Morrow-Marion County OR Archives Obituaries.....Wilson, Joseph G. 1873
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The  Oregonian  October 30, 1913  page 5
BODY GETS NEW GRAVE

JOSEPH G. WILSON’S REMAINS BROUGHT TO OREGON

Wish of Early-Day State Judge to Rest With Wife Caused Transfer From Ohio to 
The Dalles

THE DALLES, Or., Oct. 29.
An incident of unusual historical interest occurred in this city today when 
the body of Judge Joseph G. Wilson was placed in the family lot in a local 
cemetery, having been brought from Marietta, Ohio where it was interred in 
1873. His remains were placed beside those of his wife, Elizabeth M. Wilson, 
who died here last February, and an appropriate monument was erected today to 
mark their graves and those of their children who died some years ago.

Arrangements for the transfer of the body across the continent and the 
erection of the monument were made by the children of the late judge, jurist 
and Congressman, and his wife. The children are Fred W. Wilson, a well-known 
attorney of this city; Mrs. Grace Taylor, of Sherman, Wyo.; Mrs. F.P. Mays and 
Mrs. Joseph T. Peters, both of Portland. The transfer of the body fulfills the 
wish which was expressed by Judge Wilson over half century ago, that his body 
should finally rest beside the remains of his wife.

Few men were more intimately identified with the early history of Oregon than 
was Judge Wilson. Appointed District Attorney of Marion County in the early 
years of his long career of public service, he afterward became clerk and 
reporter of the Supreme Court of Oregon and later one of its justices. The 
first three volumes of the Oregon Supreme Court were compiled by him and bear 
his name. When Circuit Judge of this district in the ‘60s, its limits extended 
from The Dalles to the eastern and southern boundaries of the state, including 
all of Oregon east of the Cascades. Among the attorneys of that early day who 
practiced before Judge Wilson were James K. Kelly, Lair Hill, now of Oakland, 
Cal., Orlando Humason and Lewis L, McArthur, all of whom became prominent men 
of Oregon.

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