From "History of North Washington" Published 1904

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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EMESLEY D. WILSON
	an enterprising and successful stock farmer of Stevens county, lives 
five miles west of Usk. He was born in Wise county, Texas, the son of James 
A. and Susan (Brockshire) Wilson, the father a native of Tennessee, the 
mother of Missouri. They were married in the latter state, but removed to 
Texas and lived there six years. In 1862  the father enlisted  in a Texas 
regiment, was captured and died in a military prison in 1866. The mother was 
married to Henry Ploster, and moved  with him to Kansas, where they remained 
six years, and where she now lives. She is the mother of six children, four 
by her first husband, Thomas R., John L., Lockey D. and Emesley, and two by 
her  second husband, William H. and Sarah.
	In Cherokee county, Kansas, our subject received his early education,
but at sixteen years of age he began working on farms, and this employment he 
continued until twenty-five years of age. Following one  year's work on
railroads, Mr. Wilson married and came to Spokane, where he remained four 
years, thence going to Stevens county in 1892. Here he located one hundred 
and sixty acres of land, and the following spring joined a surveying  party, 
and the December following sold out his holdings and went to Spokane where he
engaged in the poultry business three years. He then engaged in farming four
years, and returned to the Calispell valley, where he has since lived. He has
eighty acres of excellent land all fenced with substantial buildings, and he 
breeds stock and does considerable diversified farming.
	In 1887 our subject was married to Fannie L. Penney, daughter of 
C. T. and Georgia Penney, natives of Kentucky. The parents removed  to 
Missouri in 1880, but seven years later  returned to Washington where they 
now live. They were the parents of ten children. The living are Mollie, 
Fannie L., James H., William T., Ellen, Nettie, Ruby, and John O.
	Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson, Charles E., 
Willard L. and Wallace A., all residing with their parents. The political 
principles of Mr. Wilson are in line with those of the Democratic party. He 
is a member of the M. W. A., Tent No. 10012, and the  K. O. T. M., No. 71. 
Both  Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are members  of the Baptist church.
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