Josiah Wilson was b. 1807 in PA to Isaac and Susannah Thornberry Wilson. On 19 April 1838, he married in Belmont Co. Phebe Durnell, daughter of Samuel Durnal and Rebecca Hall. Josiah and Phebe moved to Portersville in Perry County, OH some time prior to 1850 and are listed in the 1850 Census with six of their nine children including Shannon, John W., Harriet E., Rebecca, Ann M. and Delila. One other son, Miley, is mentioned by name in a letter written by Josiah in 1854. In a letter written in 1926, Miley mentions two brothers, Will and Steve. Phebe died at age 37 and is buried in Old Bethel Cemetery, Bearfield Township, Perry Co. OH. In 1870, Josiah is shown living with his son, my husband's ancestor, John Wesley Wilson, in Barnesville, Belmont Co., OH. Josiah died in 1892.