Husband Samuel Beatty "Sam B." Wilson 1 2 3
Born: 20 Feb 1824 - Mercer (later Lawrence) Co, PA 1 2
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Died: Jan 1889 - ? Beaver, Beaver Co, PA 4
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Father: Patrick Wilson (1772-1866) 1 2 5 6
Mother: Rebecca Morehead ( - ) 1 2 5
Marriage: 12 Apr 1854 4 7
Wife Elizabeth R. Robinson 3 4
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Father: George Robinson ( - ) 7
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1 F Sarah Wilson 7
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2 F Anna Wilson 7
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Spouse: A. R. Whitehill ( - ) 7
3 F Mary Wilson 3 8
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Spouse: George Davidson (1859- ) 8 9 10
Marr: 1883 3
4 M George Wilson 7 11
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Spouse: Sarah Cummings ( - ) 11
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Beatty "Sam B." Wilson
After having received a common-school and academic education, "Sam B.," as he was called by his associates, entered Jefferson College, at Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, at which institution he was graduated in June, 1848, standing among the first in his class. His mastery of the construction of the English, Latin and Greek languages was never questioned by fellow-student or professor. Moreover, he not only kept up, but greatly increased his knowledge of the ancient classics by daily reading and timely reviews. Soon after leaving college, Mr. Wilson was chosen principal of the Darlington academy, a position which he held until the autumn of 1849, when he went to Somerset and became a student of law in the office of Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, then president judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District of Pennsylvania. On the 12th of November, 1850, Mr. Wilson was admitted to the bar, and immediately thereafter came to Beaver, Pennsylvania, where, on the 18th day of November, 1850, he was admitted to practice in the several courts of the county. In due time he acquired a lucrative practice. For more than the third of a century he was engaged in most of the important legal business that was transacted in Beaver County, and always "with clean hands." His receipts for professional services were perhaps greater in amount than those of any other resident lawyer that at any time practiced at the Beaver bar.
In 1856, he purchased of Judge Agnew, the Susan Cochran estate, one of Beaver's oldest homes, and a substantial building for its day, located on the north side of the Park, on Turnpike alley. Here he had his office and reared his family around the old-time fireplace. This handsome old estate was later owned by his son, George, as his father left it later in life, and purchased a handsome brick residence on the adjoining lot, which was built by Senator Quay. There Mr. Wilson spent the remainder of his days.
He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, and passed all the degrees from the F. & A. M., to the Knights Templar.