Mrs. R. P. Wilson.
Mary Elizabeth Ash was born near Youngstown, Ohio, in February 1838. She was married to Erastus Bissett in Medina county, Ohio, on the 18th day of December 1860. Two children were born of this union, one of whom died in infancy. The other, A. E. Bissett is a resident of Twin Falls, Idaho. Her husband died in 1363. In 1870 she came to Missouri and was married to R. P. Wilson at Lees Summit, on the third day of April 1873. Just five days after their marriage they came to Olathe. Three children were born to this union. They are: Alta May, Robert W., and Ada Wilson. Mrs. Mary Wilson died Monday evening August 11, 1913,' at the age of seventy-five years and six months. Besides the husband and four children she leaves a brdther, Joseph Ash, of this city, and two sisters. Funeral arrangements will be found elsewhere in this issue.
 
The Olathe Independent
August 13, 1913
Page 6, Col 3