WILSON A. PAMPLIN

 

 

     Wilson A. Pamplin, b April 16, 1831 in Tennessee, d December 16, 1885 in Limestone County, Texas and buried in Eutaw Cemetery - was a son of Robert Jennings Pamplin, b ca 1793 in Virginia, dafter 1850 in Choctaw County, Mississippi, and his wife, Elizabeth, b 1805 in Georgia, d before 1870 in Falls County, Texas, near Mustang Prairie.

     Wilson A. Pamplin was married first on January 18, 1866 to Margaret Brown, b 1848, d 1868 - a daughter of Waller L. and Harriett (McKinley) Brown. They had no children, and Wilson was married second on February 27, 1870 to her sister, Maria Virginia Brown, b March 3, 1854, d September 16, 1877. They were the parents of three children before Maria's death:

     Reuben Alexander Pamplin, b June 29, 1871, d April 18, 1915 - married December 11, 1904 to Bertha Magee, and had four children.

     Alice Pamplin, b January 8, 1873, d November 17, 1890 and buried in the Mustang Prairie Cemetery, Falls County, Texas.

     Thomas Oscar Pamplin, b May 25, 1876, d May 17, 1948 and buried at Mustang Prairie - married ca 1898 to Mamie V. Dunn, b August 30, 1882, d June 12, 1972 and buried in Mustang Prairie - rearing only two of five children: An Infant, b & d October 11, 1899; Nellie Wilson Pamplin, b August 10, 1901, d March 16, 1908; Infant, b & d February 13, 1904 and buried in Mustang Prairie Cemetery; Albert Brady Pamplin, b May 28, 1907, d June 1, 1986 and buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Marlin, Texas - married Gladys Miles.

     Wilmer Pamplin, b ca 1878 - married Vera Williams and had one son, Thomas Pamplin.

     After the death of his second wife, Maria Virginia (Brown) Pamplin, Wilson A. Pamplin was married third on May 14, 1879 to Delilah A. (Crouch) Davidson, b December 1844 in Louisiana - a widow of George T. Davidson, who was listed on the Mortality Schedule as "murdered." Delilah had a daughter, b ca 1870 in Texas, and she and Wilson had a daughter, Johnnie W. Pamplin, b January 1885 in Falls County, Texas. In 1900, Delilah and Johnnie Pamplin were living in Wilson County, Texas.

     Wilson A. Pamplin, his brother, John William Pamplin, and a sister, Margaret Pamplin - not married - were living in the Mustang Prairie Community, where they farmed and reared their families. There are many Pamplin descendants who continue to reside in Falls County, Texas.

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 339 column 2 and page 340 column 1.  
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