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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 2 Aug 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Clear Creek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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AARON WILSON, retired farmer, Springboro; born in this township April 17, 1815; is a son of Jesse and Elizabeth (Mason) Wilson, natives of New Jersey. The grandparents were Savel and Susanna (Chew) Wilson, he a native of Ireland and she of England, but who emigrated to America prior to the Revolutionary war; were married in New Jersey, and lived and died in that State. The father of Susanna Chew purchased 5,000 acres of land on the Delaware River where he settled, and which was known during the war as "Chew's Landing." Savel Wilson, although not a soldier in the war, yet he |
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was made a prisoner by the British for not giving certain information of the whereabouts of some of the American officers, and was kept a prisoner for three months, and then discharged on account of sickness. Jesse and family resided in New Jersey till the spring of 1805, then emigrated to Ohio and located in Clear Creek Township, Warren Co., on a farm still in possession of his son Aaron; this place was then all in the woods but a small piece, which had been deadened and a log cabin erected; here they commenced to make a home and a farm, and passed through the many hardships and trials of those pioneer days, and here they resided till their deaths; he died Nov. 6, 1849. aged 77 years; she died June 6, 1860, aged nearly 80 years: they had eight children - six sons and two daughters; four now survive - Rachel, now Widow Willis; Israel, now a practicing physician in Cincinnati: Mary, now Widow Davis; and Aaron. Mr. Wilson was a truly devoted member of the Society of Friends, a man who devoted himself closely to business, and of undoubted integrity; one who never sought or held office. but refused every offer of that kind; was a man of great energy and force of character, and always took great interest in the development and progress of the community; was the first in this vicinity to cultivate improved grafted fruit, and deserves, perhaps more than any other man, the credit of bringing this county to its present high reputation for good fruits; on his farm was one of the best orchards, noted for fine varieties of fruit, in this vicinity, the grafts for which he brought from New Jersey on horseback, in his saddle-bags. Mr. Wilson was a very prosperous farmer, and. by his industry and good management, accumulated a good competency, and furnished every one of his children with a farm and a good start in life. The subject of this sketch was raised to farm labor; was married, Oct. 20, 1842, to Sarah Jane, daughter of Jacob and Judith Brown, natives of Loudoun Co., Va., who became residents of Greene Co., Ohio, in 1835, where they lived and died; they had eleven children; three now survive - George W., Sarah Jane and Nixon G. Sarah Jane was born in Virginia June 22, 1820. Mr. Wilson and wife have had five children - Lucinda, born Oct 13, 1843, died Nov. 15, 1868; Israel, born May 25, 1846, died Sept 5. 1849; Jesse E., born March 2, 1850, died July 8, 1851; Mary Emma, born Aug. 7, 1853; and Elmar, born July 28, 1860, and died May 30,1864. Mr. Wilson, after his marriage, located upon the home place of his father, where he resided till, the spring of 1870, he removed to Springboro, where he has since resided, living retired from all active business; he was a resident of the old home place where he was born for fifty-five years, and still owns the farm, which has now been in possession of the Wilson family for seventy-six years. Mr. Wilson, in his life and character, is much like his father; never holds or accepts office; is an excellent neighbor and citizen, and has made life a success; by industry and economy he has become well situated financially, and is now able to pass his later years in comfort and plenty; and, in the success and character of his life, stands as a worthy example to the rising generations. |
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