Ruth Anna Muelheison

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Ruth Anna Muelheison is not in my direct ancestor. She is the wife of Jesse Wilson who is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of Lot Wilson; (Ruth Anna was Lot Wilson's sister-in-law) Son of James Wilson and Mary Baum (Ruth Anna was their daughter-in-law)

Lot Wilson's brother, Jesse Wilson appears in the 1850 census of Butler Co. PA in the James Wilson household, listed as the first son. Then he disappears from Butler County census records. He is not mentioned in the 1895 History of Butler County as a child of James Wilson, but possibly because he left the county at an early age and was lost to memory, or because of a simple error of recording. The History does say that James Wilson, after a brief time in Connoquenessing Twp., Butler Co. PA, moved on to Portsmouth, OH (Scioto Co.) where he died. Jesse Wilson and wife Anna appear in the Scioto Co. OH census beginning in 1860. The gravestones of Jesse & Ruth Anna Wilson are in the Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth OH.
Ruth Anna Muelheison was a daughter of H. Millison, per Ohio death records. In Butler County PA, a Hiram Milhausen married Jesse Wilson's sister, Martha Jane Wilson. (Hiram's records are also found with Milliron & Millison spellings.) An unknown David Millison is living next door to Hiram in 1860. The H. Muelheison, father of Ruth Anna, could likely have been a brother of David Millison.
Jesse and Anna may have had one son, Samuel, or may have raised him as their step-son. The 1900 census states that Anna was the mother of 1 child, still living. The 1860 census shows Anna & Jesse living with a 13 year old Samuel (so born ~1847) and an unknown Margery Wilson age 36. Samuel is listed before Margery, so presumably is the son of Jesse & Anna rather than of Margery. However, the 1900 census indicates that Jesse & Anna had been married for 40 years (i.e. married about 1860, 13 years after the birth of Samuel). This census record may be in error, but Samuel may also be an adopted child. If Jesse and Anna had been married for 13 years with no children, it is reasonable that they could have then taken in a child. It does appear from the presence of Margery Wilson in their home in 1860 that there were Wilson kin in the area. Margery is not known to be a sibling of Jesse, but that is one possibility. Another is that she was a cousin, and that Jesse & his father James followed a brother of James into the Scioto County Ohio area.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	24 May 1824	PA, expect Butler Co.
Marriage	expect bef.1846-47, based on birth of Samuel ~1847	expect Butler Co. PA	To Jesse Wilson
Death	5 Dec 1909	Scioto Co. OH	died of pneumonia; undertaker George Pfeiffer
Burial	6 Dec 1909	Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co. OH

Ancestry chart segment

  Generation 5       Generation 6
 
                              +-- James Wilson
                              |   (1805-????)   
   +-- Jesse Wilson ----------+
   |   (1826-???? )           |
   |                          +-- Mary Baum
   |                              (1806-????)
   |                                                 +-- Johann Nicholas Muelheison
   |                                                 |   (1761-1844)
   |                          +-- John Milliron -----+
   |                          |   (1795-1837)        |
   +-- Ruth Anna Muelheison --+                      +-- Susan "Shusey" Buchle/Bieghley
       (~1824-????)           |                          (1766-????)
                              +-- Elizabeth Buchle  
                                  (1804-????)               
 Sources: 

Children

(1 child raised by Anna and Jesse Wilson; Samuel possibly an adopted child.)

Name	Gender	Date of Birth	Birthplace	Spouse	Notes	Sources
Samuel Wilson	M	~1847	expect Butler Co. PA

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Butler Co. PA	born ~1824	with parents
Portsmouth,Scioto Co. OH; 125 E. 12 St., 3rd Ward at time of death	by 1850-1909

Photos

Gravestones of Ruth Anna & Jesse Wilson, Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth OH

