Son of James William Wilson and Delilah Shippe.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Duncan 12/1832 - 4/1888.
Jonathan Anderson Wilson (the Elder as he has a nephew with the same name) migrated from Kentucky with his parents to Jackson County, Alabama. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Ann Duncan who was from Virginia. The Duncan's and the Wilson's were part Cherokee. Elizabeth was a devout Christian and helped the community as a mid-wife. The family migrated to Arkansas, first to Clarke County where three of their children were born, then to Polk County just before the beginning of the Civil War. Jonathan served in Bryant's Arkansas Battalion under Captain J.W. Morton and emerged from the war unharmed. In the 1880's he moved his family to a farm near Chisholmville in Logan County by ox-team, driving their livestock before them. It was the task of their daughter, Matilda Catherine Wilson, to drive the geese behind the wagons, while walking across two and one-half counties. They were welcomed to their new home by one of the coldest blizzards on record for that area. Jonathan lost a leg in a sawmill accident and thereafter resorted to using a wooden leg and sometimes crutches. The loss of his leg did not appear to slow him down much as he walked along and chopped cotton and corn with the best two legged men.
Father of:
Mary Jane Wilson 1851 – 1945
(m. Joshua Alexander Rind/Rhyne 7/11/1844 - 10/3/1899)
Margret Malvina Wilson 5/25/1854 – 3/18/1953
(m. John Gabriel Kuykendall 10/5/1832 – 8/14/1895)
Mathew McMelton "Mack" Wilson 12/7/1856 - 5/22/1886
(m. Melissa Lavanda Jackson 4/3/1863 - 1/4/1942)
Martha A Wilson 1858 – 1936
James Anderson Wilson 1862 – 11/26/1946
Matilda Catherine Wilson 11/7/1865 – 1/5/1965
(m. James Monroe Workman 1851/1855 - 7/4/1926)
Louise Elizabeth Wilson 1868 – 1960
(m.Allen Pierce Keeling 8/11/1853 – 12/23/1915)
William Henry Wilson 1872 – 1944
John Lafayette Wilson 1872 – 1958
(m. Fannie Petit 1870 - )
(m. Rebecca Jane "Becca" Shores 6/1885 – 10/17/1921)
James William Wilson 1874 – 1944
Some of her children reportedly spelled their last name Willson as did some of his ancestors.
His oldest daughter, Mary Jane Wilson, was born in 1852. She married Joshua Rind or Rhyne. His father, Henry G. Rind/Rhyne was a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the Choctaw Nation for 14 years. There were numerous Rhyne families in North Carolina, having migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania and then to North Carolina. Several of the Rhyne's married into this researchers ancestral family tree. Later, Henry was a County Judge in Sevier County. Joshua was educated as a lawyer and served as not only a public official but as a minister as well. Joshua and Mary moved to Mena, Polk County, Arkansas during the Civil War, then to Franklin County and finally into Indian Territory. There, Mary became the first white woman to teach Indians in that area. She died in 1945.
John's second daughter, Margaret Malvina Wilson, married John Gabriel Kuykendall, who was 20 years older than her and had been married three times previous. This researcher's family tree also includes the Kuykendall's in our direct line. Margaret lived to age 99 and 10 months, 1853 to 1953.
Child number three was Mathew McMelton Wilson, 1856 - 1886 and was married to a Melissa Jackson. He died while standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Lighting hit the wet oxen that was by him, bounced off and struck him.
Child number four was Martha A. Wilson, 1858 - 1936. She was married to John A. Kindell.
John's fifth child was James Anderson Wilson, 1862 - 1946, who married Julia Roberson, prospected for gold at one point in New Mexico.
Matilda Catherine Wilson, 1865 - 1965, was child number six. She married James Monroe Workman. She, like her sister Margaret, lived to 99 years and 3 months of age.
Child number seven, Louisa Elizabeth Wilson, 1868 - 1960, married John Pierce Keeling. She lived to be 92.
Number eight was John LaFayette (Faite) Wilson, 1872 - 1958. He married Fannie Pettit. He had one daughter, Anna and then twin boys who died. Anna disappeared when she was 17 and was never heard from again. He next married a Dora Pennell who died shortly thereafter, and then married Rebecca A. Shores. Becky bore several children and died of typhoid fever in 1922.
John's last child was William Henry (Will) Wilson, 1874 - 1944. He married Lena Frances Forehand who, like Will, was part Cherokee.
Johnathan was buried along with his wife at Cole's Chapel.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Duncan 12/1832 - 4/1888.
