Husband David Wilson 1
Born: 30 Mar 1812 - Union Twp, Erie Co, PA 1
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Died: Aft 1884
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Father: Hugh Wilson (1773-1851) 2
Mother: Hannah Frampton (1774-1852) 3
Marriage: 21 Nov 1839 1
Wife Eliza Jane Thompson 1
Born: 23 Feb 1821 - St. Charles, MO 1
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Died: 18 Mar 1876 1
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1 M Hugh Wilson 1
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Spouse: Rosabel Cross ( - ) 1
2 F Sarah Wilson 1
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Spouse: J. N. Smith ( - ) 1
3 F Hannah Wilson 1
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Spouse: B. F. Holden ( - ) 1
4 M Lee Wilson 1
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General Notes: Husband - David Wilson
He was reared in the wilderness, with no advantages of education, but began to study surveying. In 1838, he obtained a practical knowledge of his profession as axman with the surveyors of the P. & E. R. R. He was employed subsequently by the Holland Land Co., surveying in Erie County, Pennsylvania. By teaching through the winters, he earned enough to pay for a farm, at $2.50 an acre, which he cleared and on which he lived beginning in 1839.
He surveyed and built plank roads through Erie and Crawford counties; was also assistant engineer in constructing the Erie & Waterford road. In 1850, he was elected and served for three years as County Surveyor. He surveyed and laid out the Evergreen Cemetery, near Union City. His health failing, he retired in the summer of 1865, and his sons obtained his instruments and followed his profession. He held various offices of trust, and for upward of twenty years was Auditor and Justice of the Peace of Union Township.