles Harmon spied an "undrunk" bottle of one per cent alcohol in a refrigerating closet in the Villa; that he let the secret out in the presence of County Attorney J. A. Brubacher; that the same afternoon, Deputy City Marshall Wesley Hawk chartered a van and proclaimed it moving day at the "Villa"; that among other surprises the day brought forth were two cases of stage fright the deputy marshal caused at the Villa; that the victims of the scare were a man and miss who dropped in at the "Villa" for a little spiritual refreshment and saw the stern-faced marshal trundling the ice box out; that when the Maulsby cases were called that day, the charge against Mrs. Ruth Maulsby was dismissed and her husband bore the brunt of the court's cudgel; that he was not satisfied, however, and would appeal the case; that it would be heard at the October term of the district court; that he gave a $250 bond. Hereinafter cited as Vern Maulsby Gets Fine and a Jail Sentence (dated 29 May 1906) Kansas.
  43. [S2748] Verne Maulsby Sentenced: $100 and 30 Days in Jail (dated 30 May 1906) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, May 30, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "$100 and 30 Days in Jail: Sentence Imposed Upon Verne Maulsby by Court", reporting that Verne and Ruth Maulsby were tried in the city court yesterday on a charge of maintaining a nuisance; that Verne Maulsby was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of the suit, and to go to jail for a period of 30 days; that he gave notice of an appeal to the district court, through his attorney, and was released on bond; that the charge against Mrs. Maulsby was not sustained and she was discharged by the court. Hereinafter cited as Verne Maulsby Sentenced: $100 and 30 Days in Jail (dated 30 May 1906) Kansas.
  44. [S2747] Verne Maulsby: $100 and 30 Days in Jail (dated 1 June 1906) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Weekly Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Friday, June 1, 1906, Page 3, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headline, "$100 and 30 Days in Jail", reporting that Verne and Ruth Maulsby were tried in the city court yesterday on a charge of maintaining a nuisance; that Verne Maulsby was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $100 and the costs of the suit, and to go to jail for a period of 30 days; that he gave notice of an appeal to the district court, through his attorney, and was released on bond; that the charge against Mrs. Maulsby was not sustained and she was discharged by the court. Hereinafter cited as Verne Maulsby: $100 and 30 Days in Jail (dated 1 June 1906) Kansas.
  45. [S2764] Ruth Maulsby Sick with Appendicitis; Little Hope 1906 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, July 1, 1906, Page 7, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), reporting that Mrs. Verne Maulsby is sick with appendicitis and but little hope is entertained for her recovery. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby Sick with Appendicitis; Little Hope 1906 Kansas.
  46. [S2765] Ruth Maulsby Ill of Appendicitis; May Need Operation 1906 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, June 27, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), reporting that Mrs. Vern Maulsby of 1957 South Wichita Street is ill of appendicitis; that an operation may be necessary. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby Ill of Appendicitis; May Need Operation 1906 Kansas.
  47. [S2779] Vernon Maulsby Arraigned for Contempt; $300 Bond 1906 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, October 11, 1906, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the titles "Maulsby Bond Was $300; County Attorney Wanted to Have a Hearing", reporting that Vernon Maulsby was arraigned the day before for contempt of court regarding an order given the previous Saturday to restrain Maulsby from selling or giving away intoxicating liquors at his residence in South Wichita; that it was alleged by J. A. Brubacher in a petition filed Wednesday that Vernon Maulsby sold intoxicating liquors at "The Villa" Sunday; that Maulsby was arraigned on that charge and his bond fixed at $300 to appear before Judge Wilson in the district court that afternoon, Thursday, for a hearing. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby Arraigned for Contempt; $300 Bond 1906 Kansas.
  48. [S2780] Vernon Maulsby: Case for Violation of Prohibition Law Set 1906 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Friday, November 9, 1906, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), reporting that the case of Vernon Maulsby for violation of prohibition law is set for hearing November 28. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby: Case for Violation of Prohibition Law Set 1906 Kansas.
  49. [S2763] Ruth Maulsby Wanted Another Trial; Treated Badly 1907 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Saturday, May 4, 1907, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "Asks for Another Trial; Ruth Maulsby Claims She was Treated Badly", reporting that Ruth Maulsby was dissatisfied with the result of the trial of her damage suit against the Peru-VanZandt Implement company and asked for a new trial; that the case was recently tried in the district court and a verdict given denying her relief as prayed; that Mrs. Maulsby claimed that she was injured by the breaking of an imperfect buggy she purchased from the implement company; that for causes for a new trial she named thirteen, some of which were far-fetched and rather startling; that she said the case was improperly tried and that there was misconduct on the part of court and jury; that she stated that things were allowed to be said about her that caused the jurors to form a bad opinion of her and her claim. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby Wanted Another Trial; Treated Badly 1907 Kansas.
  50. [S2744] Vern Maulsby Shot at by Woman at Fair Grounds 1907 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 12, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "Shooting at Fairgrounds: Woman Fired at Vern Maulsby Last Night", reporting that a shooting scrape occurred at the new fairgrounds last night about 12 o'clock in which Vern Maulsby was shot at several times by a woman who claimed to be his wife; that one of the shots that was fired at him was so close that the flame from the pistol set fire to his undershirt but the bullet inflicted no wound; that the trouble started over some furniture that was owned by the two persons but, as they were not living together, a division was to be made of the furniture, which led to the dispute; that Mr. Maulsby said he would swear out a warrant for the woman in the morning, charging her with assault with intent to kill. Hereinafter cited as Vern Maulsby Shot at by Woman at Fair Grounds 1907 Kansas.
  51. [S2745] Vern and Ruth Maulsby: Domestic Charges 1909 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, July 25, 1907, Page 8, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "'He Sailed In', Gun Was Used: Early Morn Excitement at the Fair Grounds", reporting that Vern Maulsby called at the police station that morning and reported to Chief Wood that his wife, Ruth Maulsby, had attempted to kill him at an early hour that morning; that he said he had been sleeping in the stables at the fair ground, where he was training some horses, and that about 1:30 that morning, his wife called him and attempted to shoot him; he declared that he saw her taking a gun out of her hand bag and, not being able to get away from her, he ran and kept so close to her when she tried to shoot him that the bullets she fired at him failed to take effect; that he showed a black streak on one of his wrists which he said had been caused by a bullet, and told Chief Wood that there were four other such marks on his arm under his shirt sleeve; that Maulsby had evidently been in some kind of a mix-up, as his clothes were soiled and torn, but the police do not credit the story that his wife shot him; that Chief Wood told him to see the county attorney about his trouble, and that Maulsby left the office with that intention, declaring that if his wife was not shut up or placed under bond to keep the peace, he would have to kill her or be killed himself; that Mrs. Maulsby told a different story concerning the affair; that she said she found her husband in the Fourteenth block of South Market street the previous night and that he escaped by a rear door and went to the new fairgrounds, where they were living; that at the fairgrounds, Mrs. Maulsby said she informed her husband that he had done wrong and that she would leave him; that she said he threatened to whip her and "sailed in"; that when the battle was over, Mrs. Maulsby had two loose teeth and bruises on her head and arms ; that men separated the combatants after three pistol shots had been fired. Hereinafter cited as Vern and Ruth Maulsby: Domestic Charges 1909 Kansas.
