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James married Elizabeth on 6 November 1866, you can see the church register entry at http://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/details/87e8c30023341. James is listed as being a widower in the church register. There is also a mention of James Wilson in connection with his son Humphrey,who died in WW1  on http://www.scarboroughsmaritimeheritage.org.uk/greatwar/f15-flanders-1915.php [it's about halfway down the page]. I hope this is of some help

Hi, my knowledge of James in Antrim is quite limited, I know more about the family coming forward in Carlow. I know from from his marriage record that his father was Thomas Wilson and from the 1901 census record that he was born in 1827 in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. I know he served in the 89th foot as it was mentioned in a memorial piece written about his son who died in WW1. My late grandmother would have spoken about him, she said he served in India and had a wife who died there and that there was also a child who was left with friends over there. She also believed that there was a falling out with his family in the North, but she never said why.