Lloyd Tilghman Wilson (1866 - 1933)

Born 16 Dec 1866 in Graves, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Helen Hortense (Byng) Wilson — married 6 Nov 1889 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Oct 1933 at age 66 in Lakeland, Polk, Florida, United States

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Biography

Lloyd Tilghman Wilson was born 16 Dec 1866^[1] in Graves County, KY. On 06 Nov 1889 in Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky, United States, Lloyd m. Helen Hortense Byng^[2] b. 28 May 1868 d. 11 Aug 1952. Helen was born in Clinton County, IA d/o Enoch and Emma Byng b. abt. 1840 England. They moved from Iowa to Missouri about 1876 and came to Kentucky about 1878. Enoch Byng was President of Paducah Lumber Company in the 1890's and the family resided at Sixth and Washington Street, which became the site of the Kennedy Funeral Home. ^[3]

He graduated from Southern Normal School and Business College, Bowling Green, KY in 1885. He received a Doctor of Divinity Degree from Union University, Jackson, TN in 1904.^[3]

From 1886 until 1898 he was engaged in Wholesale Grocery, Tobacco Brokerage and Lumber Business. He was ordained a Baptist Minister in 1897, becoming Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church (then known as Second Baptist) in Paducah KY. This congregation had just built a new frame building at Ninth and Ohio Streets. He later was pastor at Humboldt, TN 1899-1903; Edgefield Baptist Church, Nashville, TN 1904- 1905; East Baptist Church, Louisville, KY 1906-1908; First Church, Newport News, VA 1909-1912; Grace Street Church, Richmond, VA 1912-1917; Broadway Church, Knoxville, TN 1917-1919. In December 1919, he became Secretary-Treasurer of Tennessee Southern Baptist Convention; a member of the Foreign Missionary Board; a Trustee of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, KY 1914-1919, Trustee Carson-Newman College, Trustee Richmond College. He became pastor of First Church High Point, NC 1924-1929, and pastor of Southside Church, Lakeland, FL in 1929 until his death.^[3]

Lloyd T. Wilson traveled extensively while serving on the Foreign Missionary Board. In a Jul 1923 letter from Moville, Ireland where he was ready to sail to Scotland, he said he was only 17 miles from his Grandfather's birthplace (Londonderry) and regrets not having time to visit there.^[3]

He attended the Baptist World Alliance in Stockholm, Sweden in the summer of 1924 where he preached before this distinguished body. On his return trip he was robbed while in Westminister Abbey, of a billfold containing practically all the money he carried, his passport and traveler's checks. The loss was not discovered until the next morning shortly before he was to sail home. After frantic and ineffectual efforts to retrieve the lost billfold, he rushed to the steamer and endeavored to persuade the authorities to believe his story and allow him to return to America with his traveling companions. The authorities were adamant until it occurred to him to present Railroad Passes on which he traveled throughout Tennessee, this convinced them. They said, "A man who can carry passes on four American Railroads can sail on our ship, passport or no passport".^[3]

Lloyd d. 22 Oct 1933 Lakeland, FL and was buried in Oak Hill Burial Park, Lakeland, Polk Co., FL.^[3][1] His obituary reads:^[4]

Baptist Minister Dies At Home In Florida - LAKELAND, FLA., Oct 22. (AP) Dr. Lloyd T. Wilson, since 1929 pastor of the Southside Baptist Church here, died today at the age of 67. He previously held charges In Paducah, Ky., Richmond, Va., Nashville, Tenn., Newport News, Va., Louisville, Ky., Knoxvllle, Tenn., and Hlgh Point, N. C. Surviving are the widow, a son, Rhey B. Wilson, Lakeland; a daughter, Mrs. Jack Mason Smith, St. Petersburg; two brothers, Frank Wilson, Albuquerque, N. M., and Jamie Wilson, Paducah, and a sister, Mrs. R. E; Frost, Benton, Ky.

Children

Lloyd and Helen had 4 children:^[3]

1. Rhey Byng Wilson b. Apr 1891 Paducah, McCracken Co, KY d. 09 June 1984 Nashville, Davidson Co, TN bur. Woodlawn Cem, Nashville, Davidson Co, TN; m. May 1922 Edna Umensetter b. 15 Jul 1896; adopted Harold E. Wilson, Edna's son from previous marriage.
2. Lloyd Tilghman Wilson, Jr. b. 18 Jun 1894 d. 30 Dec. 30 1928 bur. Riverview Cem, Richmond, VA; m/1 02 Jun 1917 (div. 1925) Virginia Clements b. 1897 and had issue; m/2 18 Dec 1926 Richmond, VA Phillipa Evans Hoffman b. 1904 and had issue.
3. lone Lucille Wilson b. Oct 1897 d. 24 May 1975 bur. Oakhill Cem, Lakeland, FL; m. 09 Mar 1922 John Mason Smith b. 1890; no issue
4. Everett Dodson Wilson

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Rev Lloyd T Wilson (1866-1933) on Find A Grave: Memorial #79970879 retrieved 17 March 2018
2. ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DD-2GJZ : Sat Feb 24 07:32:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Lloyd T Wilson and H H Byng, 06 Nov 1889.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Billy G. Wallace (1928- ), Roots in Ireland: James K. Wilson Family including Foust, Johnston, Lemon and Wallace Families, Marshall County, Kentucky online at [1] accessed 06 May 2017.
4. ↑ The Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 23 Oct 1933, Mon • Page 1