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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
HISTORY of
BEAVER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
and
Its Centennial Celebration
By Rev. Joseph H(enderson) Bausman, A. M.
Member American Historical Society of
Pennsylvania of Western Pennsylvania
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In Two Volumes
VOLUME I
Publ.
The Knickerbocker Press
New York
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JOSEPH H. WILSON
was the son of Thomas and Agnes Hemphill Wilson, and an
uncle of the present judge of Beaver County, Hon. James Sharp
Wilson. He was born May 16, 1820, in North Sewickley,
now Franklin township, this county, where he received his early
education. He graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg,
Pa. He was admitted to the bar of Beaver County, June 5,
1850. From 1856-61 he represented his native county in the
State Legislature, and at the breaking out of the Rebellion he
enlisted and was commissioned as Colonel of the 101st Regiment,
Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. As stated in the chapter
on the military history of the county, Colonel Wilson
died in the Peninsular campaign of typhoid fever. His
remains are interred at Zelienople, Butler County, Pa.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 341 |
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SAMUEL
B. WILSON was born on a farm near New Castle, Pa., Feb.
20, 1824, a son of Patrick and Rebecca (Morehead) Wilson. After
having received a common school education he took an academic
course and then entered Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pa.,
graduating with the class of 1848. Shortly after his
graduation Mr. Wilson was chosen principal of the
Darlington Academy, in which position he remained until the fall
of 1849, when he went to Somerset, Pa., and began the study of
law in the office of Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, who was
always his warm friend. In 1850, Mr. Wilson was
admitted to the bar, and, at once removing to Beaver, was
admitted on the 18th of November of the same year to practise
in the several courts of this county. Here he soon took
the commanding position as a lawyer, which he held with
increasing power until the time of his death, which took place
on the 17th of January, 1889.
Source: History of Beaver County, Pa. and its Centennial
Celebration - 1904 - Page 348 |
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