  52. [S2753] Vernon Maulsby Adjudged Insane After Injury 1908 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, June 3, 1908, Page 10, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "Vernon Maulsby Adjudged to be of Unsound Mind; Commission of Physicians Made an Examination", reporting that Vernon Maulsby was adjudged to be insane that afternoon; that he would probably be taken to the state hospital in Osawatomie for treatment; that Maulsby was a horse trainer and driver; that he was injured the week before while driving on the track. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby Adjudged Insane After Injury 1908 Kansas.
  53. [S2752] Affidavit of Insanity Against Vernon Maulsby 1908 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, June 2, 1908, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), under the headlines, "Affidavit of Insanity in Vernon Maulsby Case; Patient Will Be Taken From Jail to His Home" reporting that Ruth Maulsby filed an affidavit of insanity against her husband, Verne Maulsby, in the probate court that day; that the hearing was to be held before a commission in the probate court "Friday" afternoon at 2 o'clock; that in the meantime it was probable that Verne Maulsby would be taken from the county jail where he was confined, to his home on South "Water" Street, where he would be kept under a guard. Hereinafter cited as Affidavit of Insanity Against Vernon Maulsby 1908 Kansa.
  54. [S2754] Vernon Maulsby Hospitalized for a Month; Little Hope for Recovery 1909 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, May 6, 1909, Page 7, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), reporting that Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Maulsby had returned the previous day to Wichita from Kansas City where Mr. Maulsby had been a patient in a hospital for a month; that there was little hope for Mr. Maulsby's recovery. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby Hospitalized for a Month; Little Hope for Recovery 1909 Kansas.
  55. [S2741] Vernon Maulsby 1909 Kansas Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Thursday, June 10, 1909, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), with an obituary for Vernon Maulsby, reporting that he was born near Redfield, Iowa on 23 December 1860, a son of John and Mary Maulsby who had ten other children, eight of whom survived Vernon; that his father was a member of the Friends church; that Vernon grew to young manhood surrounded by the best of Christian influences; that Vernon's last illness was the result of a siege of typhoid fever; that he had been injured several years before in a horse race and that the injury did much to hasten his death; that he was born a race horse man and that his happiest days were spent among horses; that during the last thirty years of his life he was engaged in the race horse business; that his first experience was with J. Scott McCoy and later was with J. B. Chandler in the capacity of driver and trainer and won several difficult races; that the proudest race of his life was when he drove Ninnescha 1:14m at Dallas, Texas; that in that race there were fourteen entered and nine heats were necessary to decide the winner, which proved to be Mr. Maulsby; that the last horses he drove were well known in the southwest and included Louise Middleton, Sam A, Claymont, Billy the Twister and Robert M; that one of the most famous races in which Mr. Maulsby was the leading figure was between Billy the Twister and Baby Bloss, which was won by Maulsby; that the last race was at Dallas in which he drove Claymont, owned by Dr. J. E. Oldham, to victory; that he married Ruth Bronson on June 11, 1902; that he passed away at his residence on South Wichita street on May 6 last; that there is no doubt that his life was prolonged by the tender care he received from his devoted wife; that his remains were at that time in the receiving vault at the cemetery and that the funeral was to be announced later. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby 1909 Kansas Obituary.
  56. [S2742] Verne Maulsby Dead, 1909 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Friday, May 7, 1909, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 19, 2025), reporting under the title, "Verne Maulsby Dead', that he died at his home in the south part of the city the previous night at the age of 37; that he had been in bad health for some time; that he was a well-known horseman; funeral Monday. Hereinafter cited as Verne Maulsby Dead, 1909 Kansas.
  57. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Vernon Maulsby, Memorial# 33264006, reporting his date of death as 8 May 1909.
  58. [S2755] Vernon Maulsby Notice of Funeral 1909 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, May 9, 1909, Page 15, (Downloaded on February 22, 2025), under the headline, "Pythians and Eagles Will Conduct Funeral", reporting that the funeral of Vernon Maulsby would be held at his home, 1957 South Wichita street, at 2 o'clock the next day; that he was a Knight of Pythias and an Eagle, and the funeral would be in their charge; that he also belonged to the Odd Fellows at Redfield, Iowa; that he was a prominent horseman and had many friends among owners and breeders; that from them came to his bereaved widow many telegrams of condolence; that the funeral would be public and all friends invited. Hereinafter cited as Vernon Maulsby Notice of Funeral 1909 Kansas.
  59. [S2743] Ruth Maulsby Entertains for Friends of Deceased Husband 1909 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, September 26, 1909, Page 10, (Downloaded on February 20, 2025), under the title, "Entertains for Friends of Deceased Husband", reporting that among the many dinner parties given for owners and trainers of horses participating in the previous week's races was one held the previous evening by Mrs. Vernon Maulsby at her home on South Wichita avenue in honor of friends of her late husband; that among those present were A. D. Helm of Hutchinson, J. Patterson of Eureka, Frank Costello of Kansas City and Thomas Riley of New York; that all were men who had known Mr. Maulsby during his successful career as a trainer; that the evening was given over to discussion of the days when Mr. Maulsby's horses, "Ella Woodline", "Bell Altken" and "Corporal" were in their glory; that Miss Ruth Burk rendered several piano numbers to bring the evening to a pleasant close. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby Entertains for Friends of Deceased Husband 1909 Kansas.
  60. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ruth Maulsby, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: T624_456; Page: 8a; Enumeration District: 0107; FHL microfilm: 1374469; Ancestry image# 15 of 28. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  61. [S2713] John B. Aveline 1919 Oklahoma Bigamist, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wakita Herald, (Wakita, Oklahoma), Wednesday, December 31, 1919, page 7, (Downloaded on December 31, 2024), reporting under the headlines, "Newkirk Bigamist to Pen" and "Three Wives are Two Two Many, Court Finds", that J. B. Aveline, with two undivorced wives and one common law wife to his credit had been taken to the state penitentiary at McAlester to serve one year for bigamy; that it developed during the trial of Aveline at Newkirk, the past week, that his first wife, from whom he was never divorced, lived in Marion, Indiana; that he had tried twice to get a divorce, but failed; that at Wichita, in 1911, he again married, having met No. 2 at a spiritualist meeting while she was trying to talk to her dead husband; that they were married after a week's courtship by a spiritualist preacher and found out three years later that he had no authority to marry them; that they them went to Newkirk and had an honest-to-goodness ceremony performed; that some time ago, Aveline quit wife No.2 and she learned he was living with No. 3, a common law wife; that then it was learned he had never secured a divorce from No. 1; that he has a son by No. 2. Hereinafter cited as John B. Aveline 1919 Oklahoma Bigamist.
