Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Wilson, G. S. 1836 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  G. S. WILSON, grain dealer, Palestine. The gentleman whose name heads this
sketch was born August 27, 1836, in this county. He is a descendant of one of
the leading pioneer families, whose members filled various public offices, among
others that of Representative. James Wilson, grandfather of our subject, was of
Old Virginia stock; his wife was the mother of five boys and four girls; they
came here in 1817, entering Government land at $1.25 per acre. Their son, James
H., was born in Virginia, and in the same year that his parents came West he
went South to New Orleans, but came back the next year and settled in Palestine,
on the same spot where his son now lives. He was married here, also, to Jane
Caldwell, daughter of James Caldwell, and the mother of six boys. She died near
Palestine; James H. Wilson was married a second time, in Indiana, to Mrs.
Ashley, who was the mother of Mary Jane, who afterward married R. A. Bristol. At
the death of Mrs. Wilson, he was married a third time, to Mrs. A Phelps. She is
still living with a daughter of her former husband. James H. Wilson died in the
year 1856. His son, Guy S., was educated in this county, and in Waveland
Academy, Ind. He was joined in matrimony August 6, 1866, in Vincennes, Ind., to
Miss Hattie M. Young, born November 14, 1848, daughter of Henry and Louisa
(Haddoc) Young. The former came from New Jersey, the latter from North Carolina.
They were married in Palestine, where he was a mechanic. He died in New York,
his wife died in Palestine. They were the parents of two boys and two girls.
William G., the oldest boy, was a Colonel in the late war. Our subject is the
father of three boys and one girl-Henry H., born March 14, 1868; Charles F.,
born October 2, 1870; Cliff W., born March 19, 1872; Estelle, born January 16,
1874. Mr. Wilson has traveled, to some extent, in his youth. In politics, he is
identified with the Democratic party. Mrs. Wilson is a member of the
Presbyterian Church, and keeps one of the best boarding houses in the Wabash Valley.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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