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Personal data Robert L. Wilson 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Robert L. Wilson

He is married to Barbara Leitch.

They got married on April 17, 1848 at Carnock, Fife, Scotland, he was 22 years old.Sources 4, 8


Child(ren):

  1. John S. Wilson  1857-????
  2. Mary E Wilson  1864-????
  3. Lydia B. Wilson  1868-????


Notes about Robert L. Wilson

1. Portrait and biographical album of Sedgwick County, Kansas
Barbara L. Wilson, who owns a good home in Payne Township, comprising 160 acres of land with excellent farm buildings, and pleasantly located on section 14, is the widow of the late Robert L. Wilson, who departed this life on the 23d of June, 1885. Mr. Wilson is a capable business man, and was the first Justice of the Peace in Payne Township, serving in 1871. He was also Postmaster of Greenwich for a term of eleven years, during which time the office was in a small house on his farm. Mrs. Wilson was born in Scotland, June 5, 1828, and is the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Chambers) Leitch, who were natives of Scotland, where they spent their entire lives. Robert Leitch rested from his labour’s on the 15th of July, 1876, and the affectionate wife and mother joined her husband on the other side Oct. 13, 1880. Their family included eight children, namely: Andrew, Barbara, Condie. Robert, Alex, Peter, Margaret and Janet. Condie died when about twenty-eight years of age; the others are surviving, and continue on their - native soil. The father was a machinist by trade, as also all his sons. Mrs. Wilson came to the United States when about twenty-five years of age. Her husband had preceded her some two years, settling first in Pennsylvania, where he was joined by his wife, and not long afterward they moved to New York State, locating in Orange County. Thence they moved two years later to Clinton, Ohio, in the Chippewa coal regions, where Mr. Wilson followed mining for a short time, and from there removed to Clay County, Ind. He worked there in a coal mine, and then pushed still further westward, becoming a resident of Alton, Ill., where the family resided for a period of fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came with their family to Kansas in 1870, locating first on Payne’s ranch until the outlines of the sections could be definitely ascertained. They camped on the land included in their present farm for a time, and afterward occupied a dugout during the winter months and until a house could be erected. The husband by hard work and perseverance succeeding in raising enough vegetables to provide the family for the season, but were obliged to contend with hailstorms and grass - hoppers, and were often reduced to corn bread and water. Mr. Wilson finally succeeded in clearing a quarter-section of land, through which the Fort Scott Railroad now passes, and which is numbered among the fertile farms of the county.
The childhood and youth of Mrs. Wilson were spent in her native county not far from the early home of her husband, to whom she was married on the 17th of April, 1848.
Mr. Wilson was the son of James Wilson and Elizabeth Strang, who were also of Scottish birth and parentage, and passed to their long home years ago. Their family consisted of thirteen children, of whom Robert L. was the youngest.
After coming to Illinois and during the progress of the late Rebellion, Mr. Wilson enlisted as a Union soldier in Company G, 66th Illinois Infantry, and continued in the service about twenty-two months, being in many battles, but escaping without a wound. He marched with the troops of Gen. Sherman as far as Atlanta, when, on account of ill-health, he received his discharge, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in 1865. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson there were born seven children, namely: James lives in this township: Robert is deceased; John lives in this township; Andrew and Margaret are deceased; Mary is the wife of Thomas Barnes of Osage City; Lydia is the wife of Frank E. Austin, and resides with her widowed mother on the farm, Mr. Austin having charge of its business. Mrs. Wilson is a consistent member of the Christian Church, with which she identified herself many years ago. Her husband belonged to the Baptist Church at the time of his death.

