Col. Wilson Miles CARY^[1]

1843 - 1919  (75 years)

• Name	Wilson Miles CARY
  Title	Col.
  Prefix	Col.
  Birth	7 Oct 1843	Mississippi   [1, 2]
  	The 1860 census noted Miles' place of birth as Carysbrook Mississippi. Carysbrook was likely the name of his parent's plantation, as research has not proved it to be the name of a Mississippi town.
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	10 Jun 1880	Richmond City, VA   [3]
  	The 1880 census noted that Wilson was a commission merchant, or goods broker, in Richmond, VA.
  Occupation	7 Jun 1900	East Roanoke, Charlotte Co, VA   [4]
  	By June 1900, Wilson was farming in Charlotte County, Virginia.
  Occupation	19 Apr 1910	Richmond City, VA   [5]
  	Wilson and his family were back living in Richmond by April 1910, and he was making his living as the president of a coal company.
  Death	28 Apr 1919	Richmond City, VA   [6]
  	Wilson died on 28 April 1919. He was 75 years old at the time of his death.
  Burial	30 Apr 1919	Richmond City, VA   [7]
  	His body was interred on 30 April 1919 in his family plot at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia.
  Person ID	I5788	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	Lucius Falkland CARY,   b. 14 Dec 1815, Fluvanna Co, VA d. 1845, DeSoto Co, MS (Age 29 years)
  Mother	Lucy Ann HENLEY,   b. 4 Aug 1819, Virginia d. 5 Mar 1900 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1835  [1, 8]
  Family ID	F5385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Annie Eliza SUBLETT,   b. 24 Jul 1846   d. 14 Oct 1875 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1869  [9]
  Children	1. John Falkland CARY,   b. 30 Sep 1870   d. 5 Jun 1871 (Age 0 years)   2. Hunsdon CARY,   b. 4 Apr 1872, Richmond City, VA d. 18 Sep 1952 (Age 80 years)   3. Emily Samson CARY,   b. Nov 1874, Richmond, VA d. Mar 1966 (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F5924	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Lilias Blair MCPHAIL,   b. 28 Aug 1852   d. 24 Aug 1936 (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1878  [1, 10]
  Children	1. Lucius Falkland CARY,   b. 13 Oct 1879, Richmond, VA   2. Lilias Blair CARY,   b. 11 Sep 1883, Richmond, VA d. Nov 1972 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F5930	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Notes

  obit in Richmond News-Leader, 28 April 1919

  
  

• Sources

  [S953] Wilson Miles Cary, compiler, Cary, "Ancestral Lineage of Hunsdon Cary of Richmond, VA", Accession No. 27382. [S982] 1860 US Census / Henley, John A. [S983] 1880 US Census / Cary, Wilson Miles . [S984] 1900 US Census / Cary, Wilson. [S985] 1910 US Census / Cary, Wilson M. [S1525] Wilson Miles Cary stone inscription, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA. [S1515] Hollywood Cemetery burial registers, Richmond, VA. [S1174] Fairfax Harrison, Harrison, The Virginia Cary's: An Essay in Genealogy, ((New York: privately printed, DeVinne Press, 1919)), p. 124. [S1174] Fairfax Harrison, Harrison, The Virginia Cary's: An Essay in Genealogy, ((New York: privately printed, DeVinne Press, 1919)), p. 125. [S366] Patrick G. Wardell, compiler, Wardell, Virginians & West Virginians 1607 - 1870, Volume 2., ((Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, Inc., 1988)), p. 90., ISBN 1-55613-112-7.