Jonathan Anderson Wilson (the Elder as he has a nephew with the same name) migrated from Kentucky with his parents to Jackson County, Alabama. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Ann Duncan who was from Virginia. The Duncan's and the Wilson's were part Cherokee. Elizabeth was a devout Christian and helped the community as a mid-wife. The family migrated to Arkansas, first to Clarke County where three of their children were born, then to Polk County just before the beginning of the Civil War. Jonathan served in Bryant's Arkansas Battalion under Captain J.W. Morton and emerged from the war unharmed. In the 1880's he moved his family to a farm near Chisholmville in Logan County by ox-team, driving their livestock before them. It was the task of their daughter, Matilda Catherine Wilson, to drive the geese behind the wagons, while walking across two and one-half counties. They were welcomed to their new home by one of the coldest blizzards on record for that area. Jonathan lost a leg in a sawmill accident and thereafter resorted to using a wooden leg and sometimes crutches. The loss of his leg did not appear to slow him down much as he walked along and chopped cotton and corn with the best two legged men.
Father of:
Mary Jane Wilson 1851 – 1945
(m. Joshua Alexander Rind/Rhyne 7/11/1844 - 10/3/1899)
Margret Malvina Wilson 5/25/1854 – 3/18/1953
(m. John Gabriel Kuykendall 10/5/1832 – 8/14/1895)
Mathew McMelton "Mack" Wilson 12/7/1856 - 5/22/1886
(m. Melissa Lavanda Jackson 4/3/1863 - 1/4/1942)
Martha A Wilson 1858 – 1936
James Anderson Wilson 1862 – 11/26/1946
Matilda Catherine Wilson 11/7/1865 – 1/5/1965
(m. James Monroe Workman 1851/1855 - 7/4/1926)
Louise Elizabeth Wilson 1868 – 1960
(m.Allen Pierce Keeling 8/11/1853 – 12/23/1915)
William Henry Wilson 1872 – 1944
John Lafayette Wilson 1872 – 1958
(m. Fannie Petit 1870 - )
(m. Rebecca Jane "Becca" Shores 6/1885 – 10/17/1921)
James William Wilson 1874 – 1944
Some of her children reportedly spelled their last name Willson as did some of his ancestors.
His oldest daughter, Mary Jane Wilson, was born in 1852. She married Joshua Rind or Rhyne. His father, Henry G. Rind/Rhyne was a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the Choctaw Nation for 14 years. There were numerous Rhyne families in North Carolina, having migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania and then to North Carolina. Several of the Rhyne's married into this researchers ancestral family tree. Later, Henry was a County Judge in Sevier County. Joshua was educated as a lawyer and served as not only a public official but as a minister as well. Joshua and Mary moved to Mena, Polk County, Arkansas during the Civil War, then to Franklin County and finally into Indian Territory. There, Mary became the first white woman to teach Indians in that area. She died in 1945.
John's second daughter, Margaret Malvina Wilson, married John Gabriel Kuykendall, who was 20 years older than her and had been married three times previous. This researcher's family tree also includes the Kuykendall's in our direct line. Margaret lived to age 99 and 10 months, 1853 to 1953.
Child number three was Mathew McMelton Wilson, 1856 - 1886 and was married to a Melissa Jackson. He died while standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Lighting hit the wet oxen that was by him, bounced off and struck him.
Child number four was Martha A. Wilson, 1858 - 1936. She was married to John A. Kindell.
John's fifth child was James Anderson Wilson, 1862 - 1946, who married Julia Roberson, prospected for gold at one point in New Mexico.
Matilda Catherine Wilson, 1865 - 1965, was child number six. She married James Monroe Workman. She, like her sister Margaret, lived to 99 years and 3 months of age.
Child number seven, Louisa Elizabeth Wilson, 1868 - 1960, married John Pierce Keeling. She lived to be 92.
Number eight was John LaFayette (Faite) Wilson, 1872 - 1958. He married Fannie Pettit. He had one daughter, Anna and then twin boys who died. Anna disappeared when she was 17 and was never heard from again. He next married a Dora Pennell who died shortly thereafter, and then married Rebecca A. Shores. Becky bore several children and died of typhoid fever in 1922.
John's last child was William Henry (Will) Wilson, 1874 - 1944. He married Lena Frances Forehand who, like Will, was part Cherokee.
Johnathan was buried along with his wife at Cole's Chapel.
Son of James William Wilson and Delilah Shippe.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Duncan 12/1832 - 4/1888.
