George William Wilder was born 10/3/1884 in Spartanburg County, SC. He married Ellen "Ela" Jane Massengale. Ella Massengale was born 12/24/1886 in Spartanburg County, SC to Thomas Sloan Massengale (DOB 4/25/1861 in SC; DOD 7/19/1942 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC) and Susan Brown (DOB 11/30/1864 in Pickens County, SC; DOD 7/2/1959 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC). Ella Massengale (aka Ela Massengale, aka Ellen Jane Massengale) and Lora Massengale were sisters. Thomas Sloan and Susan Brown Massengale had Oscar William Massengale, Ellen Jane Massengale, John Thomas Massengale, Lora Massengale, Bertie Estelle Massengale, Lizzie Massengale, Ada Viola Massengale, Nellie Irene "Ila" Massengale, Carrie Leona Massengale, and Wade Hampton Massengale.
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George William Wilder and Ela Massengale had 9 children:
1) Nancy Lucille Wilder (DOB 5/13/1903 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/28/1967 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC) married Clyde Frank Skinner (DOB 2/5/1899 in SC; DOD 10/8/1979 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC). Clyde married Altonia Mae Beam (1913-2012) after Nancy Lucille Wilder died. They had James Clyde Skinner (DOB 1922 in SC; DOD 2/23/1923 in Cherokee County, SC), Charles F. Skinner, Bobby Ray Skinner (DOB 7/18/1930 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 5/15/1994 in Shelby, Cleveland County, NC).
2) Claude O'Neal Wilder (DOB 7/14/1904 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 11/17/1941 in Spartanburg County, SC) married Brona Jones (DOB 11/4/1911 in SC; DOD 3/1/1993 in SC). They had Hugh O'Neil Wilder (DOB 4/12/1936 in ? ; DOD 8/15/2010 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC).
3) Robert Perry Wilder (DOB 1/6/1906 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 9/23/1994 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC) married Shadie Mae Skinner (DOB 1/17/1908 in SC; DOD 2/12/1989 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC). They had Donny Wilder, Virginia Delle Wilder.
4) Annie Mae Wilder (DOB 9/28/1907 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/4/1998 in Dothan, Houston County, AL) married Nelson Smith Gwinn, Sr. (DOB 6/2/1907 in SC; DOD 11/24/1979 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC). They had Nelson Smith Gwinn, Jr. (DOB 3/14/1927 in Pauline, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/31/1994 in Pointe Road, Lake Bowen, Spartanburg County, SC) married Juanita Ellis.
5) Jennie Lee Wilder (DOB 6/23/1909 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/16/2005 in Spartanburg County, SC) married 1st Henry Alton Meadows (DOB 4/20/1906 in SC; DOD 11/22/1962 in SC) and they had Billy Alton Meadows (DOB 1/14/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/25/2000 in Durham, Durham County, NC; married Norma Celeste Casey) and Emily Elizabeth Meadows who married Joe William Harrison, Sr.Jennie Lee married 2nd John Harry Crocker (DOB 9/20/1909 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 10/1986 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; previously married to Thelma Ferguson).
6) Lewis Wilburn Wilder (DOB 8/2/1913 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 11/21/1961 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC) married Shirley Livingstone Westmoreland (DOB 2/17/1914 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/17/2009 in Gaston County, NC). They had Georgia Mette Wilder (married Malcolm McAbee) and Claude Gerald "Jerry" Wilder (DOB 8/20/1936 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/21/2014 in Mecklenburg County, NC).
7) Margaret Viola Wilder (DOB 3/21/1915 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 12/31/1994 in SC) married Edgar Brookins Reynolds, Jr. (aka Edgar Brookens Reynolds, Jr.)(DOB 11/15/1913 in TN; DOD 12/18/1986 in Charleston, Charleston County, SC). They had Edgar Brookins Reynolds, III (married Cynthia Clements Clark), Linda Joyce Reynolds (married Anthony LeRose), Larry Eugene Reynolds, Lora Jane Reynolds (married ? Scott and ? Konarski), Lewis Lang Reynolds (married Joan Erin Newby Shelton).
8) Sara Elizabeth Wilder (DOB 1/23/1919 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 4/2/1982 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC) married Walter Eugene Carter (DOB 7/22/1918 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/2/1996 in Lyman, Spartanburg County, SC). They had Eugenia Caroline Carter (DOB 9/20/1943 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/10/2012 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; married Lewis Edward McDowell) and Ela Jane Carter (married Francis William Johnson).
9) Georgie Caroline Wilder (DOB 7/17/1925 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 5/6/1931 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC of scarlet fever).
1920 U.S. Census of 310 Nesbitt Bridge, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1711; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 124, Lines 76-85, "George Wilder"
George Wilder, Head, Rented farm, M(ale), W(hite), 35 yrs old (DOB 1885), Married, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC, Farmer
Eula Wilder (sic, Ella Wilder), Wife, F, W, 37 yrs old (DOB 1883), Married, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Lucile Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1903), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Claud Wilder, Son, M, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1905), Single, Does not attend school, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Robert Wilder, Son, M, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1906), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Annie Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 12 yrs old (DOB 1908, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Jennielee Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1910), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Wilburn Wilder, Son, M, W, 7 yrs old (DOB 1913), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Margret Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 5 yrs old (DOB 1915), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Sarah Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 1 yr old (DOB 1919), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
1930 U.S. Census of 8 Griffin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 2341947, Lines 34-39, "Geo. W. Wilder"
Geo. W. Wilder, Head, Rents home, M(ale), W(hite), 45 yrs old (DOB 1885), Married at age 18 yrs old (DOM 1903), Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC, Salesman in oil gas (wholesale)
Ela Wilder, Wife, F, W, 47 yrs old (DOB 1883), Married at age 20 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Jennie L. Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 20 yrs old (DOB 1910), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Margaret Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1915), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Sarah Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 11 yrs old (DOB 1919), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Caroline Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 4 yrs 8/12 mos old (DOB 1926), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
George William Wilder committed suicide on 6/2/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC.
