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  Samuel Wilson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Samuel Wilson (Uncle Sam) (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer in Troy, New York.
The origin of the Uncle Sam legend may be that at the time of the War of 1812, Samuel Wilson was a prosperous middle-aged meat-packer in Troy, known locally by the nickname "Uncle Sam".
Samuel Wilson died in 1854 and is buried in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_Wilson   (276 words)

  
 Biography of Uncle Sam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilson was born in Arlington, Mass., on September 13, 1766.
During the War of 1812, Wilson was in the business of slaughtering and packing meat.
For example, Wilson was clean-shaven, while Uncle Sam is usually portrayed with a goatee.
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 Wilson Grandbury Buchanan
Wilson G. was the son of Samuel and Nancy Herrington Buchanan.
Wilson G., the head of the clan, died on May 17, 1873, and is buried at the Steep Hollow Cemetery with a large WOW monument.
Samuel Beatty Buchanan died Nov. 2, 1910 shortly after the census was taken and is buried by his first wife Martha J. in the Steep Hollow Cemetery.
www.summitsoftware.com /pwa/Genealogy/Buchanan/wilson.htm   (2326 words)

  
 Samuel W. Hopkins and Nancy Rollin Brough
Samuel W. Hopkins and Nancy Rolin Brough were the parents of William Thaddeus Hopkins, husband of my great-grandfather's sister Sarah Orillia Tillotson.
Samuel's brother Charles, who lived on a neighboring farm in Missouri, fought in the Confederate Army.
Samuel William Hopkins was born in Virginia October 6th, 1834; died November 27th, 1907.
www.pibburns.com /samhopki.htm   (920 words)

  
 The Latimers in America & Related Families   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In 1838, Nathaniel Wilson, Jr., who was then becoming exceedingly eccentric, decided to enclose the twelve-sided plot of ground with a stone wall, having obtained through the aid of friends in Washington, a small cedar tree from Lebanon, in Palestine, which he planted in the center of the duodecagon.
Ambrose Whitlock Wilson, was born 1829 and married Elizabeth Leach in 1871.
Samuel Wilson was a veteran of the War of 1812 and died soon after his discharge.
www.iwaynet.net /~lbeougher/latimer_.htm   (4504 words)

  
 Descendants of John Tefft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Samuel was first taxed in Kingstown in 1687, so it is possible Susannah, born circa 1686 was the first of his children born on the mainland.
Samuel eventually settled on the land of his father in Pettaquamscutt, appearing on the tax list at Kingstown in 1687, and from that time until the early 20th century Samuel and his descendants lived and worked that piece of land.
Samuel was also one of the original participants in the Shannock Purchase, a tract of land that lay in the so-called vacant lands.
home.gwi.net /~tefft6/family/d2.htm   (2752 words)

  
 Williamson Co. Probate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The tombstone of Jason Wilson reads: "The deceast was a native of Ireland, good citizen, and honest man, a Christian, and Whig, Soldier in 1776." He died June 9, 1839 and is buried in the Ogilvie family graveyard one mile south of College Grove, Tennessee.
Sixthly, I also convey to my son Robert Wilson, Elizabeth Jackson, and the heirs of her body, Anisa Mosely and the heirs of her body, Jean Hogg and the heirs of her body by deed to each of them, lots of land which I estimate to be worth fifteen hundred dollars (each lot).
Henrietta Wilson have to this my last will and testament set my hand and seal the day and year above written signed sealed published and Henreitta Wilson declared by the said Henrietta Wilson the testatrix her last will and in the presents of us who were present at the time of signing and sealing thereof.
members.aol.com /joypjh2/probate2.htm   (1559 words)

  
 Samuel Alexander Kinnier Wilson (www.whonamedit.com)
Samuel Wilson in July 1912 won great repute and received the gold medal of the University of Edinburgh for a 211 page doctoral thesis entitled "Progressive lenticular degeneration: A familial nervous disease associated with cirrhosis of the liver".
Wilson eyed him with some circumspection and starting to walk away, asked "Do you mean Kinnier Wilson's disease?" Although a skilled histologist, he took little interest in laboratory work, and most of his numerous papers concerned clinical neurology.
Samuel Wilson was a legendary teacher, a quick witted man with a keen if ironic sense of humour, and possessing that element of "hamishness" which seems to be essential in demonstrating neurological problems.
www.whonamedit.com /doctor.cfm/1711.html   (949 words)

  
 W   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilson had been a resident of Monon and vicinity all his life and was sixty-two years old at the time of his death.
JAMES K. The Wilson family still has in its possession the patent to a tract of land on section 22 in what is now Monon Township, the instrument bearing the signature of Andrew Jackson, who was President of the United States when the Wilsons first came to White County.
Wilson was a justice of the peace and in 1890 was the candidate for sheriff of White County on the prohibition ticket, in which party he was an active member.
www.brookston.lib.in.us /WhiteCo/biographies-W.htm   (15952 words)

  
 El Dorado County Biographies
Samuel and Rebecca kept the death watch over him as he lay in the cradle made of rough lumber that sat at the north wall of the room by the fireplace.
Samuel Kyburz was one of the first office-holders along with many well-known early founders of California, such as Samuel Brannan, Edwin Bryant, and Joseph Folsom to name a few.
Samuel Kyburz's absence from the written accounts of those famous events of 1848, indicate a man who was not interested in bringing attention on himself.
www.cagenweb.com /eldorado/biographies/samkyburz.htm   (4997 words)

  
 Samuel A. Wilson
SAMUEL A. WILSON professor of Latin and Greek at Cooper College, was one of the first body of instructors in that institution when it was opened in 1887.
Samuel A. Wilson was born at Sugar Grove, Indiana, June 18, 1861.
Wilson have two children, John McMillan, born at Sterling February 24, 1901, and now a junior in the local high school; and Robert Samuel, born June 16, 1905, at Sterling, and a student in the seventh grade of the public schools.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1918ks/biow/wilsonsa.html   (692 words)

  
 WILSON GENEALOGY
At least one of John Wilson's grandchildren says on the census that her father was born in Kentucky.
Ann Wilson was the daughter of Ephraim Wilson of Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Ephriam Wilson - was born in 1756 in Delaware.
www.carrollscorner.net /WILSON.htm   (194 words)

  
 Wilson's Disease - Dr. Samuel A. K. Wilson (1878-1937)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Wilson was an eminent neurologist at the National Hospital, Queen Square, London, during the first half of the 20th Century.
Samuel Wilson was born in Cedarville, New Jersey, USA, where his father was a clergyman of Irish stock.
Wilson was a famous lecturer and his rich voice, penetrating gaze and incisive manner gave his witty and lucid presentations a dramatic quality which attracted large audiences.
www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~drstall/drsamuelwilson.html   (502 words)

  
 Samuel Wilson - Deputy Director - NIEHS
Samuel H. Wilson is Deputy Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH).
Wilson received his graduate and postgraduate training in medicine and biochemistry at Harvard Medical School and the NIH.
In November 1991, Dr. Wilson moved to the extramural community to found a center focused in the area of genetic toxicology and functional genomics.
www.niehs.nih.gov /ododd/wilson.htm   (487 words)

  
 Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest
The Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest was launched in 1997.
It was renamed in 2000 to honor Lt. General Samuel Vaughan Wilson at the time of his retirement as President of the College.
Through the Wilson Center, alumni with careers in Public Service are invited to campus to share their expertise with current students in panels, class lectures, and seminars.
www.hsc.edu /wilsoncenter   (388 words)

  
 Administrative Articles - Samuel Wilson - Deputy Director - NIEHS
Wilson, S.H. "The Environmental Genome Project." CMGCC Symposium on Genes, Environment, and Disease, Boston, MA, June 9, 2003.
Wilson, S.H. "On the Status of Global Genomic Approaches Toward Tissue Classification and Stress Response Characterization." ILSI Health and Environmental Sciences Institute Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January 21, 2004.
Wilson, S.H. "Overview of the Built Environment and Its Impact on Health." Institute of Medicine's Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research and Medicine, "Rebuilding the Unity of Health and the Environment: The Greater Houston Metropolitan Area," Houston, TX, January 23, 2004.
www.niehs.nih.gov /ododd/adminart.htm   (2136 words)

  
 Sam Wilson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Known to many as Uncle Sam, Samuel Wilson is the man behind the legend of America's Uncle Sam.
Lucius Wilson, a great-nephew, remembers Uncle Sam as "engaged in many enterprises, employed many hands, had extensive acquaintance, was jolly, genial, generous, and known and called 'Uncle Sam' by everyone" (Ketchum 42).
Samuel Wilson married Betsey in 1797 and together they had four children.
www.albany.edu /history/HIS530/unclesam/sam.htm   (811 words)

  
 Uncle Sam Celebriducks for the Connoisseur   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Samuel Wilson was born in Arlington, Mass., on September 13, 1766.
During that war, Samuel Wilson, now a meat packer affectionately known as "Uncle Sam", supplied the Army with beef in barrels.
But in any case, the legend was sufficiently moving to inspire the Congress of the United States to pass a resolution recognizing Samuel Wilson as the inspiration for the symbol, "Uncle Sam".
www.beckett.com /celebriducks/uncle_sam/index.asp   (777 words)

  
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The account of Wilson is interesting for the observations he made in traveling from the coast to Sanaa.
As a military man, Wilson discovered that a private in the infantry of the imam received about 2 dollars per month, while a cavalryman would receive up to 9 dollars a month (although they had to buy their own arms and clothing).
Wilson was impressed by the passion of Yemenis for drinking coffee and "smoaking" the "hookah" or waterpipe.
www.aiys.org /webdate/wils.html   (946 words)

  
 Samuel Wilson Family Genealogy
Samuel's property was adjacent to that of Samuel Boyd.
The older graves of the Wilson's are located to the South toward the highway, while the newer graves of the Morris and Carr families are located to the North.
Relation between Samuel and Jacob was established by a Bible record in the possession of William Earl Wilson, son of Samuel's youngest son Claudus Bennett.
www.wilson-genealogy.com /samuel-3.html   (4079 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Local / Mass. / Arlington monument honors country's original 'Uncle Sam'
A. Samuel Wilson was a native son of Menotomy, now Arlington.
Born Sept. 13, 1766, Wilson was one of 13 children born to Edward and Lucy (Francis) Wilson, his mother hailing from Medford.
Although Wilson was clean-shaven and not known to wear red, white, and blue clothing, artists such as Thomas Nast and James Montgomery Flagg, creator of the famous ``I Want You'' poster of World War I, chose to depict a bearded, colorfully bedecked Uncle Sam, which caught the national fancy.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2003/10/12/arlington_monument_honors_countrys_original_uncle_sam?mode=PF   (561 words)

  
 Hughes Family Tree: Hughes and Francis
Two of Samuel Wilson and Elizabeth Wortham Wilson's Sons and daughter in laws John Wilson and Jennette Rountree Wilson are buried beside Charles Wilson and Elizabeth Rountree Wilson at the Little River Presbyterian Church in Orange County N.C. I have photos of the headstones.
Samuel was one of two brothers from Ireland (Alexander and Samuel) who arrived aboard the privateer "Kouli Kan" on 11/14/1745 in Philadelphia.
Samuel was indentured for a period of four years to John Dicky of Chester County.
www.hughestree.org /blog/archives/000065.html   (4840 words)

  
 Bradley Rymph: Genealogy: Samuel Wilson King / Margaret Taylor Gerrard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Samuel Wilson King had a restless spirit that typified many of the pioneers of his day.
Finally, Samuel and Margaret settled down, raising their family of six sons and four daughters on their prairie farm.
Samuel Wilson King and Margaret Taylor Gerrard were great-grandparents of my father, Albert James Rymph.
home1.gte.net /bbrymph/genkiger.htm   (295 words)

  
 Samuel Wilson GILLESPIE
According to Grandson Jess Gillespie, Samuel moved overland by wagon from Ohio to Illinois in 1854, locating first in Lake City where he bought land from the Illinois Central Railroad for $2.50 per acre.
Samuel served on the Macon County, Illinois, Board of Supervisors.
He was an official delegate, casting a vote in favor of Abraham Lincoln at a convention held in Decatur's Central Park.
www.mindspring.com /~the_readys/gillespies/ps01/ps01_071.htm   (158 words)

