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Vincent M. Wilson

From the research of
Jean Kyle

 
El Reno Daily Herald  24 Mar 1893
 
Intelligence reached here today of the sad death of Mr. Wilson one of the most prominent farmers in the neighborhood of Frisco this county.
 
T. D. Rice a nearby neighbor said that on Wednesday afternoon Mr. Wilson was out in the field planting corn and when the storm came up he went home and while putting the horses in the barn was struck and instantly killed by lightening.  A colt standing beside him was also killed.  He leaves a wife and four children who are almost frantic with grief.  He was a kind father devoted husband and a man of moral worth in the community.  His death casts a gloom over the entire neighborhood.
 
Additional Info:  V. M. Wilson homesteaded the NW 1/4 of Sec 14 Twp 12 Rg 6.  The 1890 census list V. M. Wilson age 32 born in Iowa wife MarniechildrenVerrieElma and Theodore.  Family said that Mamie married a man with the last name of Bair and is buried at Boise City, Oklahoma.

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