SC Death Certificate #9892, Registration District #40-B, Registered #21, George W. Wilder, DOD 6/2/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC
Male, White, Married to Ela Massengill (sic), DOB 10/3/1884 in SC, 49 yrs, 7 mos, 0 days old
Occupation: City policeman
Father: James Wilder, born in SC
Mother: Nancy Floyd, born in SC
Informant: Robert Wilder, Woodruff, SC
DOD 6/2/1934 at 11:00am
Cause of death: "pistol wound of head, suicide"
Buried: 6/3/1934 in Unity
Undertaker: Lanford-Boyter, Woodruff, SC
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 6/3/1934, Pg 2
Policeman Dies Of Pistol Shot Self Inflicted
George M. Wilder (sic), Night Policeman At Woodruff Succumbs To Wounds
Ill Health Blamed
Woodruff, June 2 - George W. Wilder, 49, night policeman, died at his home at 1:30a.m. today from self-inflicted pistol wounds which he suffered at 8:45 o'clock this morning soon after returning from his night duty.
Despondency over ill health was the cause given by the family for his act. No inquest was deemed necessary. Mr. Wilder returned from his duty on the streets around 2 o'clock and after taking a nap got up and went across the hall to his daughter's room where he fired the shot that ended his life, the bullet going through his temples. Mr. Wilder had been on night duty here for the past two years and was chief of police for one term six years ago. He was formerly connected with the Standard Oil company and foreman of the Bryson's farms. He was a member of the First Baptist church and Bethel Lodge A.F.M. No. 12.
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Wilder.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the First Baptist church at 4 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J.H. Simpson, assisted by the Rev. R.W. Carson, the Rev. P.S. McChesney, the Rev. J.G. Huggins, the Rev. W.B. Jenkins and the Rev. H.J. Snyder of Ware Shoals. Interment will be in Unity Baptist church cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Ela Massingale; three sons, Claude Wilder, of Somerset, Ky.; Robert Wilder, Chattanooga, Tenn, and Wilburn Wilder, Spartanburg; five daughters, Mrs. Nelson Gwinn, Mrs. Alton Meadows and Miss Sara Wilder, of Woodruff; Mrs. Clyde Skinner, Gaffney; Miss Margaret Wilder, Charleston; five grandchildren and one brother, Lang Wilder, Spartanburg.
Active pallbearers will be wardens of the town, R.B. Hunt, G.W. Harmon, W.H. Jones, Charles Green, Joe Pearson and Fred Culbertson.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Mayor S.C. Westmoreland, W.P. Jones, J.B. Drummond, A.S. Lanford, Wade Drummond, M.E. McAbee, Clarence Hill, Russell Montgomery, C.S. Anderson, Andy Cooper, R.L. Bethell, Laurence Bearden, Lewis Barnett, H.W. Burkhead, J.N. Swofford, P.E. Bryson, M.B. Edwards, Dr. B.J. Workman, Dr. H.H. Workman, Dr. A.S. Pearson, Dr. W.A. Woodruff, Dr. D.D. Alexander, Dr. W.B. Toole, Dr. O.H. McCord, Dr. J.N. Stinson, O.T. Newman, C.H. Pearson, Bryon McAbee, M.D. Putnam, S.J. Workman, J.T. Floyd, H.K. Gentry, H.B. Kilgore, Sam Skinner, H.A. Meadows, M.A. Lanford, M.B. Gwinn, Sam Hill, Claude Hill, N.N. Turner, Rufus Pearson, Dorroh Lanford, Willie Skinner, O.O. Rogers, J.R. Owens, W.H. Shanklin, N.P. Gentry, M.E. Gentry, B.B. Fowler, C.P. Workman, Barto Phillips, Paul Phillips, B.K. Arnold, O.L. Leroy, J.A. Skinner, Dr. O.E. Westmoreland, W.A. Patillo, Wister Dean, Jesse Lanford, W.S. Roebuck, George Garrett, B. Garrett, John Garrett, Glenn McIntyre, and Wayne McIntyre.
1940 U.S. Census of 7 Chamblin, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03840; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 42-89, Lines 37-40, next page Lines 1-2, "Clyde F. Skinner"
Clyde F. Skinner, Head, Rents home for $17, M(ale), W(hite), 40 yrs old (DOB 1900, Married, Attended school thru 7th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935, Salesman grocery wholesale, Income $936
Lucile Skinner, Wife, F, W, 36 yrs old (DOB 1904), Married, Attended school thru high school 2 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935, clerk for drycleaners
Charles Skinner, Son, M, W, 11 yrs old (DOB 1929), Single, Attends school, Attended school thru 5th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935,
Bobby Skinner, Son, M, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1930), Single, Attends school, Attended school thru 4th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935,
Ena Wilder (sic, Ela Wilder), Mother-in-law, F, W, 57 yrs old (DOB 1883), Widowed, Attended school thru 3rd grade, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935
Sara Wilder, sister-in-law, F, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1919), Single, Attended school thru high school 2 years, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935, Operator for telephone
Ela Jane Massengale Wilder died 9/19/1950 in Chamblin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg, SC.
