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GILBREATH B. WILSON, assessor, Chartiers, son of George and Elizabeth Wilson, was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1816. His grandfather, Gilbreath Wilson, a revolutionary soldier, was a native of Ireland, and was the first of the Wilson family to come to America, and his son, George Wilson, was born in this county, and died when his son Gilbreath B. (our subject) was six years old; the widow of George Wilson died at the age of seventy years. Their children were Gilbreath B., John (deceased) and Jane. Mr. Wilson spent most of his life in mining coal. He married, in 1839, Jane, daughter of Richard and Isabella Desart, of this county; they had three children: Isabella (wife of Philander Wyble, of Chartiers township), Elizabeth (deceased) and Anna. Mrs. Wilson died in July, 1885, at the age of seventy years. Mr. Wilson was justice of the peace five years, and has been assessor of Chartiers township for ten years. He owns a comfortable home in Chartiers township, and is one of its oldest citizens. In the Pittsburgh Post of October 26, 1886, is given a historical sketch of the meeting of Gen. Lafayette and Gilbreath Wilson, Sr., in 1824, on the occasion of the general’s last visit to Pittsburgh. Wilson had rescued the general in battle when he was wounded, and carried him on his back to a place of safety. He had not seen him since until they met on the wharf where the veterans were drawn up in line to receive him. On meeting with the man who saved his life the general was very much pleased, got out of his carriage and embraced him.