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Born 1857, Jasper county
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)
MOSES N. WILSON, carpenter and builder, was born in Jasper county, Indiana, September 22, 1857, and raised there. He was married in January, 1881, to Mary Berry, who was born in Ohio in 1852. They have no children. Mr. Wilson came to Carthage in 1880, and now owns a good residence on Grant and Eleventh streets. He is by profession a carpenter and builder, and is a good workman. Mr. Wilson belongs to that class of mechanics who always have plenty, both of this world's goods and of work, where a willingness to work is inherent. Ever industrious and honest, he commands the respect of the best people.
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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