About Henrietta Cotton Wilson
Lived 1847 – 1915 (aged 67–68). Henrietta Cotton Wilson was an American politician, known for First Lady.
Henrietta Cotton Wilson (1847–1915) was the wife of former Governor of West Virginia E. Willis Wilson and served as that state's First Lady, from 1885 to1890. She was born in 1847, in Charleston, Virginia, the daughter of prominent medical doctor John T. Cotton and Sara Ashton Fitzhugh Cotton. In 1874, she married E. Willis Wilson. She was the first governor's wife to serve an entire term in Charleston. She died in Charleston in 1915.
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First Lady of West Virginia (1847-1915)
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Henrietta Cotton Wilson was born in 1847 in Charleston.
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Henrietta Cotton Wilson died in 1915 in Charleston.
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Henrietta Cotton Wilson was a politician.
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Henrietta Cotton Wilson was known for First Lady.
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