Wilmot Wilson

Wilmot Wilson

Born: February 1, 1820, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., Maine

Died: January 21, 1886

Occupation: Farmer

Father: Moses Wilson b, circa 1771, Boston, Massachusetts; d. March 7, 1842, Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine

Mother: Jane Somes b. July 10, 1785 in Newcastle, Lincoln, Maine; d. Nov. 22, 1887 in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine

Married (1) 31-Oct-1844, in Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME. Married by Rev. Elias Wells

Spouse: Louisa Dodge , b. Jan 4, 1811, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME; d. Mar 14, 1859, Edgecomb, Lincoln Co., ME

Note: Wilmot Wilson and his wife Louisa Dodge were second cousins. Wilmot's maternal grandfather David Somes and Louisa's paternal grandmother Sarah Dodge (Somes) were siblings.

Children:

• Emily J. Wilson, b. circa 1846, Maine
• Henry Wilson, b. circa Sept 1845, Maine; d. Apr. 27, 1847, 1y. 8m.
• Almatia Wilson, b. circa 1848, Maine
• Elba P. Wilson, (male) b. circa 1851, Maine

Married (2): 28 Sep 1859, Brunswick, Cumberland, Maine

Spouse: Hannah C. Woodard, b. circa 1812; d. Sep. 8, 1880

June 1850 US Census for Edgecomb, Maine lists: Jane Wilson, 64; Reuben Wilson, 40, occupation: Farmer; Louisa D. Wilson, 39; Wilmot Wilson, 29, occupation: Farmer; Emily Wilson, 32?; Almatia C. Wilson, 2. All residents born in Maine

June 1860 US Census for Edgecomb, Maine lists: Wilmot Wilson, 40, occupation: Farmer; Hannah Wilson, 47; Emily Wilson, 14; Almatia Wilson, 11; Elba Wilson, 7. All residents born in Maine

Aug 6, 1862, Portland, Maine, enlisted into Military Service, mustered in Portland, Aug 29 1862, G Co., 20th Inf., duration 3 years: Wilson, Wilmot, Rank: Private, age 42, 5 ft, 8", light complexion, Hazel eyes, Light Hair, married, born Edgecomb, residence Edgecomb, occupation: Farmer, discharged for dis Mar 4, 1863

Sept 7, 1864, Portland, Maine, Military Service enlistment, Arm of Service: Navy, duration 1 year : Wilson, Wilmot, Rank: Landsman, age 44, 5 ft, 6 1/4", dark complexion, Blue eyes, Light Hair, married, residence Edgecomb, ME, occupation: Farmer, discharged Aug. 29, 1865. served in: Sabine, Ohio, New Hampshire, Home, Gladiolus, and Emma

June 1870 US Census for Edgecomb, Lincoln County Maine lists: Wilmot Wilson, 50, occupation: Farmer; Hannah Wilson, 57, occupation: Keeping House; Emily J. Wilson, 23, occupation: Works in Printing Office; Elba P., (male) 18, occupation: Farm Laborer. all residents born in Maine.

Living next door is his mother and his brothers family : David Wilson, 62, occupation: Farmer; Louisa Wilson, 50, occupation: Keeping House; children: Manford Wilson, 13; Lucy J. Wilson 11; Priscilla Wilson, 10; Quimby Wilson, 6; Jane Wilson, 85. All residents born in Maine.

June 1880 US census for Edgecomb, Lincoln County, ME lists: Wilmot Wilson, 60, b. Maine, father b. Mass, mother b. Maine, occupation: Farmer; wife - Hannah Wilson, 67, b. ME, parents b. ME, occupation: Keeping House; mother - Jane Wilson, 95, father b. MA, mother b. ME; boarder - Willie Nobber, 17, b.Me. parents b. ME, occupation: Laborer

Burial: North Edgecomb Cemetery, Edgecomb, Lincoln County, Maine

Notes:

"I have the story that Wilmot was in Idaho with his son, Elba when he dies. Elba had his body transported to Maine to be burried near Elba's mother Louisa. I don't know how he died." ~ Joan Collett

Sources:

"Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907," index, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4F3-F9W

"Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957", index and images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/246J-PSD

"United States Census, 1850," index and images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-266-12115-107063-8?cc=1401638

"United States Census, 1870," index and images, FamilySearch - https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6DG-3KK

Maine, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Card Index, 1861-1865: "Maine, State Archive Collections, 1718-1957," index and images, FamilySearch https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-21942-77819-36?cc=187...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=wilson&GSiman...

http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/families/somes001.txt

VR of Edgecomb and Newcastle In The County of Lincoln, Maine To The Year of 1892 Christine Huston Dodge, Compiler Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME 1979 Original at Bowdoin College

Genealogy of the Dodge family, of Essex county, Mass. 1629-1898, by Joseph Thompson Dodge, 1823- Volume: 1 - https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdodge01dodg/genealogyofdodge0...

http://files.usgwarchives.net/me/lincoln/cemeteries/north.txt

GEDCOM Source

@R-2146013911@ 1880 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limite 1,6742::0 Year: 1880; Census Place: Edgecomb, Lincoln, Maine; Roll: 483; Page: 491A; Enumeration District: 124 1,6742::44273730

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