James P. Wilson, farmer, Jefferson Towship is native of Grant County Indiana, born 1849,and is directly descended,paternall, from Virginia stock. His father John M., was a son of William and Jane (Mackey) Wilson, and was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1807. When a young man he came to Grant County,Indiana, where he married Mary A. Lucas, entered land in the county, and at the time of his death in 1865 was the owner of 700 acres of land. He was an honorable citizen, highly respected in the communty in which he lived, and he and wife were exemplary members of the Presbyterian Church. James P., our subject,was reared on a farm, receiving his education at the common schools. February 22,1871 his marriage with Mary J. Jones was soleminized, and by this union are five childred: Thomas B., born May 12, 1872; Ralph O., born January 25, 1875; Eva P., born October 3, 1877; Walter G., born February 2, 1882, and Don C., Born July 24, 1884. Mr. Wilson has made farming his occcupation through life, now owning eighty aceres of well improved land. He is an enterprising and esteemed citizen, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Publisher Brant and Fuller 1886 Chicago History of Grant County,Indiana
James P. Wilson, farmer, Jefferson Towship is native of Grant County Indiana, born 1849,and is directly descended,paternall, from Virginia stock. His father John M., was a son of William and Jane (Mackey) Wilson, and was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, in 1807. When a young man he came to Grant County,Indiana, where he married Mary A. Lucas, entered land in the county, and at the time of his death in 1865 was the owner of 700 acres of land. He was an honorable citizen, highly respected in the communty in which he lived, and he and wife were exemplary members of the Presbyterian Church. James P., our subject,was reared on a farm, receiving his education at the common schools. February 22,1871 his marriage with Mary J. Jones was soleminized, and by this union are five childred: Thomas B., born May 12, 1872; Ralph O., born January 25, 1875; Eva P., born October 3, 1877; Walter G., born February 2, 1882, and Don C., Born July 24, 1884. Mr. Wilson has made farming his occcupation through life, now owning eighty aceres of well improved land. He is an enterprising and esteemed citizen, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Publisher Brant and Fuller 1886 Chicago History of Grant County,Indiana
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