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census
2	1850 United States Federal Census,
3	1860 United States Federal Census Jesse Wilson (age 31) and Anna (age 31) in Jefferson Twp, Scioto Co, OH. Also Samuel (age 13) and Margery (age 36). Jesse, Anna, & Samuel born in PA; Margery born in Ohio.
4	1870 United States Federal CensusValley Twp., Scioto Co. PA, pg. 4. Census date 3 Aug 1870. Lines 3-4: Jessie Wilson (age 42) and Annie Wilson (age 46) in Valley Twp, Scioto Co, OH. Birthplaces are reversed in this census, (ie. Jessie is said born in MD, Annie in PA).
4A	1870 United States Federal Census, Lucasville, Morgan Twp., Scioto Co. OH, pg. 2. Census date 2 June 1870. Lines 26-27: Samuel Wilson age 24, farm laborer; Sarah R. age 27, keeping house. Both born in Ohio.
5	1880 United States Federal Census Jessie Wilson (age 55) and wife Annie (age 56), in Lucasville, Valley Twp, Scioto Co, OH. Jessie & his parents all born PA; Annie & her father born PA, her mother born MD.
6	1900 United States Federal Census, Portsmouth, Scioto Co., OH, Ward 6, Dist. 129, pg. 36. Jesse Wilson, age 74, married 40 yrs. Wife Anna age 75, married 40 yrs., raised 1 child; this child alive in 1900. Jesse & his parents born PA; Anna born PA, both her parents born MD.
7	Gravestones of Ruth Anna Wilson and Jesse Wilson at Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth, Scioto Co. OH; transcribed June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. Ruth Anna Wilson 1825-1909 (matching stone, beside that of Jesse Wilson). Jesse Wilson 1825-1900 See also the website for Greenlawn: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohscogs2/Greenlawn/sec5.pdf The Wilson graves are in Section 5, located in the east central section of the cemetery. Enter from Garfield Ave. gate, turn right at first lane, follow to third section on left.
8	Research of Jan Heckathorn (Finke), granddaughter of James Garfield Wilson, correspondence ongoing; (See Contributors page for contact information). Ancestry.com has a family tree with a Ruth Anna Muelheison b. 1824, Butler Co., who married a Jesse Wilson in 1852 (corresp. Dec.2009). See Web sources, below.
9	Research of Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winiford Wilson.	N/A
10	Death Records, Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth OH; these records sent to us by Jan Finke (see Contributors), who obtained them via phone call to the cemetery, May 2010. Ruth Ann Wilson, born in PA, died 6 Dec 1909 in Scioto Co. OH of pneumonia. Undertaker George Pfeiffer. Jesse Wilson, born in PA, died 31 Aug 1900 of diabetes. Undertaker George Pfeiffer.
11	Ohio Deaths,1908-1953 FamilySearch.org, at https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/M39F-XTG/p1 Ruthanna Willson (sic), death date 05 Dec 1909, death place Portsmouth, Scioto, Ohio, birth date 24 May 1825, birthplace Pa., death age 84 years 6 months 12 days, female, widowed, caucasian, address 125 E. 12 St., 3rd Ward, retired, burial date 06 Dec 1901, cemetery Greenlawn, father's name H. Millison,his birthplace unknown, mother's name 7 birthplace unknown.

Source Notes

• 1860 census, Scioto Co. OH, Margery Wilson, living with family of Jesse Wilson and wife Anna. Margery is age 36, older than Anna age 31. Margery, same generation as Jesse but born in Ohio. Margery not likely a sister-in-law; two of Jesse's brothers (Lot & William) remained in Butler Co. PA, and the third (George A.) was born 1843, so too young for Margery (born ~1824). Was she a cousin, the daughter of a brother of James Wilson? Age-wise, she could possibly be a James Wilson's youngest sister, but her being born in Ohio would argue against that.
• In northern Scioto County OH, Valley Twp lies east of the Scioto River and Morgan Twp west of the river. Lucasville appears to be in Valley Twp. From the 1870 census (Samuel Wilson at Lucasville, Morgan Twp., and the 1880 census (Jesse Wilson at Lucasville, Valley Twp.), both families probably lived near the Scioto River, in the Lucasville P.O. area.

Web Sites - Incomplete Documentation

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Ref. Num.	Description	Extract
W1	Ancestry.com website: "Vest, O'Roark,Shipley,Barker & Estes,Carroll, Blevins, Tackett", owner: "larryv27" This site lists Jesse Wilson (no dates, no lineage), with spouse Ruth Anna Muelheison born ~1824 in Butler Co. PA, to parents John Milliron (& his Muelheison lineage), & wife Elizabeth Buchle. This site lists Conrad Buchle as Elizabeth's father, as well as being the father of Susan Buchele, John Milliron's mother (i.e., if true, he married his aunt, and his grandfather is his father-in-law)). See website on Ancestry.com at: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/71403/person/-2132149545?ssrc=
W2	Ancestry.com website: "Welch/Benson Family Tree", owner: "ProfessorA1960". Similar information to above; wife of John Milliron as Elizabeth Beighley (no parents listed for her). Parents of John Milliron listed as John Nicholas Milliron & Susan Beighley/alternate spelling. Susan Beighley's father as Conrad Buchele.

