Carrie Beulah Wilson Waldrep

by William Bradley Dunagan

My grandmother was Carrie Beulah Wilson Waldrep. I never knew my grandfather but I knew this strong willed, very spirited lady we called Grandma Beulah Waldrep. She was married to George Hamilton Waldrep. George married Carrie Beulah Wilson on 2 Jul 1905 in , Hall Co, GA. The photo above I believe is from their wedding day. He is 20 years of age and she is 19 years old in this photo. Carrie was born on 21 Jan 1886, in Maysville, GA. She died on 6 Feb 1973, in Gainesville, Hall County, GA.

Below is a picture of the George Hamilton and Beulah Waldrep family, taken during the summer of 1939, with George H. and Beulah sitting, holding grandchildren. They had the following children:

Deuward Sherman WALDREP was born 3 Apr 1906. He died in 9 Oct 1983.

James Cicero "J.C." WALDREP was born on 19 Aug 1908. He died on 24 Jan 1964, as a result of a work place accident at the New Holland textile mill in New Holland, GA.

George Richard WALDREP was born on 3 Sep 1913. He died 2 Aug 2002.

Emily Ida Lou WALDREP was born on 24 Sep 1915. She died on 2 June 2002.

Warren Hamilton WALDREP was born on 20 Dec 1920. He died on 18 Oct 1999.

unnamed(female) WALDREP was born on 6 Mar 1925. She died on 6 Mar 1925.

Beulah's father was Cicero Columbus Wilson. Isn't that a great name. Life was not easy for Cicero, born 29 Oct 1856 in Jackson County, GA. He was only seven years old when his father, Posey Wilson was killed at the battle of Vicksburg, MS on 2 Aug 1863, fighting with the CSA, Co. E, Georgia 34th Infantry Regiment. Cicero's mother, Zelma Emily C. Thornton remarried a few years later to Eli Minish and they had several children together.

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At age 22 Cicero(1856-1927) married Sarah Lugenia A. Lord(1859-1931) in 1879, and they had the following children and the fourth child was my grandmother, Carrie Beulah Wilson. Below is a picture from the Cicero Wilson Family Reunion in New Holland, GA, taken in 1939. Below are listed Cicero and Lugenia's aka Lougenia's children:

Mandy Emma E. Wilson

1880 – Luther Green Wilson 1882 – Mary Luella Wilson 1883 – 1926 CARRIE BEULAH WILSON 1886 – 1973 Eula Cristy Wilson 1888 – Polly Pauline Wilson 1890 – Ella Annie M Wilson 1893 – Ellen A M Wilson 1894 – John Posy Wilson 1896 – Tessie F Wilson 1898 – 1962 Henry Lee Philip Wilson 1901 –

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Posey Wilson(1834-1863), Cicero's father, would have been my 2nd great grandfather. In 1856 he married Zelma Emily C. Thornton(1843- ) and they had the following children:

CICERO C. WILSON

1856-1927

Virgil A. Wilson

1857-1932

Mary T. Wilson

1863

Posey's father was Micah Wilson(1808-1886) and his mother was Jemima Hogan(1808-1896) were my 3rd great maternal grandparents. They had the following children:

Ephrana Wilson 1830 – Moren Wilson 1833 – 1862 POSEY WILSON 1834 – 1863 Chadack Wilson 1837 – John Kelly Wilson 1839 – 1920 Prudence Wilson 1841 – Mary Wilson 1843 – Amanda Wilson 1847 – 1928 Micah Bird Wilson 1849 – 1924 Minnie Sis Wilson 1853 –

Michal Wilson's father was John Turby Wilson(1784-1860), my 4th great grandfather, was born in Spartanburg, SC, where he met and married Prudence Bird Moors(1788-1850) in 1804. They moved a year later to Jackson County, GA, where they begin their family:

Mary Wilson 1805 – MICHAL WILSON 1808 – 1886 Nancy * Wilson 1810 – 1905 Milly Wilson 1810 – 1850 Elizabeth Wilson 1815 – Cynthia Wilson 1816 – May L Wilson 1818 – 1880 William Wilson 1819 – Zachariah F Wilson 1820 – 1909 Bird Willson 1826 – Michael Bird Wilson 1826 – 1917 John S Willson 1828 – 1908 Calvin C Wilson 1829 – 1917 Arminta Irna Wilson 1832 – 1918 The father of John Turby Wilson was William Wilson(1747-1842), my 5th great grandfather. He was born in Fairfax, Fairfax County, VA, on 30 Jun 1747. He married Anne Susannah Shubert-Wright from Bute, North Carolina in 1768. They had the following children:

Fennel H Wilson 1770 – 1845 Michael Wilson 1772 – 1854 William Wilson 1775 – 1839 Nancy Ann Wilson 1779 – 1842 Susannah Wilson 1782 – JOHN TURBY WILSON 1784 – 1860 Henry Wilson 1787 – 1863

William Wilson's father migrated to America from Antrim, Ireland. My 6th great grandfather, James Wilson was born in 1703 in Antrim County, Ireland, which is north of Belfast in Northern Ireland. There is some evidence that he paid his passage through indentureship/bond arrangement and later settled in Rockbridge, Virginia, where he died 7 Apr 1776. He was married to Rebecca Wilson Armour(1728-1820) I also found that at least one of his children, Samuel Wilson(1760-1833) served under Washington in the American Revolutionary War.

John Wilson

1730 – 1799 Matthew Wilson 1746 – WILLIAM WILSON 1747 – 1842 Rebecca Wilson 1748 – Andrew Wilson 1749 – John Wilson 1753 – 1826 Sarah Wilson 1753 – Robert Wilson 1756 – Moses Wilson 1757 – Samuel Wilson 1760 – 1833 James Wilson 1763 – 1829 Elizabeth Wilson 1765 – SOURCES:

United States Federal Census Data

Haynes Family Tree Research(Ancestry.com)