2. LEITCH, BARBARA, ROBERT WILSON YEAR ASSUMED 00/00/1848 414/ 30 229 Carnock, Fife, Scotland.

3. Robert L. Wilson
Birth: unknown
Death: 23 Jun 1885
Burial: Andover Cemetery, Andover, Butler County, Kansas, USA
Plot: 2
Memorial #: 19826523
Gravesite Details h/o Barbara L.; a 60y, 28d
Family Members
Children
Susie M. Coberly Wilson 1865-1916
Maintained by: Find A Grave (8)
Originally Created by: Stan Weir (46852757)
Added: 10 Jun 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19826523
accessed 21 January 2020), memorial page for Robert L. Wilson (unknown-23 Jun 1885), Find A Grave Memorial no. 19826523, citing Andover Cemetery, Andover, Butler County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Robert L. Wilson

Edward Strang
± 1750-> 1805
Margaret Weir
1745-????
James Wilson
± 1791-1851

Robert L. Wilson
1825-1885

1848

Barbara Leitch
1828-????

John S. Wilson
1857-????
Mary E Wilson
1864-????
Lydia B. Wilson
1868-????
James Wilson
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Robert Wilson
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Andrew Wilson
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Mary Wilson
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    1. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for James Wilson Parish: Beath; ED: 1; Page: 14; Line: 393; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for James Wilson
      Name: James Wilson
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1791
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Fife, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Beath
      County: Fife
      Address: Kelty
      Occupation: Coal Miner
      Parish Number: 410
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      James Wilson 50
      Elizth Wilson 56
      James Wilson 20
      Elizth Wilson 18
      Robert Wilson 16
      James Wilson 6 Grandson
    2. 1880 United States Federal Census, Record for: Robert L. Wilson 1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Payne, Sedgwick, Kansas; Roll: 396; Page: 300B; Enumeration District: 215 1880 United States Federal Census This database is an index to 50 million individuals enumerated in the 1880 United States Federal Census. Census takers recorded many details including each person's name, address, occupation, relationship to the head of household, race, sex, age at last birthday, marital status, place of birth, parents’ place of birth. Additionally, the names of those listed on the population schedule are linked to actual images of the 1880 Federal Census.
      Name: Robert L. Wilson
      Age: 55
      Birth Date: Abt 1825
      Birthplace: Scotland
      Home in 1880: Payne, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
      Dwelling Number: 14
      Race: White
      Gender: Male
      Relation to head of House: Self (Head)
      Marital status: Married
      Spouse's name: Barbara L. Wilson
      Father's Birthplace:Scotland
      Mother's Birthplace:Scotland
      Occupation: Farmer
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Robert L. Wilson55
      Barbara L. Wilson52
      John S. Wilson23
      Mary E Wilson16
      Lydia B. Wilson12
    3. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1825 WILSON, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Births 488/ 60 38 St Ninians)
      25/05/1825 WILSON, ROBERT (Old Parish Registers Births 488/ 60 38 St Ninians)
      Births St Ninians 1825
      May 25. Parents: James Wilson &
      Elizabeth Strang, Children: Robert.
      Witnesses: Congregation. Residence: Plean.
    4. Portrait and biographical album of Sedgwick County, Kansas, MRS. BARBARA L. WILSON Portrait and biographical album of Sedgwick County, Kansas, containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent ... citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of Kansas and of the Presidents of the United States Page 871 County, Kansas Published Chicago, Chapman brothers,1888. Description 5 p. l., 19-1123, [5] p.incl. illus., plates (part double) ports.28 cm. Rights Public Domain, Google-digitized. Permanent URL https://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89065277261
      MRS. BARBARA L. WILSON, who owns a good home in Payne Township, comprising 160 acres of land with excellent farm buildings, and pleasantly located on section 14, is the widow of the late Robert L. Wilson, who departed this life on the 23d of June, 1885. Mr. Wilson is a capable business man, and was the first Justice of the Peace in Payne Township, serving in 1871. He was also Postmaster of Greenwich for a term of eleven years, during which time his officee was in a small house on his farm. Mrs. Wilson was born in Scotland, June 5, 1828, and is the daughter of Robert and Margaret (Chambers) Leitch, who were natives of Scotland, where they spent their entire lives. Robert Leitch rested from his labours on the 15th of July, 1876, and the affectionate wife and mother joined her husband on the other side Oct. 13, 1880. Their family included eight children, namely: Andrew, Barbara, Condie. Robert, Alex, Peter, Margaret and Janet. Condie died when about twenty-eight years of age; the others are surviving, and continue on their native soil. The father was a machinist by trade, as also all his sons. Mrs. Wilson came to the United States when about twenty-five years of age. Her husband had preceded her some two years. settling first in Pennsylvania, where he was joined by his wife, and not long afterward they removed to New York State, locating in Orange County. Thence they removed two years later to Clinton, Ohio, in the Chippewa coal regions, where Mr. Wilson followed mining for a short time, and from there removed to Clay County, Ind. He