George Franklin Wilson
(1879-1935)

 

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Spouses/Children:
Minnie Pearl Bennett

George Franklin Wilson

  • Born: 23 Aug 1879, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming 1 2
  • Marriage: Minnie Pearl Bennett on 29 Jun 1903 in Mercur, Tooele, Utah
  • Died: 18 Feb 1935, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah at age 55 1 3
  • Buried: Feb 1935, American Fork, Utah, Utah 1
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bullet  Death Notes:

Name: George Franklin Wilson
Death Date: 18 February, 1935
State file number: 1935000800
Gender: Male
Age: 56
County of Death: Salt Lake

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bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1930, Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah. 4
George F. Wilson, 50, machinist in copper mine, born in Wyoming, married at age 24. Minnie R. Wilson, 44, nurse, born in Kansas, married at age 17. Margaret L. Wilson, 15, born in Utah.

• World War 1 Draft Registration, 12 Sep 1918, Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah. 2
George Franklin Wilson of RFD Box 202, Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah. Age 39, born Aug 13, 1880. White, blacksmith. Nearest relative: Minnie Pearl Wilson of RFD No. 2, Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah. Medium tall, medium build, blue eyes, black hair.


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George married Minnie Pearl Bennett, daughter of David Wellington Bennett and Eliza Sampson Logie, on 29 Jun 1903 in Mercur, Tooele, Utah. (Minnie Pearl Bennett was born on 7 Oct 1884 in Doniphan, Doniphan, Kansas,5 6 died on 14 Apr 1932 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah 3 5 6 and was buried in Apr 1932 in American Fork, Utah, Utah 5 6.)
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Sources

1 State of Utah. Department of Health, George Franklin Wilson death certificate, state file no. 326, local registered no. 305 (1935, certificate in possession of Lee R. Drew).
George Franklin Wilson, male, white, widower, machinist at a copper mine, died in the St. Mark's Hospital in Salt Lake City on 18 February 1935. Born in Rock Springs, Wyoming on 15 Aug 1878 to Spiere Wilson who was born in Scotland and Margaret who was born in Scotland. Cause of death: sarcoma on gland. Buried in the American Fork Cemetery, American Fork, Utah on 20 Feb 1935. Undertaker: The White Chapel, Inc. of Salt Lake City. W. A. Pugh M.D.

2 United States Selective Service, World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-18 (National Archives and Records Administration. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. M1509, 20,243 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
www.ancestry.com).

3 State of Utah, Utah Death Index, 1905 - 1951 (www.ancestry.com).

4 Utah, Salt Lake, Garfield, 1930 Federal Census (www.ancestry.com).

5 State of Utah. State Board of Health., Minnie Pearl Bennett Wilson death certificate, state file no 581, registered no. 565. (1932, certificate in possession of Lee R. Drew).
Minnie Pearl Wilson died in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, St. Marks Hospital on 14 Apr 1932 aged 47 yrs, 6 mos, 6 da. Residence: Garfield, Utah. Born 8 Oct 1884, the daughter of David W. Bennett and Eliza S. Logie. Reported by husband, George F. Wilson of Garfield, Utah. Cause of death: general diffuse peritonitis with ruptured appendix contributory. Buried in the American Fork Cemetery on 17 Apr 1932.

6 Utah Valley Regional Family History Center, Utah County, Utah Cemetery Index (www.ancestry.com).

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