Name Info

Thomas Melvin WILSON 1888-1976
Fathers:ROBERT,MATTHEW,MATHEW,JAMES,WILLIAM

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09121935
Age............87y 8m 20d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...widowed

#Marriages.....1
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......6
#Events........1
#Images:.......7
#Comments......1
#Siblings......5
#Children......3

Person-Type....A
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
Adopted?.......

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Burial.........Forest Hill Cemetery lot #239 block 12 grave #2

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: ROBERT STITT WILSON, male, born:1856-09-16 Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio, died:1916-01-28 (59y 4m 12d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:MATTHEW MEREDITH WILSON, Mom:KEZIAH H. HILDEBRAND, #M:1, #Cmnts:3, #SrcDocs:7
  2. Parent: IDA MELVIN, female, born:1862-01-12 Cedarville (Greene) Ohio, died:1922-07-17 (60y 6m 5d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:THOMAS K. MELVIN, Mom:ELIZABETH JANE RIGGS, #M:1, #Cmnts:2, #SrcDocs:4
  3. Sibling: Matthew Meredith WILSON, male, born:1886-01-20 Xenia (Greene) Ohio, died:1917-06-18 (31y 4m 29d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Dad:ROBERT STITT WILSON, Mom:IDA MELVIN, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4
  4. Sibling: Albert Chew WILSON, male, born:1891-06-24 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:1963-10-14 (72y 3m 20d) Excelsior Springs (Clay) Missouri, Dad:ROBERT STITT WILSON, Mom:IDA MELVIN, #M:2, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:5
  5. Sibling: Janie WILSON, female, born:1893-08-22 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:1970 (76y 4m 10d) , Dad:ROBERT STITT WILSON, Mom:IDA MELVIN, #M:1, #SrcDocs:1
  6. Sibling: EDWIN LAWRENCE WILSON, male, born:1895-11-22 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:1971-09-13 (75y 9m 22d) Riverside (Platte) Missouri, Anc:1, Dad:ROBERT STITT WILSON, Mom:IDA MELVIN, #M:2, #Cmnts:4, #SrcDocs:9
  7. Sibling: Celia WILSON, female, born:1900-01-22 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:1946-06-15 (46y 4m 24d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Dad:ROBERT STITT WILSON, Mom:IDA MELVIN, #M:1, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:4

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Marriage: 1923 ?Jackson county Missouri
  2. Spouse: R. Maude Cloutman, female, born:1887-04-21 Ottumwa (Wapello) Iowa, died:1958-07-14 (71y 2m 23d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Dad:Eliphalet Cloutman, Mom:Nellie Martin, #SrcDocs:3
  3. ..Child: James S. WILSON, male, born:1922-08-10 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:2002-09-15 (80y 1m 5d) Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, Dad:Thomas Melvin WILSON, Mom:R. Maude Cloutman, #SrcDocs:3
  4. ..Child: Charles Richard WILSON, male, born:1927-09-08 Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri, died:1959-2017 (31y 3m 24d) , Dad:Thomas Melvin WILSON, Mom:R. Maude Cloutman, #SrcDocs:2
  5. ..Child: Thomas Melvin WILSON

Events
Birth
: 1888-05-13, Age:87y 8m 20d, Zanesville, Muskingum county, Ohio Dr. Thrall, The birth certificate was a delayed certificate of birth. It was approved by Zanesville probate judge W. O. Secrest in February 1946. It listed Dr. Thrall as the attending physician of birth.
Census
: 1900 , Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, Role:census federal, Thomas b.1888 OH living with parents
Married
: ?1923 , Age:87y 8m 20d, ?Jackson county Missouri, Role:groom
Job
: 1944-1977, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, taxi cab driver, until he retired
Death
: 1976-02-02, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, Baptist Hospital, acute myocardial infarction
Birth
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, ?Xenia, Greene county, Ohio
Church
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, St. Peter's United Church of Christ
Job
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri
Job
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, Role:manager, set up new stations
Livedin
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, 104 East 127th Street, lived here at the time of his death
Burial
: ?, Age:87y 8m 20d, Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, Forest Hill Cemetery, lot #239 block 12 grave #2, buried next to his wife

Places In
Xenia (Greene) Ohio
Kansas City (Jackson) Missouri
Zanesville (Muskingum) Ohio

General

He was survived by three sons: James of Gladstone, Charles of the home and Eliphalet of Arizona as well as seven grandchildren and great grandchildren.


Image(s) - hover Image IDs to popup full text
W__0051 - Marriage Notations in the Wilson Family Bible
W__0059 - Ten Children and Grandchildren of Robert and Ida Wilson
W__0131 - Thomas, Albert and Edwin Wilson at Mel's home
W__0143 - Brothers: Edwin L. and Thomas M. Wilson
W__0208 - Family Births of Robert S. Wilson family per the Wilson Family Bible
W__0222 - Wilson siblings: Albert C., Thomas M., Janie and Edwin L., Lake Maurer


Sources
Wilson Family Bible notes, circa 1880


Data Issues
AncFlags between Spouses Mismatched

Historical
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902