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Wilson, Valentine A., is a son of Alexander Wilson, who was born in Wilson, Niagara county, and died there in
1831, aged thirty one. The mother of Valentine was Catherine Efner, born in Canada in 1809 and died in 1892. Alexander
and Catherine Wilson were the parents of two children: Almarion Wilson, born January 25, 1829, and resides in Michigan;
Valentine A., born in Nelson, Niagara county, March 29, 1830. Valentine A. Wilson married Susan A. Phelps. January
12, 1857, in Carlton. She was born September 27, 1838, in Parma, Monroe county. They had these children: Nellie
M., born in Carlton, October 4, 1857, and died March 14, 1881; Frederick E., born December 7, 1859. and married
Lottie Fuller (they have one child, Glenn F.. born October 20, 1891); Henry V., born in Carlton July 25, 1867.
and married Irene S. Hard; Walter W. Wilson, born in Carlton November 2, 1876. The father of Mrs. Valentine A.
Wilson was Lyman D. Phelps, born October 10, 1809, and died January 22, 1890, and his wife, Sophronia A. Wright,
was born April 5, 1808, and still lives. Valentine Wilson was educated in the common schools of his native town
and attended the Wisson Collegiate Institute where he finished his education. He has followed farming and the mercantile
business, and in 1874 he moved to Kuckvllle where he has since resided. August 11, 1862. he enlisted in the 151st
Regt. N. Y. Vol., Co. A, and was discharged June 26, 1865. He enlisted as private and was promoted to corporal
and sergeant. He took part in the battles of Locust Grove and Mauassas Gap, Wilderness eight days' battle, Spotsylvania.
Hanovertown, Cold Harbor. Opequan. Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and McLaine's Ford. Mr. Wilson was postmaster at
Kuckville ten years.
From:
Landmarks of Orleans County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Isaac C. Signor
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1894
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