  62. [S2722] Ruth Maulsby Aveline vs John B. Aveline 1922 Kansas Divorce Filed, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, July 9, 1922, Page 10, (Downloaded on Jan 31, 2025); reporting that Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline, a local clairvoyant, brought suit in the district court Saturday for divorce from her husband, John B. Aveline; that she alleged non-support and abandonment; that the petition recited that they were married in Salina in 1911 and had one boy age 10 as a result of the union. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Maulsby Aveline vs John B. Aveline 1922 Kansas Divorce Filed.
  63. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Ruth A. Maulsby, (widow of Vernon), clairvoyant, business at 515 E. Douglas Avenue, residence 1957 S. Wichita Street, in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1914. Hereinafter cited as U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995.
  64. [S2724] Advertisement: Professor (John B.) Aveline, Teacher of Violin and Band Instruments, Artistic Painting, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, Miami Record-Herald, (Miami, Oklahoma), Friday, August 6, 1915, Page 6, (Downloaded on Jan 30, 2025); an advertisement for Professor John B. Aveline, teacher of violin and band instruments, artistic painting; permanently located, upstairs, A. C. Towne's residence, Miami, Oklahoma. Hereinafter cited as Advertisement: Professor (John B.) Aveline.
  65. [S1693] Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925, online at www.ancestry.com, 1915 listing for Ruth Maulsby and Robert J. F. Aveline, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; Roll: ks1915_217; Line: 1. Hereinafter cited as Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925.
  66. [S2731] Madam Ruth Aveline, Advertisement: Spiritual Medium and Clairvoyant 1915 Oklahoma, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Drumright Derrick, (Drumright, Oklahoma), Friday, January 8, 1915, Page 8, (Downloaded on January 30, 2025), an advertisement, under the title, "Spiritual Medium and Clairvoyant", offering Advice on all subjects, and stating, "If I don't tell you what you are interested about, no charges. Message meeting every Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. 116 South Main Street, room 6. Tulsa, Okla." Signed Madam Aveline. Hereinafter cited as Madam Ruth Aveline, Advertisement: Spiritual Medium and Clairvoyant 1915 Oklahoma.
  67. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for John B. Aveline, musician, business at 1957 S. Wichita Street, in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1917.
  68. [S2723] J. B. Aveline Removed from Caney, Kansas (Jan 1917) to Join Wife and Son in Wichita, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Caney News, (Caney, Kansas), Friday, February 2, 1917, Page 3, (Downloaded on Jan 31, 2025); reporting that J. B. Aveline, sign painter and violinist, left Caney and moved back to Wichita, his former home; that his wife and little have been there much of the time lately; that on Tuesday of that week, he packed up his affairs in Caney and went there also. Hereinafter cited as J. B. Aveline Removed from Caney, Kansas (Jan 1917) to Join Wife and Son in Wichita.
  69. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for J. B. Aveline, sign painter, at 1957 S. Wichita Street, in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1918.
  70. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Madame Ruth Maulsby, medium and healer, at 1957 S. Wichita Street, in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1918.
  71. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ruth Maulsby, (her surname transcribed as "Marleby" by Ancestry), Year: 1920; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: T625_549; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 124. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  72. [S2766] Robert Aveline, Age 9, Injury and Toe Amputated 1921 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, August 21, 1921, Page 2, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the headlines, "Toe is Amputated; Robert Aveline Gets Foot Caught in Engine", reporting that Robert Aveline, small son of Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline, 409 East Douglas Avenue, suffered an injury to the second toe of his right foot Saturday morning when the foot was caught in the machinery of a gasoline engine; that he was removed to a hospital where it was found necessary to amputate the toe. Hereinafter cited as Robert Aveline, Age 9, Injury and Toe Amputated 1921 Kansas.
  73. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for John B. Aveline, artist, and wife Ruth M. Aveline at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue, and a second listing, directly after the first, for Madam Ruth Maulsby Aveline, Psychic and Palmist, office at 409 E. Douglas Avenue, residence at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue, Wichita, Kansas, USA in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1922.
  74. [S2718] Dorothy Aveline, Age 9, Recovering following Surgery After Tooth Extraction, May 1931, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Monday, May 25, 1931, Page 2, (Downloaded on Jan 27, 2025), reporting that 9-year-old Dorothy Aveline, daughter of Mrs. Maulsby Aveline, 125½ West Douglas, declared the best people in the world live in Wichita after the Wichita Eagle newspaper carried a story a few days earlier that Dorothy was in a critical condition suffering with infection which followed the extraction of a tooth; that friends called at her home in person and over the telephone and that the child's room was a mass of Spring flowers; that each mail was still bringing numerous letters and cards; that Dorothy was recovering after a specialist operated on her infected jaw; that Dorothy was an honor student in the 3A class of the Webster school. Hereinafter cited as Dorothy Aveline, Age 9, Recovering following Surgery After Tooth Extraction, May 1931.
  75. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Mrs. Ruth M. Aveline at 1115 S. Meridian Avenue and her daughter, Dorothy Aveline, student, at the same address in Wichita, Kansas, USA in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1938.
  76. [S2729] Dorothy Aveline 1940 Kansas High School Art Honors, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Saturday, June 8, 1940, Page 8 , (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the headline, “Taught When Child”, reporting that honors won by Dorothy Aveline at East high school in art work are attributed to her early environment; that her mother, Ruth Maulsby Aveline, is the widow of an artist whose work in Wichita as a sign painter became such that he was called upon for many oil paintings for residences; that some of his oils showing outdoor life, such as duck hunting scenes, were outstanding; that Dorothy's foster mother taught her to draw when she was a child urging her to copy pictures and also to sketch works of her foster father; that the girl early developed outstanding talent with pencil and brush; that her mother reported she gave her nine years study under Helen Perry. Hereinafter cited as Dorothy Aveline 1940 Kansas High School Art Honors.
  77. [S1891] U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, online at www.ancestry.com, listing for Mrs. Ruth Aveline, medium, at 125½ W. Douglas Avenue, with her son, Robert Aveline, and her daughter, Dorothy Aveline, student, at the same address in Wichita, Kansas, USA in the Wichita, Kansas, City Directory, 1938.
  78. [S2767] Robert Aveline, 13, Ran Away from Home 1925 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, July 12, 1925, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the headline, "Seeking Robert Aveline", reporting that Robert Aveline, 13, son of Mrs. Ruth Aveline, 1115 South Meridian Avenue, ran away from home Saturday night and Mrs. Aveline is anxious to get trace of him; that he has brown eyes and hair, one toe is missing from the right foot and he wore dark blue serge pants and a light shirt. Hereinafter cited as Robert Aveline, 13, Ran Away from Home 1925 Kansas.
