BLEDSOE BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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BLEDSOE, Wilson H. - b: 1844 Taylor Co, KY
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 499
residence: Clinton

Wilson H. Bledsoe, of the firm of Bledsoe & Lane, grocers, came originally from 
Taylor County, Kentucky, where he was born February 15, 1844. He was reared in 
the counties of Washington and Marion, and in August, 1861, at the age of 
seventeen, he enlisted in Company A, Second Kentucky Cavalry, United States 
Army, and served till December 17, 1864, having participated in the battles of 
Stone River, Perryvale, Kentucky, Shiloh and Chickamauga. He was captured at the 
time of McCook and Stoneman's raid through Georgia, and was a prisoner at 
Andersonville for three months, and then while on the way to Charleston, made 
his escape when near the mouth of the Edisto River, and was taken aboard a man-
of war in that vicinity. Finally he made his way to New York, and in a short time 
returned to his command; receiving his discharge at Nashville, Tennessee. He then 
went to Green County, Kentucky, where he remained one year, and from there to 
Jeffersonville, Indiana, where he remained till February, 1868. Coming to Clinton 
he was engaged in blacksmithing till May 1881, after which he embarked in the 
grocery business with his present partner. Mr. Bledsoe was married October 30, 
1870, to Miss Emma Burton, a native of Missouri. They have three children: Inez, 
Iva, and an infant. Mr. B. is a member of the Masonic order and of the I. O. O. F. and 
has been a representative of the latter order to the grand lodge of the state. For 
one term he belonged to the city council.


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