Dr. John Wilson and Elizabeth Brown

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Husband Dr. John Wilson ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 1820-1828 - Jackson Twp, Venango Co, PA 1 4
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           Died: Mar 1893 - Venango Co, PA 4
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         Father: Maj. John Wilson (      -      ) 1 3 4
         Mother: Catharine Sutley (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 1851 5 6 7

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Wife Elizabeth Brown ^{1 7 8}

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           Born:  - New York state
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           Died: Abt 1905
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         Father: John Brown (1789-1861) 7 9
         Mother: Mary Ann Queen (1795-1875) 7 10

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Children

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1 M Samuel Queen Wilson ^{3 6}

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           Born:  - Neillsburg, Forest Co, PA
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         Spouse: Jessie M. House (      -      ) 6 7 11
           Marr: 1893 - ? Venango Co, PA

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2 M John F. Wilson ^{6 7}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aft 1926
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3 F [Unk] Wilson

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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4 F [Unk] Wilson

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           Born: 
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Dr. John Wilson

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He received an unusually good education for the day, attending Allegheny College at Meadville before he took up the study of medicine, with Dr. Samuel Axtell, of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He was graduated in 1843 from Cleveland Medical College, and began practice at Neillsburg, Forest County, which lay four miles east of Pleasantville, Venango County, and at one time, before the days of the oil development, was the principal village in that section. There Dr. Wilson continued to make his home until his removal to Pleasantville about 1868, maybe a little later, and he had the usual experiences of a reliable general practitioner in a country region, many of his calls coming from remote settlements and necessitating long rides on horseback through the forests and across streams, regardless of weather conditions or personal comfort. Wild animals were still numerous there then, and deer were a common sight, while he often met bear and other dangerous game. He was well suited for his chosen calling, having a genial personality and helpful disposition which inspired his patients with courage and hope as well as confidence, his very touch and manner having a stimulating effect which no doubt contributed as much to his professional success as his skill. Among his clientele were many families to whom he had ministered for two full generations. Throughout his life he gave most of his time to his practice, but for years his principal financial interests were in oil properties. He was associated with his brother-in-law, the late Samuel Q. Brown, in many transactions even after Mr. Brown's removal to New York City, including heavy investments in the Tidewater Oil Company, in which he retained important interests until his death. In partnership with Otto Germer, a former Pithole producer, as Germer & Wilson, he acquired valuable holdings in the Bradford field, being among the first to meet with success in that territory, where the returns surpassed their most sanguine expectations.
The beautiful residence at Pleasantville which Dr. Wilson erected in 1872 reflected his own character in many ways, its substantial and harmonious architecture, roominess and suitability, exemplifying his own typical traits. The nicety of detail and excellent taste shown in all the arrangements give it a permanent value which makes it compare favorably with the most desirable homes in the county to this day, and it showed no impairment of solidity after almost half a century. Dr. Wilson found much gratification in his fine dwelling and the opportunities it afforded him for indulging his hospitable tendencies, knowing no greater pleasure than entertaining his friends there whenever occasion offered. Though not a public man in the sense of taking direct part in the administration of affairs, he exerted a wholesome influence in the community and took a keen interest in the general welfare. He was a Democrat in political sentiment. [HVC 1919, 573]

Besides his two sons, he had two daughters who died in childhood.

1 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1106.

2 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 573, 689.

3 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 123.

4 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 573.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1107.

6 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 574.

7 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 124.

8 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 574.

9 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 477, 688.

10 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 478, 689.

11 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 1108.