Researched and written by great-grandson Kevin J. Proctor ~~~
Edward Edwin "Ed" Wilson was the oldest of six children born to George Ray and Mary L. (Towne) Wilson. His siblings were Grace Pearl "Gracie" Smith, Nellie (Wilson) Wilson, Minnie Alice Wariner, Bessie (who died young) and Ray.
The Wilsons were a pioneering family of both Kansas and Oklahoma. Ed was a young boy in the mid-1880s when three of the four Wilson brothers (Ed's father George, Alexander and Ira), along with their father, Samuel D. Wilson, moved from Kirwin, Kansas, where they had operated a flour mill, to an area known as "no-man's land" in Indian Territory, in what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle. (The 4th brother, John, remained in Kansas). George's family arrived first (including young Ed), followed by Alexander's family and their patriarch Samuel, and finally, in 1887, Ira's family arrived. They all settled in what became Beaver County. George, who made his living as a trapper and a carpenter, participated in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, staked his claim and relocated his young family to Cleveland County in central Oklahoma. In 1899, George sold his claim and the family relocated to Alva in Woods County, OK. This is where young Ed met his future wife, Elsie.
On 30 September 1900 in Alva, OK, Edward Edwin Wilson married Elsie Agnes Michael, daughter of William Gabriel and Rachel Ann (Brooke) Michael. From this union came four sons and one daughter: Earl Ray, Pearl Allen, John David, Bessie Ann Sidener, and Everett Ollie, a.k.a. "Chris".
Ed Wilson's occupation was a "teamer", driving a team of horses to haul loads for customers. He often hauled fruits and vegetables to market for area farmers.
On 11 October 1928, at age 49, Ed suffered a stroke while working alongside his son, Earl, in Enid, OK. He died at his home in El Reno, OK later that day.
Aged 49 yrs 8 mos. 16 days
Researched and written by great-grandson Kevin J. Proctor ~~~
Edward Edwin "Ed" Wilson was the oldest of six children born to George Ray and Mary L. (Towne) Wilson. His siblings were Grace Pearl "Gracie" Smith, Nellie (Wilson) Wilson, Minnie Alice Wariner, Bessie (who died young) and Ray.
The Wilsons were a pioneering family of both Kansas and Oklahoma. Ed was a young boy in the mid-1880s when three of the four Wilson brothers (Ed's father George, Alexander and Ira), along with their father, Samuel D. Wilson, moved from Kirwin, Kansas, where they had operated a flour mill, to an area known as "no-man's land" in Indian Territory, in what is now the Oklahoma Panhandle. (The 4th brother, John, remained in Kansas). George's family arrived first (including young Ed), followed by Alexander's family and their patriarch Samuel, and finally, in 1887, Ira's family arrived. They all settled in what became Beaver County. George, who made his living as a trapper and a carpenter, participated in the Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889, staked his claim and relocated his young family to Cleveland County in central Oklahoma. In 1899, George sold his claim and the family relocated to Alva in Woods County, OK. This is where young Ed met his future wife, Elsie.
On 30 September 1900 in Alva, OK, Edward Edwin Wilson married Elsie Agnes Michael, daughter of William Gabriel and Rachel Ann (Brooke) Michael. From this union came four sons and one daughter: Earl Ray, Pearl Allen, John David, Bessie Ann Sidener, and Everett Ollie, a.k.a. "Chris".
Ed Wilson's occupation was a "teamer", driving a team of horses to haul loads for customers. He often hauled fruits and vegetables to market for area farmers.
On 11 October 1928, at age 49, Ed suffered a stroke while working alongside his son, Earl, in Enid, OK. He died at his home in El Reno, OK later that day.
Aged 49 yrs 8 mos. 16 days
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