Claim: Marshall Orme Wilson was the eldest son to Richard Thornton Wilson Sr (a multimillionaire investment banker) and his family was nicknamed the Marrying Wilsons.
Evidence: Because of Wilson and his siblings' many advantageous marriages, the Wilsons were known in New York and Newport society as the "Marrying Wilsons." He was the eldest surviving son born to Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. and Melissa Clementine Johnston. Richard Thornton Wilson (c. 1829 in Habersham County, Georgia – November 26, 1910 in New York City) was a multimillionaire American investment banker known for being the father of five children who all married into prominent families during the Gilded Age of New York.