MRS. GEORGE W. WILSON
Mary Elma Boggs was born July 9, 1856, in Lawrence County, Ohio, and moved with her parents to Illinois when she was six years old.
They made the journey by covered wagon and settled in Douglas County, where her father was farming. She gained her education in the public schools of Illinois and attended the University of Illinois for one year.
After several years of teaching school, she was united in marriage in 1884 to the Rev. George W. Wilson, who was then a member of the Illinois Conference.
Because Mr. Wilson was engaged in evangelistic work for some years, the family lived in various sections of the country but came to California in 1906 when Mr. Wilson became the first resident chaplain of the National Soldier’s Home in Los Angeles. They served until her husband’s retirement in 1914, when they continued living in Los Angeles, where the Rev. Mr. Wilson died in 1929.
Born to very religious parents, Mrs. Wilson developed a deep religious experience and gave unlimited devotion through the years to her family and church. She was active and alert even in her ninety-fifth year, going out on the street on business the day before her death.
She passed away on February 13. 1951 after a few hours of illness. Her pastor conducted funeral services, Dr. Theodore H. Palmquist, assisted by the Rev. A. B. Buzzell, and an interment was made at the Inglewood Park Cemetery.
SOURCE: Journal of the Southern California-Arizona Annual Conference, the Methodist Church, page 260.
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