Fayette County TN Archives Biographies.....Wilson, Frank December 31, 1824 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Judy Harvey judycharvey@gmail.com August 9, 2009, 10:48 pm Source: History of Fayette County,Tennessee Author: didn't get it Frank A. Wilson, a merchant of Hickory Withe,Fayette County, was born December 31, 1824, in Anderson County,S.C., and is one of three sons and a daughter born to David and Elizabeth (Wilson) Wilson. Our subject and a brother are still living.The parents were born in Newberry County,S.C., and married and farmed there a few years, then moved to Anderson County where the mother died in 1828. The father then married Lucretia Dollor, and by this marriage had a son and a daughter; the son is living.In 1832 they moved to Illinois and farmed in Hamilton County, where this wife died in January 1834. The father afterward married Martha Kettle, of Gallatin County, Illinois, and one son and two daughters were born to this marriage, all of them living.This wife died in 1870 and the father died in 1874 in Hamilton County,Illinois. Our subject remained with his parents until 22 years old, then moved to Fayette County,Tennessee, and commenced merchandising at Hickory Withe.March 1862, he enlisted in the 38th Tennessee Infantry (Confederate Army),and two years later went into the 15th Tennessee Calvary under General Forrest, where he remained until the war closed.In 1869 Mr. Wilson bought an interest in the store of A. Weber, but at the end of three years he commenced merchandising on his own responsibility.November, 1880, he sold his stock and commenced burning brick and farming until October,1885, when he again went into the mercantile business at Hickory Withe, and now carries a stock value oat $1800. January 29,1850, he married Hadassah BOYD, of Fayette County. They had one son who died in infancy.Mrs. Wilson died march 1,1879, and in 1883 he married Cordelia BOYD.He is an prominent member of the Presbyterian Church, and upright in all business transactions. Additional Comments: This is a page i copied while doing Wilson research. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/fayette/bios/wilson9bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/tnfiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb