Ancestry of
Drew Brees

NFL Quarterback

Samuel A. Wilson

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Drew Brees — 6th Generation
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  • 34 
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  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1808 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
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  • AFT 6 Jul 1860 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Lovina Swayne
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  Harriet Wilson (Ahnentafel No:17 )

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  • Civil War Veteran

    Company E, 19th Regiment, Michigan Infantry

• Sources for Samuel A. Wilson

  • ¹ Civil War Pensions Index, Application for Samuel A. Wilson, applications 162560, 269819 (widow), 566659 (minor).
  • ² Federal Census, OH, Marion County, 1860, Waldo, p. 77, Image 3 of 28.
  • ³ Federal Census, OH, Marion County, 1850, Waldo, Image 20 of 24.
  • ⁴ Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953, Death certificate for daughter Harriet Brees.
  • ⁵ U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934, Record for spouse Samuel A Wilson.

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