Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Wilson, Jonathan 1810 - 
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Author: History of Grundy County 1882

Jonathan Wilson, farmer, P. O. Verona, is a native of Union County, Ky., born 
December 3, 1810. When about fourteen years old, his parents, Thornton and 
Elizabeth Wilson, moved to Illinois and settled in Sangamon County for one 
year, after which they lived near Tremont, in Tazewell County, for two years. 
In the fall of 1827, they moved into Putnam County, where they purchased a 
farm; there the father died, March 9, 1835; the mother had previously died in 
Tazewell County, in February, 1826. Subject remained in Putnam County till 
1850, and while there was married, January 24, 1839, to Miss Elma Hoyle, 
daughter of William and Edith Hoyle; her father was a native of England, and 
her mother a native of Pennsylvania; her mother died in Putnam County August 
5, 1840, and her father died in the same county January 9, 1876. Mrs. Wilson 
was born in Jefferson County, Ohio, August 27, 1824. Since 1850, Mr. Wilson 
has resided in Vienna Township, of Grundy County, Ill. They now own the "Old 
Jonah Newport" farm, consisting of 326 acres, in Sections 4 and 9 of Vienna, 
their residence being situated twelve miles southwest from Morris. Mr. and 
Mrs. Wilson are parents of ten children - William A., born March 3,1840, died 
February 28, 1871; Edith E., born October 4, 1843; Mary E., born March 18, 
1845, married to Albert Hollenbeck on February 18, 1875, and died August 22, 
1875; Joseph A., born February 20, 1849, married Hattie E. Collins March 5, 
1879; Oliver T., born January 1, 1852, died January 31, 1852; Sabina M., born 
April 6, 1854; Edward F., born April 6, 1856, married December 3, 1879, to 
Miss Lucy M. Tilden; Marshall B., born March 11, 1859; Charley E., born March 
29, 1864, and Orville T., born June 15, 1868. Mr. Wilson is engaged in general 
husbandry.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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