Mary Ann Wilson

Mary Sheridan Wilson
BIRTH 3 Jun 1834
Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA
DEATH 24 Jan 1868 (aged 33)
Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA
BURIAL
Holy Trinity Cemetery
Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, USA
MEMORIAL ID 24013581 · View Source
MEMORIAL
PHOTOS 3
FLOWERS 3
Younger sister of Civil War hero Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Mary Sheridan Wilson, age 33, was the fourth of six children born to their Irish immigrant parents, John and Mary Minah (Meenagh) Sheridan, and the first in the family known with certainty to have been a native of Somerset, Ohio. (Historians still debate the exact whereabouts of Philip's birth.) The nearest in age to her famous brother, she was his only surviving sister and the most frequent of his correspondents during his years as a West Point cadet. During the third year of the Civil War, when Mary was 29, she married John Wilson in a wedding ceremony which took place on August 16, 1863. The couple's marriage ended with Mary's death less than five year later, and their only child, an infant son, is interred here with her. Although her life was relatively brief, Mary lived to see her favorite brother rise to become one of the most celebrated men in 19th Century America. Predeceased by her siblings Rosa (d.1831) and Patrick (d.1851), her survivors included her parents and her brothers Philip, John, and Michael. All are now reunited here at Holy Trinity Cemetery with the exception of Rosa--an infant who was buried at sea en route from Ireland--and Generals Philip and Michael Sheridan, who were interred in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

Family Members
Parents
John Sheridan
John Sheridan
1801–1875

Mary Sheridan
Mary Minah Sheridan
1801–1888

Spouse
John Wilson
John Posey Wilson
1838–1921 (m. 1863)

Siblings
Patrick Sheridan
Patrick H. Sheridan
1828–1851

Rosa Sheridan
1829–1831

Philip Sheridan
Philip Henry Sheridan
1831–1888

John Sheridan
John L. Sheridan
1837–1898

Michael Sheridan
Michael Vincent Sheridan
1840–1918

Children
Infant Wilson
Infant Wilson

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