Meriwether County GaArchives Biographies.....A.W.N. Wilson  July 6 1833 -  Unknown
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Author: Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 1895

Memoirs of Georgia, Vol. II, Atlanta, Ga., 
Published by The Southern Historical Association in 1895
Page 526

A. W. N. Wilson

A.W.N. Wilson, one of the most successful farmers of this region, belongs to 
one of the oldest families in the state, his grandfather, George Wilson, 
having settled in Georgia in 1781.  He was a native of Maryland, and had 
served through the revolutionary war, in which he was badly wounded; but his 
native vigor of constitution and wonderful vitality were such that he lived to 
the remarkable age of one hundred and ten years.  His wife was Miss Rhoda 
Spence, and their son, George A., was born in Walton county in 1800.  He 
married Miss Apsila Newsome, daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Hinyard) 
Newsome, old settlers of the state.  The son, A.W.N. Wilson, was born in 
Coweta county, July 6, 1833, and reared on a farm near Moreland.  In 1861 he 
enlisted in Company C, Thirty-fourth Georgia regiment, and was soon made 
lieutenant of the company, with which he went through many important 
engagements.  But in the siege of Vicksburg he lost an arm and was obliged to 
return home.  Although Mr. Wilson had been deprived of much schooling, having 
only about three months in all, he is of that determined nature which 
overcomes every difficulty and thrusts aside all obstacles in the way of 
success.  He “never attempts anything but what it goes through,” is what he 
truthfully says about himself, and it is simply indicative of that persistence 
which always wins success.  He is one of the most progressive farmers in the 
south, and has acquired a considerable fortune, and is widely known and 
respected.  He is a member of the masonic fraternity.  In 1855 Mr. Wilson 
married Miss Matilda J. West, who died the same year, leaving one child, 
Hattie, wife of Dr. W.T. Brown.  A year later he married Miss Susan Hindsman, 
and their union has been blessed with seven children, six of whom are living: 
Thomas C., George, John C., Annie, Newsome B., and Jennie.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Wilson are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church.



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