Fifth Generation
16. William WILSON4 was born about 1802. The 1900 census records of Abraham Wilson and his brother Herman say their father was born in Pennsylvania. But, the 1930 census record for Herman Wilson, the last surviving son of William, says he was born in Scotland. No other evidence to substantiate either contention has ever been found. Information on the descendants of William Wilson are based on the Wilson-Walker Genealogy prepared by Larry Wilson as well as census and cemetery records.. Catherine SPANGLER and William WILSON were married about 1825 in Pennsylvania. There were 14 children of this marriage. 17. Catherine SPANGLER was born on 25 January 1807 in Stoystown, PA. She died in 1868 at the age of 61. According to the 1850 census, Catherine could not read or write. Children were: 8 | i. | Abraham WILSON. | | ii. | William WILSON was born in 1831 in Stoystown, PA. He died on 16 March 1920 at the age of 89 in Stoystown, PA. He served in Company B of the 54th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War. He married a Miss Grimm, and they had two daughters. Later he married Louise Blair and they had one daughter. | | iii. | Mary Ann WILSON was born on 20 October 1835 in Greensburg, PA. She died on 14 July 1909 at the age of 73 in Greensburg, PA. She married Samuel Dibert. There were four children of this marriage. | | iv. | Aaron WILSON was born about 1837. He died as a child. | | v. | Phillip WILSON was born about 1839. He died. He never married and is believed to have drowned as a young adult. | | vi. | Jane WILSON was born about 1841. She married a man named Uhl. | | vii. | Margaret WILSON was born about 1843. She married a man named Wagner. | | viii. | Herman Hogan WILSON was born on 10 September 1846 in Stoystown, PA. He died on 25 November 1930 at the age of 84 in Johnstown, PA. He served three enlistments in the Civil War; first as a drummer boy in Company B of the 54th Pennsylvania Voluteer Infantry Regiment; and later as a Private in that same unit. Later, he was transferred to Company H as a musician. He was honorably discharged on May 31, 1865. While trained as a wagon maker, he worked most of his career in the railroad department of the Cambria Iron Works and as a pattern maker at the Moxham Works of the Lorain Steel Company. |
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