Jonathan Anderson Wilson (the Elder as he has a nephew with the same name) migrated from Kentucky with his parents to Jackson County, Alabama. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Ann Duncan who was from Virginia. The Duncan's and the Wilson's were part Cherokee. Elizabeth was a devout Christian and helped the community as a mid-wife. The family migrated to Arkansas, first to Clarke County where three of their children were born, then to Polk County just before the beginning of the Civil War. Jonathan served in Bryant's Arkansas Battalion under Captain J.W. Morton and emerged from the war unharmed. In the 1880's he moved his family to a farm near Chisholmville in Logan County by ox-team, driving their livestock before them. It was the task of their daughter, Matilda Catherine Wilson, to drive the geese behind the wagons, while walking across two and one-half counties. They were welcomed to their new home by one of the coldest blizzards on record for that area. Jonathan lost a leg in a sawmill accident and thereafter resorted to using a wooden leg and sometimes crutches. The loss of his leg did not appear to slow him down much as he walked along and chopped cotton and corn with the best two legged men.
Father of:
Mary Jane Wilson 1851 – 1945
(m. Joshua Alexander Rind/Rhyne 7/11/1844 - 10/3/1899)
Margret Malvina Wilson 5/25/1854 – 3/18/1953
(m. John Gabriel Kuykendall 10/5/1832 – 8/14/1895)
Mathew McMelton "Mack" Wilson 12/7/1856 - 5/22/1886
(m. Melissa Lavanda Jackson 4/3/1863 - 1/4/1942)
Martha A Wilson 1858 – 1936
James Anderson Wilson 1862 – 11/26/1946
Matilda Catherine Wilson 11/7/1865 – 1/5/1965
(m. James Monroe Workman 1851/1855 - 7/4/1926)
Louise Elizabeth Wilson 1868 – 1960
(m.Allen Pierce Keeling 8/11/1853 – 12/23/1915)
William Henry Wilson 1872 – 1944
John Lafayette Wilson 1872 – 1958
(m. Fannie Petit 1870 - )
(m. Rebecca Jane "Becca" Shores 6/1885 – 10/17/1921)
James William Wilson 1874 – 1944
Some of her children reportedly spelled their last name Willson as did some of his ancestors.
His oldest daughter, Mary Jane Wilson, was born in 1852. She married Joshua Rind or Rhyne. His father, Henry G. Rind/Rhyne was a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the Choctaw Nation for 14 years. There were numerous Rhyne families in North Carolina, having migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania and then to North Carolina. Several of the Rhyne's married into this researchers ancestral family tree. Later, Henry was a County Judge in Sevier County. Joshua was educated as a lawyer and served as not only a public official but as a minister as well. Joshua and Mary moved to Mena, Polk County, Arkansas during the Civil War, then to Franklin County and finally into Indian Territory. There, Mary became the first white woman to teach Indians in that area. She died in 1945.
John's second daughter, Margaret Malvina Wilson, married John Gabriel Kuykendall, who was 20 years older than her and had been married three times previous. This researcher's family tree also includes the Kuykendall's in our direct line. Margaret lived to age 99 and 10 months, 1853 to 1953.
Child number three was Mathew McMelton Wilson, 1856 - 1886 and was married to a Melissa Jackson. He died while standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Lighting hit the wet oxen that was by him, bounced off and struck him.
Child number four was Martha A. Wilson, 1858 - 1936. She was married to John A. Kindell.
John's fifth child was James Anderson Wilson, 1862 - 1946, who married Julia Roberson, prospected for gold at one point in New Mexico.
Matilda Catherine Wilson, 1865 - 1965, was child number six. She married James Monroe Workman. She, like her sister Margaret, lived to 99 years and 3 months of age.
Child number seven, Louisa Elizabeth Wilson, 1868 - 1960, married John Pierce Keeling. She lived to be 92.
Number eight was John LaFayette (Faite) Wilson, 1872 - 1958. He married Fannie Pettit. He had one daughter, Anna and then twin boys who died. Anna disappeared when she was 17 and was never heard from again. He next married a Dora Pennell who died shortly thereafter, and then married Rebecca A. Shores. Becky bore several children and died of typhoid fever in 1922.
John's last child was William Henry (Will) Wilson, 1874 - 1944. He married Lena Frances Forehand who, like Will, was part Cherokee.
Johnathan was buried along with his wife at Cole's Chapel.
Husband of Elizabeth Ann Duncan 12/1832 - 4/1888.
