Parlee Gehlen[?] was born in Talsihnia, Kentucky, August 25th, 1849, and died at her home near Ames, Okla., January 17, 1918, aged 60 years, 4 months, 12 days. She was married December 15th, 1865, to William J. Wilson. To this union were born six children, all of whom survive the mother, Mrs. Eliza Pipers, Seattle, Wash.; Evangeline Bingham, Ames; Lenox Wilson, Ellensburg, Wash.; Tonney Wilson, Canton, Okla.; John Wilson, Seattle, Wash.; and Hattie Thrasher, Ames, Okla. She was a devoted Christian, uniting with the Christian Church at Frederick town, Mo.
