Benjamin Gilson

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Husband Benjamin Gilson ¹

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         Father: William Gilson (      -1807) 2 3 4
         Mother: Alice Shirley (Abt 1748-1844) 2 4

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1 M James Gilson ⁵

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2 M David Gilson ⁵

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3 M William S. Gilson ⁵

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4 M Martin B. Gilson ⁵

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5 M Francis Gilson ⁵

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6 F Elizabeth Gilson ⁵

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7 F Margaret Gilson ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Gilson

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He located on Gilson Ridge, Crawford County, PA, and raised a family of six sons and three daughters.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 552.

2 —, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 914.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 936.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1606.

5 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 553.