Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Hugh Mitchell Wilson and Mary Henderson




Husband Hugh Mitchell Wilson 1 2 3 4

           Born: 1 Apr 1793 - near Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Jul 1872 2 3
         Buried:  - Olivet, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Capt. James Wilson (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Isabella Mitchell (      -      ) 2 3


       Marriage: 15 Dec or 21 Dec 1815 2 3



Wife Mary Henderson 2 4

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1867 3 5
         Buried:  - Olivet, Armstrong Co, PA


         Father: Rev. Matthew Henderson (1762-1835) 3 4 6 7 8
         Mother: Rebecca Patterson (      -      ) 3 4 6




Children
1 F Rebecca Wilson 3 5 9

           Born: 1816 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Thomas Watson (      -      ) 3 9 10


2 M James D. Wilson 1 3 5




           Born: 5 Nov 1818 - Allegheny Co, PA 1 5 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1895 11
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy Wray (1825-Aft 1913) 1 5 11
           Marr: 24 Mar 1847 1


3 M Rev. Matthew H. Wilson 3 5

           Born: 1820 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Blasdell (      -      ) 3 5


4 M Mitchell Wilson 3 5

           Born: 1822 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Elizabeth Moore (      -      ) 3 5


5 F Martha Wilson 3 5

           Born: 1824 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1845 3 5
         Buried: 



6 M John H. Wilson 2 3

           Born: 27 May 1827 - Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Nancy J. Warner (      -      ) 3 5
           Marr: 6 Oct 1854 5


7 M Thomas J. Wilson 3 5

           Born: 1829 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 1890 3 5
         Buried: 



8 M William T. Wilson 3 5

           Born: 4 Nov 1830 - near Elizabeth, Allegheny Co, PA 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eliza Scott (      -      ) 3 12
           Marr: 25 Nov 1857 12



General Notes: Husband - Hugh Mitchell Wilson


For a time he was a merchant at Elizabeth, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, then farmed, and later owned and operated a grist and saw mill until 1834, when he sold out. In March, 1835, he removed from his native county to Armstrong County, where he purchased land in Kiskiminetas township, finally acquiring ownership of over six hundred acres.
He was a republican, and a ruling elder of Olivet United Presbyterian church.

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Sources


1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 396x.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 630.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 617.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1556.

5 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 631.

6 Alex. Harris, A Biographical History of Lancaster County (Lancaster, PA: Elias Barr & Co., 1872), Pg 435.

7 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 709.

8 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 194.

9 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 506.

10 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 175, 631.

11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 618.

12 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Indiana and Armstrong Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: John M. Gresham & Co., 1891), Pg 632.


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