Lewis County, West Virginia         Biography of George W. WILSON

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume III,
pg. 391


GEORGE W. WILSON, of Weston has had a long and ac-
tive experience in connection with the oil and gas industry,
and has many valuable interests in the production of these
two great natural resources, not only in West Virginia but
elsewhere.


Mr. Wilson, one of the men of special prominence at
Weston, was born in Hancock County, West Virginia, Feb-
ruary 22, 1870, son of S. W. and Mary J. (Dickey) Wil-
son. His father was also a native of Hancock County,
while his mother was born in New Jersey. She met and
married her husband in Ohio, and they then returned to
his former home in Hancock County, West Virginia. S. W.
Wilson was a successful roan in his business life, and for
eight years served as sheriff of Hancock County, holding
that office during the Civil war. He was a deacon in the
Presbyterian Church and a stanch republican in politics.
Of his seven children six grew to maturity and three are
now living:  May, a graduate of Edinburg College in
Pennsylvania and wife of John C. Donehoo of Pittsburg;
Nora, wife of Dr. J. E. Miller, of Steubenville, Ohio.


George W. Wilson spent most of his early life at Pugh-
town in Hancock County, where he acquired his public
school education. At the age of sixteen he began learn-
ing the trade of harness maker. That was his trade and
occupation for twelve years, and for ten years he con-
ducted a harness shop at McDonald, Pennsylvania, and
also became interested in the oil industry while there. He
returned to West Virginia in 1900 and has since made his
home at Weston, though his interests as an oil and gas
producer require his supervision over an extensive terri-
tory. He is interested in the Oklahoma Producing Re-
fining Company of New York City, owns a half interest
in sixteen producing gas wells in Lewis County, and has
been identified with several other proven fields.  He is
one of the directors and vice president of the Bank of
Weston, and owns an interest in a fine farm of over 400
acres on Murphy's Creek.


On April 8, 1912, Mr. Wilson married Margaret Mullady.
His first wife was Lida Ferraday, who with her only child
is deceased. Margaret Mullady was born in Lewis County,
West Virginia, in 1885.  To their marriage were born
three children: George C., born February 6, 1914; Mary
C., born January 19, 1917; and Virginia Lee, born May
29, 1921. Mrs. Wilson is a Catholic. Mr. Wilson is a
member of the Presbyterian Church, and is a member of
the various York and Scottish Rite bodies of Masonry and
is a past master, past high priest and past eminent com-
mander. He also belongs to Osirus Temple of the Mystic
Shrine at Wheeling.