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Born 1846
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)
JOE S. WILSON, Carterville, miner, is a native of Camden county. Mo., born Aug. 15, 1846. His parents were Sampson and Eliza Wilson, both natives of Kentucky, who came to Missouri at an early day, settling in Cam-
As printed in 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 prominent (1883). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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