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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JAMES WILSON, retired, post office Carrick, was born July 17, 1813, on the old Wilson homestead. John Wilson, his grandfather, a native of Ireland, and of Scotch descent, married a Scotch lady, and coming to America shortly after the Revolution, settled in Baldwin township, where our subject now resides on one hundred acres of land. They had three children: John, James and Samuel. Of these John, father of James, the subject of this memoir, was born here and was twice married; first to Sarah, daughter of James Kiddoo. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were members of Concord Presbyterian Church, in which he was an elder for many years, his influence for good being far-reaching; they had two children, James and John. His second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of David Morrow, bore him five children: David, Mary J., Joseph F.., William and Thomas M. Our subject married Eliza J. Rankin, and they had three children: Ursula H., Wilhelmina and Mary J. (who died at the age of thirteen years). Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are Presbyterians. In early life he was a wagon-maker, subsequently a merchant, and was postmaster of Carrick post office nineteen years.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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