William Lewis Wilder (1884 - 1966)

Born 26 Jan 1884 in Ewing, Lee, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Son of Reason W. Wilder and Catherine Wilder

Husband of Martha Catherine Jackson — married 24 Nov 1911 in Hances Creek, Bell, Kentucky, USA

Descendants

Died 6 Nov 1966 at age 82 in Jefferson, Kentucky, USA

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William Lewis /Wilder/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Name: Lewis /Wilder/^[10]

Name: Lewis /Wilder/^[11]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using William Lewis /Wilder/.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 26 JAN 1884

Place: Ewing, Lee, Virginia, USA^{[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]}

Death

Death:

Date: 06 NOV 1966

Place: Jefferson, Kentucky, USA^{[23][24][25][26][27][28]}

Cause: Cerebral Thrombosis or Embolus due to Aortic Stenosis and pneumonia

Reference

Reference: 14

Census

Census:

Date: 1900

Place: census age 17 Rose Hill born Jan 1883/Lee, Virginia, USA^[29]

Census:

Date: 1910

Place: census age 26 Rose Hill married 7 years but wife not in home./Lee, Virginia, USA^[30]

Census:

Date: 1920

Place: census age 35 listed as Lewis/Harlan, Kentucky, USA^[31]

Census:

Date: 1930

Place: census age 45/Harlan, Kentucky, USA^[32]

Occupation

Occupation:

Date: 1930

Place: Miner in coal mine/^[33]

Occupation:

Place: Coal miner at Fourmile/

Occupation:

Date: 1918

Place: Miner for Varilla Mining Co., Varilla, Bell Co., KY/^[34]

Occupation:

Date: 1920

Place: Motorman in Coal mine/^[35]

Education

Education:

Date: 1918

Place: Lewis could not sign his name/^[36]

Height

Height: 5 ft. 1 in.

Medical Entry

Medical Entry:

Place: diabetic/^[37]

Event

Event:

Type: Physical Characteristics

Place: Fair complexion, short, stout,/

Residence

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Age: 17; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son/Bales Mill, Lee, Virginia, USA^[38]

Residence:

Place: Jefferson, Kentucky, USA^[39]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Harlan, Kentucky, USA^[40]

Residence:

Date: 1930

Place: Bell, Kentucky, USA^[41]

Residence:

Date: 1920

Place: Dorothy, Bell, Kentucky, USA^[42]

Burial

Burial:

Date: NOV 1966

Place: Valley Station, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA

Note

Note: #N821

Object

Object: @M414@

Marriage

Husband: William Lewis Wilder

Wife: Martha Catherine Jackson

Child: Walter N. Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Dorcas Lee Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Paul Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Charles E Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Roy Clifford Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Bettie Joe Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Bill Gene Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I4678@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 24 NOV 1911

Place: Hances Creek, Bell, Kentucky, USA^[43][44][45]

Event:

Type: Death of one spouse

Date: 06 NOV 1966

Place: Jefferson, Kentucky, USA

Object: @M841@

Husband: William Lewis Wilder

Wife: @I4589@

Marriage:

Date: 1903^[46]

Husband: Reason W Wilder

Wife: Catherine Wilder

Child: William Lewis Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Margaret Elizabeth Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Sarah C Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Edward Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Rhoda Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1546@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1558@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1569@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Laura Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Tipton Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: Emaline Wilder

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1624@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Child: @I1591@

Relationship to Father: Natural

Relationship to Mother: Natural

Marriage:

