Mary Ella Pearl Wilson
Pearl Wilson was said by family members to have been very pretty. She was the second child and only daughter of her parents, Jim & Ella Wilson. During her lifetime, the family lived on a farm in Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA. Pearl grew up knowing several Wilson and Stoughton aunts and uncles, and a raft of cousins, all residing in northwestern Butler County.
Pearl never knew her maternal grandmother, Mary Jane McCandless (Stoughton), who had died in 1882, the year before Pearl was born. Her other grandparents all outlived her, (Lot Wilson d. 1906, Nancy Gallagher (Wilson) d. 1904, John C. Stoughton d. 1902).
Pearl died one month short of her 15th birthday from a bee sting infection. (It was said not to have been an allergic reaction, but an actual infection that developed.) The family acquired a plot and she was buried at Muddy Creek cemetery, where her older brother and eventually her parents were also buried.
| Date | Location | Notes | Sources | |
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| Birth | 16 Aug 1883 | Brady Twp, Butler Co. PA | [2][5] | |
| Death | 8 Sept 1898 | Brady Twp., Butler Co. PA | Infected bee sting | [2][5] |
| Burial | Sept 1898 | Muddy Creek UP Ch. Cem. Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA |
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Ancestry chart segment
Generation 3 Generation 4
+-- James L. Wilson
| (1857-1929)
Mary Ella Pearl Wilson --+
(1883-1898) |
+-- Elizabeth Ann Stoughton
(1862-1932)
Sources: [3][6]
Places of Residence
| Location | Dates | Notes | Sources |
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| Brady Township, Butler County, PA | 1883 - 1898 | [1] |
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Sources
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| 1 | 1900 United States Federal Census, Brady Township, Butler County, PA, Page 2, lines 94-98 lists James L. Wilson, 43, born Feb. 1857, married to Elizabeth A. Wilson, 38, born Feb. 1862. They are listed as having been married for 20 years. They live with their three sons, John L. Wilson, 19, born Oct. 1880; James L. Wilson, 12, born Aug. 1887; and Bert W. Wilson, 10, Feb. 1891. Elizabeth is listed as having mothered 4 children, three of which are alive. The place of birth of James and his parents is listed as PA. James is listed as a Farmer and his son John is listed as a farm laborer. All members of the household are listed as being able to read, write, and speak English. James is listed as owning the farm with no mortgage.
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| 2 | Gravestone transcription, Muddy Creek Cemetery, Clay Twp., Butler Co. PA. Transcribed June 2006 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams.
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| 3 | Manuscript of John T. Wilson researched 1975-1985, including personal family knowledge, and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Gahagan. | |
| 4 | Interview of Russell W. Wilson, by Elizabeth Wilson Williams (niece of Russell W. Wilson) on June 25, 2007. (Russell W. Wilson is a nephew of John L. Wilson.) Mary Ella Pearl Wilson died of infection to a bee sting site. | |
| 5 | Jan Heckathorn (Finke) correspondence 2008-ongoing; and research manuscript "Descendants of James Wilson", including recollections of her mother, Dorothy Frances Wilson (Heckathorn), who was a granddaughter of James L. Wilson.
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| 6 | Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winfred Wilson. | N/A
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