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Name: Wesley Wilson
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Place of Birth: Nelson KY
Year of Birth: 1845
Occupation: Laborer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: Dark
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 6.5
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Enlistment Date: August 27, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
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Congressional District: 4th
Company: H
Regiment(s): 107th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville, KY
Mustered Out Date: November 22, 1866
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Died in war? No
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Death Date: March 30, 1918
Cause of Death: Brights Disease
Death Certificate
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: February 4, 1892
Application No.: 1089715 Certificate No.: 915501
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name:
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: April 11, 1918 Application No.: 1118587
Certificate No.: 854938
No other family pension card found
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No Freedman’s Bank information found
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Mother First Name: Mother Maiden Name:
Father First Name: James/Jarvi Father Last Name: Wilson
Siblings: Nancy Wilson
Isaac Wilson
Wife #1 First Name: Maria Maiden Name: Marshall
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1870 Census information not found
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Farm Worker
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
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1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Day Laborer
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Own 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
1910 Census Link: View
1910 Profession: None
1910 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1910 Own/Rent: Own 1910 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1910 Farm/House: House
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1920 Census Link: View
1920 Profession: Laborer
1920 Ability to Read? Can read Ability to Write? Can write
1920 Own/Rent: Own 1920 Home Free/Mortgage: Free 1920 Farm/House: House
1920 Census Notes:
Name: Archibald Wilson
Location: Nelson County, KY
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1850 Census Link: View
1850 Slave Schedule Link: View
1850 Number of Enslaved: 35
1860 Census information not found
1870 Census Link: View
1870 Real Estate Value: $25,000 1870 Personal Estate Value: $60,000
1880 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found