Above is a picture of Mae Carrington Gould (on left), Mildred Carrington Deaver Daugherty (on right) and we think Mary Mamie Wilson Hill in the middle. My mother knows bits and pieces of the story of Mamie Wilson, but through the help of Gloria (GMACESEATTLE@webtv.net) and Jack Stevens (jackstevens6@gmail.com) I was able to get a better view of this rather tragic story. It seems like I've been dealing with tragedy a bit on this blogsite. Well, here's another story to add.
I've already mentioned the younger brother of my second great grandfather, William White Wilson. He had a brother John Fletcher Frank Wilson, born in Iowa in 1848. "Fletcher" married Mary Hester Kennedy in Iowa. Mary died in 1889 and was buried in Hillcrest cemetery in Miller, SD. Note to self...make sure and visit this cemetery on the next trip to SD. Mary left a family, (need to check out how many children) but among them was Mary (Mamie) and Musetta.
Family member Gloria Mace VanSickle found from the Wilson family bible that "John's (Fletcher's) youngest daughter Mary went to live with his brother William W. in Beadle County. In the 1900 census Mary is listed as a niece of William. The wording says "a niece, Mary Wilson (Hill) Walla Walla , WA, born Nov. 1889, SD, father b. Penn. and mother b. Virginia (Illinois). I've been wondering when Mamie was born, and here it was under my nose all this time. I'm thinking that Mamie's father, Fletcher moved to Walla Walla, and Mamie was there for a while and then went to SD. It looks like Mamie's mother, Mary, died two weeks after bearing the baby (Mamie). I've got Fletcher born in Iowa...but his father was born in Pennsylvania, along with brother William White Wilson. Note to self...Need to check out where Fletcher was born. Jack Stevens posts that "living there (Beadle County, SD) was a niece named Mary Wilson born in SD in Nov. 1889."
Gloria writes that her two aunts are still living and "sharp as tacs" and reside in Walla Walla. "They used to go to the Wilson plot, Mountain View, to put flowers on Frank's (Fletcher's) grave when they were young with their mom, Lizzie Augusta Pugh Mace. Lizzie's mother was Musetta Maud Wilson, sister of Maude. Gloria is the second oldest of 23 grandchildren of Victor Stanley Mace and Lizzie Augusta Pugh Mace.
Gloria is about my age. I'd really love to go to Walla Walla and visit with her.
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