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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [14-15]

        MISS MARIA LOUISE WILKESON, sister of Col. WILKESON, was a lifelong
     resident of Buffalo, where her death took place the 24th of March,
     1903, in the 66th year of her age. Miss Wilkeson was one of the
     representative women of Buffalo, being noted for her wealth, culture,
     benevolence and social distinction. For many years she occupied a
     brilliant and distinctive position in the social world of Buffalo.
     Miss WILKESON was keenly interested in the fine arts, of which she
     was a liberal patron. Her collection of paintings, bric-a-brac and
     other articles of vertu was a notable one. The patriotic spirit so
     conspicuous in her family was also a marked characteristic of Miss
     WILKESON. She was an honorary member of BIDWELL-WILKESON Post, G. A.
     R., which, after her death, paid her memory an honor said to be
     unprecedented in the history of the G. A. R., the Post attending her
     funeral in a body. In her will. Miss WILKESON left generous endowments
     to the Children's Hospital and the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy.

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