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Born 1838
From The history of Jasper county, Missouri : including a condensed history of the state, a complete history of Carthage and Joplin, other towns and townships : together with numerous portraits of prominen (1883)
DR. JAMES S. WILSON, dental surgeon, Carthage, Missouri, was born in 1838, in Dayton, Ohio. His father, James Wilson, was a native of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and for many years one of the leading merchants of Dayton, Ohio. His mother, Eliza, nee Harrison, was a native of Ohio. Dr. J. S. Wilson was reared in Dayton, Ohio, and educated in his native town and Cincinnati. Graduated from Taft's Dental College of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also a graduate of Hahnneman Medicsl College, of St. Louis, and has practiced in Illinois. In September, 1869, he came to Carthage, Missouri. In his practice of medicine he has followed the homeopathic school. Dr. Wilson was married in 1865 to Mary A. Crawford, of Morrison, Illinois, a native of Canada. They have two children living: Nellie E. and Louisa M. The importance of dental surgery is becoming recognized as a factor in the health of the community. Dr. Wilson stands among the first practitioners of Carthage.
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