3. Jesse Wilson², born 1766, married Elizabeth Cook, July 11, 1786, moved to Illinois.

4. (Probably a Grace Wilson², born Jan. 3, 1772)

Children of Captain James Wilson and his second wife, Eliza Ann Gordon were:

5. Luke Wilson², born June 1, 1785, married Patience Crawford, March 6, 1806, died April 23, 1861.

6. Gabriel Wilson², born Oct. 1787, died May 9, 1815, married Sarah Oglesby, Dec. 29, 1807.

7. Jeremiah Wilson², born 1792, married Elizabeth Lucas, died Jan. 1877.

8. Elihu Wilson², born March 22, 1796, married Katherine Tullis on Nov. 6, 1815, died March 19, 1856.

9. Allen Wilson², born Oct. 9, 1798, married first, Mary Hurst on Dec. 6, 1821, second, Serena Hurst, and third, Margaret Fulford. He died Oct. 23, 1855.

10. Henry Wilson², born Sept., 1801, died June 3, 1817.

Allen Wilson², son of Captain James Wilson and Eliza Ann Gordon, was born in Effingham County, Georgia, on Oct. 9, 1798. He married in Effingham County Mary Hurst, born Jan. 11, 1800 of Thomas Hurst (son of Wm. Hurst, Revolutionary Soldier) and Serena Wylly. Their children:

1. James Thomas Wilson³, born March 16, 1823, married Adaline Hendry, daughter of James Edward Hendry (son of Wm, son of Robt, Revolutionary Soldier) and Lydia Carlton. He died Oct. 28, 1889.

2. Gabriel Wilson³, born Feb. 17, 1824, married Susan Fulford (a sister of Allen Wilson's 3rd wife), died July 16, 1868.

3. Eliza A. Wilson³, born Sept. 8, 1825, married first, Henry H. Jones in Thomas County; second, Hillery B. Humphries; died Sept. 7, 1903.

Allen Wilson², together with his wife and 3 children, moved from Effingham to Thomas County, Georgia, in 1826, and settled four miles north of Thomasville, on what is now the Thomasville-Moultrie Road. His wife Mary died there on Oct. 15, 1826. On Jan. 25, 1827, he married Serena Hurst, a full sister to his first wife, Mary Hurst. To this marriage was born:

4. Henry Alfred Wilson³, born Nov. 25, 1827, married Caroline Hurst, his first cousin, on Sept. 25, 1846.

5. Harriet Wilson³, born June 10, 1829, married David Hall, son of James Hall.

6. John Wiley Wilson³, born Dec. 4, 1830, married Elizabeth Hall (sister of above David hall), died March 25, 1902.

7. Susannah Wilson³, born April 30, 1832, married Terrell Fielder, died on Oct. 9, 1851.

8. Francis Marion Wilson³, born Dec. 22, 1833, married Nancy Jane Coston, died June 8, 1866.

Serena Hurst Wilson died Nov. 5, 1843, and on Jan. 29, 1846, Allen Wilson married Margaret Fulford, born Jan. 5, 1825. To this marriage was born in Thomas County, Georgia:

9. Peyton Smith Wilson³, born Dec. 7, 1846, died March 1, 1848.

10. Allen Wilson³, born Oct. 9, 1848, died unmarried.

11. Jeremiah Wilson³, born May 9, 1851, married Susie Turner, no children; died Sept. 23, 1895.

12. Charles Wilson³, born Dec. 13, 1854, did not marry, died February, 1876.

Allen Wilson², father of the above children, died Oct. 23, 1855, and is buried in the Wilson Cemetery about four miles north of Thomasville, Georgia, on the west side of and adjoining the Thomasville-Moultrie Road, in which cemetery his three wives are also buried. Thomas Hurst and Serena (Wylly) Hurst, his wife, are also buried in this cemetery.

Francis Marion Wilson³, son of Allen Wilson and Serena Hurst, was born Dec. 22, 1833. In 1856 he married Nancy Jane Coston, designated an orphan. Nothing is known of her background except that she was born on March 12, 1841, in Stewart County, Georgia. Francis Marion Wilson³ was a Methodist minister and so moved frequently. He died June 8, 1866, at the age of 33, and his wife died in Polk County on Jan. 9, 1887. Six children were born of this marriage:

1. James Allen⁴, born Dec. 12, 1857, in Thomas County, Georgia. He married Sally Cebelle Whitfield on Jan. 14, 1880, and they had 6 children. He died in Polk County, Florida, July 29, 1930.

2. Francis Marion⁴ born April 6, 1859, married first, Adelaide Hendry; second, Florence Carson; died Nov. 8, 1914.

3. Melville Dozier⁴, born Sept. 19, 1860, died unmarried Dec. 10, 1878.

4. Nancy Eugenia⁴, born April 9, 1862, in Georgia. Married Benjamin F. Moody Aug. 29, 1876. He was the son of Benjamin and Lydia (Carlton) Moody, said Lydia Carlton having first married James Edward Hendry. 5 children were born of this marriage. (See James Thomas Wilson³)

Francis Marion Wilson⁴

5. Charles Lee⁴ born Sept. 18, 1863, in Clay County, Georgia. On Sept. 29, 1885, he married Ada E. Mitchell in Polk County, where she was born in 1868. They had 5 children, and he died Feb. 14, 1953, in Bartow, where he owned and operated a hardware store.

