William Gilson and Phoebe Alexander

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Husband William Gilson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Nov 1789 - Juniata Co, PA 2
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           Died:  - New Florence, Westmoreland Co, PA
         Buried: 

       Marriage: 1 Mar 1810 2

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Wife Phoebe Alexander ²

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            AKA: Ellen Alexander 1
           Born: 20 Sep 1792 2
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         Father: Hugh Alexander (1765-1835) 3 4 5 6
         Mother: Jemima Patterson (1765-1843) 3 6 7 8

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Children

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1 F Mary Alexander Gilson ²

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           Born: 24 Jan 1811 2
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         Spouse: Charles Widney (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 13 Aug 1831 9

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2 M Thomas Boyd Gilson ⁹

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           Born: 5 Mar 1813 2
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         Spouse: Mary A. Behel (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 23 Feb 1832 9

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3 M Hugh Alexander Gilson ⁹

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           Born: 21 Jul 1815 2
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         Spouse: Ann Jane Graff (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 2 May 1858 9

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4 M John Patterson Gilson ²

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           Born: 12 Mar 1818 2
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         Spouse: Nancy Ard (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 9 Nov 1838 9

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5 F Jemima K. Gilson ²

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           Born: 7 Feb 1821 2
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           Died: 5 Aug 1823 2
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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6 M William C. Gilson ²

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           Born: 18 Jul 1823 2
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           Died: 1873 or 1874 - Texas
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         Spouse: [Unk] Jennings (      -1873/1874) 9

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7 M Patterson Alexander Gilson ⁹

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           Born: 16 May 1826 9
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           Died: 2 Sep 1827 9
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 M James Henderson Gilson ⁹

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           Born: 5 Oct 1829 9
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         Spouse: Nannie A. Durboraw (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 27 Apr 1856 9

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9 F Matilda Jane Gilson ⁹

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           Born: 13 Dec 1832 9
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           Died: 7 Sep 1835 9
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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10 M Hiram Anderson Gilson ^{1 9}

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           Born: 1 Jan 1837 - Tuscarora Valley, Juniata Co, PA 1 9
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         Spouse: Maria G. Hughes (      -1863) 1 9
           Marr: 25 Nov 1858 9

         Spouse: Mary J. Brown (      -1871) 1

         Spouse: Margaret Hutchinson (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1875 1

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General Notes: Husband - William Gilson

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He was a native of Juniata County, Pennsylvania. He was a miller by occupation, and about 1845 he removed to Manchester, later a part of Allegheny City, where he resided a number of years, from thence he removed to New Florence, Westmoreland County, where he later died.

1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 193.

2 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 105.

3 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590, 825.

6 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 102.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 825.

8 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 179.

9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 106.