Frank Daniel Wilson Biography from History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire
From: Betsy Webber - betsy@megalink.net

Surname: WILSON
Source:  History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
          by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill., 1915

Page 1110

     FRANK DANIEL WILSON, who has been successfully engaged in the
grocery business at Salem Depot, New Hampshire, since 1905, was born
February 15, 1857, in Salem, N. H. He is a son of A. G. and Abbie {Bailey)
Wilson, the former, a native of Pelham, N. H., and the latter of Haverhill.
They were parents of the following children: George, deceased; Alonzo G.;
Arminta; and Abbie J., who married Edmond Vittum. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson
are both deceased, the latter's death occurring July 4, 1912. The grand-
parents of the subject of this record were David and Sarah {Young)Wilson
of Pelham, N. H.
     Frank Daniel Wilson spent his early years in Salem, N. H., where he
attended the public schools, and his first position was that of a clerk in a
store at Salem Centre, where he remained three years. He then clerked in a
store in Boston, Mass., until 1883, and subsequently came to Salem Depot,
where he engaged in the grocery business with F. C. Buxton under the firm
name of "Buxton & Wilson." Two years later Mr. Wilson sold his interest

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in the business and entered the employ of the F. C. Wilson Co. of Haverhill,
with which firm he continued until March, 1890. He then returned to Salem
and engaged in farming with his brother A. G. Wilson, until June, 1905,
since which time he has been engaged in his present business at Salem Depot.
     Mr. Wilson was married December 24, 1884, to Miss Etta L. Foster, who
was born in Salem, N. H., in 1854. To them was born one daughter who
died in infancy. 
     Politically, Mr. Wilson is a republican and takes an active interest in
affairs pertaining to the community in which he resides. He was repre-
sentative to the legislature two terms in 1895 and 1911. He served on the
Republican Town Board of Selectmen for nine years, and was chairman of
the board for eight years. He is fraternally affiliated with the Spicket Lodge
No.85, St. George commandery; Bell Royal Arch Chapter; Mt. Nebo council
and the Becktash Shrine.

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