Hickory County, Missouri Biographies--Francis Marion Wilson

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri, 1889.  Published by Goodspeed. Pages 616, 617

Francis Marion Wilson, clerk of the county court of Hickory County, Mo., was 
born in Callaway County, Mo., January 24, 1848.  After reaching the age of 
eighteen in Miller County, he came to Hickory County and began the study of 
law, being admitted to practice in the courts of Benton County, Mo., June 27, 
1874.  In 1882 he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county on the 
Republican ticket, was re-elected in 1884, and in 1886 was elected to his 
present position, the duties of which he is discharging in a very efficient 
manner.  March 28, 1872, he was married to Miss Mary Alexander, who was born 
in Tennessee in 1853, and by her has the following family: Ulysses, Eudora L., 
Eugenie, Eunice E., Vide and George.  The paternal great-grandfather was of 
Scotch and Swiss origin; his son Isaac, the paternal grandfather, was born in 
Kentucky, and died in Laclede County, Mo.  George Wilson, the father of our 
subject, was born in Whitley County, Ky., November 8, 1827, but was taken by 
his parents to Illinois when quite young, finally back to Tennessee, then to 
Missouri, locating in Miller County, and is now keeping a hotel in Hermitage.  
He volunteered for the Mexican War, but did not go to the field, and during 
the late war he served in the Federal army (Tenth Missouri Cavalry) for some 
time.  His wife, whose maiden name was Eliza Jones, was born in Wythe County, 
Va., July 19, 1827, and is a daughter of Hiram Jones, who came from Wythe 
County, Va., and died in Miller County, Mo., in 1867, having followed the 
occupation of farming throughout life.  The family name was originally spelled 
Willson.

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