"He [Charles Otis Wilson]  was a life member of American Legion Post, a life member of the Musicians Union, a life member of Disabled American Veterans, and a member of Henry Garnet Lodge F. & A.M.
  A veteran of World War I, he served as adjutant to the late Major Robert E. Treman of Ithaca. Upon release from the service, he was Mr. Treman's secretary for more than 30 years at Cayuga Motors. After this he has his own tax consultant office at his residence, until ill health made him disabled.
  He was editor of [The Monitor] the first Negro magazine published in New York State; was organist at St. James AME Zion Church; served as historian for the church's 100th anniversary; was executive director of the Musicians Union for two terms and served as director of Tompkins County Red Cross for two terms.
  He and his wife, the late Corrine Hudson Wilson, celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary in 1970."

"Tax Consultant is Dead at 77," Ithaca Journal, March 13, 1973, 5.