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'''Charles Wilson<sup>3</sup> Widney'''
([[Family:Widney, Samuel (1796-a1870)|Samuel<sup>2</sup>]],
[[Family:Widney, Charles (1763-1844)|Charles<sup>1</sup>]],
[[Family:Widney, James (c1720-1770)|James]]),
son of [[Family:Widney, Samuel (1796-a1870)|Samuel<sup>2</sup> and Joanna (Brearley) Widney]],
was born 18 Dec 1825, PA, and died after 1910, St. Joe, IN.

He married firstly, 5 Oct 1854, St. Joe, DeKalb Co., IN, '''Nancy Cole'''.  She was born about 1823, OH, and died between 1870 and 1880.

He married secondly, between 1870 and 1880, '''Mary Sechler'''.  She was born about 1848, PA, and died after 1880.

Children of Charles Wilson<sup>3</sup> and Nancy (Cole) Widney:

:{|
| align=right valign=top | i.
| '''Rosetta<sup>4</sup> Widney''', b. ca. 1856, IN; not in family in 1870.
|-
| align=right valign=top | ii.
| '''William L. Widney''', b. ca. 1858, IN; not in family in 1870.
|-
| align=right valign=top | ii.
| '''Mary J. Widney''', b. Dec 1862, IN; m. ca. 1879, Jacob Sechler.
|}

Children of Charles Wilson<sup>3</sup> and Mary (Sechler) Widney, if any, unknown.

== Census ==

* [[Archive:1850 Census Extracts, Indiana#8|1850, Wilmington, DeKalb Co., IN]]:
<p class="Plaintext">  94   94 Samuel Widney         53 M - Farmer            $2000 Pa.
          Joanna Widney         46 F -                         Penn.
          Charles    "          24 M - Farmer                  Penn.
          Joseph     "          21 M - Farmer                  Penn.  Attended school
          Mary       "          19 F -                         Penn.  Attended school
          John       "          16 M - Farmer                  Penn.  Attended school
          James      "          14 M -                         Ia.    Attended school
          Sarah Ann  "           9 F -                         Ia.    Attended school</p>
NOTE: Apparently some of the enumerators used "Ia." as the abbreviation for "Indiana" (not "Iowa")
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Indiana#11|1860, Concord, DeKalb Co., IN]]:
<p class="Plaintext"> 447  456 Charles Widney      34 M - Farmer      $2000  $360 Penn.
          Nancy       "       37 F -                         Ohio
          Rosetta     "        4 F -                         Ind.
          William L.  "        2 M -                          "
          Joseph B.   "       32 M -   "         $1400  $200 Penn.</p>
* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Indiana#8b|1870, Concord, DeKalb Co., IN]]:
<p class="Plaintext">  99   99 Widney, Charles       44 M W Farmer         $4000  $700 Pa.   Male citizen over 21
               Nancy            46 F W Keeping House              Ohio
               Mary J.           7 F W At home                    Ind.  Attended school</p>
* [[Archive:1880 Census Extracts, Indiana#9h|1880, St. Joe, DeKalb Co., IN]]:
<p class="Plaintext">William LEIGHTY       37 Self M M W  PA  Hotel Keeper         PA  PA
Betsy A. LEIGHTY      36 Oth  F M W  IN                       NY  NY
Malcolm LEIGHTY       18 Oth  M S W  IN                       PA  IN
Edwin LEIGHTY         11 Oth  M S W  IN  At School            PA  IN
William LEIGHTY        7 Oth  M S W  IN  At School            PA  IN
Lida DONLEY           20 Oth  F S W  MI  Hired Girl           --- ---
Elias BELL            36 Oth  M M W  OH  Works On R. R.       --- ---
Hannah BELL           33 Oth  F M W  PA  Boarder              --- ---
O. C. RIFE            28 Oth  M M W  VT  Lumber Dealer        --- ---
Charles WIDNEY        54 Oth  M M W  PA  Retired Farmer       --- ---
Mary WIDNEY           32 Wife F M W  PA  Keeping House        PA  PA</p>
* [[Archive:1900 Census Extracts, Indiana#21|1900, St. Joe Town, Concord Township, DeKalb Co., IN]]:
<p class="Plaintext90">115 115 Sechler, Jacob        Head W M Jul 1853 46 mar 21          Indiana       Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania   Stock buyer, Owns free house
        -----, Mary J.        Wife W F Dec 1862 37 mar 21 3ch 3liv Indiana       Pennsylvania  Ohio
        -----, Merritt        Son  W M Apr 1885 15 sgl             Indiana       Indiana       Indiana        At school
        -----, Flossie        Dau  W F Nov 1895  4 sgl             Indiana       Indiana       Indiana
        Widney, Charles W.    FiL  W M Dec 1825 74 wid             Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania   Gardener & fruit grower
        Sechler, Katie A.     Sist W F Apr 1841 59 sgl             Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania   Servant</p>
Charles W. Whitney living with daughter Mary J. and family.
* 1910, St. Joe, DeKalb Co., IN:  Charles W. Whitney living with daughter Mary J. and family.

== References ==

* Census records.

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[[Category:Indiana]]
[[Category:DeKalb County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Concord, DeKalb County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Saint Joe, DeKalb County, Indiana]]
[[Category:Wilmington, DeKalb County, Indiana]]