6. William Capers⁴, born May 2, 1865, in Clay County. He was licensed to preach in October, 1886, never married, died at Homeland, Florida. He was probably named for the Georgia Bishop, William Capers, who has many namesakes.

Francis Marion Wilson⁴, son of Rev. Francis Marion Wilson and Nancy Jane Coston, was born in Moultrie, Georgia, April 6, 1859. He moved with his family to Polk County when he was 14, and lived in the lower part of the county. On Dec. 17, 1884, he married Adelaide Victoria Hendry (born April 13, 1866, died Feb. 21, 1894), daughter of Judge George Washington Hendry. They had the following children:

1. Eugenia Oglesby⁵. born April 4, 1886, married Ivan O. Davis, lived in Benton and Little Rock, Ark. Both were deaf mutes, had no children.

2. Cecil Hendry⁵, born Aug. 30, 1889, married Esther Ashton, lived in Bartow, Florida, died in 1944. They had 2 children. He was an M.D.

3. Roland Coston⁵, born Nov. 20, 1890, married Ruth Lamb, had 1 daughter. He was a mechanic, owned and operated his own garage.

After the death of his first wife, Dr. Wilson married her cousin, Florence Marie Carson, daughter of Rev. Robert Anderson Carson (also a Methodist minister) and Georgia Ann Carlton on Oct. 10, 1895. They had 2 children:

4. Helen Marie⁵, born Dec. 5, 1896, married Charles LaRue Wiggins on Dec. 25, 1913, in Tampa, Florida.

5. Layton Marion5, born Nov. 27, 1898, married Anna Elizabeth Fisher on June 2, 1926, had one child, Leighton Marion, Jr. (Layton was named for a friend of his father's, Dr. Layton. In adulthood, he changed the spelling to 'Leighton'). He died Dec. 5, 1970, in Tampa, Fla.

Francis Marion Wilson4 was a physician and practiced medicine in Bartow until his death in 1914 at the age of 55. A copy of his will is in the files of the Polk County Historical Library. His brother, Charles Lee Wilson, was one of the executors of the will.

(Left) Florence Marie Carson Wilson

(Above)Eugenia Oglesby Wilson and husband  Ivan O. Davis

Obituary of Dr. F. M. Wilson

Clipping from the Bartow RECORD, reprinted from the TAMPA  TRIBUNE

November 10, 1914

F. M. WILSON, PROMINENT BARTOW PHYSICIAN, DEAD

The many friends of Dr. F. M. Wilson will be pained to hear  of his demise which occurred at his home in Bartow Sunday evening  at 6:30. He was only 55 years old, yet his death was not a surprise to family or friends as he had been in failing health several years; although sparing no time or expense to regain his normal strength and vitality by consulting noted specialists, the disease that was sapping his life could not be checked, and gradually  gained ascendancy.

All the summer "Dr. Frank," as he was familiarly called, was able to sit up and was seen every day sitting on the front veranda. Later on he was confined to his bed where he has had many weeks of long, patient, suffering, attended by his family with loving care.

Dr. Wilson removed with his parents from Georgia to this state when he was 14 years old and lived in the lower part of  the county. After his marriage to Miss Adelade Hendry, they came  to Bartow to make their home, and here he engaged in the practice  of his profession, which was large and lucrative. He held the confidence of his patients to a marked degree, and was successful  in results from treatment of disease and at all times sympathetic and interested in his patients.

Having lost his first wife about 20 years ago, he was later  married to Miss Florence Carson of Ft. Myers. He is survived by 3 children of the first marriage, namely, Dr. Cecil Wilson, Mrs. Ivan Davis, and Roland Wilson, his second wife, and two children by that union, Mrs. Charles Wiggins and Layton Wilson.  All were present in the last sad hour.

Dr. Wilson became a member of the Methodist Church when he was sixteen years old, and laid a strong hold on the promises by faith in his declining days. Funeral services were conducted  from the family home on Parker Street by Rev. J. F. Bell at one  o'clock, after which a long procession of sorrowing friends followed the remains to the family burying ground at Homeland, where the  body was laid to rest. The exercises were in charge of the Masons and those who acted as pallbearers were F. P. Day, G. C. Scanlin,  T. A. Goode, J. W. Wallwork, C. E. Earnest, and J. W. Crum.

This prominent man will be greatly missed in the community by a large circle of friends and relatives, being connected with many of the oldest and best families in Polk County and South  Florida. The city and the community is in deep sympathy with the sorrowing wife and children in their bereavement.

