During my quick visit to Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, home to many of my ancestors and an easy detour as we drove home from my husband’s Army reunion, I found the graves of my great-great-great grandparents among five ledger stones set shoulder to shoulder on a hillside in Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery. The center stone marks the grave of M. Isabella Wilson (d. 1839); the topmost stone, the grave of her husband, George Wilson (d. 1837). IN MEMORY OF M. ISABELLA WILS[ON] consort of GEORGE WILSON E[SQ.] who died Oct. 31 [st] A.D. 1839 Aged [69?] years. In Memory of GEORGE WILSON Who departed this life [the 17th day of] Feb. 1837 [Aged 76 years] George and Isabella raised their children on the family farm in Perrysville (now Port Royal). According to family stories, George built the farm’s original covered bridge across Licking Creek, now re-built and known as Lehman’s bridge. The farm was in the family for six generations, starting with George’s father Thomas, before being sold in 2002. Westminster Presbyterian Cemetery, Juniata County, Pennsylvania
