Juniata County PA Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, David  July 11, 1873
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Juniata sentinel. (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873: July 16, 1873
On the afternoon of the 11th inst., at his residence in Fermanagh township, about
one mile north of this borough, Mr. David Wilson, aged 81 years. Mr. Wilson was a
native of York county this State, and was born in the year 1789. When the war with
Great Britain broke out in 1812 he enlisted as a volunteer in the town of York Pa.,
and held the office of Corporal. He participated in the battle of North Point, Md.,
after which his company was disbanded and he returned to the pursuit of his business
or trade, that of a tanner. In the year1845 he came to this county where he has ever
since lived as an exemplary citizen. He was a most faithful supporter of the
National cause during the late Rebellion, and willingly, patriotically, encouraged
four of his sons to enter the army which they did. One of whom David, a Lieutenant,
in the 1st Penn. Cavalry never returned alive, he was killed at the battle of Cold
Harbor. He did not murmur, but like a Roman father deemed the National cause worthy
of the sacrifice of his son. 


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