William Gilson was born.

The evidence

• “Married, in June, 1846, Miss Elvira Henry, a native of New Hampshire; they have six children — Mary Malvina, born April 5, 1847 ; William Gilson, Oct. 17, 1848, died in November, 1873 ; Daniel F., born Aug. 24, 1850. died at the age of 2 years and 8 months ;”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/35-bios-bradford.md, PDF p. 883 / book p. 887

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources