Individual Details

Leonard Joseph Haines Wilson

(1 Nov 1908 - 14 Oct 1965)

Leonard came to Kansas City and worked for Herbert M. Woolf as his stable manager. The Wilson boys had grown up working with horses on the ranges of Iowa and South Dakota. Mr. Woolf wanted to breed race horses. Leonard would have foaled them, and cared and trained them. Mr. Woolf raised the first non-Kentucky bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby. "Lawrin", trained on the track by Ben Jones and ridden by Eddie Arcaro (his first win). That is the Wilson connection to the Kentucky Derby. Other brothers worked at Aksarben track in Omaha, Nebraska, as exercise jockeys.

Events

Birth1 Nov 1908Salem, McCook County, South Dakota
Census (family)-shared6 May 1910(Edgar John Wilson and Susan Jerusha Haines) Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota
Census (family)-shared1915(Edgar John Wilson and Susan Jerusha Haines) Highmore, Hyde County, South Dakota
Census (family)-shared19 Jan 1920(Edgar John Wilson and Susan Jerusha Haines) Fremont, Fayette County, Iowa
Death14 Oct 1965Oakland County, Michigan
BurialMount Avon Cemetery, Rochester, Oakland County, Michigan

Families

SpouseMargaret Kristine Larsen (1914 - 2003)
ChildLiving
FatherEdgar John Wilson (1868 - 1925)
MotherSusan Jerusha Haines (1870 - 1956)
SiblingGuy Melville Wilson (1890 - 1932)
SiblingFannie Adele Wilson (1893 - 1980)
SiblingClifford Claude Wilson (1895 - 1937)
SiblingJames Bruce Wilson (1896 - 1978)
SiblingEva May Wilson (1898 - 1988)
SiblingRolland Albert Wilson (1901 - 1915)
SiblingHubert Jerome Wilson (1903 - )
SiblingBessie June Wilson (1904 - 1980)
SiblingGilbert Eugene Wilson (1907 - 1994)
SiblingLouis Antone Wilson (1910 - 1950)
SiblingGlenn Lloyd Wilson (1912 - 1981)

Notes

Birth

Joseph Wilson
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 01 Nov 1908
Event Place: Mccook, South Dakota
Gender: Male
Father's Name: Edgar Wilson
Mother's Name: Susie Haines

12 Nov 1908 is written in Find-a-Grave. (Joseph John Wilson)
12 Dec 1908 is on the headstone.
1 Nov 1908 is on the South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births.
There are probably 2 different people confused here.

Census (family)-shared

Edward Wilson M 42 Iowa
Wife Husie Wilson F 39 Iowa
Son Guy Wilson M 20 Iowa
Daughter Fannie Wilson F 16 Iowa
Son Clifford Wilson M 15 Iowa
Son James Wilson M 13 Iowa
Daughter Eva Wilson F 11 Iowa
Son Rolland Wilson M 8 Iowa
Son Hubert Wilson M 6 Iowa
Daughter Bessie Wilson F 5 Iowa
Son Gilbert Wilson M 2 Iowa
Son Joseph Wilson M 1 Iowa

Census (family)-shared

Cards 61-72 have all of Edgar and Susie's family except for Guy and Rolland.

Census (family)-shared

E J Wilson M 52 Iowa - Farmer
Wife Susie Wilson F 50 Iowa
Son Herbert Wilson M 17 Iowa - Laborer, home farm
Daughter Bessie Wilson F 15 Iowa
Son Gilbert Wilson M 13 Iowa
Son Leonard Wilson M 12 Iowa
Son Louis Wilson M 8 Iowa
Son Glen Wilson M 6 Iowa

Burial

PLOT: 5-1-056
Longitude -91.544998
Latitude 40.952782

Endnotes

1. "South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2014," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKD8-BQJW : 2 September 2015), Joseph Wilson, 01 Nov 1908; citing Birth, Mccook, South Dakota, United States, South Dakota Department of Health, Pierre; FHL microfilm .

2. "United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MPXC-ZRH : accessed 05 Mar 2014), Clifford Wilson in household of Edward Wilson, Highmore, Hyde, South Dakota, United States; citing sheet , family 23, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375495..

3. "South Dakota State Census, 1915," database with images, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMHY-SW9 : 16 November 2014), E J Wilson; citing State Historical Society, Pierre; FHL microfilm 2,368,058..

4. "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M8B5-CV4 : accessed 05 Mar 2014), E J Wilson, Fremont, Fayette, Iowa, United States; citing sheet , family 123, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820489..

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