After a protracted illness from paralysis commencing last May, Enos B. Wilson, of Padanaram road, peacefully passed away in death at eleven o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Wilson was born in Carmel, NY, Nov. 24, 1839, and was consequently sixty-two years and 11 months old at death. He had lived in Danbury sixteen years and followed the occupation of a carpenter and builder. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in the service (Jan 5, 1862) in Co. L, Fourth New York volunteers, or as it was familiarly and famously known, as "Doubleday's Heavy Artillery, and seving until May 17, 1865, with his comrades in the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Wilson saw fighting in the battle of the Wilderness, about and at the fall of Petersburg and other severe engagements.
He married Elizabeth F. Wixon July 4, 1860, who survives him. Six children were born to the union, of whom five survive, G. Remington Wilson, of Newtown; Mrs. Minnie Elsenboss, of Brookfield; J. Howard Wilson, of this city' Mrs. Grace Pitcher, of Bridgewater, and Emerson Wilson, of Redding.
He married Elizabeth F. Wixon July 4, 1860, who survives him. Six children were born to the union, of whom five survive, G. Remington Wilson, of Newtown; Mrs. Minnie Elsenboss, of Brookfield; J. Howard Wilson, of this city' Mrs. Grace Pitcher, of Bridgewater, and Emerson Wilson, of Redding.
After a protracted illness from paralysis commencing last May, Enos B. Wilson, of Padanaram road, peacefully passed away in death at eleven o'clock Friday morning. Mr. Wilson was born in Carmel, NY, Nov. 24, 1839, and was consequently sixty-two years and 11 months old at death. He had lived in Danbury sixteen years and followed the occupation of a carpenter and builder. He was an honorably discharged veteran of the Civil War, enlisting in the service (Jan 5, 1862) in Co. L, Fourth New York volunteers, or as it was familiarly and famously known, as "Doubleday's Heavy Artillery, and seving until May 17, 1865, with his comrades in the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Wilson saw fighting in the battle of the Wilderness, about and at the fall of Petersburg and other severe engagements.
He married Elizabeth F. Wixon July 4, 1860, who survives him. Six children were born to the union, of whom five survive, G. Remington Wilson, of Newtown; Mrs. Minnie Elsenboss, of Brookfield; J. Howard Wilson, of this city' Mrs. Grace Pitcher, of Bridgewater, and Emerson Wilson, of Redding.
He married Elizabeth F. Wixon July 4, 1860, who survives him. Six children were born to the union, of whom five survive, G. Remington Wilson, of Newtown; Mrs. Minnie Elsenboss, of Brookfield; J. Howard Wilson, of this city' Mrs. Grace Pitcher, of Bridgewater, and Emerson Wilson, of Redding.
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