BIO: WILSON, Dale W., s/o William & Nancy (McCoskey) Wilson Submitted by: Diana Flynn WILSON, MITCHELL, MCCOSKEY, LINDLEY, GREEN "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES, INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, WASHINGTON COUNTY, INDIANA PAGE 880 DALE W. WILSON was born in Washington County, Ind., June 20. 1837. John Wilson, his paternal grandfather, was a native of Pennsylvania, and married Sarah Mitchell, who was also a native of that State. They moved to Kentucky in an early day, where William Wilson, father of Dale W., was born in about 1809. They afterward removed to Ohio, and from there to Washington County, Ind., in about 1819, where William Wilson grew to manhood, and where he married Nancy McCoskey. Dale W. Wilson lived on a farm until 1855, when he went to Canton, in this county, and learned blacksmithing. He continued working at his trade in Canton until 1880, when he moved to Salem, opened a shop, and has since resided here, conducting, quite an extensive business. In 1862 he wedded Semira, a daughter of Thomas and Jane (Lindley) Green, and by her is the father of these three children: Wheeler, Idella and Sally. Mr. Wilson is a Democrat, and a member of the F. & A. M. Diana Flynn Springville, Lawrence Co., IN. ivie@tima.com *************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genelaogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons.Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent.