Daniel Wilson (1813 - 1879)

Born 22 Apr 1813 in Connecticut, USA

Husband of Elizabeth (Woolridge) Wilson — married 3 May 1842 in Madison County, Illinois, USA

Descendants

Died 22 Jan 1879 at age 65 in West Union, Todd, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

Daniel Wilson was born April 22, 1813 in Connecticut. He died January 22, 1879 in West Union, Todd, Minnesota, at the age of 65 years and 9 months. He was the father-in-law of Mrs. Laura L. Anderson's daughter.^[1]

On 3 May 1842 Daniel married Elizabeth Wooldridge in Madison, Illinois.^[2]

On 5 November 5 1850 Daniel Wilson was elected as a supervisor of Stephenson County from the town of West Point.^[3]

On the 1880 census, Daniel's widow Elizabeth Wilson is listed as head of household, living with their sons, George W. Wilson, Frank A. Wilson, James B. Wilson, Sheldon Wilson and his wife, and Charles Wilson and his wife.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #87814505.
2. ↑ Ancestry.com. Illinois, Compiled Marriages, 1790-1860 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004, FHL film #1306457.
3. ↑ The History of Stephenson County, Illinois : containing a history of the county, its cities, towns, &c., biographical sketches of citizens, war record of its volunteers in the late rebellion, general and local statistics, portraits of early settlers and prominent men, history of the Northwest, history of Illinois, map of Stephenson County, Constitution of the United States, miscellaneous matters, &c., &c.. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1880., page 281, accessed on Ancestry.com 8/14/2015.
4. ↑ Year: 1880; Census Place: West Union, Todd, Minnesota; Roll: 635; Family History Film: 1254635; Page: 349D; Enumeration District: 141

• Year: 1850; Census Place: West Point, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: M432_129; Page: 325B; Image: 267
• Year: 1860; Census Place: West Point, Stephenson, Illinois; Roll: M653_230; Page: 484; Family History Library Film: 803230
• Year: 1870; Census Place: West Union, Todd, Minnesota; Roll: M593_717; Page: 410B; Family History Library Film: 552216
• Ancestry.com. Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007, 1 May 1875 census, Todd, West Union, Line 32, Roll MNSC_16, Daniel Wilson, age 62, born in Connecticut, both parents born in Connecticut.

Notes

From a letter from Dorothy Wilson Eimers to Dave & Kay Wilson in April 1967:

Daniel Wilson was supposed to have been a legislator in Minnesota. He was my father's grandfather. Daddy was born in 1882. His father probably 1860 or thereabouts. That would make Daniel 1830-40. Sometime he lived in Rockford, Ill where Frank Wilson was born (Daddy's father).

One of the tales I remember hearing was that Grandfather Daniel went back to Louisville Kentucky and brought back a bride and her negroe mammy. Her name (bride) was Woolridge.

Somewhere in Kentucky there is a cemetery where members of the Woolridge family are buried. The headstones are animals. The member of the family who supplied them had the stone carved to resemble the deceased. Example - cat for Auntie____. Fox for Uncle Smart, etc. Shelden has a copy of a tourist publication describing the above.