WILSON, Charles & ___ Jones - anniv
Source:
Mattoon Illinois Journal Gazette 30 July 1934 (Monday) p 6 – Wilson – 50th
anniv
Mr. and Mrs.
Charles O. Wilson of 1101 Richmond Avenue observed their 50th
wedding anniversary on Sunday with a family reunion. A number of gifts were
received among them a wedding cake on top of which was inscribed the date of
their wedding and the date of the golden wedding anniversary. Geneva Rebekah
Lodge sent a bouquet of flowers. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were married July 28, 1884
at Greencastle, Ind. They came to
Mattoon in 1895 and have resided here since, 20 years in their present home.
Mr. Wilson was born Nov 10, 1861 in Putnam County Indiana a son of Mr. and Mrs.
Thornton Wilson. For years he worked in the car yards of the Big Four Railroad
here and was retired on a pension in November 1933. He has one sister, Mrs.
Hattie Myers of Dana, Ind. Mrs. Wilson was born April 10, 1860 in Park (sic –
parke) County, Indiana, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. RH Jones. She is the last of
a family of 10 children. Mr. and Mrs.
Wilson have four children: Mrs. Pearl Wade of Flora; Mrs. Ida Needham of
Oblong; Mrs. Stella Kammin of Danville and Everett Wilson, a member of the US
Navy. They have three grandchildren, Barry Needham of Los Angeles; Mrs. Norma
Blackburn of East Alton and Miss Bessie Kammin of Danville. They also have
three great grandchildren. Those attending the family dinner were Mr. and Mrs.
William Kammin and son, William of Danville; Mr. and Mrs. CA wade and son, John
of Flora; Mrs. Ida Needham and Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Smith and son of Oblong and
Miss Dorothy Blackburn of East Alton.
Afternoon callers were Mr. and Mrs. Grant Bean, Mrs. Ida Torrence, Mrs.
George Osborne and son, Eugene, Mrs. Anise Chapman and Mrs. M. Roberts, all of
Mattoon and Mrs. Pearl Blackburn of Taylorville.