Hon. Alpheus Poage Willson and Eliza Evans

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Husband Hon. Alpheus Poage Willson ¹

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           Born: 2 Mar 1794 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Feb 1832
 Cause of Death: Drowning
         Buried: 

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         Father: Hon. Thomas Willson (      -1826) 2
         Mother: Mary Poage (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 20 Sep 1821 1

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Wife Eliza Evans ^{1 3}

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           Born: Abt 1801
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1889
         Buried: 

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         Father: Jesse Evans (      -      ) 1 3
         Mother: Mary Jones (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Judge Alpheus E. Willson ^{4 5}

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           Born: 24 Oct 1828 - Monongalia Co, WV 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 9 Sep 1884 1
 Cause of Death: Tuberculosis
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Catharine H. Dawson (      -      ) 1 4
           Marr: 18 Sep 1855 1

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2 F Ellen Willson ^{6 7}

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 4 Jan 1884 7 8
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Judge John Kennedy Ewing (1823-      ) 9 10
           Marr: 1847 6 7

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Alpheus Poage Willson

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He was an excellent lawyer, and served in the Virginia legislature in 1819 and 1820, and in the Virginia senate from 1821 to 1825. He was drowned in the Monongahela river near Brownsville, Pennsylvania.

1 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 237.

2 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 236.

3 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 765.

4 Franklin Ellis, History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 428.

5 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 169, 236.

6 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 169.

7 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 516.

8 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 169, 237.

9 John M. Gresham, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: John M. Gresham & Co., 1889), Pg 168.

10 Editor, Nelson's Biographical Dictionary and Historical Reference Book of Fayette County, Pennsylvania (Uniontown, PA: S. B. Nelson, Publisher, 1900), Pg 515.