Aunt Piety Wilson Dies at the Infirmary

“Aunt Piety Wilson, the oldest inmate of the county infirmary, died there at the age of 93 years.”¹

“Aunt Piety Wilson, probably the oldest inmate of the county infirmary, is dying from infirmities of old age. Aunty is a Negress and past 93 years of age.”

“Clarence Campbell, a Negro inmate, also is very low with consumption. Campbell as far as known never had a permanent abode and has no relatives living.”²

The Scioto County, Ohio, Death Records indicate that Piety Wilson, a 90 year-old widow pauper, who was supposed to have been born in Kentucky died at the Scioto County Infirmary on July 27, 1903.³

1. (1903, July 8). Portsmouth Daily Times, p. 12.
2. Aunt Piety Dying. (1903, July 11). Portsmouth Times, p. 6.
3. “Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6WSS-9PT?cc=2128172&wc=7DZ2-PHP%3A1297168401%2C1297131364 : 30 September 2014), Scioto > Death records, 1867-1880, vol 1 > image 480 of 491; county courthouses, Ohio.