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WILLIAM WILSON, SR., farmer, post office Broughton, was born July 3, 1820, on the farm he now owns, a son of William and Sarah (Morrow) Wilson, also natives of this county, born Jan. 8, 1792, and Aug. 19, 1796, respectively, and parents of five sons and two daughters, four of whom are now living. William Wilson, grandfather of our subject, came from Ireland. The subject of this sketch married, in 1848, Marie R. Williams, born in Washington county March 8, 1823, a daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Reed) Williams. Her father was a ruling elder in the church of Mingo, and trustee of Jefferson College; also a director of the Western Theological Seminary of Allegheny; he was born in Washington county Feb. 3, 1783, and died Sept. 2, 1860; his wife was born near Winchester, Va., and died Nov. 26, 1825. Mrs. Wilson’s grandfather, Aaron Williams, was born in Wales May 2, 1753, and his wife, Elizabeth Coe, was born in New Jersey March 9, 1761. Her great-grandfather, Josiah Williams, married Phebe Rodgers. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson: Lewis William Benjamin, principal of the public schools at San Jose, Cal., married to Alice Blyth, of the same place; Sarah L., married to James Esby, of Upper St. Clair township; Ada Mary Jane, married to Robert Warnock, of Princeton, Ind.; Fremont Samuel, at home with his father. Mr. Wilson is one of the oldest residents of Snowden township. He bought his present place from his father in 1850, began farming for himself, and has been very successful. He is an elder in Bethel Church, of which his wife is also a member. He is a republican.