Research

• Margery Wilson (see 1860 census with Jesse Wilson family) is not found in Ohio in 1850, 1870 census as Margery/Marjory. Various Margaret Wilsons appear, but not in Scioto Co., and not of appropriate age, unmarried.
• Samuel , son of Jesse Wilson, in 1860 census reports age 13, (born ~1847); not with Jesse in 1850 census; not found in census as Samuel Wilson except in 1860).
• "Reproduction Map of Butler Co. 1858 Pennsylvania", by Violet Covert, pp 46-49, Connoquenessing Twp. index lists A. Millison and W. Millison. The survey map shows their properties near the northwest corner of the township, on Crab Run which flows into the Little Connoquenessing. Present day map indicates their land would have been just west of Rt. 528 on Harmony Rd. No Millison/Millron etc. are found in the Franklin Twp. index for the 1858 map. In Muddy Creek Twp. is found Daniel Milleron with property on the southern border of the township. This would have been about 2 miles northwest of the Millison properties in Connoquenissing Twp.
  The Vest, O'Roark, etc. website lists Daniel Muelheison (1800-1872), a brother of John Milliron whose daughter married Jesse Wilson.
• Anna and Jesse Wilson last appear in Scioto Co. Ohio in the 1900 census; Anna was age 74. The gravestone of Ruth Anna Wilson, next to that of Jesse Wilson, has her death date to be 1909.
  It has been suggested that an Annie Wilson age 84, who appears in Center Twp. Butler Co. PA in 1910 living with the family of August Dengler, is possibly the same person, returned to Butler Co. as a widow after the death of Jesse. However, this Annie Wilson reports having had 12 children instead of one child as reported by Annie wife of Jesse Wilson. We find an Ann Wilson age 74 in Center Twp. Butler Co. in the 1900 census, living as an "aunt" with the family of George & Leota Vangordes. This is likely the same individual as the Annie Wilson of Center Twp. in the 1910 census. At this point, we discount the connection to the Dengler family.

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
R1	1900 United States Federal Census, Center Township, Butler Co, PA,Enumeration district 61, page 7 on Ancestry.com. Census dated 9 June 1900. Lines 16-23: George Vangordes, head, 37, b. Jan 1863, married 14 years, farmer; Leota, wife, 33, b. Jan 1868, Married 14 years, 5 children born, 5 living; Elsie G., dau., 11, b. Jan 1889;, Mabel R., dau., 10, b. Sept 1890; Efhie B., Dau, 7, b. Apr 1893; Carle M., son, 2, b, June 1897; John A., son, 11 mo, b. July, 1899; Ann Wilson, aunt, 74, b. July 1825; married. All and all parents b. PA. All except two youngest can read, write and speak English.
R2	1910 United States Federal Census, Center Twp., Butler Co. PA, Enumeration District 77, pg. 7 on Ancestry.com. Date of census 21 April 1910. Lines 22-24: August Dengler, head of household, age 53,married (24 or 25?) yrs., farmer, general farm, he & both parents born in Germany; Laura, wife, age 44, married (24 or 25?) yrs.; Annie Wilson, mother-in-law, age 84, widow, bore 12 children, 4 living. Annie, Laura, & their parents all born in Pennsylvania.
R3	1920 United States Federal Census, Butler (city), Butler Co. PA, Enum. Dist. 22, Pg. 4 on Ancestry.com. Date of census 7 Jan 1920. Lines 92-95: John A. Dengler, head, age 62, immigrated in 1876, naturalized 1881, he & both parents born Germany. No occupation. Laura D. wife, age 54, she & both parents born PA. Joseph S., son, age 32, occupation: burial undertaker, he & mother born PA, father born Ger. Rose M. Green, maid, age 16, she & both parents born PA.