worked there in a coal mine, and then pushed still further westward,becoming a resident of Alton, Ill., where the family resided for a period of fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson came with their family to Kansas in 1870, locating first on Payne’s ranch until the outlines of the sections could be definitely ascertained. They camped on the land included in their present farm for a time, and afterward occupied a dugout during the winter months until a house could be erected. The husband by hard work and perseverance succeeding in raising enough vegetables to provide the family for the season, but were obliged to contend with hailstorms and grasshoppers, and were often reduced to corn bread and water. Mr. Wilson finally succeeded in clearing a quarter-section of land, through which the Ft. Scott Railroad now passes, and which is numbered among the fertile farms of the county. The childhood and youth of Mrs. Wilson were spent in her native county not far from the early home of her husband, to whom she was married on the 17th of April, 1848. Mr. Wilson. was the son of James and Elizabeth (Strong) Wilson, who were also of Scotch birth and parentage, and passed to their long home years ago. Their family consisted of thirteen children, of whom Robert L. was the youngest. After coming to Illinois and during the progress of the late Rebellion, Mr. Wilson enlisted as a Union soldier in Company G, 66th Illinois Infantry, and continued in the service about twenty-two months, being in many battles, but escaping without a wound. He marched with the troops of Gen. Sherman as far as Atlanta, when, on account of ill-health, he received his discharge, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., in 1865. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson there were born seven children, namely: James lives in this township: Robert is deceased; John lives in this township; Andrew and Margaret are deceased; Mary is the wife of Thomas Barnes. of Osage City; Lydia is the wife of Frank E. Austin, and resides with her widowed mother on the farm, Mr. Austin having charge of its business. Mrs. Wilson is a consistent member of the Christian Church, with which she identified herself many years ago. Her husband belonged to the Baptist Church at the time of his death.
    5. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, Ancestry.com. U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Original data: Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971. NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, 145 rolls. Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28. Washington, D.C.: National Archives.
      Name: Robert L Wilson
      Post Office Location: Greenwich , Sedgwick, Kansas
      Appointment Date: 3 Sep 1874
      Volume #: 40
      Volume Year Range: 1874-1883
    6. Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls, Record for Robert Wilson Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls Ancestry.com. Web: Illinois, Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Databases of Illinois Veterans. Illinois State Archive. http://cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases/home.html: accessed 5 August 2014.
      Name: Robert L Wilson
      Rank: Private
      Company: G
      Unit: 66th Illinois Infantry
      Height: 5' 9
      Hair: AUBURN
      Eyes: BLUE
      Complexion: FLORID
      Occupation: Miner
      Birth Date: Abt 1826
      Birth Place: Scotland
      War: Civil War
      War Years: 1861-1865
      Service Entry Age: 38
      Service Entry Date: 23 Feb 1864
      Service Entry Place: Alton, ILLINOIS
      Joined By Whom: CPT ABBOTT
      Period: 3 YRS
      Muster In Date: 23 Feb 1864
      Muster In Place: Alton, IL
      Muster Out Date: 7 Jul 1865
      Muster Out Place: Louisville, KY
      Muster Out By Whom: CPT GUTHRIE
      Remarks:ABSENT ON FURLOUGH
      Residence Place: Alton, Madison CO, IL
      Record Source: Illinois Civil War Muster and Descriptive Rolls
    7. Findagrave, ROBERT L WILSON Birth: 25 May 1825 Death: 23 Jun 1885 Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 May 2020), memorial page for Robert L. Wilson (unknown–23 Jun 1885), Find a Grave Memorial no. 19826523, citing Andover Cemetery, Andover, Butler County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
      Robert L. Wilson
      Birth: unknown
      Death: 23 Jun 1885
      Burial: Andover Cemetery, Andover, Butler County, Kansas, USA
      Plot: 2
      Memorial #: 19826523
      Gravesite Details h/o Barbara L.; a 60y, 28d
      Family Members
      Children
      Susie M. Coberly Wilson 1865-1916
      Originally Created by: Stan Weir (46852757)
      Added: 10 Jun 2007
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19826523
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 26 May 2020), memorial page for Robert L. Wilson (unknown–23 Jun 1885), Find a Grave Memorial no. 19826523, citing Andover Cemetery, Andover, Butler County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
    8. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1848 WILSON, ROBERT, BARBARA LEITCH (Old Parish Registers Marriages 414/ 30 229 Carnock) Date ammended by me from that recorded in Scotlandspeople (See below) as 00/00/1948 to 17/04/1848 (Record in Portrait and biographical album of Sedgwick County, Kansas) 00/00/1848 WILSON, ROBERT, BARBARA LEITCH/FR893 YEAR ASSUMED (FR893), 00/00/1848, 414/ 30 229, Carnock
      17/04/1848 WILSON, ROBERT, BARBARA LEITCH (Old Parish Registers Marriages 414/ 30 229 Carnock)
      Date ammended by me from that recorded in Scotlandspeople as 00/00/1948 to 17/04/1848 (Record in Portrait and biographical album of Sedgwick County, Kansas)

