Richard B. Gilson and Betsey Harrison

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Husband Richard B. Gilson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 16 Sep 1813 - Tidioute, Deerfield Twp, Warren Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Gilson (      -      ) 1 4 5
         Mother: Anna Bell (      -      ) 1

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Wife Betsey Harrison ^{3 6}

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           Born: 1828 - near Manchester, England 3
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           Died: 1906 3
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         Father: Benjamin Harrison (1797-1875) 3 7
         Mother: Nancy Brown (      -1840) 7

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Children

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1 M John H. Gilson ^{2 3}

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2 M Benjamin H. Gilson ^{3 8}

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           Born: 10 Sep 1849 - Crawford Co, PA 8 9
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         Spouse: Ida Ash (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 5 Jun 1877 9

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3 M Christopher C. Gilson ^{3 8}

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4 F Nancy A. Gilson ^{3 8}

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5 M Theodore R. Gilson ^{3 8}

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6 M George B. Gilson ^{3 8}

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7 M William B. Gilson ^{3 8}

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General Notes: Husband - Richard B. Gilson

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He was an infant when his parents removed to Crawford County, Pennsylvania, locating on a farm in Oil Creek township. Later his father had an old-fashioned water-power sawmill in Rome township, and also a farm. He was engaged in farming and lumbering, and died on his farm at the age of eighty years. He was a Democrat in politics, and of a quiet, retiring disposition.

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

2 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 911.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1607.

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

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

6 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 794, 911.

7 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 794.

8 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 912.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1608.