Arthur H. Wilson

As printed in 1887

RTHUR II. WILSON, a wealthy and influ/'j rntial farmer of Urown Township, is located on a fine farm of 183 acres on section 27. At the time of taking possession of his kind, there was room for great improvement. He was possessed of great energy and industry, and immediately set to work to bring it into a better condition for successful farm operation. He labored with this object in view for several years, and the result is one of the finest homesteads in Linn County. The farm dwelling and its surroundings form an attractive feature in the landscape of that vicinity, and the traveler invariably causes to inquire by whose industry and taste this happy result has been brought about. In addition to his agricultural pursuits Mr. Wilson is interested to a considerable extent in stock-raising, lie has a herd of sixty-two head of cattle, seven horses ami colts, and fatten about thirty head of hogs annually. He also has a fine dairy, and his domestic animals receive that care and shelter which develops in them good blood and fine proportions.

Arthur H. Wilson was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 7, 1828. At the age of ten years his parents removed from his native county to Ohio, locating in Washington County, that State. (For parental history see sketch of William Wilson.) He received a common-school education, his school days being varied with duties on the farm. The family subsequently removed to Athens County, Ohio, and he remained there ten years. In the spring of 1865, being desirous of going further West, he came to Iowa and settled in Linn County, making a purchase of ninety-three acres in Brown Township, on section 2S, which he occupied for five years, and which he traded at the expiration of that time for a part of what now constitutes the family homestead.

The marriage of Arthur II. Wilson to Miss Man- Green, was celebrated in Washington County, Ohio, Jan. 12, 1855. Mrs. Wilson was born in Westmoreland County. Pa., March 12, 1835, and is the daughter of John and Jane (Glendening) Green. Her father was a native of Pennsylvania, and after his marriage settled in Westmoreland County. He subsequently removed to Indianapolis. Ind.. where his decease occurred. The mother returned to Ohio, and died in Washington County, May ' 1 852. They were the parents of five children, three living to the age of maturity, viz., Mary, William and Anne Jane. To the household of Mr. Wilson and wife have been born five children: William C., Sarah J., Mary L., Arthur, Anna. William C. married Mary F. Plummer, and is a resident of Brown Township; Sarah J. i.s the wife of Oscar Johnston, and resides in Brown Township; Mary L. is the wife of William II. McFlhinncy. and they reside in Springville; Arthur and Anna are at home with their parents.

Mr. Wilson is a valued member of the community whose interests he has promoted by filling some of the offices of his township, having been Trustee and Assessor. He is Republican in politics, and faithfully adheres to the views and principles promulgated by that party. He is a man of good impulses and strict integrity, a careful and conscientious business man, and in all his dealings with his fellow-men is strictly observant of those high moral principles in which he was trained in early youth.

As printed in Portrait and biographical album of Linn County, Iowa (1887). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.