Husband John Haden Wilson 1 2
Born: 1868 - Nashville, Davidson Co, TN 1
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Father: Andrew Henderson Wilson (1827-1907) 3 4
Mother: Jennie Graham Speirs ( - ) 2
Marriage: 26 Oct 1899 2
Wife Catherine Elizabeth Levis 2 5
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1 M John Levis Wilson 2
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2 M Robert Stewart Wilson 2
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General Notes: Husband - John Haden Wilson
He was born at Nashville, Tennessee, and brought up at Harmony, Pennsylvania; graduated from Harmony Collegiate Institute and Grove City College, taught school, read law and was admitted to the Butler bar, where he engaged in practice beginning in 1896. He was appointed solicitor for the borough of Butler in 1907 and continued in that position for the borough and city of Butler for over twenty years. He was elected March 4, 1919, to the Sixty-sixth Congress of the United States, as representative for the Twenty-sixth District of Pennsylvania, comprising Butler and Westmoreland counties, and served one full term. He was the first Democrat elected to Congress from Butler County in fifty years.
He was reared at Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and he obtained his early education in the public schools, subse-quently entering Grove City College, where he was graduated in the class of 1891. For several years he engaged in teaching school, and studying law in the office of Attorney Levingstone McQuistion, at Butler, and he was admitted to the bar in 1893. He entered into a law partnership with Mr. Vanderlin, the firm name being Vanderlin & Wilson, which continued for two years, when it was dissolved and after this Mr. Wilson practiced alone. In March, 1907, he was elected city solicitor.
He and his wife were members of the First Presbyterian Church. Fraternally, Mr. Wilson was identified with the Masons, the Odd Fellows, and the Royal Arcanum.
General Notes: Wife - Catherine Elizabeth Levis
from Rochester, PA