Arthur Jay Wilson

Arthur Jay Wilson

• Father: Henry O. Wilson b. 12 August 1853, d. 17 May 1899
• Mother: Anna D. Janye b. 28 March 1859, d. 6 October 1934

• Arthur Jay Wilson married Anna McGowen.
• He was born on 1 January 1897 in Great Bend, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
• Anna D. Janye appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Great Bend Borough, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. Other members of the household included Arthur Jay Wilson, Clarence Henry Wilson, Willard Murray Wilson and Elmer Robert Wilson.
• Arthur Jay Wilson registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Onondaga County, New York, while single and living at 258 Fitch Street in Syracuse, employed there as a machinist by H. H. Franklin Manufacturing Company.
• He married Elizabeth J. Hostetler on 26 February 1938 in Baltimore, Maryland.
• Arthur Jay Wilson died on 16 January 1959 at age 62 in Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia.
• Elizabeth J. Hostetler became a widow at his death.
• The following appeared on 17 January 1959 in The Evening Star: Arthur J. Wilson, 62, chief linotype machinist of The Star since 1939, died yesterday of a heart attack.
       He was waiting in his automobile for his wife at an Arlington bus stop when he was stricken.
       Mr. Wilson came to The Star in 1921 as a linotype machinist and had been employed in the composing room continuously since then. He lived in Fairfax. He was a member of Pentalpha Lodge No. 23 of the Masonic Order and of Kena Temple, Alexandria (Va.) He was a Scottish Rite Mason, 32d degree. He was also a member of Hope Chapter No. 73, Order of the Eastern Star in Fairfax.
       He was born in Great Bend (Pa.) on January 1, 1897 and attended Girard College in Philadelphia.
       He served in the Army in France in World War I with Ambulance Company No. 105. After the war, Mr. Wilson worked in Scranton, Pa., where he had served his apprenticeship as a linotype machinist on the Scranton Times. He also worked on the Scranton Daily News.
       Mr. Wilson leaves his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth H. Wilson of the home address and three daughters, Miss Judith Wilson, a freshman at Radford College, Radford, Va., and Mrs. Eleanor Gordon and Mrs. Jean Bartholomew, both of Buffalo, N. Y. He also leaves a brother, W. M. Wilson of Syracuse, N. Y.
       Funeral arrangements are incomplete, but services will be at the Everly Funeral Home, 214 West Main street, Fairfax. Plans are being made for burial in Arlington Cemetery.

• Last Edited: 24 Jun 2015