Benjamin Peterson Wilson died at 11:30 Thursday morning at his home on East Main Street, Elkton, from celebral hemorrhage following a stroke suffered earlier that morning, aged fifty-eight years.
Mr. Wilson was the son of the late William and Levitha Peterson Wilson, of Middletown, Del. where he was born.
As a young man, he came to Elkton and for a time was engaged in the barbering business, and later for a number of years was employed at the freight office of the Pensylvania Railroad Co., retiring several years ago on account of ill health. Fraternally he was a Mason and a Red Man, and was also a member of the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Marie Davidson, and a son, Glenn Wilson of New York. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister - D. Warren Wilson, of Elkton; William B. Wilson, of Mercer, Pa.; Raymond J. Wilson, of Audubon, N.J.; and Mrs. Emily Van sant, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Wilson was the son of the late William and Levitha Peterson Wilson, of Middletown, Del. where he was born.
As a young man, he came to Elkton and for a time was engaged in the barbering business, and later for a number of years was employed at the freight office of the Pensylvania Railroad Co., retiring several years ago on account of ill health. Fraternally he was a Mason and a Red Man, and was also a member of the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Marie Davidson, and a son, Glenn Wilson of New York. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister - D. Warren Wilson, of Elkton; William B. Wilson, of Mercer, Pa.; Raymond J. Wilson, of Audubon, N.J.; and Mrs. Emily Van sant, of Philadelphia.
Benjamin Peterson Wilson died at 11:30 Thursday morning at his home on East Main Street, Elkton, from celebral hemorrhage following a stroke suffered earlier that morning, aged fifty-eight years.
Mr. Wilson was the son of the late William and Levitha Peterson Wilson, of Middletown, Del. where he was born.
As a young man, he came to Elkton and for a time was engaged in the barbering business, and later for a number of years was employed at the freight office of the Pensylvania Railroad Co., retiring several years ago on account of ill health. Fraternally he was a Mason and a Red Man, and was also a member of the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Marie Davidson, and a son, Glenn Wilson of New York. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister - D. Warren Wilson, of Elkton; William B. Wilson, of Mercer, Pa.; Raymond J. Wilson, of Audubon, N.J.; and Mrs. Emily Van sant, of Philadelphia.
Mr. Wilson was the son of the late William and Levitha Peterson Wilson, of Middletown, Del. where he was born.
As a young man, he came to Elkton and for a time was engaged in the barbering business, and later for a number of years was employed at the freight office of the Pensylvania Railroad Co., retiring several years ago on account of ill health. Fraternally he was a Mason and a Red Man, and was also a member of the Singerly Fire Company of Elkton. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Marie Davidson, and a son, Glenn Wilson of New York. He is also survived by three brothers and a sister - D. Warren Wilson, of Elkton; William B. Wilson, of Mercer, Pa.; Raymond J. Wilson, of Audubon, N.J.; and Mrs. Emily Van sant, of Philadelphia.
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