  79. [S2770] Madam Maulsby Aveline: In Appeal for Son, Robert Aveline (January 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, January 4, 1927, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under title, "In Appeal for Son", reporting that Madam Maulsby Aveline, 1115 South Meridian Avenue, is heart-broken because her son, Robert Aveline, 15 years old, ran away from home Monday morning, in company with Theodore Montany, 16, of 1231 South Meridian Avenue; that the mother is appealing to peace officers of Kansas to urge her boy to return home if they happen to find him and if he refuses to return home to hold him and call Wichita's chief of police; that it is the belief of Madam Aveline that the boys planned to leave Wichita several days ago; that Robert, who is large for his age, has light brown hair, brown eyes, weighs 135 pounds, is five feet five inches tall and is of slender build; that is right ear is larger than his left; that when Robert left home he was wearing corduroy trousers, a blue serge coat, and tan shoes; that the Montany boy has black hair, gray eyes, is stoop shouldered, has bony features and talks with a drawl; that he is about five feet, nine inches tall; that he was wearing a black suit when he left home; that he is a mechanic by trade; that he left school some time ago to accept employment at the Ben Sibbitt foundry; that Madam Aveline's downtown office is at 125½ West Douglas Avenue. Hereinafter cited as Madam Maulsby Aveline: In Appeal for Son, Robert Aveline (January 1927) Kansas.
  80. [S2769] Robert Aveline: Mother Fears Kidnapped Again (January 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, January 19, 1927, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), reporting that Robert Aveline, young son of Mrs. Ruth Aveline, who disappeared from his mother's home in Wichita several weeks ago, has not been heard from, she said Tuesday; that Mrs. Aveline says the boy was lured away on a previous occasion and that she fears he has been kidnapped again; that it is said a reward will be offered for his return by interested persons in Wichita. Hereinafter cited as Robert Aveline: Mother Fears Kidnapped Again (January 1927) Kansas.
  81. [S2775] Madame Maulsby Aveline: Grief May Cost Life Over Missing Boy (28 January1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Friday, January 28, 1927, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the headlines, "Grief May Cost Life; Madame Maulsby Aveline Worries Herself Sick Over Missing Boy", reporting that, grief stricken because her boy who left three weeks ago has not returned, Madame Maulsby Aveline, 125½ West Douglas Avenue, is seriously ill at her home; that unless her boy, Robert, returns, there is fear that she will not recover; that for three days and nights, Madame Aveline has been unable to sleep; that worn out and wearied by hours of search for the boy, she is on the verge of a physical and mental breakdown; that Robert Aveline disappeared while on his way to school; that no trace has been found of him since. Hereinafter cited as Madame Maulsby Aveline: Grief May Cost Life Over Missing Boy (28 January1927) Kansas.
  82. [S2768] Robert Aveline, 14, Nation-Wide Search (March 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, March 13, 1927, Page 25, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the title, "Nation-Wide Search", reporting that a nation-wide search has been instituted for Robert Aveline, 14, the son of Mrs. Ruth Aveline of Wichita, who has been missing since January 3; that probation and police officials throughout the country have been sent notices regarding the youth's strange disappearance; that it is believed that he left Wichita with Theodore Montayne, 17; that Robert is described as looking older than his true age; that he is five feet five inches tall and has brown hair and eyes; that the Montayne youth is five feet 10 inches in height, has blue eyes, black hair and dark complexion; that he is wanted only to aid in finding the Aveline boy; that a reward of $25 has been offered for information leading to the safe return of young Aveline. Hereinafter cited as Robert Aveline, 14, Nation-Wide Search (March 1927) Kansas.
  83. [S2772] Ruth Aveline: Reward for Son; Fears Breakdown (March 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, March 20, 1927, Page 8, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), under the title, "Reward For Her Son", reporting that having had no word from her son Robert, since his mysterious disappearance last January, Mrs. Ruth Aveline has offered $25 reward for is safe return; that the boy is 14 years old and his mother believes he left Wichita in company with Theodore Montayne, 17, whose picture is shown here; that Mrs. Aveline declares the strain of her loss is too much for her to bear longer; that she cannot properly concentrate on her work and fears a breakdown unless her son is restored to her; that her office is at 125 West Douglas Avenue. Hereinafter cited as Ruth Aveline: Reward for Son; Fears Breakdown (March 1927) Kansas.
  84. [S2771] Medium Madame Aveline Asks Cops to Find Missing Son, Robert (April 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Friday, April 29, 1927, Page 3, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025), under the title, "Medium Asks Cops to Find Missing Boy", reporting that the psychic powers of Madame Aveline combined with the police departments of many cities have failed to uncover the whereabouts of her son, Robert Aveline, wo has been listed as missing for the last three months; that Madame Aveline, a medium, has not been content to rely on her spiritualistic insight solely, in the search for the youth, but has enlisted the aid of the probation office; that practically every morning A. E. Jones, probation officer, has received a call from Madame and today as on previous days has been forced to reply, "No word yet."; that Robert, aged 14, and his pal, Theodore Montana, aged 17, disappeared on the same day; that Montana was a mechanic here and is wanted only because he is believed to have taken the youth away; that a reward of $25 is offered for the safe return of Robert to Mr. Jones, probation officer. Hereinafter cited as Medium Madame Aveline Asks Cops to Find Missing Son, Robert (April 1927) Kansas.
  85. [S2773] Madam Maulsby Aveline: May Be Her Son (May 1927) Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, May 17, 1927, Page 6, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), under the title, "May Be Her Son", reporting that Madam Maulsby Aveline is of the opinion that the lad found Monday wandering about near Alva, Oklahoma, in a dazed condition is her boy Robert, who disappeared from Wichita some months ago; that the sheriff who found the boy is unable to learn where he lives, as the boy thinks he spent the winter in Blackwell and that he lives in Hutchinson; that Madam Aveline called the sheriff last night and says the description of the youth tallies with that of her son. Hereinafter cited as Madam Maulsby Aveline: May Be Her Son (May 1927) Kansas.
  86. [S2719] Dorothy Jean Aveline Seriously Ill After Tooth Extraction, May 1931, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas) Saturday, May 23, 1931, Page 5, (Downloaded on Jan 2, 2025); reporting that Dorothy Jean Aveline. a pupil at Webster School. seriously ill with blood poisoning at the home of her mother, 125½ West Douglas; that the infection followed extraction of a tooth. Hereinafter cited as Dorothy Jean Aveline Seriously Ill After Tooth Extraction, May 1931.
  87. [S2778] Madam Maulsby Aveline: Medium Brings Suit Against Sampson Estate 1931 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), morning edition, Thursday, August 6, 1931, Page 5, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), under the headlines, "Medium Brings Suit; Madam Maulsby Aveline Asks $350 from Estate of Lucy Sampson", reporting that the claim of $350 against the estate of Madam Lucy Sampson, Wichita spiritualist medium who died June 30, brought by Madam Maulsby Aveline, another medium, was heard in the probate court of J. D. Dickerson Wednesday afternoon; that Madam Aveline claimed that amount was due her for services furnished clients of Madam Sampson during her last illness; that Judge Carl Davis represented Madam Aveline and A. C. Glenn was counsel for the estate and O. V. Walker, Trustee; that Neva Burgoyne, former medium, testified she had been paid for her work as substitute medium for Mrs. Sampson in circle meetings, but that she too believed money was due her from the estate of Madam Sampson for work in private readings; that Judge Dickerson took the case under advisement; that following the hearing Madam Aveline stated she had been in communication with Madam Sampson "in love and thoughts", but that in this communication the claim against the (e)state was not mentioned. Hereinafter cited as Madam Maulsby Aveline: Medium Brings Suit Against Sampson Estate 1931 Kansas.
