My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM WILDS, gardener, post office Carrick, was born June 15, 1852, on the old homestead, a son of Michael and Margaret (Miller) Wilds, natives of Alsace, France. Shortly after their marriage his parents immigrated to America and settled in Allegheny county, where the father followed gardening, opposite the dam. Later he purchased a farm in Baldwin township, where he continued gardening, being among the first in that line of business in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. He and his wife died on the farm. They were prominent members of the Lutheran Church, and he was one of the leading factors in having the first church of that denomination erected on Smithfield street, Pittsburgh, and other churches. Their children were Jacob, Mrs. Caroline Graff and William. The subject of this memoir followed in his father’s footsteps, and is a successful gardener; also carries on horticulture. He owns a farm of twenty acres. June 10, 1874, Mr. Wilds married Elizabeth, daughter of John May, and their children are Margetta B., Milvina, William, Royland, Charles F., Theodore, Carrieina. Mr. and Mrs. Wilds are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and is a republican.