Bios: JOSEPH CLARK WILSON 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  
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      JOSEPH CLARK WILSON,
  
  [p. 483] who owns a valuable farm of seventy-eight acres in North Beaver
  Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, was born in that township,
  March 8, 1847, and is a son of Joseph and Mary (Hopper) Wilson, grandson
  of Joseph, and great-grandson of Joseph Wilson.
  
  Joseph Wilson, the great-grandfather, was born near the boundary line
  between Scotland and Ireland, and in the colonial days emigrated to
  America, settling in Maryland. He was a general in the American Army
  during the Revolution, and his son, Joseph, Jr., then a lad of twelve
  years, drove a wagon in the army. The latter was subsequently in the War
  of 1812, bearing the rank of Colonel. He married a Miss Booth, who was
  of English parentage and came of a family of Tories. The marriage
  displeased the parents of Joseph, Jr., and he left with his bride for
  the West and made settlement in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County,
  Pennsylvania, about a quarter of a mile distant from the present farm of
  Joseph Clark Wilson.
  
  Joseph Wilson, father of Joseph Clark, was born on the farm now owned by
  Mrs. William McCullough in North Beaver Township, in 1808, and his death
  occurred February 23, 1890, at the age of eighty-two years. He was
  united in marriage with Mary Hopper, who was born on what is known as
  the old Hopper farm on Hickory Creek, in 1811, and was two years of age
  when her father, Samuel Hopper, moved upon the place now owned by James
  Wilson. Samuel Hopper was born in North Beaver Township, and was a son
  of Robert Hopper, who came from near Pittsburg at a very early period.
  Mrs. Wilson died in 1893. She was the mother of nine children, of whom
  four are now living, namely: John D., of Slippery Rock Township; Robert
  H., of North Beaver Township; Joseph Clark; and James, who lives on the
  old Hopper farm of 100 acres.
  
  James Wilson was born in North Beaver Township, January 15, 1849, and in
  1870 moved with his parents to Slippery Rock Township. He was there
  married in 1875 to Melissa Frew, and continued to reside there until
  1891, when he located upon his present place. He and his wife became
  parents of seven children: David Frew, deceased; Mary A., deceased;
  Albert, a carpenter of New Castle; Annie Dell and Nannie Belle, twins;
  Elsie E., deceased; and Jessie, M.
  
  Joseph Clark Wilson was reared on the home place and received his
  educational training in the public schools of that district. He turned
  his attention to agricultural pursuits at an early age, and has always
  been successful in that occupation. In 1879 he purchased his present
  farm of seventy-eight acres of Robert Miller, made many important and
  desirable improvements, and has resided here since. In addition to
  general farming, he has been quite successful as a raiser of fruits.
  
  September 12, 1906, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage with Jennie A.
  Kelso, a daughter of Hiram Kelso of Pulaski Township. Religiously, they
  are members of the Mount Jackson United Presbyterian church.
  
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  20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and
  Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing
  Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
  
  Updated: 29 Oct 2001