  88. [S2776] Madam Maulsby Aveline Sues for $350 of $1,200 Estate 1931 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), evening edition, which may have been found by the website in the archives of The Wichita Beacon, Thursday, August 6, 1931, Page 1, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), under the headlines, "Seeks Part of Estate: Asks Part of Estate After Saving Friend from 'Racketeers'", with a large photograph of Madam Maulsby Aveline, a caption/summary of the case stating: "Claiming she neglected her own business to take care of the clients of another medium, Madam Maulsby Aveline awaits a decision of the probate court after filing a claim to $350 of the $1,200 estate left by the late Madam Lucy Sampson. Madam Aveline also claims to have served as nurse at the woman's bedside for many nights, besides acting as her advisor on ways and means of keeping her money away from "Racketeers". Madam Aveline was moving Thursday to the old offices of Madam Sampson at 156½ North Main", and followed by the newspaper's report stating that... Claiming to have saved the $1,200 estate of the late Madam Lucy Sampson from racketeers, Madam Maulsby Aveline, another medium, feels confident her claim of $350 against the estate is just and will be granted by Judge J. D. Dickerson; that Madam Aveline claims to have spent night after night nursing Madam Sampson during the 18 months prior to her death, June 30, and says many times she left her offices above the fish market on West Douglas -- leaving clients awaiting readings -- to go care for Mrs. Sampson or to make readings for her; that when Madam Sampson's husband died two years ago, she was left $1,000 in insurance money; that the aged woman, according to Madam Aveline, placed the money in an old trunk; that about that time, Madam Aveline declared, a woman and a Wichita doctor tried many means of getting hold of the money; that she said she advised Mrs. Sampson to put the money in a bank and caused her to cease talking "business deals" with the woman and the doctor; that quoting Madam Aveline, "On the day her husband died, she called me to make some readings for her. I gave her all the money, as she needed it. From then on, she called me day after day to help her," said Madam Aveline; that continuing the quote, "When she (Madam Sampson) gave readings, she always stood on her feet. Her feet became sore and she could not read well. Time after time she called on me to help her; that continuing the quote, "Then one day she told me that a turtle was bringing messages from the dead. I knew then that her mind was slipping for no medium has ever claimed that any turtle brought messages. From then on, I practically did all her work, but she took the money," the medium continued; that Madam Sampson was survived by three children; that Madam Aveline claimed the children made no inquiry of her until they learned she was dead; that, quoting Madam Aveline again, "I feel that I am entitled to even more than the estate for my services, but as there are children I would not think of taking a large share," Madam Aveline declared; that Madam Aveline was moving from her offices above the fish market on Thursday to the old offices of Madam Sampson at the Colonial Rooms, 156½ North Main. Hereinafter cited as Madam Maulsby Aveline Sues for $350 of $1,200 Estate 1931 Kansas.
  89. [S2777] Madam Maulsby Aveline Court Case Against Sampson Estate, Witness Testimony, 1931 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas), evening edition, which may have been found by the website in the archives of The Wichita Beacon, Friday, August 7, 1931, Page 2, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), under the title, "Doesn't Want Money", reporting that Madam Neva Burgoyne, Wichita spiritualist medium, a witness in the probate court case in which Madam Maulsby Aveline, another Wichita medium, seeks $350 from the estate of the Madam Lucy Sampson, late Wichita medium, called at the Eagle office, Friday, to say she was not interested in money from the estate as might have been inferred from her testimony; that she was a close friend of Madam Sampson. Hereinafter cited as Madam Maulsby Aveline Court Case Against Sampson Estate, Witness Testimony, 1931 Kansas.
  90. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Cruthers Wilson, Memorial# 23819707.
  91. [S2783] Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, March 28, 1933, Page 3, (Downloaded on March 5, 2025), under the title, "Loses Only Brother", reporting that Samuel Wilson, 1807 Emporia Avenue, who died in a local hospital Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline of this city; that Mrs. Aveline has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hill of Arizona; that Mr. Wilson was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons. Hereinafter cited as Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas.
  92. [S2783] Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas, online at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, March 28, 1933, Page 3, (Downloaded on March 5, 2025), under the title, "Loses Only Brother", reporting that Samuel Wilson, 1807 Emporia Avenue, who died in a local hospital Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving brother of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline of this city; that Mrs. Aveline has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hill of Arizona; that Mr. Wilson was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons.
  93. [S2774] Robert F. Aveline, with Photo, 1934 Graduate of Wichita High School North, Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sun, June 10, 1934, Page 37, (Downloaded on February 27, 2025), with names and photos of the 1934 graduates of Wichita High School North, which included Robert F. Aveline. Hereinafter cited as Robert F. Aveline, with Photo, 1934 Graduate of Wichita High School North, Kansas.
  94. [S2720] Dorothy Aveline Wins Recognition for Artwork, Kansas October 1936, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Wednesday, October 7, 1936, Page 9, (Downloaded on February 1, 2025); reporting that Dorothy Aveline, age 15, had won recognition recently with pastels, water color and with oils; that the Wichita girl, whose father was a painter, had entered her work in a local display and was given ribbons on a "Moss Rose", another entitled "A Castle", and also a scene showing an old New England home on a lake shore with a boat in the background; that she resided at 125½ West Douglas. Hereinafter cited as Dorothy Aveline Wins Recognition for Artwork, Kansas October 1936.
  95. [S2730] Wichita, Kansas Art Teacher, E. Helene Perry, 1944 Obituary, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, May 28, 1944, Page 14, (Downloaded on February 14, 2025), under the headline, "Rites Wednesday for Mrs. Perry: Services for Well Known Art Teacher Will be Conducted at Mortuary Here", reporting (in part) the death of Mrs. E. Helene Perry, 55, who died on Wednesday afternoon at a local hospital after an illness of 11 days; that she was born in Goddard on August 30, 1888, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hennings; that she married J. Arthur Perry, who survives, on May 10, 1916; that she taught art in her home for several years and also was the art instructor for the Three Arts conservatory; that she gave many children their first opportunity for an art career, through offering free lessons to talented students. Hereinafter cited as Wichita, Kansas Art Teacher, E. Helene Perry, 1944 Obituary.
  96. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Ruth Maulsby, Memorial# 33264005.
  97. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Robert Francis Aveline, Memorial# 87561474.

