Oakland-Genesee County MI Archives Biographies.....Wilson, Oscar D. December 14, 1836 - 192_ ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: bill s. beverlybilly@yahoo.com March 14, 2006, 12:22 pm Author: Thaddeus D. Seeley > Title: History of Oakland County > Subtitle: A Narrative Account if Its Historical > Progress, Its People and Its Principal Interests. > Author: Thaddeus D. Seeley > Vol: II > Publisher: The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, New york > Year: 1912 > Pages: 890 - 891 OSCAR D. WILSON. A venerable and highly respected agriculturist of Oakland COunty, Oscar D. Wilson has spent the larger portion of his long and useful life within its boundries, and has taken a genuine interest in its advancement. A native of New York he was born in Onondaga County December 14, 1836. Daniel T. Wilson, his father, came from New York to Michigan in 1837, performing the long and tedious journey with teams, bring with him his wife and family. Being favorably impressed with Oakland County, he bought a tract of wild land in Springfield Township, and was there engaged in farming until his death while yet in the prime of life. He married Lucina Servis, a native of New York, she passed to the llife beyond leaving four children, as follows: Charlotte R. of Bay City, widow of Archie McAlpin; Oscar D., the subject of this sketch; Laura A., widow of Daniel Young, late of Gratiot County; and Susan, widow of M. Rathburn, of Flint, Michigan. In early life Oscar D. Wilson came with his widowed mother to Brandon Township and began the improvement of a farm. Soon after her death Mr. Wilson bought the interest of the remaining heirs in the property and has since been successfully employed in tilling the soil. A man of excellant judgemnt and sound sense, enterprising and energetic, he has accumulated a good property, now owning two hundred and forty acres of as rich and fertile land as can be found in this part of the county, and from it is reaping profitable crops. Although badly handicapped, having been forced to use crutches for the past 30 years, owning to the loss of his left leg, he has been exceedingly fortunate in his operations, being now one of the leading general farmers of Brandon Township. Mr. Wilson has been twice married. He married first Lavina Ferguson, who died on the home farm April 18, 1885, leaving two children, Jay T. living at home, and Zoe, wife of Edward N. Page of Detroit. On December 27, 1888 [CONFILCT: oakland county marriage record says 26 Dec, 1890 ed. note] Mr. Wilson married Elizabeth Warner, who was born in Canada, and as a girl of ten years, came to Michigan with her parents, John and Elizabeth (Plum) Warner, who settled in Genesee County, where the death of Mr. Warner occured Decemebr 14, 1858. Mrs. Warner survived him many years, passing away Decemebr 26, 1891 [CONFLICT: I think the writer transposed the death of Elizabeth Plum-Warner with the Marriage of Oscar and Elizabeth ed. note] at an advanced age. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom Mrs. Wilson and her brother Robert Warner of Tuscola County are the only survivors. Politically Mr. Wilson is a Republican. Additional Comments: Elizabeth Warner m1, Alfred Powelson 1860, m2 Harmon Eckler circa 1875, m3 O.D. Wilson m3 1890 Jay T. Wilson married his step-sister, Edna Eckler. They stayed married all their lives, and are buried together in Ortonville Cemetery, Ortonville, MI File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/oakland/bios/wilson72gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mifiles/ File size: 3.8 Kb