SC Death Certificate #50-013773, Registration District #40-B, Registrar's #892, Ela Massengale Wilder, DOD 9/19/1950 in Chamblin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC
Usual residence: same
Female, White, Widowed, Spouse: George W. Wilder, DOB 12/24/1883 in Pickens County, SC, 67 yrs old
Father: T.S. Massengale, Mother: Susan Brown, Informant: Robert P. Wilder
DOD 9/19/1950
Cause of death: Pulmonary edema due to cardiac failure
Buried: 9/20/1950 in Unity Cemetery, Woodruff, SC
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George William Wilder
BIRTH 3 Oct 1884, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 2 Jun 1934 (aged 49), Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Unity Baptist Church Cemetery New, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 8720225
Ellen Jane “Ela” Massengale Wilder
BIRTH 24 Dec 1880, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 19 Sep 1950 (aged 69), Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Unity Baptist Church Cemetery New, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 54942319
Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, SC) Wednesday, September 20, 1950; Mrs. Ela Wilder,
Woodruff - Mrs. Ela M. Wilder. 57, wife of the late George W. Wilder, died suddenly at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Nelson Gwinn Sr., on Chamblin Street. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4 p. m. at the First Baptist Church here. The Revs. C. L. Boyter, W. J. Bradley and Lawrence Pruitt will officiate and burial will be in Unity Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Belton and Edgar Wilder: Douglas and George Massengale, Albert Taylor and James Roddy. Mrs. Wilder is survived by 2 sons: Robert P. of Clinton and Wilburn of Spartanburg: 5 daughters, Mrs. Clyde Skinner, Mrs. Gwinn and Mrs. Alton Meadows of Woodruff, Mrs. Jessie Lee Reynolds of Manila, P. I. and Mrs. Sara Carter of Spartanburg: her mother, Mrs. T. M. Massengale of Greer: 3 brothers, John, Wade and Oscar Massengale of Greer: 5 sisters, Mrs. J. L. Wilder of Spartanburg, Mrs. M. W. Perry and Mrs. F. M. Roddy of Greer, Mrs. DeWitt Turner of Greenwood and Mrs. Clifton Hall of Leesville: and 14 grandchildren. The Lamar - Lanford Funeral Home is in charge of Funeral arrangements.
Robert Perry Wilder was born 1/6/1906 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC.
He graduated from Gaffney High School in 1927 where he played football.
The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 6/17/1924, Pg 2
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The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 9/22/1925, Pg 1
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The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 11/20/1926, Pg 1
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The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 12/7/1926, Pg 2
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 6/5/1927, Pg 32
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The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 6/7/1927, Pg 1
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Robert Perry Wilder (aka Bob Wilder, Robert P. Wilder) attended Furman University and played football there too.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/22/1928, Pg 36
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The Cherokee Times, Gaffney, SC, 10/5/1928, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/8/1929, Pg 4
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/24/1929, Pg 11
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 5/19/1929, Pg 21
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/12/1929, Pg 7
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1929, Pg 7
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1929, Pg 12
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/14/1929, Pg 8
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/20/1929, Pg 7
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1929, Pg 10
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/23/1929, Pg 6
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/8/1929, Pg 19
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/18/1929, Pg 8
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/3/1929, Pg 20
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/2/1930, Pg 17
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/11/1930, Pg 11
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/13/1930, Pg 22
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/29/1930, Pg 13
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/16/1930, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/30/1930, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 10/12/1930, Pg 17
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 10/18/1930, Pg 8
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/1/1930, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/7/1930, Pg 18
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/16/1930, Pg 19
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/9/1930, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/12/1930, Pg 14
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/31/1931, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 5/28/1931, Pg 5
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Bob Wilder married Shadie Mae Skinner on 7/25/1931 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC. Shadie Mae Skinner was born 1/17/1908 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC to John Adams Skinner and Emma Cittora Carnell.
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/29/1931, Pg 7
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/31/1931, Pg 16
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/9/1931, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/10/1931, Pg 6
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Bob and Shadie Wilder had their first child, Donny Wilder in 1932.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/29/1932, Pg 2
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/27/1933, Pg 16
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U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
1933Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Directory
Wilder, Robert P. (Shadie S.) tchr Rossville Cons Schl r 4912 15th Av
(Robert Perry Wilder (Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder), Teacher at Rossville Consolidated School, residence 4912 15th Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, it's an empty lot now)
Robert P. Wilder's father committed suicide in 1934 and Robert was the informant on his death certificate.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/24/1934, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/28/1935, Pg 6
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/22/1935, Pg 12
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/4/1937, Pg 13
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/11/1938, Pg 3
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/23/1939, Pg 8
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1940 U.S. Census of 23 South Broad Street, Hunter, Clinton, Laurens county, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03821; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 30-11, Lines 17-28, "Robert P. Wilder"
Robert P. Wilder, Head, rented home for $45, M(ale), W(hite), 34 yrs old, Married, Attended college 4 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in the same place in 1935, Math teacher at public high school, $1,350 Income
Shadie Wilder, Wife, f, W, 32 yrs old, Married, Attended high school 4 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in the same place in 1935, Teacherage at home
Donnie Wilder, Son, M, W, 8 yrs old, Attends school, Attended school thru 1st grade, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935
Florence Davis, Lodger, F, W, 23 yrs old, Single,, Born in SC, Stenographer advetising firm
Agnes Davis, Lodger, F, W, 34 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Elementary teacher in public school
Margaret Culpepper, Lodger, F, W, 33 yrs old, Single, born in GA, English teacher in public high school
Caroline Lane, Lodger, F, W, 29 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Eloise Miller, Lodger, F, W, 36 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Math teacher in public high school
Ruby Norris, Lodger, F, W, 30 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Marie Smith, Lodger, F, W, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Jane Goodman, Lodger, F, W, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Primary teacher in public school
Macie Davis, Lodger, F, W, 22 yrs old, Single, Primary teacher in public school
In 1942 he obtained his Master's Degree at University of South Carolina.
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 5/7/1942, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1942, Pg 5
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Robert Perry and Shadie Mae Skinner had their second child, Virginia Delle Wilder on 4/28/1942 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
Robert P. and Shadie Wilder had:
1) Donny Wilder (DOB 1932 in SC; DOD ? ) married Gene "Genie" Elliott Marshall (DOB 10/11/1933 in Rock Hill, York County, SC; DOD 12/19/2018 in Charleston, Charleston County, SC of Alzheimer's Disease). They had Robert Perry Wilder II. Donny was a journalist, owned a newspaper and radio station in Clinton and was a SC State Representative. Genie was an artist and well known in the state.
2) Virginia Dell Wilder (DOB 4/28/1942 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC; DOD 1/19/2015 in Greenville County, SC) married Richard "Dick" Latimer Gasque (DOB 5/18/1941 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC; 3/1/2006 in Snellville, Gwinnett County, GA). They had Amelia "Ame" Maston Gasque and Ashley Gasque. Delle was a schoolteacher and served on a school board. Delle and Dick Latimer were owners of Express Personnel Services.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/11/1943, Pg 6
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/15/1944, Pg 9
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/14/1946, Pg 7
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/4/1948, Pg 18
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/26/1948, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1949, Pg 3
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/18/1951, Pg 35
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1953, Pg 12
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/14/1954, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/30/1955, Pg 20
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/21/1959, Pg 3
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/24/1961, Pg 4
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/21/1962, Pg 2
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The Index Journal Greenwood, SC, 3/5/1964, Pg 5
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/5/1964, Pg 2
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/26/1964, Pg 1
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/12/1969, Pg 3
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Clinton by Sam Owens, Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, copyright 2000 by Sam Owens, ISBN 978-0-7385-0678-4Pg 71
"Robert Perry Wilder, Mr. Wilder came to Clinton in 1935 when he joined the faculty at Clinton High School as a teacher and a coach. He retired in 1971 after seven years as Superintendent of Laurens County School District 56. Prior to this, he served 21 years as the principal of Clinton High. (Courtesy of Donny Wilder.)"
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/7/1973, Pg 1
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Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder died 2/12/1989 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Shadie S. Wilder
SSN: 248-60-****
Last Residence: 29325 Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Born: 17 Jan 1908
Died: 13 Feb 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (1955)
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Shadie S Wilder
BIRTH 17 Jan 1908
DEATH 12 Feb 1980 (aged 72)
BURIAL Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 59360696
The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 2/13/1989, Pg 2
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/7/1991, Pg 7
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Robert Perry Wilder died 9/23/1994 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Robert Perry Wilder
[Robert P Wilder]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1906
Birth Place: Woodruff, South Carolina
Death Date: 23 Sep 1994
Claim Date: 22 Oct 1970
Father: George W Wilder
Mother: Eala Massengill
SSN: 255****
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 10 Jul 1991: Name listed as ROBERT PERRY WILDER; 10 Dec 1976: Name listed as ROBERT P WILDER
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Robert P Wilder
BIRTH 7 Jan 1906
DEATH 23 Sep 1994 (aged 88)
BURIAL Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 59360673
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/24/1994, Pg 8
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The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 9/25/1994, Pg 2
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/22/2018, Pg AA3
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/4/2006, Pg 21
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Obituary of Virginia Delle Wilder Gasque, published in The Greenville News on 1/20/2015
Delle Wilder GasqueGreenvilleDelle Wilder Gasque, 72, of Greenville, SC passed away after a long illness at her home for the last three years at the Cascades Verde on Monday, January 19. According to everyone who knew her, Delle was the kindest, sweetest, and most gentle person. Delle was originally from Clinton, SC, the daughter of Robert Perry Wilder and Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder, sister of Donny Wilder and the wife of Richard "Dick" Latimer Gasque. She also lived in New Hartford, CT and Lilburn, Ga. Delle graduated from Furman University. She went on to be an elementary school teacher, taught nursery school and was elected to the school board in New Hartford, CT; wrote consumer education columns for newspapers in Torrington, CT and Lilburn, GA; and owned and ran an Express Services employment business in Duluth, GA with her husband where they placed hundreds of people in jobs each year for almost 20 years. Delle traveled to Africa twice, visited France, England and Mexico, and loved cooking, dancing the shag with Dick and making a beautiful home for her family. Delle is survived by her brother Donny Wilder and his wife Genie Wilder of Clinton, SC; and her daughters Ashley Gasque and her husband Stephen van Camp of Washington, DC and Amelia Gasque Holcombe and her husband Michael Holcombe and their daughters Claudia and Virginia Holcombe of Johns Island, SC and her sister-in-law, Celia Gasque, of Greenville, SC and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to offer special thanks and gratitude to the staff of Cascades assisted living memory care, particularly the team in Grace House. Your care and support for Delle will be forever remembered and appreciated by her family. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Robert and Shadie Wilder Scholarship Fund at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to support Parkinson's research and patient care. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, January 21st at 2:00 PM at Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM at Broadstreet United Methodist Church in Hunter Hall. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grayfuneralhome.com Gray Funeral Home of Clinton.
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George William Wilder and Ela Massengale had 9 children:
1) Nancy Lucille Wilder (DOB 5/13/1903 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/28/1967 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC) married Clyde Frank Skinner (DOB 2/5/1899 in SC; DOD 10/8/1979 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC). Clyde married Altonia Mae Beam (1913-2012) after Nancy Lucille Wilder died. They had James Clyde Skinner (DOB 1922 in SC; DOD 2/23/1923 in Cherokee County, SC), Charles F. Skinner, Bobby Ray Skinner (DOB 7/18/1930 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 5/15/1994 in Shelby, Cleveland County, NC).
2) Claude O'Neal Wilder (DOB 7/14/1904 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 11/17/1941 in Spartanburg County, SC) married Brona Jones (DOB 11/4/1911 in SC; DOD 3/1/1993 in SC). They had Hugh O'Neil Wilder (DOB 4/12/1936 in ? ; DOD 8/15/2010 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC).
3) Robert Perry Wilder (DOB 1/6/1906 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 9/23/1994 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC) married Shadie Mae Skinner (DOB 1/17/1908 in SC; DOD 2/12/1989 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC). They had Donny Wilder, Virginia Delle Wilder.
4) Annie Mae Wilder (DOB 9/28/1907 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/4/1998 in Dothan, Houston County, AL) married Nelson Smith Gwinn, Sr. (DOB 6/2/1907 in SC; DOD 11/24/1979 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC). They had Nelson Smith Gwinn, Jr. (DOB 3/14/1927 in Pauline, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/31/1994 in Pointe Road, Lake Bowen, Spartanburg County, SC) married Juanita Ellis.
5) Jennie Lee Wilder (DOB 6/23/1909 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 8/16/2005 in Spartanburg County, SC) married 1st Henry Alton Meadows (DOB 4/20/1906 in SC; DOD 11/22/1962 in SC) and they had Billy Alton Meadows (DOB 1/14/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/25/2000 in Durham, Durham County, NC; married Norma Celeste Casey) and Emily Elizabeth Meadows who married Joe William Harrison, Sr.Jennie Lee married 2nd John Harry Crocker (DOB 9/20/1909 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 10/1986 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; previously married to Thelma Ferguson).
6) Lewis Wilburn Wilder (DOB 8/2/1913 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 11/21/1961 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, NC) married Shirley Livingstone Westmoreland (DOB 2/17/1914 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/17/2009 in Gaston County, NC). They had Georgia Mette Wilder (married Malcolm McAbee) and Claude Gerald "Jerry" Wilder (DOB 8/20/1936 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 1/21/2014 in Mecklenburg County, NC).
7) Margaret Viola Wilder (DOB 3/21/1915 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 12/31/1994 in SC) married Edgar Brookins Reynolds, Jr. (aka Edgar Brookens Reynolds, Jr.)(DOB 11/15/1913 in TN; DOD 12/18/1986 in Charleston, Charleston County, SC). They had Edgar Brookins Reynolds, III (married Cynthia Clements Clark), Linda Joyce Reynolds (married Anthony LeRose), Larry Eugene Reynolds, Lora Jane Reynolds (married ? Scott and ? Konarski), Lewis Lang Reynolds (married Joan Erin Newby Shelton).
8) Sara Elizabeth Wilder (DOB 1/23/1919 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 4/2/1982 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC) married Walter Eugene Carter (DOB 7/22/1918 in Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/2/1996 in Lyman, Spartanburg County, SC). They had Eugenia Caroline Carter (DOB 9/20/1943 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 2/10/2012 in Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, SC; married Lewis Edward McDowell) and Ela Jane Carter (married Francis William Johnson).
9) Georgie Caroline Wilder (DOB 7/17/1925 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC; DOD 5/6/1931 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC of scarlet fever).
1920 U.S. Census of 310 Nesbitt Bridge, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: T625_1711; Page: 17B; Enumeration District: 124, Lines 76-85, "George Wilder"
George Wilder, Head, Rented farm, M(ale), W(hite), 35 yrs old (DOB 1885), Married, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC, Farmer
Eula Wilder (sic, Ella Wilder), Wife, F, W, 37 yrs old (DOB 1883), Married, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Lucile Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 17 yrs old (DOB 1903), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Claud Wilder, Son, M, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1905), Single, Does not attend school, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Robert Wilder, Son, M, W, 14 yrs old (DOB 1906), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Annie Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 12 yrs old (DOB 1908, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Jennielee Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1910), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Wilburn Wilder, Son, M, W, 7 yrs old (DOB 1913), Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Margret Wilder (sic), Daughter, F, W, 5 yrs old (DOB 1915), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Sarah Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 1 yr old (DOB 1919), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
1930 U.S. Census of 8 Griffin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 0077; FHL microfilm: 2341947, Lines 34-39, "Geo. W. Wilder"
Geo. W. Wilder, Head, Rents home, M(ale), W(hite), 45 yrs old (DOB 1885), Married at age 18 yrs old (DOM 1903), Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC, Salesman in oil gas (wholesale)
Ela Wilder, Wife, F, W, 47 yrs old (DOB 1883), Married at age 20 yrs old, Can read and write, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Jennie L. Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 20 yrs old (DOB 1910), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Margaret Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 15 yrs old (DOB 1915), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Sarah Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 11 yrs old (DOB 1919), Single, Attends school, Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
Caroline Wilder, Daughter, F, W, 4 yrs 8/12 mos old (DOB 1926), Born in SC, Both parents born in SC
George William Wilder committed suicide on 6/2/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC.
SC Death Certificate #9892, Registration District #40-B, Registered #21, George W. Wilder, DOD 6/2/1934 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC
Male, White, Married to Ela Massengill (sic), DOB 10/3/1884 in SC, 49 yrs, 7 mos, 0 days old
Occupation: City policeman
Father: James Wilder, born in SC
Mother: Nancy Floyd, born in SC
Informant: Robert Wilder, Woodruff, SC
DOD 6/2/1934 at 11:00am
Cause of death: "pistol wound of head, suicide"
Buried: 6/3/1934 in Unity
Undertaker: Lanford-Boyter, Woodruff, SC
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 6/3/1934, Pg 2
Policeman Dies Of Pistol Shot Self Inflicted
George M. Wilder (sic), Night Policeman At Woodruff Succumbs To Wounds
Ill Health Blamed
Woodruff, June 2 - George W. Wilder, 49, night policeman, died at his home at 1:30a.m. today from self-inflicted pistol wounds which he suffered at 8:45 o'clock this morning soon after returning from his night duty.
