ROE WAS THE SON OF OUGHT AND OLLIE MILLER WILSON OF FENTRESS COUNTY , TN. HIS
BROTHERS: ROY LEE, RICH, RAS (RASBERRY) AND HIS SISTERS WERE: MARY, M AUDE AND
LORI. ROE WILSON MARRIED MARTHA JANE ELMORE AND HAD 14 CHILDREN:
NELLIE MAE WILSON, MARRIED LAWRENCE TRUE AND ? KELLY
AUGHT WILSON, MARRIED RUBY LEE STEPHENS
GEORGE WILSON, MARRIED MAY JONES
HERMAN WILSON, MARRIED TREVA LOWE
OLLIE WILSON, MARRIED FREEMAN JONES
JEWELL WILSON, MARRIED EDWARD LOWE
LORENE WILSON, MARRIED NOLAN LOWE (BROTHER TO TREVA LOWE ABOVE)
EDNA WILSON, MARRIED EARL WILLIAMS
WILLIAM ANDREW WILSON, BORN 12 AUG 1912 AND DIED 23 AUG 1912
ERWIN WILSON, BORN 12 DEC 1915 AND KILLED SHOOTING ACCIDENT, 6 APR 19 34
LOU WILSON, BORN 10 MAY 1921 AND DIED JAN 1924
LEANER WILSON, BORN 29 JAN 1922 AND DIED 1 FEB 1924
ARCHIE WILSON, BORN 17 JAN 1933 AND DIED 11 OCT 1933
DANIEL DELL WILSON, MARRIED ELSIE MAE FITZGERALD (FLORIDA)
"ROE" WENT TO PRISON FOR 6 MONTHS, AND GOT OUT ON A HARDSHIP. HE CAUG HT A
HEFFER BELONGING TO JERRY NORRIS. THERE WAS A SCUFFLE BETWEEN WILLIAM
SMITH, JERRY AND ROE. JERRY GOT HIS ARM BROKE BECAUSE ROE HIT HIM WI TH A BAT
BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T DROP HIS KNIFE. ROE ALSO GOT 90 DAYS LATER ON FOR
MOON-SHINING IN THE LATE 1920'S OR EARLY 30'S.
1920 CENSUS, FENTRESS COUNTY, ROLL 155, W525, VOL 24, ED 20, SHEET 10 , LINE 40.
ROE WAS 29 YEARS OD IN THE CENSUS.
THE FIRST HOUSE THAT ROE AND MARTHA BOUGHT WAS 168 ACRES FOR $135.00 . IT WAS A 4
ROOM HOUSE AND HAD 2 FLOORS, IN CLARKRANGE, WHERE THEY LIVED TIL 1940 'S.
ROE WORKED IN THE COAL MINES IN WILDER, TN.
ROE HAD A 2ND GRADE EDUCATION.
ROE WORKED FOR 10 CENTS AN HOUR, 10 HOURS A DAY IN THE WILDER MINES.
HE WENT ON STRIKE WITH THE OTHER MEN FOR 3 MONTHS, TRYING
TO GET 25 CENTS AN HOUR, AND ONLY GOT 15 CENTS. AFTER SEVERAL YEAR S HE WAS
MAKING $1.00 AN HOUR. THE DEPRESSION HIT, AND THE MINE JOB ENDED. H E BOUGHT
THE FARM IN RINNIE, FROM A MAN NAMED "CURTIS", IN 1945 OR 1946, FOR $ 3,500.00.
THERE WAS A PICTURE OF ROE'S MOTHER, OLLIE MILLER WILSON IN A BOOK CA LLED
REMEMBRANCES II, BY LUTHER ATKINSON, 1993, AND ALSO A PICTURE OF HI S SISTER
MARY WITH HER HUSBAND JOHN CALVIN NEELY WITH SOME OF THEIR CHILDREN:
AUDREY, CARLOS, NOLA, R.B.
AUNT LAURA MARRIED A SWALLOWS (ROE'S SISTER).
ROE HAD AN UNCLE POKE (JAMES K. POLK WILSON), MARRIED SALLY SIMCOX
AUNT REECEY, MARRIED A SCHAEFER
UNCLE WILLIAM MARRIED DOROTHY BROWN
ROE'S SISTER MAUDE WAS MY FATHER, DANIEL DELL WILSON'S FAVORITE AUNT . WHEN HE
JOINED THE ARMY AND WAS AWAY, SHE DIED.
ROE'S FATHER AUSTIN "OUGHT" WILSON DIED WHEN HE WAS 32 YEARS OLD, H E GOT AN
INFECTION IN HIS LEG AND DIED. ROE WAS 12 YEARS OLD AND HAD TO WOR K TO HELP
SUPPORT THE FAMILY. HE MADE CROSS TIES AT 10 CENTS EACH, AND WORKE D 10-12
HOURS A DAY AT AGE 12, BESIDES DOING CHORES ON THE FARM AS WELL.
ROE'S FATHER WORKED IN WILDER COAL MINES AND LIVED IN OVERTON COUNTY , NEAR BIG
HURRICANE CRREK, 2-3 MILES FROM CAMPGROUND CEMETERY. THE CAMPGROUN D WAS USED
FOR MEETINGS, REVIVALS, AND FOR GATHERINGS BESIDES A CEMETERY.
