Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William Henry
Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, Chicago, 1882. 
Cass County.

THOMAS WILSON, of Virginia, was born April 15, 1816, Lancashire,
England.  His father, David Wilson, raised a family of ten
children, and Thomas was the second youngest of the family.  He
married Margaret Coates, before he left his native land, in the
year 1837, and in 1841 they emigrated to the New World, in
company with two sisters, Hannah and Sarah.  Mrs. Wilson, also a
native of England, was born about July 18, 1817, and lived until
Oct. 18, 1880, being sixty-three years of age, at the time of her
death.  She left six sons and one daughter to mourn her loss;
James, born Dec. 19, 1839; David, born Aug. 2, 1842; Joseph, born
May 3, 1844; Sarah J. (deceased), born Aug. 24, 1846; died Nov.
3, 1865, at nineteen years of age; William R., born April 18,
1849; John T., born July 3, 1851; Charles, born Aug. 13, 1853;
and Mary E., born May 20, 1857.  The subject of this sketch first
settled near the Sangamon Bottoms, about seven miles northwest of
Virginia, in Virginia Precinct, and farmed with success until
1861, when he removed to Virginia and retired.  He has invested a
liberal capital in the city real estate, and is one of the public
spirited and substantial citizens of the town, and a member of
the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.  Of his family, Joseph, John,
Charles, and the only living daughter, Mary (who is at home),
live in Cass County; David is in Kansas; James is in Missouri;
William is in Menard County, this State.  They are all farmers
but Joseph, who is a tinner by trade; he has for several years
been a successful merchant in Virginia, in company at different
times with D. N. Walker, and A. G. Angier.  He received his
schooling at Sugar Grove, Cass Co., and learned his trade at
nineteen years of age.  He has been a successful business man,
and has some of his present means invested in Cass County farming
lands.  May 26, 1872, he married Miss Nancy R. Berry, daughter of
James and Sinah (Roe) Berry, deceased, formerly of Virginia
Precinct.  They have three children, viz.: Anna L., Frank H., and
Alice.  Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are both members of the Cumberland
Presbyterian Church.  He is a Democrat, and a member of the
A.O.U.W., and I.O.O.F., and Secretary of the Virginia Lodge.

Wilson Coates Walker Angier Berry Roe
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