David Wilson 1
- Born: 7 Feb 1780, Pennsylvania, USA
- Marriage (1): Elizabeth Massey on 17 Mar 1802
- Died: 1810, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA at age 30
- Buried: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, USA
General Notes:
From the website, http://ancestorarchives.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html and written by Karyn Hall
In 1802, at age 22, DAVID WILSON married ELIABETH HIBBS. They had four sons:
Thomas, born 1803; Eli, born 1805; and John and Mahlon, birth dates unknown.
DAVID WILSON met his death in an accident and the events immediately following this accident have tragic overtones.
In 1810, DAVID travelled the 25 miles from his home to the bustling metropolis of Philadelphia, where he secured work as a carpenter. He fell while working on a five-story building and was taken unconscious to a hospital where he died. He was newly arrived and a stranger in Philadelphia and the authorities, unable to locate his family, quietly buried him in a potter's field a few blocks from the hospital. His son, ELI, and brother-in-law, William Hibbs, arrived in Philadelphia a few days later at the public market where they learned of his death. Since the Quakers were opposed to moving the dead, David's remains were not disturbed and rest today within sight of Independence Hall and in the shadow of the Curtis Publishing Building.
(from genealogy compiled by ORAN C. WILSON, 1958) 2
David married Elizabeth Massey on 17 Mar 1802. (Elizabeth Massey was born about 1780 and died in 1810.)
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