William Henry Wilson

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR William Wilson is not in my direct ancestor. He is 1 step removed in the following ways: Brother of James L. Wilson Son of Lot Wilson and Nancy Gallagher

Event	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	11 Mar 1867	Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA
Marriage	21 Apr.1904	New Castle, Lawrence Co. PA	To Clara Nicklas (b. 1878 in OH; d. 19 Sept 1959 in Prospect, Butler Co. PA.; Buried 21 Sept 1959 Portersville Presby Cem.; cause of death: cerebral hemorrhage; Obit. 19 Sep 1959 Butler Eagle pg.2
Death	3 Feb 1950	Butler Hospital, Butler Co. PA	cause of death: cerebral thrombosis; Death Certif. 5 Feb 1950 Butler Co.PA Obit 4 Feb 1950 Butler Eagle pg. 2
Burial	6 Feb 1950	Portersville UP Cem., Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA

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Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 4              Generation 5         Generation 6
 
                                            +-- James Wilson
                                            |   (1805-????)   
                       +-- Lot Wilson ------+
                       |   (1831-1906)      |
William Henry Wilson --+                    +-- Mary Baum
(1867-????)            |                        (1806-????)
                       +-- Nancy Gallagher
                            (1828-1904)
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Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA	b. 1867- 1920
Prospect Borough,Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA	by 1830 - ????

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1870 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Township, Butler County, PA, Page 8. Census date 8 Jun 1870. Lines 19-27 : Lot Wilson, age 39, married to Nancy Wilson, age 41. They live with 7 children: son Dunwiddy Wilson, 15; son James Wilson, 12; daughter Mary Wilson, 11; son Henderson Wilson, 8; son Robert Wilson, 6; son William Wilson, 3; and daughter Mariah Wilson, age 9 months. Lot Wilson is a farmer, and Dunwoodie is "assisting on farm." Everyone else stays at home. Everyone was born in PA, though Nancy Wilson has a "father of foreign birth." Dunwiddy, James, Mary, and Henderson attended school within the census year.
2	1880 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Township, Butler County, PA, Enumeration District 48, Page 4. Census date 2 June 1880. Lines 4-12: Lot Wilson, 49, married to Nancy Wilson, 51. They are listed as living with seven children: Son Dinwiddie Wilson, 25; son James Wilson, 23; daughter M. Jane Wilson, 21; son Henderson Wilson, 18; son Robert Wilson, 15; son William Wilson, 13; and daughter Matilda Wilson, 7. In addition to Lot and Nancy, James is also listed as married. Lot is listed as a farmer, Nancy is listed as "keeps house." Dinwiddie is listed as "helps on farm," and M. Jane is listed as "helps at home." Robert, William, and Matilda are listed as having attended school during the census year. Matilda is listed as not yet being able to write. Everyone and their parents all born in PA.
3	1910 United States Federal Census, District 98, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 6. Census dated April 25, 1910. Lines 60-61: William H. Wilson, head, age 43, married 6 years, farmer, general farming, owns farm, no mortgage, b. PA as were both parents. Clara, wife, age 30, married 6 years, no children born or living, b. Ohio, birthplace of parents "unknown". Both can read, write and speak English.
4	1920 United States Federal Census, District 56, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 10. Census dated Jan 15-16, 1920. Lines 87-88: William H. Wilson, head, age 52, farmer, general farming, owns farm, no mortgage, can read, write and speak English, b. PA as were both parents; Clara, wife, 42, b. Ohio, parents b. PA Can read, write and speak English.
5	1930 United States Federal Census, District 58, Prospect, Butler Co, PA, page 9. Census dated Apr 22, 1930. Lines 29-30: William H. Wilson, head, age 63, married at age 36, farmer, general farming, owns farm, can read, write and speak English, b. PA as were both parents; Clara, wife, 52, married at age 26, b. PA, parents b. PA Can read, write and speak English.
6	Manuscript of John T. Wilson researched 1975-1985, including personal knowledge and interviews of McDeavitt cousins and of his aunts Stella Wimer (McNeese), Lizzy Wimer (McDeavitt), Meda Wimer (McDeavitt), and Mary Wimer (Gahagan).
7	1895 History of Butler Co. PA, Brown & Co., p. 1277: "LOTT WILSON was born in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831, son of James and Mary (Baum) Wilson, and came with his parents to Butler county in 1844...Mr. Wilson was married in 1854 to Nancy Gallagher, a daughter of James Gallagher, to which union have been born...Dunwoody; James; Henderson; Robert; William; Jane, wife of Vest Sharp; Tillie, and two that died in infancy..."	(Complete text, Lott Wilson sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co. PA)
8	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. Descendants of James Wilson, dates, spouses, source data.

Research

• 1900 Census: There is a William Wilson in Prospect Borough, Butler County, living by himself... but he is listed as 30 with a birth date of Mar, 1870. This conflicts with the 1870 and 1880 census information for his age.

Wishlist

• 1920 Census Clara Nicklas (Wilson) Muddy Creek T. Butler Co. PA