Next to the Arthur Wilson home lived Thomas M. Wilson and his wife Jimmie F. He was 59 years old and born in Texas. His mother was born in Texas and his father was born in Missouri. Jimmie was 37 and they were married when he was 43 and she was 21. They had a radio in their home. He did odd jobs and Jimmie was a dressmaker. He was not a veteran of the military.

The Thomas M. Wilson family had six children living with them. They were all born in Texas. The oldest was Abbie who was 15 years old. Abbie King (now) just recently celebrated her 90^th birthday.

The next child born to Thomas and Jimmie was Margaret. Margaret was 10 years old. Margaret like Abbie still lives in Aubrey and lives on Black Jack Road. Margaret married Jack Brumley and raised a good sized family too.

Next on the family’s list was an eight-year-old John T. John has since deceased.

Dorothy, next in the family was five when the census was taken. Dorothy married Leon Brockett. Leon is deceased and Dorothy lives in Krugerville.

Willie M. was two at the time of the census and is now married to L.H. Kruger.

This remarkable family with their Cherokees roots have lived in around Aubrey their entire life. The family with all of the grandchildren that exist has made an unequaled contribution to this area, and if this family tribe was in a group at one time, you would have to say that half of Aubrey is up well and alive doing well.

When I was mayor of this little town of Aubrey, back in the early 1960's, L.H. Kruger built the city hall that is currently in use in downtown Aubrey. Without his generous monetary support, this could not have been accomplished.

During my term as mayor, L.H. had developed his subdivision Ranch Estates. He approached the city of Aubrey to have his subdivision become a part of Aubrey. That didn’t happen, so Willie M. and L.H. started the town of Krugerville. I supported the Kruger addition becoming a part of Aubrey, but at the time I was on 29 years old and the council was substantially older than I was and the age difference became the deciding barrier in the argument and I naturally lost. And so we have Krugerville as our neighbor.

The Thomas Wilson family has most certainly left its historical imprint on this area and I can most emphatically state that they have been a very rewarding family to the Onega settlement. Tom and Jimmie Wilson most definitely deserve the rewards for their contributions of improving the Cherokee heritage.

L.H. Kruger is a very active contributor to the entire area. Only recently he came into the hardware store, and I was talking with L.H. He told me that he is now 80 years old. My congratulations go to you all for such a splendid family.

When I was six years old living in Aubrey, my older brothers and sister and my mother would get together with Jimmie Wilson, and cut wood for heating and cooking.

The Wilson family lived only a short way from the old Methodist church that we are still so attached to. According to the old records, that family was a part of the Methodist church during the old hard times. I remember as a young boy, that our main worries were where we were going to get the next dollar for rent, groceries, clothes and church. Thank God we made it and we have prospered from the hard work that these families were so much involved.

The photo this week was provided by Dorothy (Caddell) Evans. The Caddell family home was a neighbor to the Thomas Wilson family and was located in the southwest part of town. If any of you know anything about this house, let me know, and we will pick up there on the next census report. The next house on the report is number 75 where Mrs. Frances M. Hayes who was 52 lived.