Polk County, Missouri Biographies - Richard C. WILSON

History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, 
Missouri; 1889, published by Goodspeed, Pgs. 716, 717, 
Polk County Biography Section

Richard C. Wilson, retired farmer, is the son of Samuel and 
Cynthia (Gibson) Wilson, both natives of Virginia.  When
young they went to Tennessee, were married there , and in
1844 they came to Missouri, where they lived in Jasper County
for some time.  They then moved to Arkansas, and there the 
mother died.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church.  The father was a successful tiller of the soil, and
was a Democrat in politics.  He was killed by Confederates at
his home during the war.  In their family were ten children,
four of whom are now living, three sons and one daughter; our
subject and a twin brother are the eldest living.  Two of the
brothers served in the Union army.  Richard C. Wilson was born
September 11, 1833, in Lincoln County, Tenn., attained his
growth on the farm, and received his education in the old log
school-house, and also attended a term in Arkansas County, Ark.
At the age of seventeen he started from home, and worked on a
farm at five dollars per month, spending his earnings in college.
In 1860 he married Miss Mary L. Hughey, a native of Carroll County,
Ark., and they have three children, two now living: Riley T, and
Frank C.  Having moved to Texas, Mr. Wilson remained until 1863,
and then went to Greene County, Mo., and was there until 1865,
when he came to Polk County, Mo., and settled four miles north
of Bolivar.  Mrs. Wilson died in 1866, and the following year
he married Miss Annie S., daughter of Clayton Devin.  She was
born in Obion County, Tenn., and when a mere child came with
her parents to Polk County.  She is a member of the Missionary
Baptist Church.  Mr. Wilson was reared under a Democratic roof,
but he now holds to the Union Labor Party.  He is a member of
the Masonic fraternity, and a prominent and successful citizen.
He has twice commenced even with the world--when he first began,
and after the war.
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