A Wilson Family Tree
Notes for John W. Wilson
"History of Saline County, Missouri", Missouri Historical Co., St. Louis, 1881, p. 586:
JOHN W. WILSON, P. O., Gilliam. Is a brother of Dr. Robert H. Wilson, and was born in Lynchburg, Virginia, June 17, 1825. When quite a child he came with his parents to Missouri, in the fall of 1830. The entire family located in Saline county. He was raised on a farm, and after gaining his majority, and after his father's death, he took charge of the farm and continued on it until a few years ago, when he commenced a general mercantile business in the new town of Gilliam, where he may now be found by all his old friends and associates.
It doesn't look like John ever married (or if he did, it wasn't for very long). He was living on the farm with his mother and other family members in the 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses. In the 1880 census, he was living with his sister Juliette's family.
However, there is an entry for J. W. Wilson in the Slater City Cemetery on Find A Grave, which might be him. The birth date is shown as 25 Jun 1825, which is different from the above biography, but close. The death date was shown as 26 Sep 1985, but has recently been changed to 26 Sep 1885. He is not listed in the biography of his brother Robert in "Portrait and Biographical Record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri", which probably means that he was already dead by the time that book was published in 1893.
Note: Some of the information in these pages is uncertain. Please let me know of errors or omissions using the email link above. ...Mike Wilson
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