James Wilson and Anne Adams

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Husband James Wilson ¹

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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           Died: 1850 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
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       Marriage: 1 Nov 1808 - Philadelphia, PA 1

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Wife Anne Adams ¹

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           Born:  - County Down, Ireland
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Children

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1 M William Duane Wilson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Sep 1809 - Philadelphia, PA 2
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           Died: 7 Jan 1877 - Des Moines, Polk Co, IA 2
         Buried:  - Woodlawn Cemetery, Des Moines, IA

         Spouse: Elizabeth Eckert (1813-1878) 2
           Marr: 27 Oct 1835 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2

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2 F Mary Jane Wilson ¹

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3 M Robert Wilson ¹

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           Born: 10 Sep 1813 - Philadelphia, PA 1
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4 M Rev. James Wilson ¹

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           Born:  - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH
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5 M John A. Wilson ¹

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6 M Henry Wilson ¹

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           Born: 16 Feb 1820 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
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         Status: Triplet

         Spouse: Virginia Medary (      -      ) 1

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7 M Edwin C. Wilson ^{4 5 6}

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            AKA: Gen. Edward Clinton Wilson 3
           Born: 16 Feb 1820 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 7
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         Spouse: Elizabeth McCalmont (      -Bef 1890) 3
           Marr: 25 Jan 1844 7

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8 F Margaretta Wilson ¹

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           Born: 16 Feb 1820 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
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9 M Joseph R. Wilson ¹

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           Born: 18 Mar 1824 - Steubenville, Jefferson Co, OH 1
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         Spouse: Janet Woodrow (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 7 Jun 1849 8

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10 F Elizabeth Wilson ⁷

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         Spouse: Adam Beggs (      -      ) 7

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General Notes: Husband - James Wilson

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He was born in County Down, Ireland, and came to the United States about 1804, in his young man­hood. He located in Philadelphia, and took employment under Colonel William Duane, on the Aurora newspaper, issued from a building which had formerly been the home of Phila­delphia's early printer, Benjamin Franklin.
Young Wilson developed a real talent for his chosen calling, and in 1812 became manager of the paper. Colonel Duane having been ap­pointed adjutant-general of Pennsylvania. Shortly afterward Wilson went to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just growing into cityhood, ex­pecting to embark in the newspaper business, but soon went on to Steubenville, Ohio, where he established The Western Herald, which had a long and influential existence. In 1832 he began the Pennsylvania Advocate, at Pitts­burgh, Pennsylvania, at first printing it in Steubenville, but soon setting up a press in Pittsburgh-the first west of the Allegheny mountains capable of printing a broadside (two pages) at one impression. In the pub­lication of this paper he had the labor of four of his sons, and to the eldest of these, Wil­liam Duane, he ultimately committed the Ad­vocate, he himself passing his time alternately at Steubenville and Pittsburgh, looking after his newspaper and other interests in both places. He was a man of exceeding strong character, positive in his opinions, unyielding in their maintenance, and his writings were couched in a vigorous style, such as is unknown at the present day. He died in Steubenville, Ohio, during a cholera epidemic. [GPHAV, 672]

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General Notes: Wife - Anne Adams

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She was born in Ireland, in Coun­ty Down, and she and Mr. Wilson came to America in the same ship. She was a woman of strong char­acter, and one of the strictest Presbyterians of that strict day.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 672.

2 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).

3 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 454.

4 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 448.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 162.

6 —, Proceedings of the Celebration of the First Centennial of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Franklin, PA: The Venango County Bar Association, 1905), Pg 84.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 673.

8 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 345.