The Buchanan County histories sketch four Wilson households and never say that they were related, so each is kept apart here. The earliest in the county was Joseph Wilson, who came in the fall of 1837 and settled on a farm near DeKalb, where his pre-emption house built that year still stood when the Daily News history was written; his son James M. Wilson, born there in 1857, taught school, read law, and was admitted to the bar in 1886. John Wilson, born in Bartholomew County, Indiana, in 1829, came to Buchanan County with his parents in 1840 and farmed 120 acres near Hall. R. Wilson of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, a miller's son born in 1804, came to St. Joseph in 1869 and ran a box factory, and Dr. Martin H. Wilson, an oculist and aurist born at Howardsville, Illinois, arrived in 1899 after Civil War service with the 5th Minnesota. Every fact below is cited to a public-domain Buchanan County history.
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R. Wilsonborn 1804Most recent in our records
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Pioneer farmer near DeKalb
Attorney; son of Joseph Wilson
JAMES M. WILSON, attorney, was born Dec. 29, 1857, in Buchanan County, Mo., near DeKalb. He is the son of Joseph Wilson, who came to the county in the fall of 1837 and located on a farm near DeKalb, where he still resides, at the age of seventy-seven years. The old pre-emption house on the farm, built in 1837, still of his profession. INIr. Wilson is a Republican and in 1888 was nominated by his party for city attorney, but was defeated by a small majority; he was afterwards, in the same year, nominated for county prosecuting attorney, but declined to make the race. He is now chairman of the Republican county central committee.
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Farmer, section 26, post office Hall
JOHN WILSON, farmer, section 26, postoffice Hall, was born in Bartholomew County,. Indiana, November 23, 1829, and when eight years of age his parents moved to Missouri, and located in Grundy County, and in 1840, moved to Buchanan County. Here he has since resided, except during 1866,. when he was in Doniphan County, Kansas. His vocation during life has been that of a farmer. His landed estate consists of 120 acres. Was in the state militia for four years. Mr. Wilson was married May 3, 1850,. to Miss Caroline McGalliliard, of Indiana. By this union they have had eight children, six of whom are living — William, Thomas J., Andrew L., Sarah, Nancy and John. He has held most all the offices of his township.
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Proprietor of the box factory, St. Joseph
R. WILSON, proprietor of the box factory, was born in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, April 20, 1804, and after living in different parts until 1855, we find him at Keokuk, Iowa. His boyhood days had been spent on a farm, but after attaining manhood, he learned the milling business of his father, William, who followed that profession. Arriving at Keokuk, he engaged in the sash factory business, continuing for a number of years, and for a time represented the manufacturing company on the road. In 1869, he came to St. Joseph, engaging in his present business, which has been very successful, and in which he receives the hearty endorsement of the wholesale interest of the city by furnishing them boxes at a reasonable rate. In 1879, ' was burned out, suffering a heavy loss. In 1829, Miss Lucinda Douglass became his wife. For fifty-two years they have lived harmoniously, and are still hale and hearty. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are active members of the Methodist Church. Mr. Wilson, politically, has been a life long Republican.
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Oculist and aurist, Corby building
DR. MARTIN H. WILSON, oculist and aurist, room 8, Corby building, 5th and Edmond streets, though a newcomer, has built up a reputation in his line. Dr. Wilson was born at Howardsville, Ill. He was a member of Company B, 5th Minnesota, which held Fort Ridgeley against 1,000 Inphis, Tenn., and Maryville, Mo., and came to St. Joseph, March 20, 1899. He was married to Miss Eva K. Baker of that city.
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