Elizabeth
(Minerd) Wilson
(1888- ? )
Elizabeth (Minerd) Wilson was born in 1888 at Dunbar, Fayette County, PA, the daughter of James Valentine and Nancy (Warman) Fuller Minerd.
Little is known of her life.
On Aug. 31, 1910, Elizabeth married Ira Wilson (1885- ? ), a coal miner of Percy, near Uniontown, Fayette County. They had at least seven children -- Mary E. Wilson, Helen V. Wilson, John A. Wilson, James R. Wilson, Ira W. Wilson, Clara V. Wilson and Raymond Wilson.
In 1920, when the federal census was taken, the Wilsons and their four eldest children resided in Uniontown, Fayette County, where Ira worked as a foreman in the local coal mines.
By 1930, the family had expanded to seven children. They made their home in Centerville, Washington County, PA, where Ira continued his labors as a coal miner.
Elizabeth resided circa 1939 in New Geneva, Fayette County. Among the local landmarks in New Geneva is Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin, who served as Secretary of the Treasury of the United States during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson.
In the 1953-1957 era, she lived at Cambridge Springs, Crawford County, PA. In July 1954, she is known to have brought her daughters Clara and Velma to Dunbar for a visit with her sister, Alice Doughty, of First Street, Speers Hill.
Elizabeth passed away in September 1967. The funeral was held in Cambridge Springs. Her nieces Olive Quairiere and Mary Robbins, and Mr. and Mrs. John Maddas, traveled to Cambridge Springs for the funeral.
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