Jesse Wilson

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, and the ancestry of Ruth Anna Muelheison is found outlined on Ancestry.com trees. Her father used the Anglicized form of the surname, Milliron. We expect this also to be the family of Hiram Milhausen who married Jesse Wilson's sister, Martha Jane Wilson.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	1825/26	PA, possibly Berks (or Schuylkill) Co. (where James Wilson lived at the time).
Marriage	expect bef.1846-47, based on birth of Samuel ~1847	expect Butler Co. PA	To Ruth Anna Muelheison (Anglecized surname: Milliron)
Death	1900	Scioto Co. OH
Burial		Greenlawn Cemetery, Portsmouth 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
       (~1824-????)           |                          (1766-????)
                              +-- Elizabeth Buchle  
                                  (1804-????)               

Sources:

Children

(1 child with Anna unknown; 1 living in 1910)

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

Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
expect Berks/Schuylkill Co. PA	b. 1826
Westmoreland Co. PA	1831-1844,with parents
Muddy Creek Twp., Butler Co. PA	by 1840	with parents
Scioto Co. OH	by 1850-1900

Photos

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

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1840 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek, Butler County, PA, Page 7, lines 25-31 lists James Wilson, with family members as follows: 2 males under 5, 1 male 15-20, 1 male 30-40, 1 female 5-10, 1 female 20-30. The census is not dated.
2	1850 United States Federal Census, West Connoquenessing, Butler County, PA, Page 101, lines 25-31 lists James Wilson, 45, married to Mary Wilson, 44. They are listed as living with five children: Jesse Wilson, 24; Lot Wilson, 19; William Wilson, 17; Martha J. Wilson, 15; and George A. Wilson, 7. All family members are listed as having been born in PA. Lot and William are listed a "laborers," John is listed as a "Tanner" or possibly "Farmer". James' occupation is possibly "Carpenter". Lot, William, Martha, and George are listed as having attended school within the year. The census is dated August 23, 1850.
3	1860 United States Federal Census, Jefferson Twp, Scioto Co, OH.Date of census 13 June 1860. Lines 14-17:Jesse Wilson, age 31, farmer, value personal estate $100; Anna, age 31; 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 Jesse Wilson (age 74) in Portsmouth, OH. Wife Anna (age 75) bore 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	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. His father was a native of Berks county, whence he removed to Westmoreland county, and afterwards to Butler county. After a few years' residence in Connoquenessing township, he removed to Portsmouth, Ohio, where he died. By his marriage to Mary Baum he became the father of ...Martha J., who married Hiram Milhuisen; Tamson, who married James Cratty; William, of Lancaster township, and Lott..."	( See complete text)
9	Personal correspondence from Elizabeth Wilson Williams, granddaughter of Bert Winiford Wilson.	N/A

Source Notes

• John T. Wilson's manuscript, researched in about 1975-1985, lists the names of four children of James Wilson & Mary Baum: Tamson, Lot, William & Martha J. We expect that there was no direct family memory of the James Wilson generation, and that he had access to the 1895 History of Butler County as his source. The census record suggests additional children Jesse, John and George. However, it is possible that these were nephews and not children. We have no corroborating documentation.
• 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. See website on Ancestry.com at: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/71403/person/-2132149545?ssrc=

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.
• Ancestry.com has a family tree with a Ruth Anna Muelheison b. 1824, Butler Co., who married a Jesse Wilson in 1852 (corresp. from Jan Finke, Dec.2009). (Note: son Samuel in 1860 census reports age 13, (born ~1847); not with Jesse in 1850 census; not found in census as Samuel Wilson except in 1860).
• Anna and Jesse Wilson last appear in Scioto Co. Ohio in the 1900 census; Anna was age 74.
  It has been suggested that an Annie Wilson age 84, who appears in Center Twp. Butler Co. PA in 1910, is possibly the same person, returned to Butler Co. as a widow after the death of Jesse. If so, then a) she had 12 children born instead of one child; b)Laura (Dengler) age 24/25, would be Annie's daughter; c)Joseph S. Dengler, age 32 in the 1920 census would be her grandson. However, 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 Annie Wilson of Center Twp. in the 1910 census.

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.