Abraham Scott Wilson and Harriet Norris

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Husband Abraham Scott Wilson ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1800 - Chillisquaque Twp, Northumberland Co, PA
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           Died: 19 Dec 1864 - Lewistown, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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         Father: Gen. William Wilson (      -1813) 1 2 3
         Mother: Mary Scott (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 12 Dec 1839 4

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Wife Harriet Norris ⁴

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           Died: 26 Dec 1879 - Leadville, Lake Co, CO 4
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         Father: John Norris, Esq. (      -      ) 4 5
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Children

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1 F Mary Wilson ⁴

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         Spouse: Frank Ballou (      -      ) 4

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General Notes: Husband - Abraham Scott Wilson

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He passed his boyhood at Chillisquaque Mills, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, received his academic education at the old academy in Northumberland, and read law with Hon. W. W. Potter, at Bellefonte, where he was admitted to the bar in November, 1821. He then removed to Lewistown and settled down in the practice of his profession at that place.
He represented Union, Juniata and Mifflin Counties in the Legislature of 1840, and March 30, 1842, was commissioned president judge of the Twentieth Judicial District, composed of the counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin and Union, which was formed by the act of March 21, 1842. In 1851 he was elected president judge of the district composed of Mifflin and Union Counties. A short time prior to the expiration of his term he had a stroke of paralysis, which incapacitated him from writing, but his intellect remained clear always, and by the aid of an amanuensis he was enabled to serve out his term. His decisions, always carefully considered and made, almost invariably passed the ordeal of review in the Supreme Court without revision.
Judge Wilson was an exceedingly kind-hearted man, possessing an even temperament. Socially inclined, he had a vast fund of anecdote and fine conversational powers. Apparently easy-going, he was an industrious student, devoting the early morning hours to research and reading, preparing himself for judicial duty while others slept.

1 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 464.

2 G. O. Seilhamer, Esq, The Bard Family (Chambersburg, PA: Kittochtinny Press, 1908), Pg 323.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 76, 110.

4 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 465.

5 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1883), Pg 219.