Joseph Ellis Wilson Sr.

Brief Life History of Joseph Ellis

When Joseph Ellis Wilson Sr. was born on 2 May 1858, in Davis, Iowa, United States, his father, Wellington Paul Wilson, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Boardman Smith, was 41. He married Lerona Abigail Martin on 22 July 1877, in Clifton, Franklin, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. He immigrated to Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. In 1930, at the age of 72, his occupation is listed as temple recorder, lds church in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 25 October 1930, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Ellis Wilson Sr.
1858–1930
Lerona Abigail Martin
1862–1944
Marriage: 22 July 1877
Joseph Ellis Wilson Jr
1878–1962
Amy Elizabeth Wilson
1881–1970
Effie Lucinda Wilson
1883–1964
Eva Lerona Wilson
1883–1973
Wilson
1884–
Abigail Wilson
1884–1968
Mabel W Wilson
1886–1968
Kate Wilson
1889–1993
George Albert Wilson Sr.
1891–1969
Wellington Paul Wilson
1894–1985
Virginia Wilson
1896–1982
Marion Lyman Wilson Sr
1898–1973
Bathsheba Wilson
1901–1990

Sources (131)

  • Joseph E Wilson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph Ellis Wilson Sr. - birth: 2 May 1858; Soap Creek, Monroe, Iowa, United States
  • Utah, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1859 · Logan is Founded

"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""

1863

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

1877 · Logan's First Stake is Formed

Eighteen years after the first ward was established and the population of the valley increased exponentially, the first Stake was established.

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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Joseph Ellis Wilson Sr. Personal History

I was born on Soap Creek, (1) Monroe Co., a thinly settled portion of Iowa, May 2nd, 1858. My father's name was Wellington Paul (2), son of Deliverance and Lovina Fairchild Wilson; he (my father) was …

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