Brothers and Sisters of Dr. Francis Marion Wilson⁴ and their Families

James Allen Wilson⁴ (Francis Marion Wilson, Allen Wilson, Capt. James Wilson, R.S.) was born in Thomas County, Georgia, Dec. 12, 1857, died July 29, 1930, in Polk County, Florida. On January 14, 1880, he married Sallie Cebelle Whitfield, born May 18, 1858, in Putnam County, Florida, died July 18, 1937, in Polk County. They had the following children, all born in Polk County, Florida:

1. Emory Pelote⁵, born October 23, 1880, married Daisy N. Polk

2. Marion Dozier⁵, born Feb. 18, 1883, married Estelle M. Hamilton

3. Claude Evans⁵, born July 6, 1885, married Bertha J. Boston

4. Eva Irene⁵, born Sept. 23, 1887, married George M. Mitchell, no children

5. Norton Whitfield⁵, born July 14, 1889, married Marian Dortch

6. Paul Ernest⁵, born Sept. 10, 1891, married Lillian Marie Waller

Paul Ernest Wilson⁵, son of James Allen Wilson, was born in Homeland, Florida. On April 2, 1921, he married Lillian M. Waller, born Oct. 21, 1900, daughter of Samuel Anthony Waller and Aurelia Jane Willis, his wife. They have three children: Paul Ernest⁶ born Feb. 6, 1923; James Cecil⁶, born August 7, 1926; and Claude Evans⁶, born July 29, 1931.

Nancy Eugenia Wilson⁴, daughter of Rev. Francis Marion Wilson, was born April 9, 1862, died in Polk County, Florida. On August 29, 1876, she married Benjamin F. Moody, son of Benjamin and Lydia (Carlton) Moody; the said Lydia Carlton having married first James Edward Hendry. Their children were:

1. Melville William⁵, born Nov. 17, 1879, married first Lillian Sands, no children; married second Mrs. Meda (Durrance) Donahue, daughter of James Allen Durrance and Gabriella Julia Carlton, his wife.

2. Frederick Lester⁵, born Dec. 28, 1881, married Mollie LaRue, daughter of Mark H. LaRue and Annie Pylant, his wife, no children

3. Kline Barnett⁵, born Sept. 5, 1883, married Callie Hortense Kennedy

4. Mable Adelaide⁵, born March 14, 1886, married Raymond M. Dillon

5. Eugenia Ruth⁵, born Nov. 29, 1895, married John Wesley Parker, son of Thomas H. Parker, no children.

Melville William Moody⁵, son of Nancy Eugenia (Wilson) Moody, was born at Homeland, lived in Miami, Florida. Children of M. W. Moody and second wife:

1. Eston Wright⁶, born August 2, 1917.

2. Mary Louise⁶, born May 7, 1920.

3. Lydia Lee⁶, born May 25, 1925.

Kline Barnett Moody⁵, born in Homeland, was living in Miami in 1940. His children by Callie Hortense Kennedy, born Feb. 16, 1884, daughter of Rancome Martin Kennedy and Anna Belle Steele, his wife. Their children were

1. Kline Barnett⁶, born March 20, 1918

2. Alice Hortense⁶, born May 9, 1921

3. Benjamin Franklyn⁶, born May 9, 1926

Mabel Adelaide Moody^5, daughter of Nancy Eugenia (Wilson) Moody, was born in Homeland. She married Raymond M. Dillon, born 1884 in Miami, Florida, where they were living in 1940. Their children were:

1. Melville Edmund⁶, born Oct. 22, 1907

2. Elizabeth⁶, born August 19, 1909, married Wm. Francis Theobold, Jr.

3. Eugenia⁶, born Sept. 16, 1912, married Ralph Fred Allen

4. Ruth Rosemary⁶, born May 30, 1919.

Elizabeth Dillon⁶, daughter of Mable Adelaide (Moody) Dillon, was born in Miami, Florida. She married William F. Theobold Jr. on June 12, 1931 (he was born Sept. 23, 1907). They have one daughter, Elizabeth Anne⁷ born November 16, 1933.

Eugenia Dillon⁶, daughter of Mabel Adelaide (Moody) Dillon, was born in Miami. On June 17, 1935, she married Dr. Ralph Fred Allen, and they have one child, Jayne Carolyn⁶, born November 10, 1936.

Charles Lee Wilson⁶, son of Rev. Francis Marion Wilson, was born in Clay County, Georgia Sept. 18, 1863, died February 14, 1953 in Bartow, Fla. On Sept. 29, 1885, he married Ada Elvira Mitchell, born in Polk County on July 19, 1868. They had the following children:

1. Beulah Agnes⁷, born July 17, 1886, married R. Ira Barnett

2. Vida M.⁷, born April 2, 1888, died Sept. 28, 1895

3. Robert Borden⁷, born January 26, 1890, married Mamie Forsyth

4. Frank Lucien⁷, born May 20, 1892, married first, Elsa Sutton, second, _____ Hoover

5. Leo Hughes⁷, born Feb. 19, 1897, married Maude Parry.

Melville Dozier Wilson⁴, son of Rev. Francis Marion Wilson, died unmarried on December 10, 1878.

William Capers Wilson⁴, died unmarried in October, 1886.

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