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t , widow of Zimri Tilden Who diect American Pensioners in Ontario
7 Essex Coun } · d b t 4
6 of 1\Iersea. · ed 88 years an a ou :months. 139
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· 3 July 188 ag h '
in 1\Iersea on married in Oxford Towns 1p, Ox- Wilson, aged 51, of Walsingham, Norfolk County, widow of
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She and ber u . b one Teeple, J. P. Her Signature to John Wilson. Rer application was witnessed by Martin J. Mc-
Clellan.
ford County. Ontarw·t y sed by Jonathan Hilliar , aged 49, of
l . t'on was w1 nes
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the app te a d J E Jo nson, aged 40 of Leam ington . May 15, 1855. Affidavit of HesterC. McMaster of Charlotte-
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ville, Norfolk County, to the effect that she was present at the
Mersea. an . ·ff.d ·t of Harriet Fishell, aged 68, of Lea- marriage of Fanny Bartholomew to John Wilson.
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N 3 1884 A 1 av1
ov · Essex oun .
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· gton · C ty sister of Rachel Tilden, to t e effect
April 16, 1878. Pens ion application of Fanny Wilson, aged
that she was presen 7
t at the marriage of her s1ster to Zi:mri
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4, of Lynedoch, Ontar io, widow of John Wilson who died in
Wals ingham 10 December 1854. Rer maiden name was Fanny
Tilden. l T 'ld n h 1 d' d
A son of Zimri and Rachel was Char es l en. nac e le Bar tholomew, and she married John Wilson at Ovid, Seneca
April 13, 1893. [File# W.C. 34, 016]
County, N . Y., on 19 January 1819. Her application was wit-
nessed by Jesse Rice, aged 65, and Thomas William Walsh.
ROBERT WILCOX aged 59, both of Simcoe. [File# W.C. 14, 774J
July 13, 1878. Pension application of Robert Wilcox, aged
81, of South Norwich, Oxford County (post office, Springford).

He volunteered at Crown Point, Essex Co. , N. Y. , and was
discharged at Salmon River, N. Y He served as a priva te in

Capt Salmon Cross' Company, New York Militia, from 2nd
to 13th September 1814 during which time the company was

engaged m the Battle of Plattsburgh. One of the officers was
Amasa Wilcox. At the time of his enlistment his description

was: "in his 19th year, born at Crown Point, a farmer." After
his discharge he lived at Crown Point until 1824 when he moved
to Canada then about 1854 to Minnesota about 1856 to Mi chi-
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gan and about 1865 to Canada. His character was attested to
by Ebenezer llaley, aged 73, and Nelson Brown, aged 66, both

of South Norwich, who stated that they knew the applicant 50
and 20 years respectively. [File g s. c. 24,957. Note: there
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no lllenhon of a Wife in this file. There is a pension file for
one Electa Wilcox of s · f d 11
. ln 1883 as a widow· he f'l ·
Prmg or , Who was on the pension ro
, r 1 e number is W.C. 24, 594]
JOHN WILSON

June 2, 1853 Bounty 1 d

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an application of John Wilson, aged
57 of Norfolk ·C oun Y Onta .
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Militia from 6 A ' r 10 · He served in the New York
Ovid, N. Y. and ~~s~i~~: November 1814. He was drafted at
May 15 1855 A l' arged at Batavia, N y
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or a dthonal bounty land of Fanny