David Wilson, Ph.D. and Rebecca Armstrong Lyon

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Husband David Wilson, Ph.D. ¹

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           Born: 1813 - Lancaster Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Apr 1890 2
         Buried:  - Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal, Juniata Co, PA

       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Jane McCullogh (      -      ) 2

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Wife Rebecca Armstrong Lyon ^{1 3 4}

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           Born: 18 Nov 1831 1
     Christened: 
           Died:  - Lewistown, Mifflin Co, PA
         Buried:  - Belleville, Mifflin Co, PA

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         Father: George Armstrong Lyon (1803-1873) 5 6
         Mother: Jessie Alexander (1806-1835) 6 7

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   Other Spouse: James McAlister (1818-1876) 1 3 4 - 16 Mar 1875 - Mifflin Co, PA 3 4

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Children

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General Notes: Husband - David Wilson, Ph.D.

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Port Royal, Juniata Co, PA

Upon acquiring the printer's art, he entered Jefferson College and graduated with first honors, in 1837. After a year in teaching and study, he became, October, 1839, principal of the Tuscarora Academy, at Academia, Pennsylvania, a then recently incorporated institution of learning, which soon attained a high position through the influence of his scholarship and executive ability. In 1859, Dr. Wilson accepted the professorship of mathematics subsequently changed to the chair of belle-lettres\emdash in the Pennsylvania State Agricultural College, Centre County, under the presidency of Dr. Pugh. This was the most popular and flourishing period in the life of this institution, and the only time in its existence when its halls were filled with students. After four and a half years, Professor Wilson returned to the home of his choice, at Port Royal, which he had previously established, where his years were passed in the education of youth in his "Airy View Academy," and in scientific farming. He was multiple times elected to the executive committee of the State Board of Agriculture, of which he was long a member. For more than forty years Dr. Wilson was a ruling elder in the Valley churches and a frequent delegate to Presbytery and the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. An association of his former students erected a monument to his memory.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 398.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 399.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 167.

4 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 179.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 166.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 391.

7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 159.