Son of Isaac and Lucy (Burks) Wilson. Brother of James, Thomas B. and Isaiah "David" Wilson.
He was first married to Nancy Frances Stotts in Missouri and they had 2 children, Edgar Franklin and Mary Ann Mae Wilson. After Nancy's death, he married Minnie Vandergriff and their children were William and Otis Wilson in Texas. After Minnie's death, he married Minnie Six and their children were Herbert, Eula and Cora Wilson.
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1923
HALLUCINATION VICTIM SUICIDE
Alba C.G. Wilson Sends Bullet Into Heart After Long Period of Illness
Preparing a bed for himself in the basement of his home, 1735 Johnson, Alba C.G. Wilson, 58, an employe of the Big Lakes Box compnay, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning held a 22 calibre rifle to his breast and sent a bullet into his heart, dying instantly.
Wilson had been the victim of hallucinations for the last year, being under the impression that he was being pursued by some persons who sought his life. Realizing his condition, members of his family had concealed as they thought, all cartridges and poinsous drugs, but Wilson succeeded in finding one cartridge. He had prepared a bed in the baement on whiche he reclined and pulled the trigger by means of a stick in one end of whiche he had driven a nail. The body was found at noon when members of the family returned home.
Wilson came here from Texas 13 years ago. He is survived by a wife and two children, who are employed at box factories. The funeral will be held here from Whitlock's chapel at 2:30 Saturday.
Burial:
Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
Klamath Falls
Klamath County
Oregon, USA
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He was first married to Nancy Frances Stotts in Missouri and they had 2 children, Edgar Franklin and Mary Ann Mae Wilson. After Nancy's death, he married Minnie Vandergriff and their children were William and Otis Wilson in Texas. After Minnie's death, he married Minnie Six and their children were Herbert, Eula and Cora Wilson.
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1923
HALLUCINATION VICTIM SUICIDE
Alba C.G. Wilson Sends Bullet Into Heart After Long Period of Illness
Preparing a bed for himself in the basement of his home, 1735 Johnson, Alba C.G. Wilson, 58, an employe of the Big Lakes Box compnay, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning held a 22 calibre rifle to his breast and sent a bullet into his heart, dying instantly.
Wilson had been the victim of hallucinations for the last year, being under the impression that he was being pursued by some persons who sought his life. Realizing his condition, members of his family had concealed as they thought, all cartridges and poinsous drugs, but Wilson succeeded in finding one cartridge. He had prepared a bed in the baement on whiche he reclined and pulled the trigger by means of a stick in one end of whiche he had driven a nail. The body was found at noon when members of the family returned home.
Wilson came here from Texas 13 years ago. He is survived by a wife and two children, who are employed at box factories. The funeral will be held here from Whitlock's chapel at 2:30 Saturday.
Burial:
Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
Klamath Falls
Klamath County
Oregon, USA
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: jeanie sawyer
Record added: Feb 11, 2010
Son of Isaac and Lucy (Burks) Wilson. Brother of James, Thomas B. and Isaiah "David" Wilson.
He was first married to Nancy Frances Stotts in Missouri and they had 2 children, Edgar Franklin and Mary Ann Mae Wilson. After Nancy's death, he married Minnie Vandergriff and their children were William and Otis Wilson in Texas. After Minnie's death, he married Minnie Six and their children were Herbert, Eula and Cora Wilson.
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1923
HALLUCINATION VICTIM SUICIDE
Alba C.G. Wilson Sends Bullet Into Heart After Long Period of Illness
Preparing a bed for himself in the basement of his home, 1735 Johnson, Alba C.G. Wilson, 58, an employe of the Big Lakes Box compnay, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning held a 22 calibre rifle to his breast and sent a bullet into his heart, dying instantly.
Wilson had been the victim of hallucinations for the last year, being under the impression that he was being pursued by some persons who sought his life. Realizing his condition, members of his family had concealed as they thought, all cartridges and poinsous drugs, but Wilson succeeded in finding one cartridge. He had prepared a bed in the baement on whiche he reclined and pulled the trigger by means of a stick in one end of whiche he had driven a nail. The body was found at noon when members of the family returned home.
Wilson came here from Texas 13 years ago. He is survived by a wife and two children, who are employed at box factories. The funeral will be held here from Whitlock's chapel at 2:30 Saturday.
Burial:
Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
Klamath Falls
Klamath County
Oregon, USA
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: jeanie sawyer
Record added: Feb 11, 2010
He was first married to Nancy Frances Stotts in Missouri and they had 2 children, Edgar Franklin and Mary Ann Mae Wilson. After Nancy's death, he married Minnie Vandergriff and their children were William and Otis Wilson in Texas. After Minnie's death, he married Minnie Six and their children were Herbert, Eula and Cora Wilson.
THE EVENING HERALD, KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON
SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 1923
HALLUCINATION VICTIM SUICIDE
Alba C.G. Wilson Sends Bullet Into Heart After Long Period of Illness
Preparing a bed for himself in the basement of his home, 1735 Johnson, Alba C.G. Wilson, 58, an employe of the Big Lakes Box compnay, shortly after 8 o'clock this morning held a 22 calibre rifle to his breast and sent a bullet into his heart, dying instantly.
Wilson had been the victim of hallucinations for the last year, being under the impression that he was being pursued by some persons who sought his life. Realizing his condition, members of his family had concealed as they thought, all cartridges and poinsous drugs, but Wilson succeeded in finding one cartridge. He had prepared a bed in the baement on whiche he reclined and pulled the trigger by means of a stick in one end of whiche he had driven a nail. The body was found at noon when members of the family returned home.
Wilson came here from Texas 13 years ago. He is survived by a wife and two children, who are employed at box factories. The funeral will be held here from Whitlock's chapel at 2:30 Saturday.
Burial:
Linkville Pioneer Cemetery
Klamath Falls
Klamath County
Oregon, USA
Edit Virtual Cemetery info [?]
Created by: jeanie sawyer
Record added: Feb 11, 2010
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