Samuel Wilson

For other people named Samuel Wilson, see Samuel Wilson (disambiguation).
Samuel Wilson
Wilson c. 1850s.
Born(1766-09-13)September 13, 1766
Menotomy, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
DiedJuly 31, 1854(1854-07-31) (aged 87)
Troy, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationMeat-packer
Known forLinkage to "Uncle Sam"
Spouse
Betsey Mann
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(m. 1797)​
Children5

Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 – July 31, 1854)[1][2] was an American meat packer who lived in Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".[3]

  1. ^ Matthews, Albert (1908). Uncle Sam. Worcester, Mass.: The Davis Press. pp. 22, 54, 59.
  2. ^ Woods, Henry Ernest, ed. (1904). Vital Records of Arlington. Boston, Mass.: New-England Historic Genealogical Society. pp. 47.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eller was invoked but never defined (see the help page).