Son of Stephen Benjamin Golden and his wife Mary Ingraham.
In 1911, when Wesley graduated from high school, his parents moved the family from toUrbana/Champaign, Champaign Co., IL so he could attend the University of Illinois. His parents ran a boarding house there, and Wesley graduated in 1915 with a Liberal Arts degree. Waldo studied at the same university and then went on to medical school and became an M.D.
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1919, Wesley and his two younger brothers who were old enough all signed up. Wesley served as an officer commanding an all-black infantry platoon and was severely wounded in France. He was sent to recuperate in Paris and it was many months after the war's end by the time he was well enough to travel home.
In 1920, he was living back at home with his parents and brothers:
1920 census, Champaign Township, Champaign City 4, Champaign Co., Ill
self Stephen B Golden M 66y Illinois
wife Mary E Golden F 54y Illinois
son Wesley B Golden M 29y Illinois
son Waldo E Golden M 26y Illinois
son Dios E Golden M 22y Illinois
son Fay I Golden M 19y Illinois
Vernon Luens M 21y United States
He married 1 Jun 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois to Marie Norma Kerr, daughter of James M. Kerr and his wife Agnes A. Monahan.
Their first child, Mary, was born in April 1926.
In 1927, they traveled across the country in an old Model-T with baby Mary to join Wesley's parents who owned a grocery store in Oakland, California, near San Francisco. They traveled at about 45 miles per hour and camped out along the way. Marie often told the story later about how Wesley set out from their campsite one evening to go into town and buy milk for Mary, forgetting he had hitched one of the ropes supporting the tent to the car's bumper. He had to cut through the tent canvas to free Marie and the baby when it collapsed as he started to drive off.
They settled that year in the town of Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA.
1930 census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., California
head Wesley B Golden M 39 Illinois
wife Marie N Golden F 26 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 4 Illinois
During the Depression, Wesley was fortunate to have the Cardinet Candy Company concession and traveled two weeks out of every month to support the family. On the 1940 census, he reported that he worked 48 hours per week during the month of March 1940 as a salesman for a wholesale candy maker and that he had worked for the preceeding 52 weeks and made $1,900 during 1939, more than most of his neighbors.
1940 census, Watsonville Judicial Township, Santa Cruz, California
head Wesley B Golden M 49 Illinois
wife Marie A Golden F 36 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 14 Illinois
son James S Golden M 7 California
son John T Golden M 0 California
When Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and the United States entered World War II in Dec 1941, Wesley tried hard to get back into the army and join the fight, but was rejected due to his injuries in World War I. Instead, he became the neighborhood Civil Defense Warden and did his best to help protect his town from the threat of invasion or air raids. The day victory was declared and the war ended, he took his youngest child with him to parade through town with his neighbors in celebration.
Wesley came home from work feeling sick on 11 Oct 1946 and died the next day from a heart attack.
In 1911, when Wesley graduated from high school, his parents moved the family from toUrbana/Champaign, Champaign Co., IL so he could attend the University of Illinois. His parents ran a boarding house there, and Wesley graduated in 1915 with a Liberal Arts degree. Waldo studied at the same university and then went on to medical school and became an M.D.
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1919, Wesley and his two younger brothers who were old enough all signed up. Wesley served as an officer commanding an all-black infantry platoon and was severely wounded in France. He was sent to recuperate in Paris and it was many months after the war's end by the time he was well enough to travel home.
In 1920, he was living back at home with his parents and brothers:
1920 census, Champaign Township, Champaign City 4, Champaign Co., Ill
self Stephen B Golden M 66y Illinois
wife Mary E Golden F 54y Illinois
son Wesley B Golden M 29y Illinois
son Waldo E Golden M 26y Illinois
son Dios E Golden M 22y Illinois
son Fay I Golden M 19y Illinois
Vernon Luens M 21y United States
He married 1 Jun 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois to Marie Norma Kerr, daughter of James M. Kerr and his wife Agnes A. Monahan.
Their first child, Mary, was born in April 1926.
In 1927, they traveled across the country in an old Model-T with baby Mary to join Wesley's parents who owned a grocery store in Oakland, California, near San Francisco. They traveled at about 45 miles per hour and camped out along the way. Marie often told the story later about how Wesley set out from their campsite one evening to go into town and buy milk for Mary, forgetting he had hitched one of the ropes supporting the tent to the car's bumper. He had to cut through the tent canvas to free Marie and the baby when it collapsed as he started to drive off.
They settled that year in the town of Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA.
1930 census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., California
head Wesley B Golden M 39 Illinois
wife Marie N Golden F 26 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 4 Illinois
During the Depression, Wesley was fortunate to have the Cardinet Candy Company concession and traveled two weeks out of every month to support the family. On the 1940 census, he reported that he worked 48 hours per week during the month of March 1940 as a salesman for a wholesale candy maker and that he had worked for the preceeding 52 weeks and made $1,900 during 1939, more than most of his neighbors.
1940 census, Watsonville Judicial Township, Santa Cruz, California
head Wesley B Golden M 49 Illinois
wife Marie A Golden F 36 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 14 Illinois
son James S Golden M 7 California
son John T Golden M 0 California
When Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and the United States entered World War II in Dec 1941, Wesley tried hard to get back into the army and join the fight, but was rejected due to his injuries in World War I. Instead, he became the neighborhood Civil Defense Warden and did his best to help protect his town from the threat of invasion or air raids. The day victory was declared and the war ended, he took his youngest child with him to parade through town with his neighbors in celebration.
Wesley came home from work feeling sick on 11 Oct 1946 and died the next day from a heart attack.
Son of Stephen Benjamin Golden and his wife Mary Ingraham.
In 1911, when Wesley graduated from high school, his parents moved the family from toUrbana/Champaign, Champaign Co., IL so he could attend the University of Illinois. His parents ran a boarding house there, and Wesley graduated in 1915 with a Liberal Arts degree. Waldo studied at the same university and then went on to medical school and became an M.D.
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1919, Wesley and his two younger brothers who were old enough all signed up. Wesley served as an officer commanding an all-black infantry platoon and was severely wounded in France. He was sent to recuperate in Paris and it was many months after the war's end by the time he was well enough to travel home.
In 1920, he was living back at home with his parents and brothers:
1920 census, Champaign Township, Champaign City 4, Champaign Co., Ill
self Stephen B Golden M 66y Illinois
wife Mary E Golden F 54y Illinois
son Wesley B Golden M 29y Illinois
son Waldo E Golden M 26y Illinois
son Dios E Golden M 22y Illinois
son Fay I Golden M 19y Illinois
Vernon Luens M 21y United States
He married 1 Jun 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois to Marie Norma Kerr, daughter of James M. Kerr and his wife Agnes A. Monahan.
Their first child, Mary, was born in April 1926.
In 1927, they traveled across the country in an old Model-T with baby Mary to join Wesley's parents who owned a grocery store in Oakland, California, near San Francisco. They traveled at about 45 miles per hour and camped out along the way. Marie often told the story later about how Wesley set out from their campsite one evening to go into town and buy milk for Mary, forgetting he had hitched one of the ropes supporting the tent to the car's bumper. He had to cut through the tent canvas to free Marie and the baby when it collapsed as he started to drive off.
They settled that year in the town of Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA.
1930 census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., California
head Wesley B Golden M 39 Illinois
wife Marie N Golden F 26 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 4 Illinois
During the Depression, Wesley was fortunate to have the Cardinet Candy Company concession and traveled two weeks out of every month to support the family. On the 1940 census, he reported that he worked 48 hours per week during the month of March 1940 as a salesman for a wholesale candy maker and that he had worked for the preceeding 52 weeks and made $1,900 during 1939, more than most of his neighbors.
1940 census, Watsonville Judicial Township, Santa Cruz, California
head Wesley B Golden M 49 Illinois
wife Marie A Golden F 36 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 14 Illinois
son James S Golden M 7 California
son John T Golden M 0 California
When Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and the United States entered World War II in Dec 1941, Wesley tried hard to get back into the army and join the fight, but was rejected due to his injuries in World War I. Instead, he became the neighborhood Civil Defense Warden and did his best to help protect his town from the threat of invasion or air raids. The day victory was declared and the war ended, he took his youngest child with him to parade through town with his neighbors in celebration.
Wesley came home from work feeling sick on 11 Oct 1946 and died the next day from a heart attack.
In 1911, when Wesley graduated from high school, his parents moved the family from toUrbana/Champaign, Champaign Co., IL so he could attend the University of Illinois. His parents ran a boarding house there, and Wesley graduated in 1915 with a Liberal Arts degree. Waldo studied at the same university and then went on to medical school and became an M.D.
When the U.S. entered World War I in 1919, Wesley and his two younger brothers who were old enough all signed up. Wesley served as an officer commanding an all-black infantry platoon and was severely wounded in France. He was sent to recuperate in Paris and it was many months after the war's end by the time he was well enough to travel home.
In 1920, he was living back at home with his parents and brothers:
1920 census, Champaign Township, Champaign City 4, Champaign Co., Ill
self Stephen B Golden M 66y Illinois
wife Mary E Golden F 54y Illinois
son Wesley B Golden M 29y Illinois
son Waldo E Golden M 26y Illinois
son Dios E Golden M 22y Illinois
son Fay I Golden M 19y Illinois
Vernon Luens M 21y United States
He married 1 Jun 1925, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois to Marie Norma Kerr, daughter of James M. Kerr and his wife Agnes A. Monahan.
Their first child, Mary, was born in April 1926.
In 1927, they traveled across the country in an old Model-T with baby Mary to join Wesley's parents who owned a grocery store in Oakland, California, near San Francisco. They traveled at about 45 miles per hour and camped out along the way. Marie often told the story later about how Wesley set out from their campsite one evening to go into town and buy milk for Mary, forgetting he had hitched one of the ropes supporting the tent to the car's bumper. He had to cut through the tent canvas to free Marie and the baby when it collapsed as he started to drive off.
They settled that year in the town of Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., CA.
1930 census, Watsonville, Santa Cruz Co., California
head Wesley B Golden M 39 Illinois
wife Marie N Golden F 26 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 4 Illinois
During the Depression, Wesley was fortunate to have the Cardinet Candy Company concession and traveled two weeks out of every month to support the family. On the 1940 census, he reported that he worked 48 hours per week during the month of March 1940 as a salesman for a wholesale candy maker and that he had worked for the preceeding 52 weeks and made $1,900 during 1939, more than most of his neighbors.
1940 census, Watsonville Judicial Township, Santa Cruz, California
head Wesley B Golden M 49 Illinois
wife Marie A Golden F 36 Illinois
daughter Mary A Golden F 14 Illinois
son James S Golden M 7 California
son John T Golden M 0 California
When Pearl Harbor was attacked by Japan and the United States entered World War II in Dec 1941, Wesley tried hard to get back into the army and join the fight, but was rejected due to his injuries in World War I. Instead, he became the neighborhood Civil Defense Warden and did his best to help protect his town from the threat of invasion or air raids. The day victory was declared and the war ended, he took his youngest child with him to parade through town with his neighbors in celebration.
Wesley came home from work feeling sick on 11 Oct 1946 and died the next day from a heart attack.
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