Brief Life History of Willard Alonzo
When Willard Alonzo Wilson was born on 4 April 1856, in Mount Vernon Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, his father, Hugh M. Wilson, was 29 and his mother, Eleanor Elaine "Nellie" Hails, was 24. He married Caldonia Catherine Phillips on 26 September 1878, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Casner Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Shiloh Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 7 August 1938, in Woodlawn, Jefferson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Shiloh Township, Jefferson, Illinois, United States.
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- Louie Wilson, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alonzo Wilson, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Alonzo Wilson, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Jefferson, Illinois, United States
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.
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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