Date: 08 FEB 1883

Place: Daniel Wilder's home/Harlan, Kentucky, USA^{[47][48][49][50][51][52][53]}

Note: #N2716

Sources

1. ↑ Wilder-1091 was created by Rene King through the import of MyFamily_wikitree.ged on Aug 10, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S1596 Data: Text: Parents were Reece Wilder and Katie Miracle.
3. ↑ Source: #S2711 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William L Wilder
4. ↑ Source: #S2673 Page: Database online. Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1076@
5. ↑ Source: #S2695 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Catherine Wilder
6. ↑ Source: #S2697 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Reason W Wilder
7. ↑ Source: #S2675 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Dorothy, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: T625_559; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 665. Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1075@
8. ↑ Source: #S2881 Page: Ancestry Family Trees
9. ↑ Source: #S2870 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: 733; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 531.0; FHL microfilm: 2340468. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1885 CONT Birth place: Kentucky CONT Residence date: 1930 CONT Residence place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky Object: @M2425@
10. ↑ Source: #S2706 Page: Database online. District 7, Bell, Kentucky, ED 21, roll 733, page , image 531.0. Data: Text: Record for Paul Wilder Object: @M1460@
11. ↑ Source: #S2673 Page: Database online. Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1076@
12. ↑ Source: #S762 Page: 77
13. ↑ Source: #S836
14. ↑ Source: #S1596 Data: Text: Gives exact date of birth and location. Lists parentage.
15. ↑ Source: #S2493 Data: Text: Lewis's year of birth was written in at a different time in pencil and they put down 1885 instead of 1884, so there is some question where this date came from Lewis.
16. ↑ Source: #S2711 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William L Wilder
17. ↑ Source: #S2695 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Catherine Wilder
18. ↑ Source: #S2697 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Reason W Wilder
19. ↑ Source: #S2706 Page: Database online. District 7, Bell, Kentucky, ED 21, roll 733, page , image 531.0. Data: Text: Record for Paul Wilder Object: @M1460@
20. ↑ Source: #S2675 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Dorothy, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: T625_559; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 665. Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1075@
21. ↑ Source: #S2870 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: 733; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 531.0; FHL microfilm: 2340468. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1885 CONT Birth place: Kentucky CONT Residence date: 1930 CONT Residence place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky Object: @M2425@
22. ↑ Source: #S2673 Page: Database online. Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1076@
23. ↑ Source: #S1635
24. ↑ Source: #S1596 Data: Text: Was a retired coal miner. Buried at Bethany Cemetery, Valley Station, Jefferson Co., KY.
25. ↑ Source: #S2215 Data: Text: SSN - 403-07-2115
26. ↑ Source: #S2711 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William L Wilder
27. ↑ Source: #S2695 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Catherine Wilder
28. ↑ Source: #S2697 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Reason W Wilder
29. ↑ Source: #S762 Page: 77
30. ↑ Source: #S836
31. ↑ Source: #S878
32. ↑ Source: #S911 Page: 12A
33. ↑ Source: #S911 Page: 12B
34. ↑ Source: #S2493
35. ↑ Source: #S869 Page: 3B
36. ↑ Source: #S2493
37. ↑ Source: #S2493
38. ↑ Source: #S2673 Page: Database online. Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia, ED , roll , page . Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1076@
39. ↑ Source: #S2711 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William L Wilder
40. ↑ Source: #S2706 Page: Database online. District 7, Bell, Kentucky, ED 21, roll 733, page , image 531.0. Data: Text: Record for Paul Wilder Object: @M1460@
41. ↑ Source: #S2870 Page: Year: 1930; Census Place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: 733; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 21; Image: 531.0; FHL microfilm: 2340468. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1885 CONT Birth place: Kentucky CONT Residence date: 1930 CONT Residence place: District 7, Bell, Kentucky Object: @M2425@
42. ↑ Source: #S2675 Page: Database online. Year: 1920; Census Place: Dorothy, Bell, Kentucky; Roll: T625_559; Page: 3B; Enumeration District: 31; Image: 665. Data: Text: Record for Lewis Wilder Object: @M1075@
43. ↑ Source: #S2182 Page: 51
44. ↑ Source: #S1884 Page: 29 Data: Text: The fact that William was there at the wedding confirms the family story that Martha's mother did not approve of the marriage. William Scalf, as her stepfather, bought her wedding dress and gave her away. William was 30 at the time of the marriage and worked for the railroad. This was his second marriage. Martha was 17 and her parents were listed as Arch Jackson and Dorcas Scalf.
45. ↑ Source: #S987 Page: 28 Data: Text: Book 10
46. ↑ Source: #S836
47. ↑ Source: #S836
48. ↑ Source: #S1880
49. ↑ Source: #S987 Page: 80 Data: Text: Book A
50. ↑ Source: #S2695 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Katherine Wilder
51. ↑ Source: #S2697 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Reason W Wilder
52. ↑ Source: #S2966 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 1715; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1241715 Object: @M2733@
53. ↑ Source: #S2966 Page: Year: 1900; Census Place: Balls Mill, Lee, Virginia; Roll: 1715; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 0033; FHL microfilm: 1241715 Object: @M2733@

