Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Wilson, M. 1821 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   M. WILSON, son of Thomas and Ann (Dobbs) Wilson, is a native of
Northamptonshire, England, his birth occurring in 1821. He was early put to the
tailor's trade by his father, serving a five years' apprenticeship with Luke
Richards, at Ridgestock. He was joined in marriage with Miss Frances Parsons, of
the same shire as himself, and to them have been born five children, named
Watson, Rolland (deceased), Harvey, Rolland, and Sarah, who is the wife of
Wesley I. Williams, of Monroe County, Ind. The subject of this notice came to
the United States in 1855, and settled at Worthington, Ind., but subsequently
removed to Bloomfield, where he continued to reside until the breaking-out of
the late civil war. In 1862, himself and oldest son enlisted in the
Seventy-first Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle at
Richmond, Ky., where their regiment was so badly cut to pieces as to necessitate
its conversion into what afterward became known as the Sixth Cavalry, commanded
by Col. Biddle. Both father and son performed effective service for their
adopted country in its struggle to maintain the Union. The former was captured
at Richmond in 1862 by Morgan's forces, but was paroled upon the field. Watson
Wilson was captured while on one of Stoneman's raids in Georgia, and for seven
months was incarcerated at Andersonville, where he suffered all the horrors of
Southern prison life during the war. After his release in 1865, and while on his
way home, he died at Columbus, Ohio, from the effects of his barbarous treatment
in the South. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members of the Protestant Episcopal
Church, and are among Fairplay Township's best citizens.

Additional Comments:
Fairplay Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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