Samuel Queen Wilson and Jessie M. House

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Husband Samuel Queen Wilson ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Neillsburg, Forest Co, PA
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         Father: Dr. John Wilson (1820/1828-1893) 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Brown (      -Abt 1905) 3 5 6

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       Marriage: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

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Wife Jessie M. House ^{1 6 7}

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         Father: William Franklin House (1839-1900) 1 6 8
         Mother: Mary A. Benedict (      -      ) 1 6 7

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Children

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1 F Mary Queen Wilson ^{1 6}

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           Born: Dec 1903 6
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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Queen Wilson

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Residing at Pleasantville, Venango County, in 1919, the old home of his parents, he followed oil production as a large operator in the various fields to which his interests led him. For some years he was an extensive producer in the Bradford field; his operations at Pleasantville were carried on for a period of thirty years; and he also had valuable holdings at Goodwill Hill, Warren County. As a member of the firm of Wilson Brothers & Hunter he assisted in opening a new oil pool in the Illinois field which proved to be one of the best in the State, their holdings in that territory covering about five hundred acres, and the product of the wells there also included an abundance of casing head gasoline. Mr. Wilson never allowed himself to rest content with ordinary yields from his properties, using the most scientific methods and approved equipment to get maximum results wherever he operated, and he had a capacity for handling large undertakings which was evidenced in his preference for extensive enterprises and constantly widening interests. Like his brother he was a stockholder in the Tidewater Oil Company, in which the Browns were very prominent. He was a director of the Commercial Bank at Titusville, Crawford County, and owned the old Wilson home at Neillsburg, Forest County, where he was born. Mr. Wilson did his share toward securing good government and desirable living conditions at Pleasantville, serving twelve years in the borough council and taking a leading part in the deliberations of that body, where his comprehensive understanding of the needs of the community and the best means of supplying them are appreciated by his fellow workers. He was never bound by party ties, voting for the men that represented the best interests regardless of political affiliation. [HVC 1919, 574]

1 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 574.

2 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 123.

3 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1106.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 573, 689.

5 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 574.

6 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 124.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1108.

8 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1107.