DEATH RECORD FOR DAVID MONROE WILSON "ROE":
STATE OF TENNESSEE, NO. 63-19434, WHITE, MALE, MARRIED, DATE OF BIRTH : 28 SEP
1889, AGE: 73, PLACE OF DEATH: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, CIVIL DISTRICT : 2, USUAL
RESIDENCE: CUMBERLAND COUNTY, TN DISTRICT 2, CITY: RINNIE COMMUNITY , LENGTH
OF STAY: 17 YEARS, CITY: RT 1, CROSSVILLE, TN, CITY LIMITS: NO, OC CUPATION:
FARMER, NO ARMED FORCES, BORN: TN, USA, WIFE: MARTHA JANE ELMORE WI LSON.
FATHER: AUGHT WILSON, MOTHER: OLLIE MILLER, INFORMANT: MRS. D.V. W ILSON, RT
1, CROSSVILLE, TN.
BURIAL: 30 JUN 1963, CAMPGROUND CEMETERY, FUNERAL DIRECTOR: BILBRE Y FUNERAL
HOME, CROSSVILLE, TN.
As a young man, he was 6'2" and weight 245 pounds. He had brown hai r and brown
eyes. I remember, Roe wore overalls and long johns every day and he c hewed
tobacco. He loved to fox hunt and fish. Also, he hunted on his mule.
Roe did not have teeth and would not wear his dentures. He would pul l his chin
up to his nose to scare us kids. He love to scare us - Grandma had di abetics
and Roe would act like he was going to stick us with it.
In his later years, he had rheumatism and use linamint on his knees . He died on
Mary's birthday and mom gage Mary's cake to Doris and Gilman. We drov e all
night to get to Crossville for the funeral. Martha Jane Elmore and David Monroe Wilson had the following children:
37 i.
William Andrew Wilson(1) was born
on 12 Aug 1912 in Clarkrange, Tn.(2)
He died on 23 Aug 1912 in Clarkrange, Tn, Fentress Co.
(2) He was buried on 25 Aug 1912 in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground
Cem.(2) [Fitz.ged]
WILLIAM ANDREW ONLY LIVED ABOUT 2 WEEKS AFTER HIS BIRTH. HE IS BURIED
AT CAMPGROUND CEMETERY WITH HIS PARENTS.
+38 ii.
Nellie May Wilson.
39 iii.
Erwin H. Wilson(1) was born on
12 Dec 1915 in Clarkrange, Tn, Fentress Co.(2)
He died on 6 Apr 1934 in Clarkrange, Tn, Fentress Co.
(2) He was buried on 8 Apr 1934 in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground
Cem, Fentress Co, Tn.(2) [Fitz.ged]
ERWIN WAS 5 YEARS OLD IN THE 1920 CENSUS. HE WAS KILLED AT THE AGE 0F
19 BY A DRUNK HUNTER. THE HUNTER THOUGHT ERWIN WAS A TURKEY AND SHO T HIM
IN THE HEAD. HE DIED INSTANTLY. I HAVE DEATH CERTIFICATE WHICH STAT ES
ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING AS CAUSE OF DEATH. HE IS BURIED WITH HIS MOTHE R AND
FATHER IN THE CAMPGROUND CEMETERY.
VOL 24, ED 20, SHEET 10, LINE 40.
+40 iv.
Aught Monroe Wilson.
+41 v.
George Rase Wilson.
42 vi.
Lou Wilson(1) was born on 10 May
1921 in Clarkrange, Tn, Fentress Co.(2)
She died on 29 Jan 1924 in Clarkrange.(2)
She was buried on 30 Jan 1924 in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground
Cem, Fentress Co, Tn.(2) [Fitz.ged]
LOU GOT THE CHICKEN POX AND MEASLES AT THE SAME TIME, AND SHE DIED
FROM THE HIGH FEVER. HER SISTER LEANER DIED OF THE SAME THING 3 DAY S LATER,
1 FEB 1924.
43 vii.
Leaner Wilson(1) was born on 29
Jan 1922 in Clarkrange, Tn, Fentress Co.(2)
She died on 1 Feb 1924 in Clark Range, Tn.
(2) She was buried on 2 Feb 1924 in Mt Union Miss, Bapt Church, Campground
Cem, Fentress Co.(2) [Fitz.ged]
LEANER CAUGHT THE CHICKEN POX AND MEASLES AT THE SAME TIME, AND DIE D OF
THE HIGH FEVER. SHE DIED 3 DAYS AFTER HER SISTER LOU DIED OF THE SAME
ILLNESS.
+44 viii.
Herman Lee Wilson.
+45 ix.
Jewell Wilson.
+46 x.
Daniel Dell Wilson.
+47 xi.
Ollie Belle Wilson.
+48 xii.
Lorene Wilson.
49 xiii.
Archie Wilson(1) was born on 17
Feb 1933 in Clarkrange, Fentress County, Tennessee.
(2) He died on 11 Oct 1933 in Clark Range, Fentress County, Tennessee.
(2) He was buried on 11 Oct 1933 in Mt Union
Miss, Bapt Church, Campground Cem, Fentress Co, Tn.
(2) [Fitz.ged]
ARCHIE WILSON WAS ONLY 9 MONTHS OLD AT HIS DEATH, HE DIED OF SPINAL T ROUBLES
PER HIS DEATH CERTIFICATE, STATE OF TENNESSEE, DIVISION OF VITAL STAT ISTICS,
FILE NO. 28282, REGISTRATION DISTRICT NO. 42504, 4TH DISTRICT. MOTHE R WAS
MARTHA JANE ELMORE WILSON, AND FATHER WAS ROE (DAVID MONROE) WILSON . ARCHIE IS
BURIED IN THE CAMPGROUND CEMETARY IN FENTRESS COUNTY, WITH HIS OTHE R BROTHERS,
SISTERS, AND PARENTS.
+50 xiv.
Willie Edna Genieva Wilson.
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