• Source: S1596 Author: Dept. of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Commonwealth of Kentucky Title: Death Certificate - William Lewis Wilder Publication: Name: File No. 6626328, Registrar No. 7109; Repository: #R39 NOTESource Medium: Official Document CONT Source Quality: Excellent - primary CONT CONT Certificate mentions that he was a retired coal miner. He was buried in Bethany Cemetery Valley Station, KY. CONT
• Repository: R39 Name: Frankfort, KY Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S1635 Author: State Of Kentucky Title: Death Record - William L. Wilder Publication: Name: St. Vol. 053, Off. Vol. 66 Cert. 26328; Repository: #R79 NOTESource Medium: Electronic CONT Source Quality: Excellent - primary CONT
• Repository: R79 Name: Everton Publishers Website Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2215 Author: Social Security Administration Title: Social Security Records - William Wilder Repository: #R1 NOTESource Medium: Family Archive CD CONT Source Quality: Excellent - primary CONT
• Repository: R1 Name: Private Collection Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2493 Author: United States Title: World War I Draft Registration - Lewis Wilder Publication: Name: Sept 12, 1918; Repository: #R4 NOTESource Medium: Official Document CONT Source Quality: Excellent - primary CONT
• Repository: R4 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2673 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R6 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900
• Repository: R6 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S2675 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1920 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; Repository: #R6 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1920
• Source: S2695 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Public Member Trees Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Repository: #R6
• Source: S2697 Author: Ancestry.com Title: OneWorldTree Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Repository: #R6
• Source: S2706 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Repository: #R6 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930
• Source: S2711 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000 Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000; Repository: #R6 NOTECommonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning, Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present, Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems
• Source: S2870 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1930 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626,; Repository: #R4
• Source: S2881 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Repository: #R4 NOTEThis information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created.
• Source: S762 Author: United States Census Title: 1900 Lee Co., VA Soundex - Reason Wilder, Head Publication: Name: Supr. Dist No. 30, Enum. Dist No. 33, Sheet No. 11; Repository: #R2 NOTESource Medium: Census CONT Source Quality: Very Good - primary CONT CONT Living with Reason is his mother, Rhoda age 58 born July 1841 in VA. CONT
• Repository: R2 Name: Cincinnati Library Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S836 Author: United States Census Title: 1910 Lee Co., VA census - Rese W. Wilder, Head Publication: Name: Rose Hill; Repository: #R2 Call Number: Dwelling No. 135, Family No. 135 NOTESource Medium: Census CONT Source Quality: Good - primary CONT CONT "Rese" and Kate have been married 29 years. They have had 15 children 11 survive. William L. has been married 7 years. CONT
• Source: S869 Author: United States Census Title: 1920 Bell Co., KY census - Lewis Wilder, Head Publication: Name: ED 31; Repository: #R8 Call Number: House # 50 Family # 50 NOTESource Medium: Census CONT Source Quality: Excellent - secondary CONT
• Repository: R8 Name: Heritage Quest Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S878 Author: United States Census Title: 1920 Bell Co., KY Soundex - Lewis Wilder, Head Publication: Name: Supr. Dist No. 6, Enum. Dist No. 31, Sheet No. 3; Repository: #R2 NOTESource Medium: Census CONT Source Quality: Good - primary CONT
• Source: S911 Author: United States Census Title: 1930 Bell Co., KY census - Lewis Wilder, Head Publication: Name: ED 7-21; Repository: #R4 Call Number: House # 208 Family # 216 NOTESource Medium: Census CONT Source Quality: Excellent - secondary CONT
• Source: Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by an AncestryDNA test match between Rene King and her third cousin. Their common ancestors are their second great grandparents Reason Wilder and Catherine Wilder. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: <relationship between me and shared relative, based on sharing 65 centimorgans shared across 5 DNA segments; Confidence: Extremely High.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal 23andMe test match between Rene (King) Thompson and LJWM, her 2nd cousin 1x removed. Their most recent common ancestors are Reason Wilder and Catherine Wilder, the great great grandparents of Rene (King) Thompson and great grandparents of LJWM. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: Second cousin once removed, based on sharing 159 cM (2.14% DNA shared) across 8 segments.

Notes

Note N821