Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: A. J. WILSON

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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie Crook, <vfcrook @earthlink.net>, 1998.
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A. J. WILSON - is a Virginian, born in Botetourt County, March 16, 1842.
son of Zedekiah and Eliza Jane (VINYARD) WILSON.   His mother was born in 
Roanoke County, Virginia in 1791, and died of small pox in Montgomery County, 
February 2. 1863, while he in the army.  His father was born in Botetourt County, 
Virginia, January 26, 1803, and died in Montgomery County, Virginia, July 1, 1883. 
Two miles west of Lewisburg, October 30, 1878. A. J. WILSON married S. B. TUCKWILLER,
who was born at the place of her marriage, the date of her birth April 20, 1860.  Their 
children are two sons: Samuel White, born June 12. 1881, and Elkanah Edward, 
born August 23, 1883.   Samuel and Elizabeth J. (SLATER) TUCKWILLER, were
the parents of Mrs. WILSON, both born in Greenbrier County, and her father still
a resident here.  He was born near Lewisburg, June 12, 1820, and her mother was 
born in Lewisburg, where she died May 7, 1876, at the age of fifty-two years. 
Mr. WILSON's father was of Scotch-Irish descent, his mother was German-English. 
He has one brother and three sisters living in Virginia, all married, and has 
two nieces and five nephews.   A. J. WILSON volunteered in the Confederate service
as a member of Company L, 4th Virginia Infantry, under Colonel James PRESTON, 
Captain R. G. NEWLEE, all from Montgomery County, Virginia.  In the earthworks 
at Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863, he was struck in the right elbow by
a minie-ball, and amputation became necessary.  The operation was performed by 
that excellent surgeon, Dr. H. BLACK, and in fifteen days Mr. WILSON made his 
way home, nor has he ever had any serious trouble from the wound since then. 
His younger brother served the last seventeen months of the war, in the 
"guerrilla service," and A. J. WILSON was present at the disbanding of the 
company his brother served in, which took place on the brow of the hill 
overlooking their own dear home. The men broke their weapons and wept like 
children over the "Lost Cause," in the moment of their parting. Since the war
A. J. WILSON has traveled over ten States, but he likes the Shenandoah valley
and its people best of all. On New Years Day, 1882, he settled down in Lewisburg 
district, Greenbrier County, and he is farming and raising stock, with postoffice
address at Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.