The Grave of Celia E. Wilson
Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois

                                                                                                                                Pat Ryan WhiteŠ2000

The Grave of Celia E. Wilson

Inscription:

"CELIA E. DAU. OF
H.M.B. & S.C.
WILSON
JUNE 7, 1887
SEPT 30, 1921

Celia E. Wilson (1887-1921) was the daughter of Sarah C. "Kate" Skillman and Henry Martin Baldwin Wilson, son of pioneer pastor Abraham Deremer and Julia A. Wilson. Sarah was the daughter of William R. Skillman (1814-1888), a wagonmaker from Kingston, New Jersey, and Eliza Robison (1814-1892).

Henry Martin Baldwin Wilson wrote the book History of Fairview Reformed Church, 1837 - 1912, a thorough, delightful, and genealogically-rich account of the early days of the Fairview Church and of the people who loved and were enriched by it. The book is still available through the yet-flourishing church. We plan to post excerpts from this book, as well as from the original Fairview Church records, on these pages in the near future.

To the left of Celia's grave is that of her father, Henry Martin Baldwin Wilson. [Henry Martin Baldwin Wilson Grave]

To the left of his grave is that of Celia's mother, Sarah C. "Kate" (Skillman) Wilson. [Sarah C. (Skillman) Wilson]

Henry Martin Baldwin Wilson and Sarah C. (Skillman) Wilson had another daughter, named Mary Eliza Wilson, who married Elmer Rowe. Their granddaughter Janet met with your webmaster Alice in Fair Oaks near Sacramento, California one magical day in 2000 to share photos, information, and stories, and to refresh the close and eternal bond between the Isaac Hageman family and the family of Fairview's beloved Dominie Abraham Deremer Wilson. The gold cross that Janet, great-great-granddaughter of Rev. Abraham Wilson, wore around her neck glowed with a deep, unforgettable light that carried my Dutch-American spirit up, away, and beyond the present time and space...


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