Lucy Jane Wilson

Brief Life History of Lucy Jane

When Lucy Jane Wilson was born on 19 April 1845, in Bourbon, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, George W. Wilson, was 26 and her mother, Julia Ann Atkinson, was 20. She married Samuel T. Saunders on 27 September 1866, in Boone, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Benton, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 5 March 1913, in Urbana, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Kisling Cemetery, Benton, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel T. Saunders
1837–1907
Lucy Jane Wilson
1845–1913
Marriage: 27 September 1866
Otto H. Saunders
1868–1870
Claude W. Saunders
1870–1870
George W. Saunders
1871–
Frank Newton Saunders
1873–1953
Josephine Mabel Saunders
1876–1909
Charles Raymond Saunders
1885–1905

Sources (21)

  • Lucy J Wilson in household of George M Wilson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lucy J Wilson, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Lucy Jane Saunders, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1847: Benton, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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