Jonathan Anderson Wilson (the Elder as he has a nephew with the same name) migrated from Kentucky with his parents to Jackson County, Alabama. In 1850 he married Elizabeth Ann Duncan who was from Virginia. The Duncan's and the Wilson's were part Cherokee. Elizabeth was a devout Christian and helped the community as a mid-wife. The family migrated to Arkansas, first to Clarke County where three of their children were born, then to Polk County just before the beginning of the Civil War. Jonathan served in Bryant's Arkansas Battalion under Captain J.W. Morton and emerged from the war unharmed. In the 1880's he moved his family to a farm near Chisholmville in Logan County by ox-team, driving their livestock before them. It was the task of their daughter, Matilda Catherine Wilson, to drive the geese behind the wagons, while walking across two and one-half counties. They were welcomed to their new home by one of the coldest blizzards on record for that area. Jonathan lost a leg in a sawmill accident and thereafter resorted to using a wooden leg and sometimes crutches. The loss of his leg did not appear to slow him down much as he walked along and chopped cotton and corn with the best two legged men.
Father of:
Mary Jane Wilson 1851 – 1945
(m. Joshua Alexander Rind/Rhyne 7/11/1844 - 10/3/1899)
Margret Malvina Wilson 5/25/1854 – 3/18/1953
(m. John Gabriel Kuykendall 10/5/1832 – 8/14/1895)
Mathew McMelton "Mack" Wilson 12/7/1856 - 5/22/1886
(m. Melissa Lavanda Jackson 4/3/1863 - 1/4/1942)
Martha A Wilson 1858 – 1936
James Anderson Wilson 1862 – 11/26/1946
Matilda Catherine Wilson 11/7/1865 – 1/5/1965
(m. James Monroe Workman 1851/1855 - 7/4/1926)
Louise Elizabeth Wilson 1868 – 1960
(m.Allen Pierce Keeling 8/11/1853 – 12/23/1915)
William Henry Wilson 1872 – 1944
John Lafayette Wilson 1872 – 1958
(m. Fannie Petit 1870 - )
(m. Rebecca Jane "Becca" Shores 6/1885 – 10/17/1921)
James William Wilson 1874 – 1944
Some of her children reportedly spelled their last name Willson as did some of his ancestors.
His oldest daughter, Mary Jane Wilson, was born in 1852. She married Joshua Rind or Rhyne. His father, Henry G. Rind/Rhyne was a missionary for the Methodist Episcopal Church South to the Choctaw Nation for 14 years. There were numerous Rhyne families in North Carolina, having migrated from Germany to Pennsylvania and then to North Carolina. Several of the Rhyne's married into this researchers ancestral family tree. Later, Henry was a County Judge in Sevier County. Joshua was educated as a lawyer and served as not only a public official but as a minister as well. Joshua and Mary moved to Mena, Polk County, Arkansas during the Civil War, then to Franklin County and finally into Indian Territory. There, Mary became the first white woman to teach Indians in that area. She died in 1945.
John's second daughter, Margaret Malvina Wilson, married John Gabriel Kuykendall, who was 20 years older than her and had been married three times previous. This researcher's family tree also includes the Kuykendall's in our direct line. Margaret lived to age 99 and 10 months, 1853 to 1953.
Child number three was Mathew McMelton Wilson, 1856 - 1886 and was married to a Melissa Jackson. He died while standing under a tree during a thunderstorm. Lighting hit the wet oxen that was by him, bounced off and struck him.
Child number four was Martha A. Wilson, 1858 - 1936. She was married to John A. Kindell.
John's fifth child was James Anderson Wilson, 1862 - 1946, who married Julia Roberson, prospected for gold at one point in New Mexico.
Matilda Catherine Wilson, 1865 - 1965, was child number six. She married James Monroe Workman. She, like her sister Margaret, lived to 99 years and 3 months of age.
Child number seven, Louisa Elizabeth Wilson, 1868 - 1960, married John Pierce Keeling. She lived to be 92.
Number eight was John LaFayette (Faite) Wilson, 1872 - 1958. He married Fannie Pettit. He had one daughter, Anna and then twin boys who died. Anna disappeared when she was 17 and was never heard from again. He next married a Dora Pennell who died shortly thereafter, and then married Rebecca A. Shores. Becky bore several children and died of typhoid fever in 1922.
John's last child was William Henry (Will) Wilson, 1874 - 1944. He married Lena Frances Forehand who, like Will, was part Cherokee.
Johnathan was buried along with his wife at Cole's Chapel.
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