Granddaughter of William Washington Biard, one of the founding fathers of Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas.
Great-Granddaughter of Rebecca Stone Biard, matriarch of the Texas Biard families, Lamar Co., Texas; and DAR member
She married W.W. Wilson on Oct 8, 1906 in Waxahachie, Texas, at the home of her brother Wash Biard.
She was always known as Ollie, but her given name was Lillie Oliver Biard, as noted in the Biard Family book, by Maud Biard Smith - probably named after her aunt Lillian, wife of Tolbert Biard. The name Oliver comes from her great-grandmother's (Malinda Oliver Mann) maiden name.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Fort Towson, Dies
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, 78, Fort Towson, Okla., a native of Lamar County and former principal of Wheelock Academy near Millerton, Okla., died here early Tuesday. She had been at the Sanitarium of Paris since last Dec 9, after an arm fracture, and death occurred there at 1 o'clock this morning.
The funeral, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, will be held here at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ by the minister, Perry A. Cotham, and Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will make burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The body will lie in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be
Dr. Malcolm Johnson, first cousin, Paris
Washington S. 'Ted' Biard, first cousin, Paris
Dr. Fred Switzer, nephew, Hugo
Richard Holbrook Biard, 2nd cousin, Hugo, Okla
Rafael Semmes 'Rafe' Biard first cousin, Clarksville
Clarence Wilson, Fort Towson (great step-son).
Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Ollie Biard, born April 4, 1871 at Biardstown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston Biard, members of the family for which the community was named. She was married in 1906 to Mr. Wilson [William Ward Wilson], who died in 1924.
She was for a number of years a teacher in Oklahoma and old Indian Territory schools, before Oklahoma statehood, and later was engaged as principal of Wheelock Academy.
She leaves two children. W. W. Wilson [William Ward Wilson, Jr.], Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Jane Wilson Leach, Laredo; three grandchildren; sister, Mrs. J. L. Gardner [the former Katherine Biard] of Alice, and a brother, A. J. Biard [Albert Johnson Biard], Houston.
--From PARIS NEWS, March 22, 1949
Great-Granddaughter of Rebecca Stone Biard, matriarch of the Texas Biard families, Lamar Co., Texas; and DAR member
She married W.W. Wilson on Oct 8, 1906 in Waxahachie, Texas, at the home of her brother Wash Biard.
She was always known as Ollie, but her given name was Lillie Oliver Biard, as noted in the Biard Family book, by Maud Biard Smith - probably named after her aunt Lillian, wife of Tolbert Biard. The name Oliver comes from her great-grandmother's (Malinda Oliver Mann) maiden name.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Fort Towson, Dies
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, 78, Fort Towson, Okla., a native of Lamar County and former principal of Wheelock Academy near Millerton, Okla., died here early Tuesday. She had been at the Sanitarium of Paris since last Dec 9, after an arm fracture, and death occurred there at 1 o'clock this morning.
The funeral, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, will be held here at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ by the minister, Perry A. Cotham, and Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will make burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The body will lie in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be
Dr. Malcolm Johnson, first cousin, Paris
Washington S. 'Ted' Biard, first cousin, Paris
Dr. Fred Switzer, nephew, Hugo
Richard Holbrook Biard, 2nd cousin, Hugo, Okla
Rafael Semmes 'Rafe' Biard first cousin, Clarksville
Clarence Wilson, Fort Towson (great step-son).
Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Ollie Biard, born April 4, 1871 at Biardstown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston Biard, members of the family for which the community was named. She was married in 1906 to Mr. Wilson [William Ward Wilson], who died in 1924.
She was for a number of years a teacher in Oklahoma and old Indian Territory schools, before Oklahoma statehood, and later was engaged as principal of Wheelock Academy.
She leaves two children. W. W. Wilson [William Ward Wilson, Jr.], Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Jane Wilson Leach, Laredo; three grandchildren; sister, Mrs. J. L. Gardner [the former Katherine Biard] of Alice, and a brother, A. J. Biard [Albert Johnson Biard], Houston.
--From PARIS NEWS, March 22, 1949
Granddaughter of William Washington Biard, one of the founding fathers of Biardstown, Lamar County, Texas.
Great-Granddaughter of Rebecca Stone Biard, matriarch of the Texas Biard families, Lamar Co., Texas; and DAR member
She married W.W. Wilson on Oct 8, 1906 in Waxahachie, Texas, at the home of her brother Wash Biard.
She was always known as Ollie, but her given name was Lillie Oliver Biard, as noted in the Biard Family book, by Maud Biard Smith - probably named after her aunt Lillian, wife of Tolbert Biard. The name Oliver comes from her great-grandmother's (Malinda Oliver Mann) maiden name.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Fort Towson, Dies
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, 78, Fort Towson, Okla., a native of Lamar County and former principal of Wheelock Academy near Millerton, Okla., died here early Tuesday. She had been at the Sanitarium of Paris since last Dec 9, after an arm fracture, and death occurred there at 1 o'clock this morning.
The funeral, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, will be held here at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ by the minister, Perry A. Cotham, and Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will make burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The body will lie in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be
Dr. Malcolm Johnson, first cousin, Paris
Washington S. 'Ted' Biard, first cousin, Paris
Dr. Fred Switzer, nephew, Hugo
Richard Holbrook Biard, 2nd cousin, Hugo, Okla
Rafael Semmes 'Rafe' Biard first cousin, Clarksville
Clarence Wilson, Fort Towson (great step-son).
Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Ollie Biard, born April 4, 1871 at Biardstown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston Biard, members of the family for which the community was named. She was married in 1906 to Mr. Wilson [William Ward Wilson], who died in 1924.
She was for a number of years a teacher in Oklahoma and old Indian Territory schools, before Oklahoma statehood, and later was engaged as principal of Wheelock Academy.
She leaves two children. W. W. Wilson [William Ward Wilson, Jr.], Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Jane Wilson Leach, Laredo; three grandchildren; sister, Mrs. J. L. Gardner [the former Katherine Biard] of Alice, and a brother, A. J. Biard [Albert Johnson Biard], Houston.
--From PARIS NEWS, March 22, 1949
Great-Granddaughter of Rebecca Stone Biard, matriarch of the Texas Biard families, Lamar Co., Texas; and DAR member
She married W.W. Wilson on Oct 8, 1906 in Waxahachie, Texas, at the home of her brother Wash Biard.
She was always known as Ollie, but her given name was Lillie Oliver Biard, as noted in the Biard Family book, by Maud Biard Smith - probably named after her aunt Lillian, wife of Tolbert Biard. The name Oliver comes from her great-grandmother's (Malinda Oliver Mann) maiden name.
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OBITUARY
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, Fort Towson, Dies
Mrs. W. W. Wilson, 78, Fort Towson, Okla., a native of Lamar County and former principal of Wheelock Academy near Millerton, Okla., died here early Tuesday. She had been at the Sanitarium of Paris since last Dec 9, after an arm fracture, and death occurred there at 1 o'clock this morning.
The funeral, Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, will be held here at Lamar Avenue Church of Christ by the minister, Perry A. Cotham, and Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will make burial in Evergreen Cemetery. The body will lie in the church an hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be
Dr. Malcolm Johnson, first cousin, Paris
Washington S. 'Ted' Biard, first cousin, Paris
Dr. Fred Switzer, nephew, Hugo
Richard Holbrook Biard, 2nd cousin, Hugo, Okla
Rafael Semmes 'Rafe' Biard first cousin, Clarksville
Clarence Wilson, Fort Towson (great step-son).
Mrs. Wilson was the former Miss Ollie Biard, born April 4, 1871 at Biardstown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Houston Biard, members of the family for which the community was named. She was married in 1906 to Mr. Wilson [William Ward Wilson], who died in 1924.
She was for a number of years a teacher in Oklahoma and old Indian Territory schools, before Oklahoma statehood, and later was engaged as principal of Wheelock Academy.
She leaves two children. W. W. Wilson [William Ward Wilson, Jr.], Corpus Christi, and Mrs. Jane Wilson Leach, Laredo; three grandchildren; sister, Mrs. J. L. Gardner [the former Katherine Biard] of Alice, and a brother, A. J. Biard [Albert Johnson Biard], Houston.
--From PARIS NEWS, March 22, 1949
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