RECORDS: Wilson, Grayson Co., KY
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Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 19:00:29 -0600
From: "Phyllis Hill" 
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History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana
Chicago:  Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers, 1885  

Pike County, Washington Township, page 412  

JOHN W. WILSON, attorney of Petersburg, Ind., was born in Grayson County,
Ky., April 17, 1847.  His parents, Vincent and Anna (Davis) Wilson, were 
also natives of Kentucky, where they lived and died.  Our subject received
a limited education and when thirteen years old, he came to Indiana and 
worked at manual labor in Spencer County, and in the meantime began pre-
paring himself for teaching, and followed that occupation a year or two.
In 1867, he went to Missouri, but returned the same year, and the next year
moved to Bartholomew County, Ind., where he attended school, and graduated
from Hartsville University.  In 1872, he went to Warrick County and taught
school, and worked as deputy county recorder one year.  In 1873, he came
to Petersburg and took charge of the public schools two years, and at the
same time studied law.  In 1876, he was admitted to the Pike County bar,
and has since been very successful in the practice of his profession.
January 1, 1878, he married Kate Longbotham, a native of Evansville, Ind.
They have two children:  Frank and John M.  He is a Republican in politics,
and was candidate in 1884, for judge of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, but
owing to the hopeless minority of his party, he was defeated.  He is a Mason
and member of the I.O.O.F. He is a member of the Presbyterian Church and 
bears the reputation of being a proficient and energetic member of the legal
profession.  He was chairman of the Republican Central Committee three years,
and has been city attorney at times for four or five years.

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