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'''Charles Wilson<sup>2</sup> Widney'''
([[Family:Widney, Charles (1763-1844)|Charles<sup>1</sup>]]),
son of [[Family:Widney, Charles (1763-1844)|Charles<sup>1</sup> and Mary Dolly (Henderson) Widney]],
was born 11 Nov 1805, and died 28 Sep 1878, Baton Rouge, LA.

He married, 13 Aug 1831, Cumberland Co., PA, '''Mary Alexander Gilson'''.  She was born 24 Jan 1811, Milford, Mifflin Co., PA, and died 14 Oct 1878, Baton Rouge, LA.

Children of Charles Wilson<sup>2</sup> and Mary Alexander (Gilson) Widney:

:{|
| align=right valign=top | i.
| '''Caroline Gilson<sup>3</sup> Widney''', b. 13 Apr 1832, Concord, PA; d. 1910; m.(1) William Dennis; m.(2) William Duff.
|-
| align=right valign=top | ii.
| '''Belinda Henderson Widney''', b. 4 Jul 1834, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 16 Dec 1850, Pittsburgh, PA.
|-
| align=right valign=top | iii.
| '''Miriam Ann Widney''', b. 21 Feb 1837, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 6 Jun 1873, New Orleans, LA; m. 11 Dec 1855, Pittsburgh, PA, Burris Doudney Wood.
|-
| align=right valign=top | iv.
| '''Mary Emma Widney''', b. 29 Feb 1840, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 1923; m. Pittsburgh, PA, Eli Eldridge.
|-
| align=right valign=top | v.
| '''Lyman Summerfield Widney''', b. 23 Nov 1842, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 10 Nov 1927, Birmingham, AL; m. 8 Dec 1880, Baton Rouge, LA, Adele Korwin/Joholkowski.
|-
| align=right valign=top | vi.
| '''Agnes Boyd Widney''', b. 19 Nov 1845; d. 1849, Pittsburgh, PA.
|-
| align=right valign=top | vii.
| '''Charles William Widney''', b. 9 Jul 1850, Pittsburgh, PA; d. 21 Dec 1925; m. 1870, Melrose Park, IL, Mary Eliza Edgington; resided Proviso, IL.
|}

== Census ==

* [[Archive:1840 Census Extracts, Pennsylvania#52|1840, Pittsburgh E Ward 4, Allegheny Co., PA]]:  Chas. Widney, 1 male 30-39, 1 female 20-29, 2 females 5-9, and 3 females 0-4, 1 engaged in learned professions or engineers.
* [[Archive:1850 Census Extracts, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County#5|1850, Wilkins, Allegheny Co., PA]]:
<p class="Plaintext"> 123  123 Charles Widney        45 M - Teacher                  Pa.
          Mary        "         39 F -                           "
          Caroline    "         18 F -                           "
          Belinda     "         16 F -                           "
          Anna        "         13 F -                           "
          Ema         "         10 F -                           "
          Simon       "          8 M -                           "</p>
* [[Archive:1860 Census Extracts, Illinois#154a|1860, Pine Creek, Ogle Co., IL]]:
<p class="Plaintext">2574 2480 Lyman Wigney         50 M - Farmer      1000  200 Penn.
          Mary                 45 F -                         "
          Lyman                15 M -                         "    Attended school
          Charles               9 " -                         "    Attended school
          Samuel Thorn         15 " - Farm Labourer           "    Attended school
          William Myers        30 " -       "                 "</p>
Despite the given name "Lyman" for the head of this family, this seems to be Charles Wilson Whitney and family.
* [[Archive:1870 Census Extracts, Illinois, Ogle County#1a|1870, Buffalo,Ogle Co., IL]]:
<p class="Plaintext">  99   91 Widney, Charles      64 M W Farmer                     Penn.     Father foreign born, Male citizen over 21
          -----, Mary          59 F W Keeps Home                   "
          -----, Charles       19 M W Farm Laborer                 "
          Edgington, Mary      19 F W Keeps Home                 Illinois
          Wood, Minnie         33 F W                            Penn.
          -----, William       13 M W                              "        Attended school
          -----, Elmer E.       8 M W                              "        Attended school
          -----, Charley        6 M W                              "        Attended school
          -----, Mary           2 F W                            Louisiana</p>

== References ==

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