Samuel Wilson1

b. 5 April 1686, d. 2 February 1729/30
Family
Father*Ephraim Wilson1
Mother*Rebecca Sumner1
Birth*5 April 1686Samuel Wilson was born on 5 April 1686 in Dedham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony (New England).1,2 
Marriage*25 November 1714He married Elizabeth Hawes, daughter of Nathaniel Hawes and Sarah Newell, on 25 November 1714 in Dedham.1 
Death*2 February 1729/30He died on 2 February 1729/30 in Needham, Suffolk County, at age 43.1 

Family

 Elizabeth Hawes b. 29 Jan 1688/89, d. 19 Dec 1739
Children 1.Rebecca Wilson1 b. 20 Aug 1716
 2.Samuel Wilson1 b. 25 Apr 1718, d. 21 Nov 1718
 3.Elizabeth Wilson1 b. 18 Sep 1719
 4.Joanna Wilson1 b. 24 Aug 1721
 5.Seth Wilson1 b. 16 Apr 1724, d. 14 May 1780
 6.Samuel Wilson1 b. 3 Apr 1726, d. 19 Feb 1728
 7.Ephraim Wilson1 b. 19 Sep 1727, d. 28 Aug 1729

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.
  2. [S451] Massachusetts Vital Records to the Year 1850 - NEHGS, online at www.newenglandancestors.org, Dedham, Volumes 1 & 2, page 22. Hereinafter cited as Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 - NEHGS.

Samuel Wilson1

b. 25 April 1718, d. 21 November 1718
Family
Father*Samuel Wilson1 b. 5 Apr 1686, d. 2 Feb 1729/30
Mother*Elizabeth Hawes1 b. 29 Jan 1688/89, d. 19 Dec 1739
Birth*25 April 1718Samuel Wilson was born on 25 April 1718 in Needham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England),1 
Death*21 November 1718 and died in Needham on 21 November 1718.1 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Samuel Wilson1

b. 3 April 1726, d. 19 February 1728
Family
Father*Samuel Wilson1 b. 5 Apr 1686, d. 2 Feb 1729/30
Mother*Elizabeth Hawes1 b. 29 Jan 1688/89, d. 19 Dec 1739
Birth*3 April 1726Samuel Wilson was born on 3 April 1726 in Needham, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Province (New England),1 
Death*19 February 1728 and died in Needham on 19 February 1728 at age 1.1 

Citations

  1. [S1240] Raymond Gordon Hawes, The Edward Hawes Heirs : Edward Hawes, ca. 1616-1687, of Dedham, Massachusetts, and his wife, Eliony Lumber : and some of their descendants through eleven generations. Edward Hawes (ca. 1616-1687) was living at Dedham, Massachusetts, by 1648, where he married Eliony Lumber (ca. 1625-1688/9) that year. They had nine children, 1648/9-1666, all born at Dedham. Descendants lived in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and elsewhere. Descendants also spell their surname Haws. (Baltimore, Maryland: Gateway Press, 1996), Generation Three, pages 15-27. Hereinafter cited as The Edward Hawes Heirs.

Samuel Wilson1

Family
Father*Thomas Wilson2
Mother*Elizabeth Newby2
Marriage*30 January 1799He married Christian Reynolds, daughter of Jeremiah Reynolds and Susannah Chamness, on 30 January 1799 at a Centre Meeting of Friends, Guilford County, North Carolina.1,2 

Family

 Christian Reynolds b. 30 Jan 1779
Child 1.Jesse Wilson1 b. 1803

Citations

  1. [S1510] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Edward Beeson immigrated to America in 1682 or 1684 from Stoke, Lancaster, England and settled in New Castle, Delaware. He married Rachel Pennington and they had four children. He married Elizabeth and they had two children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama and Texas. Includes index. (Houston, Texas: H.H. Beeson, 1968), page 59. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family.
  2. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Centre Monthly Meeting, Guilford County, North Carolina, Quaker Marriage Records. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Samuel Wilson1

Family
Marriage*5 December 1807He married Kezia Lamb soon after 5 December 1807 in Perquimans County, North Carolina.1,2 

Family

 Kezia Lamb
Child 1.Elizabeth Wilson1 b. 15 Feb 1814, d. 19 Feb 1854

Citations

  1. [S1510] Henry Hart Beeson, A Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family, downloaded from the Family History Library at www.familysearch.org. Edward Beeson immigrated to America in 1682 or 1684 from Stoke, Lancaster, England and settled in New Castle, Delaware. He married Rachel Pennington and they had four children. He married Elizabeth and they had two children. Descendants and relatives lived mainly in Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Alabama and Texas. Includes index. (Houston, Texas: H.H. Beeson, 1968), page 59. Hereinafter cited as Genealogy of the Beeson - Beason Family.
  2. [S1424] U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935, online at www.ancestry.com, Piney Woods Monthly Meeting, Perquimans County, North Carolina, Women's Minutes 1796-1814. Hereinafter cited as U.S. Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935.

