Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William W. Wilson and Jane Smith




Husband William W. Wilson 1 2

           Born: 7 May 1812 - Allegheny Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1874 - Paris, Hanover Twp, Washington Co, PA
         Buried:  - Paris Cemetery, Paris, Washington Co, PA


         Father: Hugh Wilson (1779-1828) 4 5 6
         Mother: Rachel Reed (Abt 1787-1858) 5


       Marriage: 8 Apr 1836 1 3



Wife Jane Smith 1 3

           Born: 25 Dec 1811 1 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jun 1887 7
         Buried:  - Paris Cemetery, Paris, Washington Co, PA


         Father: Robert Smith (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 M Alexander Smith Wilson 1 7

           Born: 10 Jan 1837 1 8
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Combs (      -      ) 8
         Spouse: Alice Butterfoss (      -      ) 8


2 M Hugh Reed Wilson 7 9 10

           Born: 15 Aug 1839 - Eldersville, Washington Co, PA 1 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Feb 1916 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Ophelia Russell (1840-      ) 9 10 11 12
           Marr: 25 Mar 1868 1 11


3 M John Snodgrass Wilson 1 7

           Born: 6 Nov 1841 or 1842 - Paris, Hanover Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Feb 1901 - Midway, Robinson Twp, Washington Co, PA 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Emma T. V. Jackson (1848-1912) 11
           Marr: 6 May 1872 11


4 M William Henry Wilson 1 11

            AKA: William F. Wilson 3
           Born: 15 Mar 1844 1 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1901 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Bessie Jane Wilson (1856-      ) 13
           Marr: 1 Nov 1892 11


5 F Rowena Moselle Wilson 1 7

           Born: 23 Mar 1847 1 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Dec 1907 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Matthew Russell Parks (1838-      ) 1 11
           Marr: 19 Nov 1874 11


6 M Robert George Wilson 1 7

           Born: 8 Jan 1850 1
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1852
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


7 F Rachel Jane Wilson 1 3

            AKA: Rea J. Wilson 14
           Born: 29 Dec 1851 or 1852 1 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William Van Eman Dunbar (      -1918) 1 14 15
           Marr: 25 Jun 1890 15


8 M James Buchanan Wilson 1 3

           Born: 26 Aug 1856 1 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Unknown (      -      )



General Notes: Husband - William W. Wilson


He was born May 17. [HWF, 22] The same source gives different dates.
He was born May 14, 1815. [CBRWC, 1056]

He was born in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and received a subscription-school education. He then learned the wagon-making trade, and first located at Eldersville, Washington County. He married and continued to reside in Eldersville until 1839, when they moved to Paris, Hanover township.

His death was accidental. He fell from the haymow, and dislocated his neck.


General Notes: Wife - Jane Smith

from Paris, Washington Co, PA

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1056.

2 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 9.

3 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 15.

4 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 907.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 913.

6 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 7.

7 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 22.

8 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 27.

9 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1056, 1099.

10 J. S. Burns, Biographical and Chronological History of the Stewart Family of Western Pennsylvania 1754-1912 (No publication data available), Pg 17.

11 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 28.

12 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 575.

13 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 19.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 565.

15 John Wilson White, Hugh Wilson and his Family (Kansas City, MO: Burton Publishing Company, 1918), Pg 29.


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