Data contributed for use on USGenWeb/MOGenWeb Lincoln County Cemetery Page by:  Emily Wilson, 22 Feb. 2006; Link change or update: 4 May 2006.


David Wilson Cemetery
Lincoln County, Missouri
(Gravestone Transcriptions and Compiled Information -- complete)
Transcriptions and compiled information submitted by Emily Wilson.
Tombstone Photos for most of the individuals, also provided by Emily Wilson, can be found here.


 

DAVID WILSON CEMETERY

Inventory, details and photo identification by Emily Wilson, 2005.

The David Wilson Cemetery is in a patch of trees and thick undergrowth in the middle of a field about a mile and a half north of where County Roads E and B meet and 1 mile through the field east of Highway 61. This is private property. The land was originally purchased by David Wilson, Sr. in 1820. Exact location: 39º 10’ 01.21" N, 90º 58’ 11.89" W (39.166694º, -90.971689º)

All individuals in this cemetery are direct descendants, or spouses of descendants, of David Wilson and Nancy Elder, immigrants from Northern Ireland to Missouri by way of Fairfield District, South Carolina. (One exception is William H. Long, who is listed in the "Gone but not Forgotten" inventory, but whose relationship to the Wilsons is not determined.) David Wilson died in 1821, only 2-3 years after coming to Lincoln County, making his memorial one of the oldest identifiable graves in the County. His widow, Nancy, continued to farm and live on this land for 46 years after her husband’s death.

Many, many thanks to Karen Buck for taking these photographs after I shattered my toe and broke my wrist trying to get there. - EW

 

Inscription on Stone

Addition information

A. M.
wife of A.K. Wilson
born Apr. 27, 1816
died Mar. 4, 1888
  • Alzira Mitchell Gibson
  • Wife of Alexander Kinkaid Wilson
  • Daughter of Guyon Gibson and Selama Sitton
Zelima F. Wilson
born Oct. 6, 1849
died Oct. 28, 1868

Aged 19 years 22 days

  • Zelima Frances Wilson
  • Daughter of Alexander Kinkaid Wilson and Alzira Mitchell Gibson
Charles W.
son of A.K. and A.M. Wilson
born Sept. 27, 1857
died Feb. 11, 1864
  • No photo of this stone
  • Charles William Wilson
  • son of Alexander Kinkaid Wilson & Alzira Mitchell Gibson
Frederick
son of J.H. and J.S. Wilson
born Dec. 3, 1877
died Sept. 27, 1885
  • Frederick Wilson
  • GBNF has name as "Broderick"
  • son of James Hankerson Wilson & Senora J. McIntosh
Infant son of
J.H. and J.S. Wilson
born Aug. 19, 1867
died Aug. 26, 1867
  • Son of James Hankerson Wilson and J. Senore McIntosh
Philip S.
son of J. and E. P. Wilson
died Aug. 13, 1826
aged 1 year 3 m 8 d
  • Philip Sitton Wilson,
  • born March 6, 1825
  • Son of James Wilson and Elizabeth Pendleton Sitton
Hansford Richards
born April 4, 1818
died May 3, 1894
aged 76 yrs. 29 dys.
  • Husband of Elizabeth Wilson (1837-1869) who was the daughter of James Wilson and Elizabeth Pendleton Sitton
  • Name on headstone is misspelled as HANSFOD!!
Nancy E. Wilson
1830

Mary A. Wilson
1838 - 1909

Diana S. Wilson
1839

  • Three daughters of James Wilson and Elizabeth Pendleton Sitton.
  • It is not known if Nancy and Diana are actually buried here, or if so why there are no death dates
  • Nancy E. Wilson, born 29 Dec 1831, died 20 May 1927
  • Mary Ann Wilson, born 12 Feb 1833, died 26 Apr 1909
  • Diana Sitton Wilson, born 09 Apr 1839 (not 1859 per GBNF)
Annie M.
daughter of S.S. and E.S. Weeks
died June 8, 1903
aged 46 yrs. 6 mo. 11 da.
  • Ann Mary Weeks, born Nov 27, 1856
  • daughter of Samuel Sampson Weeks & Eleanor Sitton Wilson
Eleanor
wife of S.S. Weeks
died Aug. 13, 1910
  • No photo of this stone.
  • Eleanor Sitton Wilson
  • Wife of Samuel Sampson Weeks
  • Daughter of James Wilson and Elizabeth Pendleton Sitton
  • born Feb. 18, 1827
Samuel Weeks
died Mar. 10, 1903
aged 82 yrs. 7 mo. 4 days
  • Samuel Sampson Weeks
  • husband of Eleanor Sitton Wilson
William T. Wilson
1818 - 1881
  • William Thomas Wilson
  • Son of David Wilson and Nancy Elder
  • Born 18 Nov 1818
  • husband of Eliza Eleanor Gibson
David Wilson Sr.
born 1761
died (broken)
  • Wilson family immigrant ancestor from Northern Ireland, probably County Down. Died October 3, 1821 after only 2-3 years in Missouri.
  • husband of Nancy Elder
Nancy Wilson Sr.
died Apr. 26, 1867
in her 94th year
  • Nancy Elder
  • Wife of David Wilson, Sr.
  • Immigrated about 1803 with husband and 3 children to Fairfield District, South Carolina
  • Native of County Antrim, per her obituary
Mary Wilson
daughter of David and Nancy Wilson
died 1855
aged 50 years
  • Born in Fairfield District, South Carolina on Mar 11, 1805.
  • daughter of David Wilson & Nancy Elder
Elizabeth Wilson
1815 - 1886
  • No photo of this stone.
  • Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Wilson
  • Born in Fairfield District, South Carolina on Oct 5, 1815
  • Daughter of David Wilson & Nancy Elder
Nancy Gibson
Born Aug. 7, 1807
Died Aug. 29, 1831
  • Nancy Wilson.
  • first wife of George Gibson who later married Mary Bowen Porter
  • Daughter of David Wilson and Nancy Elder.
James Wilson
died Feb. 11, 1890
aged 95 years 4 mo.
  • son of David Wilson and Nancy Elder
  • husband of Elizabeth Pendleton Sitton
  • born Oct 11, 1796
  • GBNF reports age as 93 years 4 months resulting in a 1794 birth year. This was a misreading of the stone. Wilson family bible clearly gives Oct 11, 1796 as birth date
Wm. H. Long
1815 - 1847
  • No photo of this stone.
  • No information on him or his relationship to the Wilsons.

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