Brief Life History of Willie G
When Willie G Wilson was born on 4 August 1880, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, Calvin Parker Wilson, was 34 and his mother, Jane Garrison, was 33. He married Florence Youngblood on 29 August 1906, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Farrington Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Township of Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 17 November 1918, in Wayne, Illinois, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Garrison Temple Cemetery, Township of Hickory Hill, Wayne, Illinois, United States.
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- Willie J Wilson, "United States Census, 1910"
- William Wilson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Willie G. Wilson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
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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