Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Wilson, Thomas N. 1853 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 21, 2007, 2:06 am Author: William Henry Perrin (1883) THOMAS N. WILSON, proprietor machine shop, Robinson, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, April 18, 1853. He came to Crawford County, Ill., in 1867. He engaged in farming a short time, and then went into the Western country on a trip; visited the Black Hills, from which he returned to this county in 1879. He purchased a saw mill and engaged in the lumber business, which he continued until the latter part of 1882, when he sold his mill and bought an interest in the machine shop he now operates. He owns four good dwellings in Robinson and thirteen vacant lots. He is a member of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Wilson was married April 28, 1880, to Miss May E. Myers, who died October 28, 1882. She leaves one child, Mabel Lenore, born September 29, 1882, who was about one month old at her mother's death. Additional Comments: Extracted From: HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS. EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS, LAKESIDE BUILDING. 1883. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/crawford/bios/wilson639gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb