Albert Ellis WILSON
Given Name: Albert Ellis
Surname: Wilson
Sex: M
Birth: March 16, 1850 in York County, South Carolina, U.S.
Death: February 11, 1953 in Nail, Arkansas, U.S.

Note: Sources: Recollections Of A Quiet Life by Virgilla Sadler 1957 He was known as Parson- a missionary Baptist preacher

Father: William Vance WILSON b: 1811 in Chester, South Carolina, U.S.
Mother: Margaret Ann MORGAN

Marriage 1 Mary Jane BROWN b: June 16, 1865

Children
Lillian WILSON
Gertrude WILSON b: January 17, 1881 in North Carolina, U.S.
Maggie WILSON b: January 22, 1883 in North Carolina, U.S.
Johnny WILSON b: February 24, 1885 in North Carolina, U.S.
Rellebell "Bell" Eulela WILSON b: December 17, 1886 in North Carolina, U.S.
Ewart WILSON b: Nov 11, 1887/1890 in Pensacola, North Carolina, U.S.
Albert Ellis, Jr. WILSON b: October 17, 1888 in North Carolina, U.S.
Pickney WILSON b: May 18, 1892 in North Carolina, U.S.
Dolly WILSON b: June 19, 1894 in Arkansas U.S.
Ethel WILSON b: May 17, 1895 in Arkansas, U.S.
Ed F. WILSON b: March 3, 1897 in Arkansas, U.S.
Lela WILSON b: January 30, 1899 in Arkansas, U.S.
Nancy WILSON b: December 17, 1900 in Arkansas, U.S.
Woodrow WILSON b: March 1, 1903 in Arkansas, U.S.
Zee WILSON b: February 2, 1905 in Arkansas, U.S.
Lora WILSON b: May 13, 1907 in Arkansas, U.S.
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Newton County News, April 2, 1948
Rev. Albert Wilson of Nail, who is 98 years old, is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, citizen in Newton county.
But you'd never know it to see him! He is tall and erect and his speech is clear cut.
The Wilsons came to Newton county from South Carolina 56 years ago. They came to Clarksville on the train, and brought their family and household goods from there in wagons. They settled on the farm where they live to this day.
Times were hard in those early days and money was hard to come by. Twenty five cents a day was considered good wages.
Wild animals were abundant. Mrs. Wilson tells about going to the spring one day and finding a creature there which she is "mortally certain" was a bear. She didn't want us to say positively that it was a bear for fear she might have been mistaken.
But she was sure enough of it to run all the way back to the house.
At another time she heard screaming and thought that a neighbor who had been ill had died and that the family was mourning. When she went to the neighbors house she found the neighbor much improved and discovered that the screaming had been that of a panther.
Money was so hard to get at one time that Bro. Wilson, who is a Baptist minister and has preached all over Newton county, remembers how one woman at Swain could not get hold of two cents to mail a letter to her family. Finally, in desperation she offered the post master a quilt top she had made in exchange for a stamp. To the post master's credit, he gave the woman the stamp without taking her quilt top.
Bro. Wilson was J.P. at Nail for many years. Mrs. Wilson is noted for her beautiful flowers and pretty yard. They are the parents of 13 children.