Philena Bailey Wilson
Philena Bailey Wilson (maiden name: Davison) was born on September 12, 1814, in Readsboro, Vermont, to Henry and Sally Davison. She married James Wilson, and they had at least eight children: John, born around 1836; William, born on December 23, 1844; James, born around 1847; Sylvia, born around 1849; Henry, born around 1854; Mary, born around 1857; Prescott, born around 1859; and Walter, born around 1863. They lived in Hanover, New York, and her husband worked as a farmer. By 1860, they owned $3,700 of real estate and $600 of personal property. She died in 1868.
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(5641)Wilson, Philena Bailey ~ Davison, Philena Bailey1814-09-121868
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 15

  • (9847) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 19 June 1863
  • (9851) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 19 July 1863
  • (9854) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 4 December 1863
  • (9855) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 9 January 1864
  • (9856) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 23 February 1864
  • (9857) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 25 February 1864
  • (9858) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 21 March 1863
  • (9859) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 8 April 1864
  • (9860) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to Philena B. Wilson, 8 April 1863
  • (9861) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 21 April 1863
  • (9862) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to Philena B. Wilson, 25 April 1863
  • (9863) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 25 July 186X
  • (9864) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 20 November 1862
  • (9865) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 27 November 1863
  • (9866) [recipient] ~ William Wilson to James Wilson and Philena B. Wilson, 28 January 1863

People - Records: 3

  • (5641) Wilson, Philena Bailey is the [parent of] (3556) Wilson, William
  • (5641) Wilson, Philena Bailey is the [parent of] (5639) Wilson, John R.
  • (5641) Wilson, Philena Bailey is the [wife of] (5640) Wilson, James

Places - Records: 2

  • (3735) [birth] ~ Readsboro, Bennington County, Vermont
  • (3734) [residence in 1860] ~ Hanover, Chautauqua County, New York

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SOURCES

1850 and 1860 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1855 and 1865 New York State Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, available from Ancestry.com; Obed Edson, Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York (Philadelphia, PA: Butler F. Dilley, 1891)