Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Wilson, George W. 1844 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 21, 2006, 8:36 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) GEORGE W. WILSON, attorney at law, has been practicing his profession at Worthington for the last twenty-eight years, and is one of the leading members of the bar of southwestern Minnesota. During his long residence in Nobles county he has ever taken a prominent part in the affairs of his county and the city in which he has made his home. George W. Wilson was born October 2, 1844, at Wilson, Ohio, a village named in honor of the family. His father, Robert M. Wilson, and his mother, Margaret (Plummer) Wilson, were both natives of the same state. When George was seven or eight years of age the family moved to Brown county, Ohio, and there our subject grew to manhood. He received his education in the country schools of Brown county and the city school at Hamersville, in the same county. After quitting school he taught for two or three years in Adams and Brown counties. At Hamersville he was engaged in the mercantile business for about five years, and in 1866 was appointed postmaster of that town by President Andrew Johnson, which position he held four years. During the years between 1865 and 1870 he was town clerk and town treasurer of Hamersville. During these years he studied law, and late in the sixties was admitted to the bar at Georgetown, Ohio. He practiced his profession on a limited scale in his native state before moving west. In 1870 Mr. Wilson moved to Olathe City, Kansas, and opened a law office. He was very successful in his practice there, and in the spring of 1872 was elected municipal judge. He was reelected in 1873 and again in 1874, the last time for a two year term. Believing that Nobles county, Minnesota, offered superior advantages, he moved to Worthington in the spring of 1880, and that city has ever since been his home. He had hardly established a residence in this county when he was elected county attorney (November, 1880). He was reelected in 1882, and so served four years in that capacity. Since moving to Worthington he has been elected to other positions of trust. In 1884 he was elected mayor of the village and served one year as the head of the city government. He was elected to the lower house of the Minnesota legislature from Nobles and Murray counties in 1902 and served one term in a very acceptable manner to his constituents. Mr. Wilson has been a life-long republican, and his election to the various offices has been as the nominee of that party. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/wilson83gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.2 Kb