Denison Items - Jacob Ward Wilson was born Sept. 1, 1823, at Lisbon, Penn. Dec. 9, 1847 he was married to Sarah Atchison. He departed this life Oct. 12, 1901 at 3 a.m. at his home two miles south of town. Six children survive him, three being dead. He has been an Elder in the R.P. church for 29 years and was a faithful attendant at the church services. His death was a surprise to all, though he had not been in good health for a good while yet he attended a sale the day before he died. The remains were interred in the R.P cemetery Monday afternoon. Funeral services being conducted by Rev. S. R. Wallace his pastor.
“By turns we catch the fatal breath and die.
The cradle and the tomb, alas! So nigh
How long we live not years but actions tell
That man lives twice who lives the first life well.”
Source: The Valley Falls Vindicator (Valley Falls, Kansas), Friday, 08 October 1901, page 8.
In addition to the eight children listed below they also had a son, Anderson Lee Wilson, who died age two, in Iowa in 1866.
“By turns we catch the fatal breath and die.
The cradle and the tomb, alas! So nigh
How long we live not years but actions tell
That man lives twice who lives the first life well.”
Source: The Valley Falls Vindicator (Valley Falls, Kansas), Friday, 08 October 1901, page 8.
In addition to the eight children listed below they also had a son, Anderson Lee Wilson, who died age two, in Iowa in 1866.
Denison Items - Jacob Ward Wilson was born Sept. 1, 1823, at Lisbon, Penn. Dec. 9, 1847 he was married to Sarah Atchison. He departed this life Oct. 12, 1901 at 3 a.m. at his home two miles south of town. Six children survive him, three being dead. He has been an Elder in the R.P. church for 29 years and was a faithful attendant at the church services. His death was a surprise to all, though he had not been in good health for a good while yet he attended a sale the day before he died. The remains were interred in the R.P cemetery Monday afternoon. Funeral services being conducted by Rev. S. R. Wallace his pastor.
“By turns we catch the fatal breath and die.
The cradle and the tomb, alas! So nigh
How long we live not years but actions tell
That man lives twice who lives the first life well.”
Source: The Valley Falls Vindicator (Valley Falls, Kansas), Friday, 08 October 1901, page 8.
In addition to the eight children listed below they also had a son, Anderson Lee Wilson, who died age two, in Iowa in 1866.
“By turns we catch the fatal breath and die.
The cradle and the tomb, alas! So nigh
How long we live not years but actions tell
That man lives twice who lives the first life well.”
Source: The Valley Falls Vindicator (Valley Falls, Kansas), Friday, 08 October 1901, page 8.
In addition to the eight children listed below they also had a son, Anderson Lee Wilson, who died age two, in Iowa in 1866.
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