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Submitted: 2/28/09 • Approved: 5/23/20 • Last Updated: 5/26/20 • R160947-G160946-S3
John
PRIVATE
Rieff's Mounted Comany
Civil War Confederate
October 24, 1832 - March 26, 1918
Dora
May 13, 1862 - June 19, 1932
*Obituary
Fayetteville Daily Democrat
Monday, June 20, 1932
WILSON, Dora ROBERTS - Mrs. Dora Wilson Dies Sunday - Funeral This Afternoon At Three O'clock At Christian Church - Farmington, June 20 - Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at the Christian Church for Mrs. Dora Roberts Wilson, 70, who died Sunday morning at 3:30 at the home of her nephew, Joe S. Wilson, S. Hill Street, in Fayetteville, following an illness of over a year.
She was born May 13, 1862 at Gainesville, Texas and came to Arkansas with her parents following the Civil War, settling in Arkadelphia. After a return trip to Texas they moved to Farmington, where she lived most of her life. Following an operation a year ago she had made her home with her nephew in Fayetteville.
She married John Wilson in 1890. He was a pioneer settler of Farmington, an ex-Confederate soldier and one of the first graduates of Arkansas College in Fayetteville. Mrs. Wilson was a charter member of the Farmington Christian Church. Survivors include two children, Howard Wilson of St. Louis and Tully Wilson of Farmington, six step-sons, Claude Wilson of Chelsea, Oklahoma; James Wilson of Paloduro, Texas; W.R. Wilson, Charleston; John S. Wilson, Baldwin; Ellis Wilson, Fort Smith and Homer Wilson of Kansas, and 20 grandchildren. One brother, James Roberts of Stroud also survives.
Honorary pallbearers were W.M. Armstrong of Fayetteville, Dan Broyles, W.A. Shreve and Floyd Couch, all of Farmington. Active pall bearers included W.E. Guilliams, Ode Pool, James Broyles, S.A. Buchannan, W.A. Gaskill and James Phillips, all of Farmington.
*Obituary (News Article)
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives
WILSON, John P. – Dora Wilson, widow of J.P. Wilson, who died March 26, 1918, filed Widow Application #25740 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate widow pension and it was received as allowed September 12, 1921 at the State, citing her husband’s service with several Arkansas Confederate units from 1861 thru 1865. Mrs. Wilson died June 19, 1932.
*Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans, Washington
County, Arkansas 2009
Compiled by William W Degge
*Photo taken and submitted by volunteer Debbie Jordon, January 2009.
Contributed on 2/28/09 by reachdebbie
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