Husband Maj. John Williamson Wilson 1 2
Born: 23 Jun 1823 - Menno Twp, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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Father: George Wilson (1795-1862) 3
Mother: Nancy Taylor (1802-1877) 3
Marriage: 6 Dec 1866 4
Other Spouse: Margaret N. Wills ( -Abt 1862) 1 - 1847 1
Wife Elizabeth Ann Garver 2 4
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Father: Benjamin Garver, Esq. ( -1860) 2
Mother: Elizabeth Rudy (Abt 1810-1896) 2
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1 F Bettie L. Wilson 4
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2 M John Taylor Wilson 4
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General Notes: Husband - Maj. John Williamson Wilson
One year after he married, he rented a farm in Menno township, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, from his uncle, John Wilson, on which he remained fourteen years. The health of his wife failing, he was obliged to give up farming. At the urgent solicitation of his mother-in-law, he, with his family, moved to her home to reside, his wife's death occurring soon after.
His father had purchased, some years before his death, an adjoining farm, which, with the one on which he had lived, he left at his death to his sons, Jefferson T., John W. and Henry S. John W. sold his interest to his two brothers, and purchased a farm a mile distant, adjoining the mill and farms of the McClellands (Robert, William and Jane). This farm was, in early days, noted for a fort, where invaluable protection was afforded from the Indians during the stirring scenes of those times. After occupying this farm for nineteen years, he sold it in 1884. Some two years before he had become the owner of one of the McClelland farms near by. He also had several farms in Iowa and Nebraska. He came to reside near Belleville, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, not specially engaged in business other than the general care and oversight of his farms.
He was always interested in military matters, and was an officer of the Mifflin County, Pennsylvania, Cavalry for a number of years. Subsequently the Governor of the State commissioned him as a major. When the state, during the Civil War, needed defense from invading foes, he was among the first to volunteer his services, and materially aided the Union cause. He was, in politics, a Republican, and held various offices in his township.
As executor of wills, administrator of estates, guardian and in other positions where intelligence and integrity are demanded, his services were often sought. He was a member of the Patrons of Husbandry and a director in the Kishacoquillas Turnpike Company. For many years he was an acting elder in the West Kishacoquillas Presbyterian Church.
Never having used, in any form, tobacco or intoxicating liquors, he was earnestly in favor of temperance.