Despondency over ill health was the cause given by the family for his act. No inquest was deemed necessary. Mr. Wilder returned from his duty on the streets around 2 o'clock and after taking a nap got up and went across the hall to his daughter's room where he fired the shot that ended his life, the bullet going through his temples. Mr. Wilder had been on night duty here for the past two years and was chief of police for one term six years ago. He was formerly connected with the Standard Oil company and foreman of the Bryson's farms. He was a member of the First Baptist church and Bethel Lodge A.F.M. No. 12.
He was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Wilder.
Funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon from the First Baptist church at 4 o'clock, conducted by the pastor, the Rev. J.H. Simpson, assisted by the Rev. R.W. Carson, the Rev. P.S. McChesney, the Rev. J.G. Huggins, the Rev. W.B. Jenkins and the Rev. H.J. Snyder of Ware Shoals. Interment will be in Unity Baptist church cemetery.
He is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Ela Massingale; three sons, Claude Wilder, of Somerset, Ky.; Robert Wilder, Chattanooga, Tenn, and Wilburn Wilder, Spartanburg; five daughters, Mrs. Nelson Gwinn, Mrs. Alton Meadows and Miss Sara Wilder, of Woodruff; Mrs. Clyde Skinner, Gaffney; Miss Margaret Wilder, Charleston; five grandchildren and one brother, Lang Wilder, Spartanburg.
Active pallbearers will be wardens of the town, R.B. Hunt, G.W. Harmon, W.H. Jones, Charles Green, Joe Pearson and Fred Culbertson.
Honorary pallbearers will be: Mayor S.C. Westmoreland, W.P. Jones, J.B. Drummond, A.S. Lanford, Wade Drummond, M.E. McAbee, Clarence Hill, Russell Montgomery, C.S. Anderson, Andy Cooper, R.L. Bethell, Laurence Bearden, Lewis Barnett, H.W. Burkhead, J.N. Swofford, P.E. Bryson, M.B. Edwards, Dr. B.J. Workman, Dr. H.H. Workman, Dr. A.S. Pearson, Dr. W.A. Woodruff, Dr. D.D. Alexander, Dr. W.B. Toole, Dr. O.H. McCord, Dr. J.N. Stinson, O.T. Newman, C.H. Pearson, Bryon McAbee, M.D. Putnam, S.J. Workman, J.T. Floyd, H.K. Gentry, H.B. Kilgore, Sam Skinner, H.A. Meadows, M.A. Lanford, M.B. Gwinn, Sam Hill, Claude Hill, N.N. Turner, Rufus Pearson, Dorroh Lanford, Willie Skinner, O.O. Rogers, J.R. Owens, W.H. Shanklin, N.P. Gentry, M.E. Gentry, B.B. Fowler, C.P. Workman, Barto Phillips, Paul Phillips, B.K. Arnold, O.L. Leroy, J.A. Skinner, Dr. O.E. Westmoreland, W.A. Patillo, Wister Dean, Jesse Lanford, W.S. Roebuck, George Garrett, B. Garrett, John Garrett, Glenn McIntyre, and Wayne McIntyre.
1940 U.S. Census of 7 Chamblin, Woodruff, Spartanburg, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03840; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 42-89, Lines 37-40, next page Lines 1-2, "Clyde F. Skinner"
Clyde F. Skinner, Head, Rents home for $17, M(ale), W(hite), 40 yrs old (DOB 1900, Married, Attended school thru 7th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935, Salesman grocery wholesale, Income $936
Lucile Skinner, Wife, F, W, 36 yrs old (DOB 1904), Married, Attended school thru high school 2 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935, clerk for drycleaners
Charles Skinner, Son, M, W, 11 yrs old (DOB 1929), Single, Attends school, Attended school thru 5th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935,
Bobby Skinner, Son, M, W, 10 yrs old (DOB 1930), Single, Attends school, Attended school thru 4th grade, Born in SC, Lived in Gaffney, Cherokee County, SC in 1935,
Ena Wilder (sic, Ela Wilder), Mother-in-law, F, W, 57 yrs old (DOB 1883), Widowed, Attended school thru 3rd grade, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935
Sara Wilder, sister-in-law, F, W, 21 yrs old (DOB 1919), Single, Attended school thru high school 2 years, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935, Operator for telephone
Ela Jane Massengale Wilder died 9/19/1950 in Chamblin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg, SC.
