Wasatch County UT Archives Biographies.....Wilson, James Brigham 1856 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

HON. JAMES BRIGHAM WILSON.

    Hon. James Brigham Wilson is one of the prominent and influential residents
of Wasatch county, making his home at Midway. He has largely devoted his
attention in a business way to farming and stock raising and he has won a
measure of success that is of most substantial character and which has come to
him as the direct reward of his perseverance and earnest labor. He was born in
Carson City, Nevada, August 22, 1856, and is a son of James T. and Isabelle
(Ross) Wilson, the former a native of Ireland, while the latter was born in
Scotland. They came to America in the years 1852 and 1854 respectively. James T,
Wilson crossed the plains with ox teams and settled in Salt Lake City, where for
many years he maintained his home. The mother there passed away and in 1865 the
father removed to Midway, Wasatch county, where he spent his remaining days, his
death occurring in 1905. In their family were five children, of whom four are
yet living.

    James Brigham Wilson, whose name introduces this review, was reared and
educated in Salt Lake City, attending the common schools and the University of
Utah. After attaining his majority he took up the profession of teaching, which
he followed for three years. In 1881 he married Miss Margaret Powell, a native
of South Wales, and in 1884 he removed with his family to Wasatch county, where
he took up a homestead and turned his attention to farming and stock raising. He
has since been active along this line and he and his sons are now owners of
three thousand acres of land. He has a large herd of cattle and many head of
sheep and his stock raising interests are extensive and important. He is
likewise active in various corporations and is classed with the representative
and progressive business men of his section of the state.

    To James Brigham and Margaret (Powell) Wilson were born six children: J.
Brigham, who is connected with his father in business; Margaret E., the wife of
William , G. Young, of Heber; David John, who is a graduate of the law
department of the University of California at Berkeley and is now a practicing
attorney of Ogden, Utah; Isabel E., the wife of Wayne B. Hales of Rexburg,
Idaho; Reese Arthur, who is connected with his father in business; and Edith E.,
who is a graduate of the Brigham Young University and is now teaching. The wife
and mother passed away in 1913 and was laid to rest in Midway cemetery, leaving
a husband and six children to mourn her loss. In 1915 Mr. Wilson wedded Miss
Hannah Lundin, a native of Sweden, who came to America in 1885.

    Mr. Wilson has been a prominent figure in political circles as a supporter
of the republican party. He served for fourteen years on the town board of
Midway and exercised his official prerogatives in support of various plans and
measures for the general good. He has also served on the school board. In 1902
he was elected to represent Wasatch county in the state legislature, serving as
a member of the lower house for two terms, while in 1908 he was elected to the
state senate, of which he was a member for four years. He was connected with
much constructive legislation, giving thoughtful and earnest consideration to
all vital questions coming up for settlement. He is a self-made man and one of
the leading citizens of Wasatch county who enjoys the confidence, goodwill and
high regard of all.


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UTAH SINCE STATEHOOD
HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL

ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME IV
CHICAGO-SALT LAKE: THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1920


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