  
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The warrant to Samuel was dated 1773, and under the proclamation of 1763.
Samuel Meteer's will--To brother, James (tract devised to testator by father, and tract falling to testator by brother William); to sister, Betsey; brother, James; sister Sally's son, William.
Wilson, farmer, L55, 461 acres in Beverley Manor, part of 761 acres granted by Beverely to Geo.
lib-operations.sonoma.edu /fin/aaa-0224.html   (2184 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Patriots
Wilson might ultimately be moved back to a corner once the Pats draft a safety in 2004, or 2005, or if they release Ty Law after the season.
Against the dolphins i can think of 2 or 3 times ricky was one juke away from breaking it long for a td but samuel made a key tackle and its not easy bringing williams down.
Samuel will have a good career but part of his current success is because his coach the man himself bill knows how to use his talents.
www.boston.com /sports/message_board/patriots/111603/msg1.shtml   (750 words)

  
 Wilson, IACA 1999
The Macorix were viewed by the Spanish as being very different from the people they had been dealing with in the central valley of Cibao.
Wilson, Samuel M. The cultural mosaic of the indigenous Caribbean.
Wilson, Samuel M., Harry B. Iceland, and Thomas R. Hester.
uts.cc.utexas.edu /~swilson/wilson_iaca99.html   (2773 words)

  
 Probate Records - Book A   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
LA to Samuel Chambers on estate of SARAH CHAMBERS Inventory produced with report of 9 Sep. 1824 as taken by Zachariah Lindly, Owen Lindly & Tran Morris and sworn before Ephrain Doan, JP and before Joseph Potts, JP on 11 Sep. 1824.
Samuel Cobb one of the adm. of SAMUEL WILSON estate reports monies paid inc. taxes for 1823 & 1824, to James Wilson for going to land office, two entries ‘Brown for coffin’ and to Dr. Allen and Thomas Coffin.
James Wilson is appointed guardian for Betsy and Lovina, infant heirs of the deceased with Burton Southerlan and Samuel Cobb as sec.
www.usgennet.org /usa/in/county/orange/probate_a.htm   (3383 words)

  
 Pane-Joyce Genealogy
On Dec. 17, 1729, Hugh Jones of Woburn et al., sons-in-law to Samuel Wilson, late of Woburn, conveyed to their borther-in-law Samuel Wilson all their interest in the estate of their father-in-law.
Samuel died at Burlington, MA, on 11 Oct 1750.
On 29 Oct 1719 Samuel married Sarah Simonds (7758), daughter of James Simonds (2147) (1 Nov 1658-13 Sep 1717) and Susanna Blodgett (17 Feb 1664/5-9 Feb 1715), at Woburn, MA.
aleph0.clarku.edu /~djoyce/gen/report/rr08/rr08_080.html   (180 words)

  
 Wilsons in Williamson County, TN
Jason H. Wilson has to one hundred acres of land on the North boundary of my land the thousand dollars to be paid one year after my death.
Samuel D. Wilson and Thomas D. Wilson must give to my grandson James Wilson the son of William M. Wilson a negro girl twelve years old on the day he is twenty one years old.
Recd' November 6, 1816 of SAMUEL WILSON $239.16 1/2 in full of which was coming from said Wilson as guardian for me as witness my hand and seal.
members.aol.com /joypjh2/probate.htm   (3268 words)

  
 Moton Museum: Events: Reception To Honor Lt. Gen. Samuel V. Wilson, Former President Of The Board Of Directors - April ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Samuel V. Wilson who served as a member of the Moton Museum Board of Directors from 1997 to 2002.
In addition to his work with the Museum, as President of Hampden-Sydney College, General Wilson was a driving force behind the symposium "Prince Edward Stories: Race, Schools, America," which received wide public acclaim.
Wilson greets Ken Woodley, editor of the Farmville Herald and former member of the Moton board
moton.org /events/20030426.html   (428 words)

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