Elijah L. "Lige" Wilson^[1]

1866 - 1957  (90 years)

• Name	Elijah L. "Lige" Wilson
  Born	29 Dec 1866	Sevier County, Tennessee   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	25 Feb 1957  [3]
  Buried	Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I56233	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	2 Nov 2004

  
  

  Father	William M. "Billy" Wilson,   b. 25 Oct 1838, North Carolina ,   d. 19 Sep 1925  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Sarah King,   b. 1847, Tennessee ,   d. 1871  (Age 24 years)
  Married	10 Oct 1865	Sevier County, Tennessee
  Family ID	F20837	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Eliza Shults,   b. 15 Oct 1871, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 29 Mar 1957  (Age 85 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1889	, Sevier County, Tennessee
  Children	+ 1. William Amber Wilson,   b. 16 Jan 1891, Tennessee ,   d. 16 May 1978  (Age 87 years)   2. Mary Elizabeth Wilson,   b. 3 Mar 1893, Tennessee ,   d. 20 Feb 1980  (Age 86 years) + 3. Samuel Lee Wilson,   b. 27 May 1895, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Dec 1979  (Age 84 years) + 4. Charles E. "Charlie" Wilson,   b. 23 Jan 1898, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Feb 1990  (Age 92 years) + 5. Bessie A. Wilson,   b. 14 Apr 1900, Tennessee ,   d. 25 Dec 1988  (Age 88 years) + 6. Rettie Susan Wilson,   d. Bef 24 Jul 2010   7. Thomas Wilson + 8. James Wesley Wilson,   b. 23 Oct 1904, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 28 Apr 1989  (Age 84 years) + 9. John Edward "Ed" Wilson,   b. 12 Jul 1907, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Dec 1983  (Age 76 years) + 10. Jesse Luther Wilson,   b. 5 May 1914, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 19 Sep 1985  (Age 71 years) + 11. Hattie Gladys Wilson,   b. 25 Feb 1917, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 7 Sep 1997  (Age 80 years)
  Family ID	F22262	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 29 Dec 1866 - Sevier County, Tennessee Married - 13 Oct 1889 - , Sevier County, Tennessee Buried - - Middle Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Sevier County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 392, 397. James Shults GEDCOM, Jamesshults@worldnet.att.net, July 1996.

  
  

• Sources

  [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 25 Dec 1988. Bessie A. McGill obituary [S94] Sevier County, Tennessee Census, 461b, 14 Jul 1870. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/tn/sevier/census/1870/0461b.gif [S73] Rawlings Funeral Home, Book 2, 25 Feb 1957. Wilson, E. L. Dec 29, 1866 Sevier Co. Feb 25, 1957 Spouse: Shults, Eliza Father: Wilson, William Mother: King, Sarah Sons: Ambrose, Jessie, Lee, West, Edward, Thomas, Charles Daughters: Mrs. Bessie Mc Gill, Mrs. Mary Laudermilk, Mrs. Retta Sexton, Mrs. Hattie Sexton Cemetery: Middle Creek Brothers: 1/2 [All] Mitchell, Dave, Jim Sisters: Mrs. Tikla Mc Mahan, 1/2 [All] Mrs. Alde Watson, Mrs. Jane Watson, Mrs. Polly Ann Friar [S34] In the Shadow of the Smokies, Smoky Mountain Historical Society, (1993), 314.