Born in Preble County, Ohio. She married John Wesley Wilson on 22 Sept. 1860. They had 5 children. Mary died following childbirth and her infant daughter died a fortnight later. Both are buried in New Goshen Cemetery. Mary united with the Presbyterian Church at Ashmore, Illinois (by letter from the Grandview church) on 11-30-1867. From a diary kept by Mary from 1858 to 1868, we would gather she was of a happy disposition, rather spiritually minded, a good worker and a busy and industrious housewife.