Individual Details
James "Jim" Wilder
(September 20, 1872 - August 6, 1936)
1900 Denton County, Texas census. In addition to the family shown here, this census shows an adopted daughter, Ida Matthews, born February 1887 in Tennessee.
1910 Coleman County, Texas census.
"Funeral Services for James Wilder Held Here Friday. Last rites for James Wilder, about 65, retired farmer, were held here Friday afternoon with Revs. Joseph Massegee and A. W. Fechner officiating. An invalid for several years, the late Mr. Wilder died at the family home , 1514 Commercial Avenue, last Thursday. He was born September 10, 1871, in Tennessee, moving to Coleman County about 35 years ago. Following the funeral services interment was made in the Coleman cemetery. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, C. H., J. C., and Leman, all of Coleman; and one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Close, Coleman. Pall bearers included Neal Green, Oscar Ward, Allison Hagler, Jett Parker, Dennis Gaines and Pat Close. Flowers were handled by Mesdames Oscar Ward, Neal Green, Jett Parker, Allison Hagler and Kay Glassen and Miss Winnie Close. Funeral arrangements were made by the J. E. Stevens Company." (Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, August 13, 1936.)
1910 Coleman County, Texas census.
"Funeral Services for James Wilder Held Here Friday. Last rites for James Wilder, about 65, retired farmer, were held here Friday afternoon with Revs. Joseph Massegee and A. W. Fechner officiating. An invalid for several years, the late Mr. Wilder died at the family home , 1514 Commercial Avenue, last Thursday. He was born September 10, 1871, in Tennessee, moving to Coleman County about 35 years ago. Following the funeral services interment was made in the Coleman cemetery. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, C. H., J. C., and Leman, all of Coleman; and one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Close, Coleman. Pall bearers included Neal Green, Oscar Ward, Allison Hagler, Jett Parker, Dennis Gaines and Pat Close. Flowers were handled by Mesdames Oscar Ward, Neal Green, Jett Parker, Allison Hagler and Kay Glassen and Miss Winnie Close. Funeral arrangements were made by the J. E. Stevens Company." (Coleman Democrat-Voice, Coleman, Texas, August 13, 1936.)
Events
| Birth | September 20, 1872 | Hancock County, Tennessee | |||
| Marriage | Abt, 1892 | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Seals | |||
| Death | August 6, 1936 | Coleman, Coleman County, Texas | |||
| Burial | Coleman Cemetery, Coleman, Coleman County, Texas |
Families
| Spouse | Elizabeth "Lizzie" Seals (1873 - 1935) |
| Child | Charles "Charley" H. Wilder (1892 - 1975) |
| Child | Jesse Clarence Wilder (1894 - 1953) |
| Child | William Leonard Wilder (1897 - 1908) |
| Child | Homer Wilder (1900 - 1902) |
| Child | Bessie E. Wilder (1903 - ) |
| Child | Leamon Luther Wilder (1906 - 1969) |
| Father | Enos Wilder (1848 - ) |
| Mother | Amanda Milly Davis (or Harris) (1853 - ) |
| Sibling | Mary Eliza Wilder (1871 - ) |
| Sibling | Sarah Wilder (1875 - ) |
| Sibling | Paralee "Parlie" Wilder (1878 - ) |