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Cecil Samuel Wilson 1897–1971 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Mar 1897

Birth Location: Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA

Death Date: 22 Sep 1971

Death Location: McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America

Father: William Wilson

Mother: Sarah Wehunt

Spouse(s): Bessie Potter

Children(s): Carol Wilson

Cecil Samuel Wilson was born in 1897 in Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA, the child of William Jasper Wilson And Sarah Lucinda Jane Wehunt. Cecil Samuel Wilson married Bessie Ledonia Lea Potter, and had children including Carol Cecil Wilson. Cecil Samuel Wilson passed away in 1971 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Cecil Samuel Wilson was born in 1897 in Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA, the child of William Jasper Wilson And Sarah Lucinda Jane Wehunt.
  • Cecil Samuel Wilson married Bessie Ledonia Lea Potter, and had children including Carol Cecil Wilson.
  • Cecil Samuel Wilson passed away in 1971 in McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Cecil Wilson's Ancestors

Self
Cecil Wilson
1897–1971
Birth Place: Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA
Parents
William Jasper Wilson
1859–1912
Scott County, Arkansas
Sarah (Lucinda (Jane)) Wehunt
1861–1936
Polk County, Arkansas, United States of America
Grandparents
Frederick (WEHUNT) Weehunt
1820–1907
Burke Co NC
Mary (Ann (Polly)) Haas
1825–1910
Lumpkin, Georgia, USA
Great-Grandparents
William Wehunt
1784–1860
Fanny Lingerfelt
1791–1867
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Frederick Wegand
1759–1822
Elizabeth Frantz
1762–1830
Johan Lingerfelt
1747–1827

Cecil Wilson's Descendants

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Cecil (Samuel) Wilson (22 Mar 1897–22 Sep 1971) m. Bessie (Ledonia (Lea)) Potter (26 Aug 1896–1 Jan 1959)
  1. 1. Carol (Cecil) Wilson 1920–1980 m. Betty (Jane) Hopkins 1927–2003
    1. 1. Karen (June) Wilson 1950–2019 m. William (E) Melies 1931–2001

Cecil Wilson's Timeline

4 Records

1897
21 Mar 1897
Birth of Cecil Samuel Wilson in Driggs, Logan Co., Arkansas
Driggs, Logan Co., Arkansas
1897
22 Mar 1897
Birth of Cecil Samuel Wilson in Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA
Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA
1971
22 September 1971
Age 74
Death of Cecil Samuel Wilson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA
1971
22 Sep 1971
Age 74
Death of Cecil Samuel Wilson in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 Mar 1897
    Event Place: Driggs, Logan Co., Arkansas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Mar 1897
    Event Place: Driggs, Logan, Arkansas, USA

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 September 1971
    Event Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 22 Sep 1971
    Event Place: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, USA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: McAlester, Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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