Wilson, J. Wall (1831-1900)

Name:

Wilson, J. Wall (1831-1900)

Title:

Lieutenant, United States Navy
Captain, United States Navy -1877
Inventor, Game "Talisman", 1869

Other Names:

Wilson, John Wall

Born:

11/07/1831

Birthplace:

Maine

Died:

08/21/1900

Death Location:

Brooklyn, NY

Residence:

Brooklyn, NY
Bristol, NH

Nationality:

American

Occupation:

Naval Officer
Inventor

Father:

Wilson, Alexander Murray (1785-1848)

Mother:

Brobston, Jane (1795-1854)

Relations:

Descendant of William Brobston, first Baron O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Ireland. His descendant was Jane Brobston, who married Alexander Murray Wilson. Their son was John Wall Wilson (1831-1900), who married Lavinia Simpson of London, England.

Spouse:

Simpson, Lavinia (1838-1903)

Children:

Frank, born c. 1859
Edward Simpson "Ned", born February 25, 1862, NY; died March 5, 1933, NY; Proprietor of Camp Pasquaney, Hebron, NH

Notes:

While in the Navy, Wilson was sent on the Second Grinnell Expedition to explore the Arctic, 1853-1855.

C. Mifflin Frothingham, Editor. The Story of Pasquaney, 1895-1960. (Maynard, MA: Murphy & Snyder, Inc., 1960), 15-17.

History of Hebron, New Hampshire. (Hebron, NH: Hebron Bicentennial Committe, 1976), 35.

Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale University, Deceased During the Year 1932-1933. Bulletin of Yale University, Number 92, October 15, 1933, 149.

"Captain John W. Wilson Dead," New York Daily Tribune, New York, NY, August 23, 1900, 9.

Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY