THOMAS WILSON, son of Thomas and Mary (Ellis) Wilson (both of whom are deceased), was born near Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland. At the age of nineteen years, in company with his brother, Joseph, Thomas Wilson came to America, and the two young men located at Canonsburg, Washington Co., Penn., where Thomas was engaged in the butchering business for a short time. He then worked in a brickyard for a period of five years, after which he moved to the "Robert Russell" farm, where he remained for twenty-five years. In the fall of 1978 he purchased the John Cummins farm, containing 100 acres, in Chartiers township, shortly afterward selling it to Robert H. Russell (now deceased). In the spring of 1882 he purchased an unimproved farm, in Chartiers township, the one on which he now resides, immediately proceeding to erect a handsome dwelling and new barn. In early manhood Mr. Wilson married Martha H., daughter of George Wilson, and to this union the following children have been born: George S., Mary E., Robert A., Mathew C., John R., Anna S., Lizzie J., Jennetta B., Louis T. (deceased), and one that died in infancy. The entire family are members of the United Presbyterian Church, in Canonsburg.

Text taken from page 569 of: Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893). Transcribed May 1997 by Linda Vourlogianes of Petaluma, CA as part of the Beers Project. Published June 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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