Thomas Wilson and Rachel Crawford

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Husband Thomas Wilson ¹

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           Born: 27 Dec 1789 - Cumberland Co, PA 1
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           Died: 21 May 1860 - Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Father: Adam Wilson (      -1834) 1 3 4
         Mother: Sarah Mercer (Abt 1766-1848) 1

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       Marriage: 

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   Other Spouse: Martha "Mattie" Scott (      -1832) 2 - 6 Jan 1814 2

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Wife Rachel Crawford ²

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           Born: 13 Oct 1799 - Cumberland Co, PA 2
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         Father: Col. Joseph Crawford (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Benton R. Wilson ²

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           Born: 29 Jul 1834 - Wilmington Twp, Lawrence Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Sarah J. Marquis (      -      ) 5
           Marr: 4 Dec 1855 5

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2 M Thomas C. Wilson ²

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           Born: 12 Nov 1837 2
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           Died: 13 Mar 1844 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Thomas Wilson

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About the year 1813, he purchased seventy-five acres of land adjoining the homestead of his father, and earned the money with which to make his first payment on the same by splitting rails. This work was done for "old James Love." For a short time Mr. Wilson lived in a log cabin already erected on his farm, and then put up a small frame house, to which he afterwards made additions as the necessities of his family required. He possessed the sterling virtues of his father, such as energy, promptness and perseverance, and was a man of great decision of character. He did service in the War of 1812, and assisted in getting the American vessels out of the harbor at Erie preparatory to the great naval engagement in which Commodore Perry gained his celebrated victory over the British. He was also a prominent member of the Neshannock Church and an active, zealous Christian. He died of heart disease, in the house that he built, at the age of seventy-one.
Among the positions of public trust filled by Mr. Wilson may be mentioned that of Representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature in 1842. Also in 1845, he was commissioned Associate Judge of Mercer County by Governor Shunk, and filled the position five years.
The circumstances attending Mr. Wilson's death were somewhat similar to those of his father, the demise of both being very sudden and unexpected. He had arisen early, and before any other member of the family, had brought a bucket of water from the spring, made a fire in the kitchen, and was passing into the sitting-room just as his son Benton was entering the same. Mr. Wilson placed his hand over his heart and remarked, "I feel so bad in here," and beginning to stagger was caught in the arms of his son and laid upon the lounge. He uttered but one more sentence, which was "It's all over with me now," and instantly expired.

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General Notes: Wife - Rachel Crawford

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She was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and came to Lawrence County in 1828.

For nearly thirty years she was a cripple, and unable to walk without the use of a cane, on account of an injury received by being thrown off a horse about the year 1848. She was distinguished for great energy and whole-souled benevolence, and also for her economical and frugal habits. When she married her husband, Wilson, she assumed the responsible and delicate relations of a step-mother to a large family of children, but as such, she most efficiently and kindly filled her place, and those children entertained for her feelings of the highest regard and the most tender affection. She united with the Presbyterian Church at the age of seventeen, and her life was a beautiful exemplification of her Christian faith.

1 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 174.

2 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 175.

3 Editor, Book of Biographies, Lawrence County, PA (Buffalo, NY: Biographical Publishing Company, 1897), Pg 90.

4 Aaron L. Hazen, 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1908), Pg 65.

5 Editor, History of Lawrence County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 176.