Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Wilson, Francis 1820 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

FRANCIS WILSON. This representative and highly esteemed farmer residing on
section 12, Mundy Township, Genesee County, was born at Springwater, N. Y.,
April 21, 1820. When he was quite a young child his parents removed to
Connecticut, where he lived until he was sixteen years of age at which time he
returned to New York, where in Monroe County he learned the trade of
wagon-making and painting, following the business for sixteen years. He then
removed to Livingston County, N. Y., and two years later came to Genesee County,
this State. In 1852, he settled in Mundy Township, since which time he has
followed farming and has met with unusual success in his calling. Upon his farm
Mr. Wilson has erected an excellent set of farm buildings, and his estate
comprises about ninety-five acres.

  He was married in Rochester, N. Y., February 4, 1846, to Margaret Von Buskirk,
who was born in Henrietta, Monroe County, N. Y., March 13, 1827. They have had
one child, to whom they gave the name of Fred Grant. This son was a graduate of
the High School at Flint and subsequently entered the University at Ann Arbor,
taking up studies in the law department, but on account of ill health he was
obliged to relinquish his course of study and died at the Sanitarium at Detroit
August 6, 1888. He married Effie May Curtis, by whom he had two children, one
who died in infancy and a daughter, Etta May.

  Mr. Wilson has held the office of Highway Commissioner and School Director and
in his political views is an ardent advocate of the principles of the Republican
party. His father, Frederick Wilson, died in Connecticut, and his mother, Susan
Brown, died in Calhoun County, Mich. The parents of Mrs. Wilson were Garret and
Elizabeth (Rulifsen) Von Buskirk. The former died in Rochester, N. Y., and the
latter at the home of Mrs. Wilson in Mundy Township. The death of their son Fred
was an overwhelming blow to the fond and proud parents as, although he was still
quite a young man, his life was full of promise and he had shown abundant marks
of ability and character. The family is highly valued in the community and Mr.
Wilson is a man of more than ordinary discrimination, judgment and ability.

  In connection with this sketch the reader will notice a lithographic portrait
of Mr. Wilson.


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Extracted from:

Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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