Charles W Wilson
Rank: Pvt Co: A Age: 28 Residence: Saco Birthplace: Westbrook Occupation: manufacturing
Married/Single: M Height: 5' 8 Eyes: Hz Hair: Br Complexion: F
CHARLES W WILSON was born in Westbrook, Maine [descriptive roll; death rec;obit], the son of Christopher Wilson. He died in Saco, Maine on 16 June 1915, aged 81 yrs, from old age and disease of heart [ME death rec]. He was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Saco.
He married ca 1860 [40 yrs in 1900] to ABBY P YORK, the daughter of James and Eliza (Otis) York. She was born in Fairfield, Maine [death rec] on 14 July 1835 [grave], and died in Saco on 23 Jan 1901 [ME death rec]. She is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Charles lived in Westbrook his first 11 years, then moved to Pownal, where he worked on a farm until he was 20 years old. He left there for Saco where, in July of 1853, he began working for the York Mills, a cotton mill. He would work there the next 57 years, 34 of those as second hand in the carder room. During the Civil War, due to a lack of cotton from the south, the mill had shut down, and its workers were free to enlist for the cause. It seems he also went for a time (ca 1865) to Michigan, for reasons not yet known, as many records show his son Frank as being born there.
He was a member of the Fred Gurney GAR Post in Saco.
Charles and Abby had two children:
I. CHARLES E WILSON, born in 1862; died on 6 Nov 1863, aged 14 mos [grave]. He is buried in Laurel Hill.
II. FRANK E WILSON, born in 1865 [grave] in Michigan [census recs]; died in 1933 [grave]. He was first married, on in , to SOPHRONIA EMMONS BOWDEN, the daughter of Hubbard C and Olive F Bowden. She was born in May 1869 [1900 census], and died in 1933 [grave]. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Biddeford. She and Frank divorced and she remarried in 1918 to Arthur Hamel. Frank was secondly married to ANNIE MAY HUBBARD, on 19 Apr 1900 in Saco [ME marr rec]. She was born in Saco in 1833 [grave] and died in 1943 [grave]. By his first wife, he had two children:
1. Guy Rudolph Wilson, b. 22 July 1887 in Biddeford [WWI Draft Reg Card]
2. Charles Hubbard Wilson, b. 17 Sept 1891 in Saco [ME vr] or Biddeford [WWI Draft Reg Card]
by his second wife:
3. Dorothy Maria Wilson, b. 19 Sept 1900 in Saco [ME vr]; d. Feb 1986. She marr John J Laffam, 31 Jan 1921 in Biddeford.
4. Justin K Wilson, b. 28 June 1903 in Saco [ME vr]; d. 22 Feb 1992 in Manchester, CT [CT Death Index]
5. Ralph H Wilson, b. 22 May 1905 in Saco [ME vr]; d. 6 May 1990 [SSDI] in Biddeford [ME Death Index]
6. Irene Florence Wilson, b. 6 June 1915 in Saco [ME vr]
He married ca 1860 [40 yrs in 1900] to ABBY P YORK, the daughter of James and Eliza (Otis) York. She was born in Fairfield, Maine [death rec] on 14 July 1835 [grave], and died in Saco on 23 Jan 1901 [ME death rec]. She is buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Charles lived in Westbrook his first 11 years, then moved to Pownal, where he worked on a farm until he was 20 years old. He left there for Saco where, in July of 1853, he began working for the York Mills, a cotton mill. He would work there the next 57 years, 34 of those as second hand in the carder room. During the Civil War, due to a lack of cotton from the south, the mill had shut down, and its workers were free to enlist for the cause. It seems he also went for a time (ca 1865) to Michigan, for reasons not yet known, as many records show his son Frank as being born there.
He was a member of the Fred Gurney GAR Post in Saco.
Charles and Abby had two children:
I. CHARLES E WILSON, born in 1862; died on 6 Nov 1863, aged 14 mos [grave]. He is buried in Laurel Hill.
II. FRANK E WILSON, born in 1865 [grave] in Michigan [census recs]; died in 1933 [grave]. He was first married, on in , to SOPHRONIA EMMONS BOWDEN, the daughter of Hubbard C and Olive F Bowden. She was born in May 1869 [1900 census], and died in 1933 [grave]. She was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Biddeford. She and Frank divorced and she remarried in 1918 to Arthur Hamel. Frank was secondly married to ANNIE MAY HUBBARD, on 19 Apr 1900 in Saco [ME marr rec]. She was born in Saco in 1833 [grave] and died in 1943 [grave]. By his first wife, he had two children:
1. Guy Rudolph Wilson, b. 22 July 1887 in Biddeford [WWI Draft Reg Card]
2. Charles Hubbard Wilson, b. 17 Sept 1891 in Saco [ME vr] or Biddeford [WWI Draft Reg Card]
by his second wife:
3. Dorothy Maria Wilson, b. 19 Sept 1900 in Saco [ME vr]; d. Feb 1986. She marr John J Laffam, 31 Jan 1921 in Biddeford.
4. Justin K Wilson, b. 28 June 1903 in Saco [ME vr]; d. 22 Feb 1992 in Manchester, CT [CT Death Index]
5. Ralph H Wilson, b. 22 May 1905 in Saco [ME vr]; d. 6 May 1990 [SSDI] in Biddeford [ME Death Index]
6. Irene Florence Wilson, b. 6 June 1915 in Saco [ME vr]
