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From: "Beverly Liston" <>
Subject: Re: [PABEAVER-L] WILSON & BOIES families of early PA
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 1999 17:59:25 -0500

I also am researching the name of Wilson (only from Clarion and Mercer
County) and believe me I know what you are talking about only mine are Joseph
and James.

Beverly Liston, Hermitage, PA.
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From: Gayle Fuson <>
To: <>
Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 4:14 PM
Subject: [PABEAVER-L] WILSON & BOIES families of early PA


>Hello,
>I would love to find living relatives of this early Wilson family. It
>appears every Wilson family in Beaver Co. area had a son named Samuel. I
>wrote to the Beaver Co. Hist. Soc a couple of years ago to inquire of the
>Wilson/Boies marriage but someone wrote back that "a brief search of
>unindexed info" found nothing on this family. I DO know from The Boies
>Family PA and Adjoining Co's of Eastern OH, that the BOIES family was quite
>active in PA in the early 1800's. From this book I have gotten much needed
>info on Anna Boies. I would really like to find the parents of her spouse,
>Samuel Wilson. Anyone familiar with or know how I could finally get an
>anwer/clue?
>Below is a short report of the family:
>Individual Summary - 5 Dec 1999
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>Name: Anna BOIES
>Sex: Female
>Father: John BOIES (abt 1778 - )
>Mother: Mrs. Nancy BOIES (1779 - )
>
>Individual Facts
>Birth 4 Apr 1811 Pennsylvania1
>Residence 1891 (age 80) Spencerville Rd.; Allen Co, OH
>Misc Dec 1891 (age 80) The Funeral was held at Chester Chapel; Allen Co, OH
>Death 12 Dec 1891 (age 80) Allen Co, OH
>Burial Amanda Baptist Cemetery
>
>Marriages/Children
>1. Samuel WILSON b. 20 Nov 1803 somewhere in PA.
>Marriage abt 1830 (age 19)
>Children Nancy WILSON (1830 - 1916)
> James McClure WILSON (abt 1834 - )*** still living in Beaver Falls in 1880
> Milo E. WILSON (abt 1835 - )
> Eliza Jane WILSON (1838 - )
> John Boies WILSON (1840 - )
> Robert WILSON (abt 1842 - )
> Margaret (Maggie) C. WILSON (abt 1844 - )
> Mary Ann WILSON (abt 1848 - )
> Samuel Alvin WILSON (22 May 1849 - 2 Jan 1905) d..Allen Co, OH
> William W. WILSON (abt 1850 - )
> Alice WILSON (aft 1850 - )
> Joseph WILSON (aft 1850 - )
>
>Sources
>1. Robert E. Boies, Sr.. Genealogy of the Boies Family of Pennsylvania and
>adjoining counties of Eastern Ohio. 1300 Higiscus, McAllen, TX 78501
>512-682-0956. Anna Boies is not included in my 682 page book on the Quaker
>Irish Boyces descended from Richard Boyes (1600's) Co. Antrim, Ireland. Her
>grandfather - David - may be from that family - but no proof. Switch the
>"i"
>with "y" which was frequently done. However Anna is mentioned in a rather
>haphazard rendition entitled " Genealogy of the Boies Family of Pennsylvania
>and adjoining counties in Eastern Ohio." compiled by Robert E. Boies, Sr. of
>McAllen, Texas in 1986. It is not indexed. A copy was in the Citizen's
>Library in Washington, Pa. and probably in Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh.
>He
>says that Anna Boies b. 4 April 1811 was the sixth of 12 children of John
>(b.
>in Ireland) and Nancy ______ b. 1779 in Maryland. John was the second
>oldest and one of 10 children of David Boies and ________ Forsyth Boies the
>daughter of John. Their first five children were born in Ireland.
>Thank you,
>Gayle
>
>http://www.olypen.com/gayle
>
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