Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Andrew Henderson Wilson and Jennie Graham Speirs




Husband Andrew Henderson Wilson 1 2

           Born: 17 Feb 1827 - Mifflin Twp, Allegheny Co, PA 3
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           Died: 18 Feb 1907 - ? Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 3
         Buried: 


         Father: George Wilson (1796-1863) 1 2 4
         Mother: Rebecca Wilson (1802-1860) 1 2


       Marriage: 5 Oct 1865 - Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 3



Wife Jennie Graham Speirs 3

            AKA: Jennie Graham Spears 3
           Born:  - Glasgow, Scotland
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           Died: 
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         Father: George Muir Spiers (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Jane Campbell (      -      ) 3




Children
1 M John Haden Wilson 3 5




           Born: 1868 - Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 5
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           Died: 
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         Spouse: Catherine Elizabeth Levis (      -      ) 3 6
           Marr: 26 Oct 1899 3


2 F Annie Laura Wilson 3

           Born: 
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         Spouse: Seymour G. Lockwood (      -      ) 3


3 M Dr. Harry Randolph Wilson 3

           Born: 
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         Spouse: Jessie Alexander (      -      ) 3


4 F Nell Johnston Wilson 3

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         Spouse: Albert A. Campbell (      -      ) 3



General Notes: Husband - Andrew Henderson Wilson


He was born in Mifflin Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to Jackson Township, Butler County, shortly thereafter. He learned the wagonmaker trade with Jacob Kieffer at his shop near Buhl's Bridge in Forward Township; worked at his trade in several of the states, and during the Civil War worked in the government shops and was working in the Union Shops at Nashville, Tennessee, at the time General Hood threatened Nashville, and was mustered into the Union Army and served until Hood was driven back from Nashville. After the Civil War he moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he engaged in the carriage making business under the firm name of Hensel, Helm and Wilson. Later he moved to Harmony, Butler County, where he conducted a shop until his death.

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Sources


1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1115.

2 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1073.

3 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 1074.

4 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1352.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 946.

6 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 947.


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