Thomas Wilson and Martha "Mattie" Scott

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Husband Thomas Wilson ¹

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           Born: 27 Dec 1789 - Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 May 1860 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Adam Wilson (      -1834) 1 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Mercer (Abt 1766-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 6 Jan 1814 2

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   Other Spouse: Rachel Crawford (1799-      ) 2

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Wife Martha "Mattie" Scott ²

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           Died: 23 Apr 1832 2
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         Father: Patrick Scott (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Mattie Cotton (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M William S. Wilson ²

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           Born: 2 Dec 1814 2
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2 F Martha Wilson ²

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           Born: 23 Jun 1817 2
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           Died: Abt 1835
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3 M James Wilson ²

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           Born: 19 Jul 1819 2
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           Died: 9 Aug 1845 - Iowa City, Johnson Co, IA 2
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4 M Eliphaz Wilson ²

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           Born: 29 May 1821 2
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5 M Josiah Wilson ²

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           Born: 17 Mar 1823 2
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6 M Hiram H. Wilson ^{2 6}

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           Born: 3 May 1825 2
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           Died: Aft 1877
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         Spouse: Mary Scott Cotton (1826-Aft 1877) 6 7
           Marr: 21 Jan 1845 2 6

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7 U [Infant] Wilson ²

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Wilson

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About the year 1813, he purchased seventy-five acres of land adjoining the homestead of his father, and earned the money with which to make his first payment on the same by splitting rails. This work was done for "old James Love." For a short time Mr. Wilson lived in a log cabin already erected on his farm, and then put up a small frame house, to which he afterwards made additions as the necessities of his family required. He possessed the sterling virtues of his father, such as energy, promptness and perseverance, and was a man of great decision of character. He did service in the War of 1812, and assisted in getting the American vessels out of the harbor at Erie preparatory to the great naval engagement in which Commodore Perry gained his celebrated victory over the British. He was also a prominent member of the Neshannock Church and an active, zealous Christian. He died of heart disease, in the house that he built, at the age of seventy-one.
Among the positions of public trust filled by Mr. Wilson may be mentioned that of Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1842. Also in 1845, he was commissioned Associate Judge of Mercer County by Governor Shunk, and filled the position five years.
The circumstances attending Mr. Wilson's death were somewhat similar to those of his father, the demise of both being very sudden and unexpected. He had arisen early, and before any other member of the family, had brought a bucket of water from the spring, made a fire in the kitchen, and was passing into the sitting-room just as his son Benton was entering the same. Mr. Wilson placed his hand over his heart and remarked, "I feel so bad in here," and beginning to stagger was caught in the arms of his son and laid upon the lounge. He uttered but one more sentence, which was "It's all over with me now," and instantly expired.

1 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 174.

2 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 175.

3 —, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 90.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 65.

5 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 175, 180.

6 Jeff McBride, Descendants of Thomas A. Forster (Laurel, Md: Web-published, 2012).

7 —, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 175, 181.