When Ewell Vernon Wilson was born on 10 August 1891, in Georgia, United States, his father, Francis C Wilson, was 32 and his mother, Ida C. Jett, was 28. He had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Ethel Elizabeth Maddox. He lived in District 722, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States for about 20 years. He died on 5 August 1981, in Pinellas, Florida, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.
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The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
Historical Boundaries: 1912: Pinellas, Florida, United States
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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.
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