SIXTH GENERATION

193. Auston , Aut) Monroe Wilson (Ought⁽¹⁾ was born on 14 Jan 1870 in Overton Co., Tn.⁽²⁾ He died on 25 Dec 1902 in Clarkrange, Tennessee.⁽²⁾ He was buried on 27 Dec 1902 in Mount Union Miss, Baptist Church, Camp Ground, Cemetary.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

OUGHT WILSON WAS MARRIED TO OLLIE MILLER, DAUGHTER OF IRVIN MILLER . OUGHT
WAS SPELLED AUT IN A BOOK CALLED REMEMBRANCES II, BY LUTHER ATKINSON , 1993, THE
BOOK LISTS THEIR CHILDREN AS: ROE, RICH, RAS, ROY, MARY, LAURA, MAUDY AND BOYD
(ARTHUR). (MR. ATKINSON OFTENED WONDERED WHY FOUR OF THEIR SON'S NAMES BEGAN
WITH AN R). AUT HAD A BROTHER NAMED POLK (1872 - 1933). OLLIE'S DATE S WERE
1874-1936. THE IRVIN MILLER PLACE AND CEMETERY WAS NEAR LITTLE HURR ICANE
CREEK AND IS NOW IN JOHN GILBERT'S HOG RANCH. PICTURE OF OLLIE AND H ER FATHER
IS SHOWN IN REFERENCED BOOK. ALSO SHOWN IN THIS SAME BOOK IS A PICTURE OF
AUT'S DAUGHTER, MARY Ellen WILSON NEELY, WITH HER HUSBAND, JOHN CALVIN NEELY WITH TWO OF THEIR seven CHILDREN: R.B Neely, Ruby Neely, Audrey Neely, NOLA Neely, Laura Neely, and Carlis Neely. (PAGE 38 IN R REFERENCED BOOK). OUGHT DIED AT THE AGE OF 32, A farming accident injured his leg, which got sevely infected. I was told that he was given a homemade remedy to take for the infection, and this actually poisoned him, and he died. ON HIS HEADSTONE READS " WE WILL MEET AGAIN." When OLLIE Miller wilson died her children decided she would not be buried next to Ought "Aut", because she had a baby out of wedlock ten years after his death. Ollie was LEFT WITH 7 CHILDREN AND A FARM TO HANDLE, at an early age herself. A DRIFTER CAME AND WORKED FOR her off and on, and she eventually got pregnant. A SON WAS
BORN, BOYD "ARTHUR" Wilson and her children never forgave her for haing a baby out of wedlock. SOON AFTER SHE LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT, THE DRIFTER left pretty fast.

THERE WAS INTERESTING STORY ABOUT "AUT" WILSON IN THE HISTORY OF FENTRESS County,
BY THE FENTRESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

CATTLE BUYERS WOULD GATHER A HERD OF CATTLE AT CLARKRANGE AND HIRE MEN TO DRIVE
THEM TO SUNBRIGHT RAILROAD STATION OVER 20 MILES FROM CLARKRANGE . A DROVE LEFT
ONE MORNING AND MOST OF THE MEN SPENT THE DAY IN THE EDGE OF THE WOODS CHASING
BACK THE STRAYS. THEY PUT THE CATTLE IN A LOT AT SUNBRIGHT ABOUT SUNDOWN AND
GOT A PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT. WHILE SITTING ON THE PORCH, WAITING FOR
SUPPER, SOMEONE SUGGESTED THAT THEY GO HOME INSTEAD OF SPENDING THE NIGHT. HE
DARED THE REST TO TAKE HIM UP ON THE SUGGESTION.

WESLEY ASHBURN, A SMALL MAN OF LIGHTWEIGHT, DID NOT GO TO THE STEPS , HE SLID
OFF THE PORCH WHERE HE WAS SITTING. HE STARTED DOWN THE ROAD TOWARD HOME AT A
SLOW TROT, THOUGH HE LIVED 4 OR 5 MILES FROM CLARKRANGE. WESLEY ASHBURN STILL
LEADING. AFTER ALL GOT A DRINK, WESLEY STARTED UP THE ROAD AT A TROT AGAIN.
THE NEXT MORNING AUT WILSON, ONE OF THE TROTTERS, WHO LIVED 3 MILES FROM
CLARKRANGE, WAS OVER AT A NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AS IF NOTHING HAD HAPPENED . THE OLD
TIMERS TELLING OF THIS STORY HAD THEM ALL TROTTING EVERYTIME THE STORY WAS
TOLD.

1900 FENTRESS COUNTY CENSUS, DISTRICT 4, TN:

AUSTON WILSON, HEAD, 1870, AGE 30, MARRIED 12 YEARS, BORN TN
OLLIE S.WILSON, WIFE, 1874, AGE 26, MARRIED 12 YEARS, BORN TN
DAVID MONROE "ROE" WILSON, SON, 1889, AGE 10
WILLIAM RICHARD "RICH" WILSON, SON, 1891, AGE 9
RASBERRY WILSON, SON, 1893, AGE 6
LEE ROY WILSON, SON, 1895, AGE 4
MARY E. WILSON, DAUGHTER, 1898, AGE 2
FANNIE NIRA WILSON, DAUGHTER, 1900, AGE 2 MOS


Article in the Fentress Courier, Wednesday, April 18, 1990, page 13, REMEMBRANCES, by Luther Atkinson:

Around 1965 Carson Key wrote two books which were never published. One of them he entitled the Campground. Clarkrange and Martha Washington History and the other was more personal concerning his exploits in World War II, his immediate family, etc. Because he was an arthritic cripple he had a difficult time pecking things out on a typewriter. His daughter, Velma Buck has given me the go-ahead on using some of his writings. I will try to update some of the information. Knowing Carson, as well as I did, I believe that Carson would like the public to know much of the information he composed.

