Rebecca Agnes Reading

Brief Life History of Rebecca Agnes

When Rebecca Agnes Reading was born on 5 March 1819, in Bourbon, Kentucky, United States, her father, William Reading, was 26 and her mother, Margaret Bell Shawhan, was 21. She married Thomas Riley Wilson on 25 August 1836, in Pike, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1860 and Sweet Home Township, Clark, Missouri, United States in 1870. She was buried in Mount Air Presbyterian Cemetery, Curryville, Pike, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Riley Wilson
1808–1885
Rebecca Agnes Reading
1819–
Marriage: 25 August 1836
Margaret E. Wilson
1837–1917
Charles Wilson
about 1838–
John Wilson
about 1840–
Nannie Wilson
about 1842–
Daniel Frank Willson
1839–
Lawrence William Wilson
1841–
Minervia Willson
1843–
Susan R Willson
1846–
John J Wilson
1849–1907
Mary J Wilson
1853–
Charles Thomas Wilson
1858–1935

Sources (12)

  • Rebecca Wilson in household of T R Wilson, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Rebecca Reading in entry for Thomas R Wilson, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Rebecca Willson in household of Thomas R Willson, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1836

Historical Boundaries 1836: Clark County, Missouri

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Redding .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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