My Venango County Interests: Daniel WILSON, b. 1797, Dungannon. Co. Tyrone, No. Ireland; and his wife, Fanny Cuddy, b. 1799, possibly in Dungannon, also. Daniel is a younger brother of John WILSON who appears in a separate query. He married Fanny in Dungannon, and they lived on the Wilson family farm outside of Dungannon until 1839. The following children were born in Dungannon: John, b. cir. 1822; Rebecca Jane, b. 1824 (m. Joseph McCaslin in Venango Co.); Thomas, b. 1827 (m. Louise Bennett in Winona, MN); Samuel Wilson, b. 1829; Mary, b. 1830; Elizabeth, b. 1834; and Anna, b. 1836. In 1839 Daniel sold the family farm and the family set out for America to join an older brother, John, and his family in Venango Co., PA. A few days out, the ship encountered a vicious storm during which John, the oldest son, was washed overboard and lost. The ship returned for repairs but again set out on its voyage across the Atlantic. After arriving in Venango, Daniel settled on 500 acres possibly near Neilsburg where the family homestead was located. The last son, John A., was born in Venango. He first married Jenny Shaw who died young, then later married Helen Arnot. The oldest daughter, Rebecca, who married Joseph McCaslin, in Venango, had two children, Mary Ann and Samuel. In the spring of 1850, Rebecca, Joseph, and their young son, died within a couple of months of each other. They are buried in the Wilson family plot at Concord Cemetery outside of Pleasantville. Their daughter, Mary Ann, later lived with her grandparents, Daniel and Fanny. There is a lot of information about Thomas who, after completing law school at Meadville College in 1855, left for the territory of Minnesota where he had a career in law and politics. It is thought that Samuel became a teacher, left the area, and died young. Nothing is known about the three remaining sisters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Anna. The youngest, John A., first became a teacher but later attended divinity school in Scotland, then returned to the U.S. as a Presbyterian minister. Daniel spent his later years living in St. Louis, MO, probably with his son John A. since St. Louis was John's first assignment after graduating from divinity school. Deniel died there in April 1881. There is no information about Fanny and when she died. They are both buried in Concord Cemetery in the family plot. The story goes that Daniel did very well during the oil boom in the area, and built a large home in Pleasantville where the daughter's may have lived after their parent's deaths. Daniel and Fanny WILSON are my GGrand Uncle and Aunt. I would like to learn as much as I can about the family during their lives in Venango, and hopefully contact someone who is descended from this family either directly or as an extended family member. Regards, Carolyn, Wash State