Ella B. Ensor Wilson

Ella B. Ensor Wilson (, Ensor; also known as, Mrs. Augustus Wilson; 1838 – September 11, 1913) was an American social reformer and writer of the long nineteenth century associated with the women's suffrage and temperance movements. She was a strong advocate of "equal rights" and although her birthplace was in Maryland, a slave State, and having been reared and educated under that influence, she was always opposed to slavery. Wilson supported women's causes with her influence and money.

Early life Eleanor (nickname, "Ella") Benson Ensor was born in Ensor Manor, Baltimore County, Maryland, 1838. She was the daughter of Gen. John S. Ensor and his wife Elizabeth. Her father had been largely interested in the pursuits of agriculture, legal and educational interest, but retired from business several years before his death, February 7, 1866, while his widow died in 1867.

There were eight children in the family, five sons and three daughters, including: James B. Ensor, John T. Ensor, Zadoc Ensor, and Laura Ensor Baker. Wilson was the eldest daughter and the fourth child of eight.

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On December 1, 1863, she married Augustus Wilson (born 1836),

She aided in founding the Parsons Memorial and Historical Library.

After her husband's death in Parsons in 1885,

Wilson was a member of the press committee and the Kansas representative in the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893.

Personal life The Wilson's only child, John Emory (1868–1869), died while the family was living in New Madison, Ohio. In August 1912, Samuel Carson, guardian of the person and estate of Wilson, was given authority to sell certain property of said estate, the money received for same to be used for her support. In October of that year, the sale of real estate of the estate of Wilson was approved and Elizabeth Ensor was engaged to care for Wilson.

While Wilson was under the care of a relative at Bartlesville, she wandered away and relatives were no longer able to care for her. She held the illusion that she was still wealthy and was promoting a world's fair. On May 26, 1913, she was taken to the state asylum for the insane at Osawatomie. Ella B. Ensor Wilson died September 11, 1913. According to Rev. Samuel Carson, Wilson's guardian, her entire estate was used in the care of her before her death.

Selected works History of the Cattle Trade of the United States History of National Cattle Conventions Parsons Memorial and Historical Library Magazine, 1885