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Born 1864
From History of Wapello County, Iowa (1914)
W. T. WILSON.
W. T. Wilson, a worthy native son and respected citizen of Wapello county, was elected to the office of county clerk in 191 2 and in that connection has made a highly creditable record. His birth occurred on the 24th of October, 1864, his parents being Thomas A. and Lucy J. (Farmer) Wilson, the former born in Owen county, Indiana, November 20, 1830, and the latter in the same county, on the 23d of April, 1831. Thomas A. Wilson, an agriculturist by occupation, came to Iowa ip 1851, settling on a farm in Wapello county. His last years were spent in honorable retirement at Ottumwa, where he passed away on the 20th of February, 1900. The period of his residence in this county covered nearly a half century, and in his demise the community lost one of its substantial and esteemed citizens. His widow still survives and makes her home with our subject in Ottumwa. Their children were live in number, as follows:
As printed in History of Wapello County, Iowa (1914). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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