Edward H. Wilson Biography


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EDWARD H. WILSON, attorney at law, is a well known and influential 
member of the McCook county bar. He served as district attorney from 
1884 to 1888, and also during the years 1891-92, and 1895--96--99 as 
state's attorney, in every case performing his duties with rare 
fidelity and in such a manner as to leave no doubt as to his ability. 
Among the most noted of the cases which he handled was the Gains case, 
with which every McCook county man is familiar. Our subject has also 
served as local railroad attorney for Bight or ten years. In politics 
he is a Republican, and is one of the prime factors of that 
organization. 

Mr. Wilson is of Irish parentage, and was born April 7, 1857, the 
younger of two sons born to Evon C. and Leah (Crawford) Wilson, in 
Lycoming county, Pennsylvania. The parents are now both dead. Early in 
life, our subject left home to make his own livelihood, and through 
mismanagement on the part of his guardian he was deprived of the 
property his father left. For several years he followed the profession 
of teaching school and thereby earned enough money to secure a college 
education and began this course in the college at Mount Union, Ohio, 
completing it at Starkey College, New York. In 1880, he began the study 
of law with Judge Gifford, of Canton, and two years later was admitted 
to the bar. In 1883, he located at Salem, McCook county, South Dakota, 
and has thoroughly identified his name with the history of the growth 
and prosperity of that little city. Mr. Wilson's library is one well 
worthy of notice, being well selected and contains about one thousand 
volumes. Socially he affiliates with the following fraternities: 
Masonic, I. O. O. F., K. O. F. M. and the A. O. U. W. 

In 1885, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Etta Young, a native 
of Morganville, New York, and who was educated in Stark Seminary. To 
this union have been born three children, only one of whom is now 
living: Leon P., Crawford, deceased, and Coin, deceased.