Samuel C. Wilson1

b. 21 January 1857, d. 28 March 1933
Family
Father*Robert Wilson2 b. 1828
Mother*Didema Ward2 b. 1838
Birth*21 January 1857Samuel C. Wilson was born on 21 January 1857 in Sullivan County, Indiana.2,1 
Name VariationHis full name was Samuel Cruthers Wilson.1 
(Son) Census US 187027 July 1870Samuel was enumerated on the 1870 census taken on 27 July 1870 in the household of his parents in Linn, Audrain County, Missouri. He was 13 years old, worked on the family farm, and had attended school within the census year.2 
Marriage*17 October 1887He married Mattie I. Pickering, daughter of Joseph Pickering and Catharine Brown, on 17 October 1887 in Cherokee County, Kansas.3,1,4 
(Brother) Marriage11 June 1902Samuel C. Wilson witnessed the marriage of Verne Maulsby and Ellena Ruth (Wilson) Bronson on 11 June 1902 at Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.5,6,7,8 
Census US 1910*16 April 1910Mattie and Samuel C. Wilson were enumerated on the 1910 census taken on 16 April 1910 at 1807 S. Emporia Avenue, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Samuel was 52 years of age and worked as a house carpenter on his own account, and Mattie was 47 years of age. They owned their house with a mortgage, had been married for 22 years, and Maggie had given birth to six children, four of whom were living and enumerated with their parents in 1910. Ruth was 18 years old and a student in a blind school; Roy was 16 years old, had attended school within the census year, and worked for wages as a laborer in a broom factory; Vesta was 14 years old and had attended school within the census year; and Arthur was 11 years old and a student in a blind school. Also with the Wilson family in 1910 was Ira Pickering, who was recorded as a boarder and is believed to have been a nephew, the son of Mattie's brother, George Pickering. Ira was 19 years old and worked for wages as a laborer in a broom factory. Everyone in the Wilson household was able to read, write and to speak English.9,10,11 
Death26 March 1933He died in a local hospital on 26 March 1933 in Wichita, Kansas, at age 76.1,12 
Obituary*28 March 1933An obituary for Samuel was published in a Wichita newspaper on 28 March 1933 under the title, "Loses Only Brother." It reported that Samuel Wilson of 1807 Emporia Avenue, Wichita, who had died in a local hospital the previous Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving brother of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline, also of Wichita. Mrs. Aveline, it continued, has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper (Diadema (Wilson) Draper) of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hil (Sarah R. (Wilson) Hill) of Arizona. Mr. Wilson, it concluded, was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons.13 
Burial*He was buried in Section 3, Lot 306, Grave 7, of Highland Cemetery, Wichita.1 

Family

 Mattie I. Pickering b. 15 Jan 1862, d. 1944

Citations

  1. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, Samuel Cruthers Wilson, Memorial# 23819707. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.
  2. [S37] 1870 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Robert and Didema Wilson, Year: 1870; Census Place: Linn, Audrain, Missouri; Roll: M593_756; Page: 498A. Hereinafter cited as 1870 United States Federal Census.
  3. [S2173] Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, online at www.newspapers.com, marriage on 17 October 1887 in Cherokee County, Kansas, USA of Samuel C Wilson of Johnson County, Kansas, age 30, born about 1857, and Mattie I Pickering of Cherokee County, age 25, born about 1862, citing Film# 001404796. Hereinafter cited as Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911.
  4. [S748] Find a Grave website, online at www.findagrave.com, Martha Isabella “Mattie” (Pickering) Wilson, Memorial# 23819694.
  5. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Ruth Bronson, Year: 1900; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 499; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0277. Hereinafter cited as 1900 United States Federal Census.
  6. [S2173] Kansas, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1811-1911, online at www.newspapers.com, marriage license issued on 11 June 1902 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA of Ellena Ruth Bronson of Woodward, Oklahoma Territory, age 33, born about 1869, and V Maulsby of Wichita, Kansas, age 40, born about 1862, and married on the same date in the same place by Charles E. Bradt, Minister of the Gospel, citing Film# 002363974.
  7. [S2715] Mrs. Ruth Bronson and Verne Maulsby 1902 Kansas Marriage, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Eagle, (Wichita, Kansas), Sunday, June 15, 1902, page 17, (Downloaded on December 31, 2024); reporting that Mrs. Ruth Bronson, widow of the late Captain J E. Bronson, and Mr. Verne Maulsby were united in marriage Wednesday at the home of the Rev. C. E. Bradt of the First Presbyterian Church; that only the immediate friends of the parties were present; that the bride was gowned in a beautiful white creation with adornments of flowers and jewels; that Mr. Maulsby was attired in black; that after the ceremony a wedding dinner was spread at the home of the bride's brother, and it was quite an elaborate affair; that Mr. Maulsby is the owner of some of the fastest colts in the state, while his bride owns a fine ranch in Woodward county, O. T.; that they will make their home at 313 East William street. Hereinafter cited as Mrs. Ruth Bronson and Verne Maulsby 1902 Kansas Marriage.
  8. [S2782] Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials 1902 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Mount Hope Clarion, (Mount Hope, Kansas), Friday, June 13, 1902, Page 4, (Downloaded on December 31, 2024), under the title, "Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials", and from The Wichita Eagle of June 12, reporting that Mrs. Allina Ruth Bronson and Mr. Verne Maulsby were married at the residence of Rev. C. E. Bradt, after an engagement of nearly four years, and a courtship brought about by a mutual love of horses; that the bride wore a beautiful wedding gown which, with some magnificent jewelry, added much to her many other personal attractions; that Mr. Maulsby was dressed in the conventional black; that the wedding dinner was served at the residence of the bride's brother and was quite an elaborate function; that only immediate friends were present, as the marriage was a quiet one; that the happy couple will make their home at 313 East William Street; that Mr. Maulsby is a prominent horseman and has been one of the best known figures at the training grounds for several years; that Mrs. Bronson came here four years ago from Woodward, O. T., where she owns a large farm consisting of several hundred acres; that she is well known for the active part she has taken in relieving distress and the kindly interest she has taken in horses, especially those abused by drivers; that she is a member of the First Presbyterian Church, by whose pastor she was united to Mr. Maulsby; that her husband died in this city about two years ago; that Mr. Maulsby is the gentleman who is training the horses at the East Livery Barn. Hereinafter cited as Maulsby-Bronson Nuptials 1902 Kansas.
  9. [S40] 1910 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Samuel C. and Mattie Wilson, Year: 1910; Census Place: Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: T624_456; Page: 3a; Enumeration District: 0105; FHL microfilm: 1374469. Hereinafter cited as 1910 United States Federal Census.
  10. [S34] 1900 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of George and Nancy Pickering, Year: 1900; Census Place: Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas; Roll: 473; Page: 7; Enumeration District: 0016; George was 53 years of age and his date of birth recorded as December 1846, and their son, Ira, was 9 years old, and his date of birth recorded as June 1890.
  11. [S18] 1860 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Joseph and Katharine Pickering, The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Jordan, Warren, Indiana; Roll: M653_305; Page: 595; Family History Library Film: 803305; Joseph was 36 years of age and his year of birth estimated as 1824, and his son, George, was 13 years old and his year of birth estimated as 1847; their daughter, Mattie, wasn't born until 1862. Hereinafter cited as 1860 United States Federal Census.
  12. [S2783] Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas, online at Historical Newspapers from 1700s-2000s, at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, March 28, 1933, Page 3, (Downloaded on March 5, 2025), under the title, "Loses Only Brother", reporting that Samuel Wilson, 1807 Emporia Avenue, who died in a local hospital Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline of this city; that Mrs. Aveline has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hill of Arizona; that Mr. Wilson was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons. Hereinafter cited as Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas.
  13. [S2783] Samuel C. Wilson Obituary 1833 Kansas, online at www.newspapers.com, The Wichita Beacon, (Wichita, Kansas), Tuesday, March 28, 1933, Page 3, (Downloaded on March 5, 2025), under the title, "Loses Only Brother", reporting that Samuel Wilson, 1807 Emporia Avenue, who died in a local hospital Sunday, and was being buried that day, was the last surviving brother of Mrs. Ruth Maulsby Aveline of this city; that Mrs. Aveline has two sisters still living, they being Mrs. E. A. Draper of Wyoming and Mrs. S. R. Hill of Arizona; that Mr. Wilson was survived by his widow, one daughter and two sons.

