NameWilliam Wilson
Birthabt 1815, North Carolina
Deathbef 1900, Carter Co., Kentucky
Marriagebef 1880, Kentucky
SpouseLucinda Short
Birth28 Sep 1829, Wise Co., Virginia
Death1 Aug 1915, Elliott Co., Kentucky
Notes for Lucinda Short
Her death certificate records Lucinda Wilson, age 85 years 10 months 2 days, born 29 Sep 1829 in Va, died 1 Aug 1915 in Ibex, Moccasin precinct, Elliott Co., Ky, widowed, parents don’t know, cause of death a fall and infirmity, informant Sol Scaggs, Ibex, Ky, burial in Creech Cemetery.
Census
In 1900 Lucinda is living with her step-grandson, James M. Boggs, son of her stepson William Wilson Jr.’s wife Rebecca and Rebecca’s first husband Hugh Boggs, listed as a boarder, Lucinda Wilson age 70, widowed, born Sep 1829 in Virgiinia, mother of 4 children, 1 living.
Census Notes for William & Lucinda (Family)
1880 census of Carter Co., Ky, precinct 6, enumerated 17 June, lists on p. 30 as family #245:
Wilson, Wm, 65, farmer, b. NC NC NC; Lucinda, wife, 51, b. Va Va Tenn; Maggard, Sabre, 13, adopted daughter, b. Ky Va Va; Roe, Edward, 19, son-in-law, b. Ky Ky Ky, farm laborer; Palina, 29, dau, b. Ky NC Va.
Sabra is a niece of Lucinda’s first husband, Samuel Maggard. She would later marry James Boggs, son of William’s first wife Rebecca and her first husband Hugh Boggs.