" The following article was entitled "Ashburns". Carson wrote as follows: "We will give the Ashburn clan a place in the font row of pioneers in this section. Jesse Ashburn was the oldest and came from North Carolina. Rev Bob Ashburn lived near here and 18 children. He first married Sally Vaughn, then Hettie Smith. Her birth record was lost and some thought she got to her second teens. Her relatives said that she was 107, and on her stone is 100. Rev Bob lived to be 85. Both are buried in the Campground Cemetery. (Their daughter, Vandora was 97, and going strong). She was born in 1872."

" The first settlers of Clarkrange were strong and energetic people. Here is a story that will show you what a tough pioneer is like. Cattle buyers would gather a herd of cattle and hire men to drive then to Sunbright to the railroad station over twenty miles from Clarkrange. A drove left here early one morning with most of the men in the woods chasing strays back to the road. They put the cattle in a lot at Sunbright about sundown, then got a place to spend the night. While sitting on the porch waiting for supper, someone suggested they go home instead of spending the night there and dared the rest to take him up on his suggestion. Wesley Ashburn, a small man and of light weight, did not go to the steps, but slide off the porch where he was sitting and started down the road in a slow trot, although he lived two miles below Clarkrange. The rest followed."

"Their first stop was at the John Jones Spring was was four or five miles below Clarkrange. Wesley was still leading. After all got a drink Wesley started up the road in a trot again. The next morning Aut Wilson was over a a neighbors house as if nothing had happened. He lived three miles below Clarkrange. All of the gang are dead now (1969), and I do not know if they trotted all the way or not, but they were jogging each time an old timer told about it."

I wish Carson would have written the names of the whole group and explained who this Wesley was. Can any of you Ashburns and Wilsons do what these men did?)

Today's thought, The good we do today becomes the happiness of tomorrow.

He was married to Ollie S. Miller (daughter of Ervin Miller and Rosa Mrs Irvin Miller) in 1888 in Fentress Co., TN. Ollie S. Miller⁽¹⁾ was born on 10 Jan 1874 in Campground, Fentress County, Tn. ⁽²⁾ She died on 25 Oct 1936 in Overton County, Tn. ⁽²⁾ She was buried on 26 Oct 1936 in Mt Union Miss, Baptist Church, Campground Cem, Fentress Co Tn.⁽²⁾ [Fitz.ged]

Ollie would put on overalls and play marbles and hopscotch with Danie l and the
other children.

ON HEADSTONE READS: WIFE OF OUGHT WILSON, WE WILL MEET AGAIN.

OLLIE MILLER WILSON, DAUGHTER OF IRVIN MILLER OF FENTRESS COUNTY, TN , AND HER
MOTHER WAS ROSA MILLER, PER THE 1900 CENSUS, FENTRESS COUNTY, OLLIE W AS 6 YEARS
OLD.

DEATH CERTIFICATE FOR OLLIE WILSON:

STATE OF TENNESSEE, #32474, PLACE OF DEATH: OVERTON COUNTY, VILLAGE:
CRAWFORD, DISTRICT 9, REGISTRATION DISTRICT NO: 46809, FEMALE, WHITE , WIDOWED,
HUSBAND: AUGHT WILSON, AGE 62 YEARS, 2 MONTHS, 15 DAYS, 4 HOURS. BI RTHPLACE:
CAMPGROUND, FATHER: ERWIN MILLER, BIRTHPLACE: CAMPGROUND, MOTHER: N OT NONE,
INFORMANT: RICH WILSON, CRAWFORD, TN.

BURIAL: CAMPGROUND CEMETERY, TN, UNDERTAKER: VERLIE PHILLIPS, CLARK RANGE, TN.
CAUSE OF DEATH: CARSANOMA OF UTERUS.

1920 FENTRESS COUNTY CENSUS RECORD, FOURTH DISTRICT, 2 FEB 1920:

OLLIE WILSON, HEAD, AGE 46, BORN TN
RASBERRY WILSON, SON, AGE 26, BORN TN
MAUDY A. WILSON, DAUGHTER, AGE 17, BORN TN
ARTHUR WILSON, SON, AGE 8, BORN TN

(OLLIE'S HUSBAND OUGHT WILSON DIED IN DEC 1902) Auston , Aut) Monroe Wilson (Ought and Ollie S. Miller had the following children:

+293 i. David Monroe Wilson.
+294 ii. William Richard "Rich" Wilson.
+295 iii. Rasberry (Ras) Wilson.
+296 iv. Roy Lee Wilson.
+297 v. Mary Ellen Wilson.
+298 vi. Laura Mae "Lori" Wilson.
+299 vii. Maude A Wilson.
+300 viii. Boyd "Arthur" Wilson.

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