Col James Wilson
BIRTH 1 Sep 1781
Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH 8 Jun 1856 (aged 74)
Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL Hickman City Cemetery
Hickman, Fulton County, Kentucky, USA
James Wilson born 1 Sept 1781 died 18 June 1856,
son of James Wilson and Mary "Polly" Carman.
married Rebecca Hamilton 11 Sept 1809, daughter of Abner Hamilton and Mary Clendenin. He was a Soldier of War of 1812 serving as a private in Capt. Samuel Wilson's Company Kentucky Mounted Volunteer Militia commanded by Colonel Michael Taul. In 1853, there were 70 family members related by blood and marriage who migrated to Hickman and Housier Valley in Obion County, Tennessee
James and Rebecca Hamilton Wilson had 10 children:
Samuel Bell Wilson born 7 May 1810 died 21 June 1853 married Marinda Turner 28 July 1836.
Zerena Carman Wilson born 20 Feb 1812 died 24 Mar 1898
married in 1837, Stewart Watson, and in 1859 Moses Todd.
Ferdinand Hamilton Wilson born 26 Oct 1814 died 13 Jan 1857
married Phebe Turner 8 Nov 1836.
Edward Hayden Wilson born 4 Jan 1817 died 9 May 1880 married Mary Ann Turner 15 Sept. 1846.
James Pulaski Wilson born 22 Feb 1819 died 22 July 1899
married 1st Elizabeth Myers and 2nd Celestia Hawkins in 1856.
Dr. Harvey Henry Wilson born 26 Jan 1821 died 1 Oct 1899 married 1st Lucy Fowler Davis 7 Mar. 1843, 2nd Caroline Matilda English 9 Nov 1865, 3rd Caroline Fowler Mayes 28 Jan. 1869, 4th Mary Elizabeth Summers Riley 18 Jan 1882.
Nancy Ellen Wilson born 30 Dec 1823 died 28 June 1855
married Oliver F. Young
Eliza Ruth Wilson born 12 July 1826 died 11 Mar. 1871 married James F. Marrs.
Cyrus Atwood Wilson born 9 Sept 1829 died 12 June 1848 never married. He was buried in the City Cemetery in Nashville.
William Butler Wilson born 11 June 1832 died Nov 1900 married 1st Susan Ann Bashaw and 2nd Mary Sharpe.
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