Clarence Wilson Home

Clarence Wilson Home. . , Two thirds of a mile through the woods is the home of Uncle Pen's dearest friend, Clarence Wilson. Musician, farmer, country lender, Clarence and his wife, Minnie, took care of the legendary Pen after his hip was broken. The accident occurred when Uncle Pen's mule slipped in the mud and pinned him and his fiddle underneath., Years before, Uncle Pen had lived with the Wilsons helping them on the farm, Uncle Pen and Clarence played square dances often. Sometimes they were joined by other local musicians including Cletis Smith, and virtuoso blues guitarist and fiddler Arnold Shultz. Arnold was from Cromwell, Ky. in southern Ohio County. Bill Monroe credits the African-American Shultz with helping him put the blues in Bluegrass music., The only known pictures of Uncle Pen were taken by Clarence Wilson's daughter, Flossie Wilson Hines, when she was a teenager.