Cass County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Wilson, Henry Clay 
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Cemetery:           Chain Lake Cemetery
Name:               Henry Clay Wilson

Date Of Photograph: February 6, 2010
Photo can be seen at:
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Henry Wilson
Died 
April 1, 1887
Aged 
67Y’s and 2M’s

The marker of Henry Clay Wilson is an obelisk and the tallest marker at Chain 
Lake Cemetery.  Henry Clay Wilson purchased an entire row of family plots at 
Chain Lake Cemetery.
  
Henry Clay Wilson was born ~February 1, 1820 in North Carolina.  His mother’s 
name is not known.  Henry’s father whose name was also unknown was white.  On 
February 24, 1840, Henry Clay Wilson married Catharine/Catharin Hunt in 
Robeson, NC.  Catharin Hunt was born October 24, 1824 in NC.  Between 1847 and 
1849 Henry and Catharin moved from Robeson County, North Carolina to Decatur 
County Fugit Township, Indiana.  In 1853 the family moved to Calvin Township, 
Cass County Michigan. 

Henry and Catharin Wilson were the parents of 10 children.  The children 
were:  Macom Wilson b. 1840 in NC, Catharine Wilson b. 1842 in NC, Elizabeth 
Wilson b. Oct. 17, 1844 in NC, Patience Wilson, b. Jul 1845 in NC, Henry Clay 
Wilson (Jr) b. May 5, 1847 in Robeson Co., NC, Emeline Wilson b. October 1849 
in IN, Minerva Wilson, b. February 9, 1850 in IN, Levi Wilson b. Nov 1852 in 
IN, Hiram Wilson b. May 11, 1855 in MI, James (Big Jim) Wilson b. 1858 in MI. 

Henry Clay Wilson had a reputation for being shrewd, stern and frequently 
swore.  He was a successful live stock farmer, and a large land owner in 
Calvin Township, Cass County.

Henry Clay Wilson died April 1, 1887, at the age of 67 years and 2 months.  
The obelisk portion of Henry Clay Wilson’s marker was toppled by vandals 
October 2008.  Fortunately the obelisk portion was unbroken.  Note:  A full 
view of his marker appears in the Teresa O’Riley photograph of Chain Lake 
Cemetery.

Chain Lake Cemetery


Additional Comments:
Contributors:  Esther P. Stewart, Debra McIntosh and Maurice W. Sanders, 
author of Allen-Sanders Descendants 1985.
Relationships:  Henry Clay Wilson is the great, great grandfather of Maurice 
W. Sanders and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr. Henry's son Macom Wilson is our great 
grandfather.
Transcribed and photographed by:  Sharon A. Simeon and Marshall H. Sanders, Jr.


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