Edson Ptolemy Gilson, b. 5 Oct 1839 in Reading, Windsor County, Vermont, d. 26 Jan 1929 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont, son of John Gilson & Lucy Kneeland Stearns. He married Anna E. Clement (1st wife) on June 14, 1865 in Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont. He married Harriet Elizabeth Morgan (2nd wife) on February 1, 1877 in Manhattan, New York County, New York. (Descendant of Thomas Gilson, who came to the American Colonies at the age of 21 aboard the "Alexander," which arrived May 2, 1635 and settled at Chelmsford, Massachusetts)