Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Robert T. Wilson and Mary McWilliams




Husband Robert T. Wilson 1 2

            AKA: Robert F. Wilson 3
           Born: 15 May 1867 - Petersburg, Mahoning Co, OH 1
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         Father: Craig B. Wilson (1827-Aft 1897) 1 2 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Pontius (      -      ) 1 3


       Marriage: 22 Oct 1891 - Youngstown, Mahoning Co, OH 5



Wife Mary McWilliams 5

           Born:  - Mt. Jackson, Lawrence Co, PA
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         Father: Thomas P. McWilliams (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Melissa Jones (      -      ) 5




Children
1 F Helen Wilson 5

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2 M Fred Wilson 5

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General Notes: Husband - Robert T. Wilson


He remained at home until he was twenty years of age, attending the schools of Petersburg, Ohio, till he was eighteen. The first work in which he was engaged for himself was on the public lands between Youngstown and Sheffield, where he worked two years. In January, 1888, he began railroading, in the employ of the P. & W. R. R. as brakeman for one year, then as fireman for two years, and on Aug. 15, 1891, was given charge of an engine with a run between New Castle Junction, Akron, Ohio, and Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Wilson was a member of Starlight Lodge, No. 224, Knights of Pythias, of Petersburg, Ohio; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division No. 411, of Painesville, Ohio; and Excelsior Lodge, No. 121, Protected Home Circle, of Mahoningtown. He made his home in Mahoningtown after his promotion to the post of engineer.

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Sources


1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 753.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 115.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 323.

4 —, Book of Biographies, Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899), Pg 20.

5 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 324.


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