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Children

(all children presumably with Hiram Millison)

Photos

Gravestone of Martha J. Wilson, wife of Hiram Millison, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect, Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA.

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	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: John (?) 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.
2	1860 United States Federal Census, Muddy Creek Twp, Butler Co, PA, page 26. Census dated 4 June 1860. Lines 14-16: Hiram Millison, age 30, farmer, $125 real, $205 personal property; Martha J., 24, Mary E, 4. All b. PA.
3	Source:Gravestone inscription, Emanuel Lutherna Cemetery, Prospect, Franklin Twp., Butler Co. PA, transcribed by Helen McCandless Staiger 1988: "Martha J. wife of Hiram Mill___ died (April 3, 1887?) in the 5_- year ___).
4	Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, Prospect: "Martha J. Millison wife of Hiram 4-5-1867"
5	Gravestone transcription, Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery, June 2007 by Elizabeth Wilson Williams. <br<"Martha J., wife of Hiram Millison died Apr. 5, 1867 in her (78th) year."	N/A
6	1895 History of Butler Co. PA, Brown & Co., p. 1277: "Lott Wilson was born in Westmoreland county Pennsylvania, February 10, 1831, son of James andMary (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..."	(Complete text, Lott Wilson sketch, 1895 Hist. Butler Co. PA)
7	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 Gahagan.
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. Middle name of Martha J. Wilson was "Jane".

Source notes

• The gravestone of Martha Jane Wilson (Milhausen)at Prospece, Emanuel Lutheran, is very worn and the inscription unclear. Three different transcriptions vary in their reading. Martha would be aged 52 yr. in 1887; while the inscription is unclear, we believe the unreadable portion, after the death date, is intended to be "in the 52nd year of her life". Mostof this is illegible, but the "5" was transcribed. If the transcription is in error, if the "5" should be a "3", (i.e. age 32) then the date of 1867 transcribed by the Butler Co. Cemetery Inventory would be more likely correct. An early death in 1867 would account for having only one child, born in 1856.)
• The name Millhausen is also seen as changed to Millison, Millson, Millron.
• Neither Martha nor Hiram appears in the 1870 or 1880 Ancerstry.com registry search, under any of the name variations. Searching Muddy Creek Twp for Hiram or Martha gave no likely variants although there is a MArtha Gallagher with the right age and a daughter Mary in the 1870 census.

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