My Wilson Ancestors
My last Wilson ancestor was Salina E. Wilson, who was the first wife of Oscar A. Fenn. She was born 28 January, 1841, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio. They were married 13 March 1861 (1), in Medina County, Ohio. She died from complications of a miscarriage (2) on 10 March 1872.
Salina was the fifth child of Alvah Wilson and Annice Bartholomew, both of whom were born in Whitehall, Washington County, New York. Alvah was born in 1808, and Annice in 1812. They married on 15 October 1827. Salina's siblings:
- Chauncey Wilson, b. 29 August 1829, in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, d. 9 Feb 1894,in Meeker County, MN. Buried in Manannah Cemetery. Civil War veteran. Married Louise J. Seckens. Eunice Caswell is mentioned as his wife in the 1870 census for the MN location, per the FindAGrave link.
- Orange Bartholomew Wilson, b. 19 January 1833, in Whitehall, Washington County, New York, d. 27 February 1904, in York, Medina, Ohio. Civil War veteran. Married Olive C. Pointe 20 February 1854, in Whitehall. Six children.
- Mary Wilson, b. 1836, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, d. 27 December 1851, in York, Medina, Ohio.
- Amy Wilson, b. 29 January 1838, in York, Medina, Ohio, d. 14 April 1925, in York, Medina, Ohio. Married Paul Swartz on 2 November 1854 in York, Medina, Ohio. Three children - George W., b. 1856, Mary E., b. 1858, and Luna G., b. 1870. 60th anniversary in 1914 (Medina County Gazette).
- My ancestor, Salina E. Wilson. See above.
- Thomas Wilson, b. 1843, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, married Mary Smith, lived in the Dakota Territory in 1880, resided in 1910 in Georgia. Thomas may have been the Phinneas mentioned in Alvah's Will. See the Sources section below for a link.
- Lewis Wilson, b. 1845, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, married Frances A "Fanny" Carpenter, 2 Sep 1866, in Medina, Ohio. Lived in "Dakota" in 1880. See notes below. Lewis died in 1931 in Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
- Alvah Wilson Jr., b. 2 April 1847, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, d. 25 December 1880 in Medina County, Ohio. Wife's name was Mary and 1 child named Anna B.
- Annise (or Annis) Wilson, b. 1852 in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio. Married David Stone, 6 November 1875, died 22 September 1913, Streetsboro Township, Portage County, Ohio, USA. Source: Death Certificate, State of Ohio. Respondent on the death certificate was a niece, Jennie or Jenne Sweet.
- Sarrah Jane Wilson (correct spelling per marriage license), b. 1854, in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, married 1st, J.V. Sweet, 1875, and 2nd, Harmon Seeley, 1916, d. after 8 December 1925. 4 children.
- Olive I. Wilson, b. 1855 in Mallet Creek, Medina, Ohio, married Martin L. Colby, one child, Lovina Isabelle Colby, b. 1876. Olive likely died of childbirth complications on 25 August 1876.
- 1. Marriage license issued 12 March 1861
- 2. Death Certificate issued by the State of Michigan
- Some of the rest of the BMD info was found online and also contributed by cousins Stan Wilson, Jackie Perkins, Jean Best, Del Colby and Nyla Graham.
- Medina County Ohio Probate Court records
- Alvah Wilson's Last Will & Testament.
- FindAGrave.com
- 1850, 1860, and 1880 census records for Medina County, Ohio, and Elk Point, Union, Dakota Territory.
- Burial records, Forest Hill Cemetery, Stanton, Montcalm County, MI.
- Record of the Bartholomew Family, by George Wells Bartholomew Jr., is available in both volumes or volumes 1 and 2 separately, at archive.org. I haven't had the time to dig into it but there is A LOT of information there. You have a choice of downloading the volumes in many different formats, including PDF.
Notes
Thomas and Lewis Wilson are listed as living in Elk Point, Dakota Territory in the 1880 census. Thomas is listed as a Carpenter, wife Mary was born in Iowa of Irish parents, and their children at that time were 5 year-old Katie and 2 year-old George.
Page 3 of the 30 July 1880 Medina County Ohio Gazette notes a reunion of Alvah & Annice with "five children of a living seven were present, viz O.B. Wilson, Mrs. P. Swartz and Alvah Wilson Jr of York, Mrs. David Stone of Hudson, Ohio, and Mrs. J.E. Sweet of Hinckley, Ohio. The other two, Thomas and Lewis, are in Dakota." Chauncey wasn't mentioned.
Orange Bartholomew, "O.B. Wilson" in the 1880 Medina Co. census, is listed as a wagon maker. Wife Olive was born in Ohio and her parents were born in NY. Orange is also in the 1890 special census for Civil War Veterans. He served in the following unit: 166th Regiment, Ohio Infantry National Guard. The unit served for 90 days and was disbanded in October 186?.
Alvah Jr. and wife Mary have 6 year-old Anna B. in the 1880 Medina census. His death record on a file card lists his death from cancer on 25 December 1880. He is buried in York Cemetery, York Township, along with his parents.
Information from a cousin has Lewis Wilson with first wife Frances, and children Frank, Fred, Edwin, & Herman. With second wife Elizabeth Appleton, their children were Olin, Evelyn and Sylvia.
In the 1880 census, 72-year-old Alvah and 68-year-old Annis and their 3-year-old granddaughter Lovina B. (Isabelle) Colby are listed. She was the daughter of Olive O. and hubby Martin L. Colby. Olive died one day after Lovina was born in 1876, I'm told. Martin was born September 1853, in New Hampshire, to Elijah S.W. Colby and Mahala Hartford. He moved to New Hampshire after Olive's death, leaving Lovina to be raised by Alvah & Annise. Lovina later married Fred McFarland and is listed as living in Rockingham County, NH, in the 1910 and 1920 census. Del Colby and Nyla Graham contributed this info about Martin and Lovina.
In Alvah Wilson's Last Will and Testament, linked below, he lists a son named Phinneas, but not one named Thomas. I'm not sure if Phinneas is a nickname. That name is not included in any census.
Alvah Wilson died 16 January 1888, at the age of 79. Annise died 20 March 1895 at age 83. She may have married a second time, on 27 Feb 1889, to Warren Judson. Alvah, Annise, and son Alvah Jr. are buried in the York Township Cemetery west of the village of Mallett Creek on State Route 18. They outlived their daughter Salina, who is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery in Stanton, Montcalm County, MI.
My Bartholomew line is a long one, thanks to info shared by cousins noted below in the Sources section.
Sources
And Finally...
The following page relates to my Wilson line: Fenn