Sarah Wilson1

b. 1833
Family
Birth*1833Sarah Wilson was born about 1833 in Indiana.2 
Marriage*11 July 1850She married Timothy Belcher, son of James Belcher and Nancy Bolling, on 11 July 1850 in Crawford County, Indiana.1 
(Daughter-in-Law) Census US 185013 September 1850Sarah was enumerated with her husband on the 1850 census taken on 13 September 1850 in the household of her widowed mother-in-law, Nancy Belcher, in Jackson, Orange County, Indiana. Sarah was 17 years old, and her husband, Timothy, was age 20 and doing the farming for his mother.2 

Family

 Timothy Belcher b. 1830

Citations

  1. [S2283] Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 11 July 1850 in Crawford County, Indiana, USA, of Timothy Belcher and Sarah Wilson, referencing FHL Film# 1377775. Hereinafter cited as Indiana, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1892.
  2. [S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of Nancy Belcher, Year: 1850; Census Place: Jackson, Orange, Indiana; Roll: 163; Page: 399a. Hereinafter cited as 1850 United States Federal Census.

Sarah Wilson1

Family
Marriage*5 December 1890She married, we believe, this John R. York, son of Madison York and Lucinda Esteridge, on 5 December 1890 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri. It was John's second marriage and he was 46 years of age. We've learned nothing at all about Sarah except the name recorded for her marriage, and wonder if Wilson was her maiden name or a married name.1 
Research Notes*Sarah and John's marriage did not last very long, although whether by divorce or Sarah's death we don't know. John would marry his third wife in December of 1896 and we have found no records we can confirm for Sarah, before or after her marriage.1,2,3 

Family

 John R. York b. 9 Oct 1843, d. 11 Apr 1903

Citations

  1. [S1732] Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage on 5 December 1890 in Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA, of John R York and Sarah Wilson, both of Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, referencing Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City, MO, USA, Missouri Marriage Records [Microfilm]. Hereinafter cited as Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002.
  2. [S2161] U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current, online at www.ancestry.com, The Columbus Daily Advocate, Columbus, Kansas, Friday, 11 December 1896, Page 3, reporting that John R. York and Mrs. Lizzie Boring, of Joplin, were married the afternoon of the day before by Probate Judge Elliott at his office. Hereinafter cited as U.S., Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current.
  3. [S2577] Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935, online from the Family History Library, www.familysearch.org, marriage on 10 December 1896 in Cherokee County, Kansas, USA, of John R. York of Joplin, Missouri, farmer, age 53, his second marriage, born in Ameria, son of Madison York and Lucinda Esteridge, and Lizzie Boring, housekeeper, age 38, reporting it as her first marriage, born in America, daughter of W. T. Frankeberger and Elizabeth Jewell, citing "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWL1-QPC : 14 January 2020), Lizzie Boring in entry for John R. York, 1896, viewed online on FHL Film# 1404858, DGS# 007579705, image# 134 of 578. Hereinafter cited as Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935.

Sarah A. Wilson1,2

b. 25 September 1846
Family
ChartsDescendants of Robert Heaton of Yorkshire, The Immigrant
Father*Uriah Wilson1
Mother*Julia Webb1
Birth*25 September 1846Sarah A. Wilson was born on 25 September 1846 in Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio.1 
Marriage*10 June 1869She married William W. Heaton, son of Jacob Heaton and Elizabeth Potts Weaver, on 10 June 1869 in Columbiana County, Ohio.1,2 
Occupation*Soon after their marriage, William and Sarah moved to the New York City area where William became a stockbroker. In 1973, he started his own firm named Heaton and Day, and with his financial success, he and Sarah moved to upscale Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York.1 
Census US 1880*15 June 1880Sarah A. and William W. Heaton were enumerated on the 1880 census taken on 14 and 15 June 1880 on Lothar Avenue, Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. William was 35 years of age and a stock broker, and Sarah was 33 years of age. Their two children were enumerated with them in 1880. Maud was 8 years old, and William was 5, and both had attended school within the census year. Two servants resided in the Heaton household in 1880. Amelia Roderick was 18 years old and Bridget Murphy was age 25. Also enumerated with the family were Henry G. Moore, age 35, and his wife Maria K., age 30, who were lodgers.3 
Census US 1920*14 January 1920Sarah and William W. Heaton were enumerated on the 1920 census taken on 14 January 1920 on Weaver Street, Scarsdale, Westchester County, New York. William was 74 years of age and a stockbroker, and Sarah was 73 years of age. They owned their house free of mortgage and employed a nurse, a trained attendant, a waitress and a chambermaid. We suspect Sarah's health may have been failing. On the 1930 census, William was identified as a widow.4 

Family

 William Weaver Heaton b. 30 May 1845, d. 17 Oct 1936
Children 1.Maud Heaton3 b. 2 Aug 1871
 2.William Wilson Heaton5 b. 14 Mar 1874, d. 6 May 1960

Citations

  1. [S45] Dean Heaton, Heaton Families II, in two volumes, with indexes in Volume II. Warning: In this researcher's opinion, the information in these volumes often proves to be inaccurate. At the same time, the information presented has provided us with valuable clues for pursuing future research strategies in our attempt to establish a factual history of our Heaton family. (Tempe, Arizona: published for the author by Graphics of Tempe, 1999), Volume I, Chapter 18, pages 665-666. Hereinafter cited as Heaton Families II.
  2. [S2043] Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900, online at www.ancestry.com, marriage of William W. Heaton and Sarah A. Wilson on 10 June 1869 in Columbiana County, Ohio. Hereinafter cited as Ohio, Compiled Marriage Index, 1803-1900.
  3. [S23] 1880 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William W. and Sarah A. Heaton, Bayonne, Hudson, New Jersey; Roll: 786; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 041. Hereinafter cited as 1880 United States Federal Census.
  4. [S73] 1920 United States Federal Census, online at www.ancestry.com, household of William W. and Sarah A. Heaton, Scarsdale, Westchester, New York; Roll: T625_1279; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 182. Hereinafter cited as 1920 United States Federal Census.
  5. [S748] Find a Grave website, which often provides cemetery and tombstone photos, and sometimes personal biographies, that may be obtained from the site, online at www.findagrave.com, William Wilson Heaton, Memorial# 132401036. Hereinafter cited as Find a Grave website.