SC Death Certificate #50-013773, Registration District #40-B, Registrar's #892, Ela Massengale Wilder, DOD 9/19/1950 in Chamblin Street, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC
Usual residence: same
Female, White, Widowed, Spouse: George W. Wilder, DOB 12/24/1883 in Pickens County, SC, 67 yrs old
Father: T.S. Massengale, Mother: Susan Brown, Informant: Robert P. Wilder
DOD 9/19/1950
Cause of death: Pulmonary edema due to cardiac failure
Buried: 9/20/1950 in Unity Cemetery, Woodruff, SC
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George William Wilder
BIRTH 3 Oct 1884, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 2 Jun 1934 (aged 49), Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Unity Baptist Church Cemetery New, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 8720225
Ellen Jane “Ela” Massengale Wilder
BIRTH 24 Dec 1880, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
DEATH 19 Sep 1950 (aged 69), Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
BURIAL Unity Baptist Church Cemetery New, Roebuck, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 54942319
Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, SC) Wednesday, September 20, 1950; Mrs. Ela Wilder,
Woodruff - Mrs. Ela M. Wilder. 57, wife of the late George W. Wilder, died suddenly at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Nelson Gwinn Sr., on Chamblin Street. Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4 p. m. at the First Baptist Church here. The Revs. C. L. Boyter, W. J. Bradley and Lawrence Pruitt will officiate and burial will be in Unity Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Belton and Edgar Wilder: Douglas and George Massengale, Albert Taylor and James Roddy. Mrs. Wilder is survived by 2 sons: Robert P. of Clinton and Wilburn of Spartanburg: 5 daughters, Mrs. Clyde Skinner, Mrs. Gwinn and Mrs. Alton Meadows of Woodruff, Mrs. Jessie Lee Reynolds of Manila, P. I. and Mrs. Sara Carter of Spartanburg: her mother, Mrs. T. M. Massengale of Greer: 3 brothers, John, Wade and Oscar Massengale of Greer: 5 sisters, Mrs. J. L. Wilder of Spartanburg, Mrs. M. W. Perry and Mrs. F. M. Roddy of Greer, Mrs. DeWitt Turner of Greenwood and Mrs. Clifton Hall of Leesville: and 14 grandchildren. The Lamar - Lanford Funeral Home is in charge of Funeral arrangements.
Robert Perry Wilder was born 1/6/1906 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC.
He graduated from Gaffney High School in 1927 where he played football.
The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 6/17/1924, Pg 2
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 9/22/1925, Pg 1
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 11/20/1926, Pg 1
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 12/7/1926, Pg 2
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 6/5/1927, Pg 32
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 6/7/1927, Pg 1
Robert Perry Wilder (aka Bob Wilder, Robert P. Wilder) attended Furman University and played football there too.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/22/1928, Pg 36
The Cherokee Times, Gaffney, SC, 10/5/1928, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/8/1929, Pg 4
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/24/1929, Pg 11
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 5/19/1929, Pg 21
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/12/1929, Pg 7
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1929, Pg 7
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1929, Pg 12
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/14/1929, Pg 8
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/20/1929, Pg 7
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1929, Pg 10
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/23/1929, Pg 6
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/8/1929, Pg 19
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/18/1929, Pg 8
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/3/1929, Pg 20
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/2/1930, Pg 17
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/11/1930, Pg 11
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/13/1930, Pg 22
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/29/1930, Pg 13
Robert Perry Wilder
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/16/1930, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/30/1930, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 10/12/1930, Pg 17
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 10/18/1930, Pg 8
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/1/1930, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/7/1930, Pg 18
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/16/1930, Pg 19
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/9/1930, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/12/1930, Pg 14
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/31/1931, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 5/28/1931, Pg 5
Robert Perry Wilder portrait for Furman University
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Bob Wilder married Shadie Mae Skinner on 7/25/1931 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC. Shadie Mae Skinner was born 1/17/1908 in Woodruff, Spartanburg County, SC to John Adams Skinner and Emma Cittora Carnell.
Shadie Mae Skinner
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Robert Perry and Shadie Mae Skinner soon after they were married
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The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/29/1931, Pg 7
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/31/1931, Pg 16
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/9/1931, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/10/1931, Pg 6
Bob and Shadie Wilder had their first child, Donny Wilder in 1932.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/29/1932, Pg 2
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/27/1933, Pg 16
U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
1933Chattanooga, Tennessee, City Directory
Wilder, Robert P. (Shadie S.) tchr Rossville Cons Schl r 4912 15th Av
(Robert Perry Wilder (Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder), Teacher at Rossville Consolidated School, residence 4912 15th Avenue, Chattanooga, TN, it's an empty lot now)
Robert P. Wilder's father committed suicide in 1934 and Robert was the informant on his death certificate.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/24/1934, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/28/1935, Pg 6
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/22/1935, Pg 12
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/4/1937, Pg 13
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/11/1938, Pg 3
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/23/1939, Pg 8
1940 U.S. Census of 23 South Broad Street, Hunter, Clinton, Laurens county, South Carolina; Roll: m-t0627-03821; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 30-11, Lines 17-28, "Robert P. Wilder"
Robert P. Wilder, Head, rented home for $45, M(ale), W(hite), 34 yrs old, Married, Attended college 4 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in the same place in 1935, Math teacher at public high school, $1,350 Income
Shadie Wilder, Wife, f, W, 32 yrs old, Married, Attended high school 4 yrs, Born in SC, Lived in the same place in 1935, Teacherage at home
Donnie Wilder, Son, M, W, 8 yrs old, Attends school, Attended school thru 1st grade, Born in SC, Lived in same place in 1935
Florence Davis, Lodger, F, W, 23 yrs old, Single,, Born in SC, Stenographer advetising firm
Agnes Davis, Lodger, F, W, 34 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Elementary teacher in public school
Margaret Culpepper, Lodger, F, W, 33 yrs old, Single, born in GA, English teacher in public high school
Caroline Lane, Lodger, F, W, 29 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Eloise Miller, Lodger, F, W, 36 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Math teacher in public high school
Ruby Norris, Lodger, F, W, 30 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Marie Smith, Lodger, F, W, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, , Elementary teacher in public school
Jane Goodman, Lodger, F, W, 26 yrs old, Single, Born in SC, Primary teacher in public school
Macie Davis, Lodger, F, W, 22 yrs old, Single, Primary teacher in public school
In 1942 he obtained his Master's Degree at University of South Carolina.
