Lincoln Parish Louisiana Archives Family Biography.....Wilson Family ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Liz Cunningham dickcu@msn.com March 28, 2006, 9:24 pm The Wilson Family 1880 census shows a Jessie Wilson in Lincoln Parish ,,,He is married to Mary and children were Kasladona, Henry, Nettie. and Alford...He lived a few houses away from James Rodgers...He was the brother of Victoria Wilson who married Thomas Jefferson Rodgers ... 1870 Union Parish census John Wilson born 1820 in Alabama Marion born 1835 in Alabama (Her name was Marion or Mary Ann Strange) John was a farmer, but he was also a horse trader and traded with Indians for horses and then sold them to the Federal Government ...His travels often took him to Oklahoma ... Children were : Margaret born 1853 in Mississippi (she may be the same Margaret who married William Gray and is on the 1880 census in Hineston La Rapides Parish) Jessie born 1856 in Mississippi (see above notes) John Wilson born in 1857 in Mississippi Libinetta Wilson born in 1858 in Mississippi Victoria Josephine born in May 3 1860 in Mississippi, died April 29, 1924, in Winn Parrish (Married Thomas Jefferson Rodgers; It was said she could speak Indian (which tribe I don’t know) as she often went with her father on his trading business....) Mary Alis born 1865 in Mississippi Then in 1880 some of the family moved to Hineston, Louisiana, in Rapiers Parish....We have no idea why this took place....but John is listed as James W Wilson...again we don’t know why, but it is the same family 1880 Census of Rapides Parish James w Wilson born 1820 Alabama Mary Ann born 1832 in Alabama Victory J born 1860 in Mississippi Mary Alis born 1865 in Mississippi...... This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/lafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb