He married Julia Ann Boyer on September 22, 1867 at Cottage Hill, Ohio. She was born October 17, 1847. They moved to Macon Co. Illinois in 1870 and to Sedgwick, Kansas in February 1878. The railroad had been built to Sedgwick and the land had just been opened to Homesteaders. Soldiers who had marched through that area returned to live. Jacob and his two older boys (then 9 and 10 years old) rode in the box car of the train with their 2 mules, a cow, and all their other things packed in a wagon. They spent the first spring in the Barney Hennigar home where 18 people shared 1 large room with a "lean to" kitchen. He worked the first summer near Newton breaking sod with a walking plow for a mule to replace the one that was killed n route from Illinois when trains were switching.
He settled on a timber claim 2 miles east of Bentley (160 acers). In 1895 he sold 100 acres to his son William for $1700, which paid off the morgage on the 160 acres. He moved to Bentley in 1903 and built a home 1 block north of Bentley Bank. Jacob's wife, Julia Ann, died January 24, 1909 and Jacob than married a woman named Lovina Chapman of Zanesville, Ohio in January 1910. Jacob built a house at the south end of Witchita (Biggs home) where he lived until his death in 1937. After his death, Lovina sold the home in Bentley and went back to her family in Ohio.
He married Julia Ann Boyer on September 22, 1867 at Cottage Hill, Ohio. She was born October 17, 1847. They moved to Macon Co. Illinois in 1870 and to Sedgwick, Kansas in February 1878. The railroad had been built to Sedgwick and the land had just been opened to Homesteaders. Soldiers who had marched through that area returned to live. Jacob and his two older boys (then 9 and 10 years old) rode in the box car of the train with their 2 mules, a cow, and all their other things packed in a wagon. They spent the first spring in the Barney Hennigar home where 18 people shared 1 large room with a "lean to" kitchen. He worked the first summer near Newton breaking sod with a walking plow for a mule to replace the one that was killed n route from Illinois when trains were switching.
He settled on a timber claim 2 miles east of Bentley (160 acers). In 1895 he sold 100 acres to his son William for $1700, which paid off the morgage on the 160 acres. He moved to Bentley in 1903 and built a home 1 block north of Bentley Bank. Jacob's wife, Julia Ann, died January 24, 1909 and Jacob than married a woman named Lovina Chapman of Zanesville, Ohio in January 1910. Jacob built a house at the south end of Witchita (Biggs home) where he lived until his death in 1937. After his death, Lovina sold the home in Bentley and went back to her family in Ohio.
Family Members
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Howard Wilson
1838–1864
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Francis Marion Wilson
1842–1918
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Jasper William "Uncle Jap" Wilson
1850–1925
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Jennie Wilson Church
1854–1921
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Nancy Arminda "Minnie" Wilson Werbin
1856–1909
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Eliza Delia Wilson
1859–1862
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Margaret Rachel Wilson Boyer Swisher
1860–1947
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Lovenia Wilson
1863–1864
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John J. Wilson
1866–1866
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Jesse E. Wilson
unknown–1842
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