The Gaffney Ledger, Gaffney, SC, 5/7/1942, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1942, Pg 5
Robert Perry and Shadie Mae Skinner had their second child, Virginia Delle Wilder on 4/28/1942 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
Robert P. and Shadie Wilder had:
1) Donny Wilder (DOB 1932 in SC; DOD ? ) married Gene "Genie" Elliott Marshall (DOB 10/11/1933 in Rock Hill, York County, SC; DOD 12/19/2018 in Charleston, Charleston County, SC of Alzheimer's Disease). They had Robert Perry Wilder II. Donny was a journalist, owned a newspaper and radio station in Clinton and was a SC State Representative. Genie was an artist and well known in the state.
2) Virginia Dell Wilder (DOB 4/28/1942 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC; DOD 1/19/2015 in Greenville County, SC) married Richard "Dick" Latimer Gasque (DOB 5/18/1941 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC; 3/1/2006 in Snellville, Gwinnett County, GA). They had Amelia "Ame" Maston Gasque and Ashley Gasque. Delle was a schoolteacher and served on a school board. Delle and Dick Latimer were owners of Express Personnel Services.
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/11/1943, Pg 6
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 11/15/1944, Pg 9
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/14/1946, Pg 7
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 4/4/1948, Pg 18
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/26/1948, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/13/1949, Pg 3
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/18/1951, Pg 35
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/22/1953, Pg 12
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 2/14/1954, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/30/1955, Pg 20
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/21/1959, Pg 3
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/24/1961, Pg 4
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 8/21/1962, Pg 2
The Index Journal Greenwood, SC, 3/5/1964, Pg 5
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/5/1964, Pg 2
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 7/26/1964, Pg 1
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/12/1969, Pg 3
Clinton by Sam Owens, Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, copyright 2000 by Sam Owens, ISBN 978-0-7385-0678-4Pg 71
"Robert Perry Wilder, Mr. Wilder came to Clinton in 1935 when he joined the faculty at Clinton High School as a teacher and a coach. He retired in 1971 after seven years as Superintendent of Laurens County School District 56. Prior to this, he served 21 years as the principal of Clinton High. (Courtesy of Donny Wilder.)"
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/7/1973, Pg 1
Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder died 2/12/1989 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Shadie S. Wilder
SSN: 248-60-****
Last Residence: 29325 Clinton, Laurens, South Carolina, USA
Born: 17 Jan 1908
Died: 13 Feb 1989
State (Year) SSN issued: South Carolina (1955)
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Shadie S Wilder
BIRTH 17 Jan 1908
DEATH 12 Feb 1980 (aged 72)
BURIAL Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 59360696
The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 2/13/1989, Pg 2
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 1/7/1991, Pg 7
Robert Perry Wilder died 9/23/1994 in Clinton, Laurens County, SC.
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Robert Perry Wilder
[Robert P Wilder]
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 7 Jan 1906
Birth Place: Woodruff, South Carolina
Death Date: 23 Sep 1994
Claim Date: 22 Oct 1970
Father: George W Wilder
Mother: Eala Massengill
SSN: 255****
Citizenship or Alien Status: U.S. citizen.
Type of Claim: Duplicate request; evidence of identity only submitted.
Notes: 10 Jul 1991: Name listed as ROBERT PERRY WILDER; 10 Dec 1976: Name listed as ROBERT P WILDER
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Robert P Wilder
BIRTH 7 Jan 1906
DEATH 23 Sep 1994 (aged 88)
BURIAL Old Bethel Baptist Cemetery, Woodruff, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID 59360673
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 9/24/1994, Pg 8
The Index Journal, Greenwood, SC, 9/25/1994, Pg 2
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 12/22/2018, Pg AA3
The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, 3/4/2006, Pg 21
Obituary of Virginia Delle Wilder Gasque, published in The Greenville News on 1/20/2015
Delle Wilder GasqueGreenvilleDelle Wilder Gasque, 72, of Greenville, SC passed away after a long illness at her home for the last three years at the Cascades Verde on Monday, January 19. According to everyone who knew her, Delle was the kindest, sweetest, and most gentle person. Delle was originally from Clinton, SC, the daughter of Robert Perry Wilder and Shadie Mae Skinner Wilder, sister of Donny Wilder and the wife of Richard "Dick" Latimer Gasque. She also lived in New Hartford, CT and Lilburn, Ga. Delle graduated from Furman University. She went on to be an elementary school teacher, taught nursery school and was elected to the school board in New Hartford, CT; wrote consumer education columns for newspapers in Torrington, CT and Lilburn, GA; and owned and ran an Express Services employment business in Duluth, GA with her husband where they placed hundreds of people in jobs each year for almost 20 years. Delle traveled to Africa twice, visited France, England and Mexico, and loved cooking, dancing the shag with Dick and making a beautiful home for her family. Delle is survived by her brother Donny Wilder and his wife Genie Wilder of Clinton, SC; and her daughters Ashley Gasque and her husband Stephen van Camp of Washington, DC and Amelia Gasque Holcombe and her husband Michael Holcombe and their daughters Claudia and Virginia Holcombe of Johns Island, SC and her sister-in-law, Celia Gasque, of Greenville, SC and several nieces and nephews. The family would like to offer special thanks and gratitude to the staff of Cascades assisted living memory care, particularly the team in Grace House. Your care and support for Delle will be forever remembered and appreciated by her family. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the Robert and Shadie Wilder Scholarship Fund at Presbyterian College in Clinton, SC or to the Michael J. Fox Foundation to support Parkinson's research and patient care. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, January 21st at 2:00 PM at Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, from 2:30 to 4:30 PM at Broadstreet United Methodist Church in Hunter Hall. Condolences may be expressed online at www.grayfuneralhome.com Gray Funeral Home of Clinton.