Person:Martha Wilson (73)

Martha Wilson

Martha Wilson, daughter of Ailsey and Peter Wilson, [S8, S9, S2, N5] was born on May 28, 1801 in Halifax County, Virginia. [S4, N6]. Other sources report that Martha was the daughter of William Wilson and Catherine Jett Hardwick. {BK158, MN-510]

Martha Wilson married Bannister William Vaughn, son of Lucy LeGrand and William Vaughn, on October 5, 1818 in Halifax County, Virginia. [S7, S4, S3, N4].

After Bannister's death, Martha and her children appear on the census of 1860 in Cedar Township, Boone County, Missouri:

Martha Vaughn head of household (age 60, born in Virginia).

Enumerated with;

Archibald (age 30, born in Virginia),

Emeriva (age 8, born in Missouri), and

Elia (age 4, born in Missouri) Vaughn.[S88]

(Boone County, Missouri, 1860 census, #393, page 26)

In 1880, Martha and the family is enumerated in Cedar Township, Boone County, Missouri. [S11].

Martha died on August 6, 1881 in Boone County, Missouri. [S4,S2,N7].