William Hasell Wilson (1811–1902) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer for both the Reading and Pennsylvania Railroads in the 19th century.
Wilson was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1811 to John Wilson (1789–1833) and Eliza Gibbes, his wife, daughter of William Hasell Gibbes of Charleston, South Carolina, and his wife, Elizabeth Allston, who was a half sister of Washington Allston, painter and poet.
Wilson was a lineal descendant of the Allstons and Gibbes families, two of the oldest names which date back to the founding of the colony in the Seventeenth Century.
Wilson married Jane Millers of Delaware Co., Pa., *(Born 26 April 1836, died.
[1] His son, Joseph Miller Wilson (1838–1902), was also a civil engineer for the Pennsylvania Railroad.