THOMAS WILSON -- 96th INFANTRY CAME TO THE BORDER TO ENLIST - Thomas Wilson's father, Thomas, came to Quebec in the late 1820s. By 1830, he had married a local girl, Phebe Moe in Hemmingford. The family lived in villages along the border --Hemmingford, Russelltown and Franklin Centre. Thomas Wilson, Sr. died in 1857 and in 1860, the widowed Phebe was living in Franklin Centre with four of their children. In April 1861, walked up the hill to the hamlett hat straddled the border, Frontier, NY, and enlisted in the 96thI nfantry. He was mustered into Company K and soon was promoted to corporal. In June 1862, during one of the Seven Days' Battles, he was wounded and sent to hospital. In July 1863, Thomas was transferred to the 10 Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps then the 8th Regiment of the Veteran Reserve Corps where he stayed for the rest of the war. Thomas married Lucy Plumly in Ellenburg in October 1865 and in November, his mother died. The couple stayed in Ellenburg until the 1880s until they moved to Poultney, VT. He died there in 1897 and was buried in the Poultney Cemetery. Lucy received her pension until 1900 when she died and was buried beside him.
