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William Benjamin Wilson, Jr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Shenandoah County, Virginia, British Colonial America
Death: January 01, 1857 (102)
Seneca Township, Noble, Ohio, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Wilson I and Elizabeth Margaret Wilson
Husband of Sarah Wilson and Eleanor Wilson
Father of Moses Wilson; Sarah Booth; Benjamin William Wilson; William Friend Wilson and Mary Poling
Brother of Col. Benjamin Wilson, Sr.,; Capt. Archibald Wilson; David Wilson; John M. Wilson, Revolutionary War veteran; Moses Marcus Wilson and 15 others

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About William Benjamin Wilson, Jr.

Possible military title: Major

William Wilson BIRTH 8 Feb 1754 Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA DEATH 1 Jan 1851 (aged 96) Noble County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Casner-Wilson Cemetery Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio,

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45819725/william-wilson

Children Photo Benjamin William Wilson 1785–1873

Photo William Friend Wilson 1787–1857

Photo Mary Wilson Poling 1791–1833

Photo Ann Wilson Finley 1802–1858



William Wilson Jr. BIRTH 8 Feb 1754 Shenandoah County, Virginia, USA DEATH 31 Dec 1850 (aged 96) Noble County, Ohio, USA BURIAL Casner-Wilson Cemetery Mount Ephraim, Noble County, Ohio

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45819725/william-wilson

Children Photo Sarah Wilson Booth 1783–1846

Photo Benjamin William Wilson 1785–1873

Photo William Friend Wilson 1787–1857

Photo Elizabeth Wilson Headley 1788–1870

Photo Sara Mary Wilson Poling 1791–1833

Photo John Wilson 1793–1880

Photo Ann Wilson Finley 1802–1858

Photo Absalom Wilson 1803–1882


GEDCOM Note

Category: Ohio, Wilson Name Study

Biography == One Name Study category = Virginia, Wilson Name Study

Major William Wilson, Jr. was born to William B. Wilson, Sr. and Margaret Elizabeth (Blackburn) Wilson on 8 February 1754 at Trout Run, Hampshire/Hardy, Virginia. <ref name="Family Data Collection">Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2000. Birth year: 1754; Birth city: Winchester; Birth state: VA. Data: Birth date: 8 February 1754 Birth place: Winchester, Frederick Co, VA Death date: 1 January 1851 Death place: Noble Co, OH Marriage date: 19 August 1789 Marriage place: Family Data Collection</ref>

William and Mary Sarah Friend were married on 19 August 1779.

Children of William Jr. and Sarah (Friend) Wilson.
: Moses b. Dec 28 1780 d. Mar 28 1843
:: m. Elizabeth Walker 1802
: Sarah b. Apr 25 1783 d. Oct 20 1846
:: m. Daniel Booth
: Benjamin W. b. Feb 5 1785 d. May 91873
:: m. Sarah Headley
:: m. Priscilla Smith
: William Friend b. May 14 1787 d. Mar 30 1857
:: m. Jane Booth 1809
: Elizabeth b. Jul 14 1789
: Mary b. Nov 18 1791 d. Apr 9 1833
: John b. Dec 27 1793
: Margaret b. May 27 1796 d. Sep 26 1821
:: m. Jonas Grimes
: Absolom b. Oct 17 1798, d. CA
: Anna b. Jul 3 1802 d. Nov 1 1858
:: m. John Casner :: m.John Finley <ref>Billie Jo Runyon and Don Norman, Descendants of David Davis Wilson, Descendants of David Davis Wilson at hackerscreek</ref>

William lived in Washington County, Ohio in 1790. <ref>Jackson, Ronald V., Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp. Ohio Census, 1790-1890 Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Data: Residence date: 1790 Residence place: Washington County, OH Ohio Census, 1790-1890</ref>

William died on 1 January 1851 in Noble County, Ohio.
<ref name="Family Data Collection"/>
He is buried in the Casner Cemetery on the John Yoho farm one mile north of Mt. Ephraim in Seneca Township, Noble County, Ohio. <ref>"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKG-L1NS : 4 March 2017), William Wilson, 1851; Burial, Mount Ephraim, Noble, Ohio, United States of America, Casner-Wilson Cemetery; citing record ID 45819725, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.&lt;/ref&gt;

Sources

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See also:

  • The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:376S-NQC : accessed 2017-07-01), entry for William /Wilson/ II.
  • Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. Family trees submitted by Ancestry members. This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Trees
  • DAR 292257
  • Find a Grave 45819725

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William Benjamin Wilson, Jr.'s Timeline

1754
February 8, 1754
Shenandoah County, Virginia, British Colonial America
1780
1780
Randolph, VA, United States
1783
1783
1785
February 5, 1785
Randolph, Charlotte County, VA, United States
1787
May 11, 1787
Randolph County, WV, United States
1791
November 18, 1791
Randolph, Charlotte County, VA, United States
1857
January 1, 1857
Age 102
Seneca Township, Noble, Ohio, United States