      Wilson & Leitch.
      Robert Wilson & Barbara Leitch both in this parish, having been regularly proclaimed in the parish church here in order to marriage

      (No Date)

    Historical events

    Birthday May 25, 1825

    • The temperature on May 25, 1825 was about 16.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt winderig. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • In the year 1825: Source: Wikipedia
      • February 9 » After no candidate receives a majority of electoral votes in the US presidential election of 1824, the United States House of Representatives elects John Quincy Adams as President of the United States.
      • August 6 » The Bolivian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
      • August 25 » Uruguay declares its independence from Brazil.
      • September 27 » The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, the Stockton and Darlington Railway, is ceremonially opened.
      • October 9 » Restauration arrives in New York Harbor from Norway, the first organized immigration from Norway to the United States.
      • November 26 » At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.

    Day of marriage April 17, 1848

    • The temperature on April 17, 1848 was about 9.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: betrokken regen. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
    • From November 21, 1848 till November 1, 1849 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Kempenaer - Donker Curtius with the prime ministers Mr. J.M. de Kempenaer (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. D. Donker Curtius (conservatief-liberaal).
    • In the year 1848: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 3.1 million citizens.
      • March 10 » The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is ratified by the United States Senate, ending the Mexican–American War.
      • March 18 » March Revolution: In Berlin there is a struggle between citizens and military, costing about 300 lives.
      • May 3 » The boar-crested Anglo-Saxon Benty Grange helmet is discovered in a barrow on the Benty Grange farm in Derbyshire.
      • June 25 » A photograph of the June Days uprising becomes the first known instance of photojournalism.
      • July 11 » Waterloo railway station in London opens.
      • August 14 » Oregon Territory is organized by act of Congress.

    Day of death June 23, 1885

    • The temperature on June 23, 1885 was about 21.3 °C. The air pressure was 3 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 60%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1885: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 14 » The Mikado, a light opera by W. S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan, receives its first public performance at the Savoy Theatre in London.
      • July 1 » The Congo Free State is established by King Leopold II of Belgium.
      • July 20 » The Football Association legalizes professionalism in association football under pressure from the British Football Association.
      • August 14 » Japan's first patent is issued to the inventor of a rust-proof paint.
      • September 12 » Arbroath 36–0 Bon Accord, a world record scoreline in professional Association football.
      • October 13 » The Georgia Institute of Technology is founded in Atlanta, Georgia.
    

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