HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS,  E. Polk Johnson,  three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912. Common version, Vol. III,
pp. 1147-48.  Jefferson Co.

DUNNING S. WILSON, M. D., Phar. D., whose name introduces this review, has
gained recognition as an able and successful physician in Louisville, and
by his labors, his high professional attainments and his sterling
characteristics has justified the respect and confidence in which he is
held by the medical fraternity and by the public at large.  Dr. Wilson is
one of the few Americans, so migratory is the race, who make a permanent
home in their native town.  He was born in Louisville on November 24, 1876,
the son of the late Rev. Samuel Ramsey Wilson, who was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, in 1818, and died in Louisville, May 21, 1886.
     The paternal grandfather was the Rev. Joshua Lacy Wilson, a pioneer
preacher of Cincinnati.  Rev. Joshua L. Wilson was a Marylander, the son
of Dr. Henry Wilson, of that state, who removed from Prince Henry county,
Maryland, to Chesterfield county, Virginia, in 1764, where he married Agnes
Lacy, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Rice) Lacy, both natives of
Hanover county, Virginia.  After marriage he removed to Bedford county,
Virginia, and resided near Peaks of Otter.  He served as a surgeon during
the Revolutionary war.  His son, the Rev. Joshua Lacy Wilson, became one
of the early pastors of the First Presbyterian church of Cincinnati, at a
time when that was the only Presbyterian church in that city, and the
population of the city did not exceed one thousand.  Previous to this he
had served as pastor and teacher in Bardstown, Kentucky.  He was deeply
interested in church and school work, and at a session the College or
Teachers of Cincinnati, held in 1836, he delivered an address on the
proposition that "A Thorough System of Universal Instruction is not only
Necessary but Practicable."  The Lancaster Seminary, Cincinnati's business
college, was originated and organized by Rev. Joshua Lacy Wilson in 1815.
Rev. Samuel Ramsay Wilson, the father of our subject, was born in
Cincinnati, Ohio, June 4, 1818.  He graduated from Hanover College,
Indiana, in the class of '36 and from Princeton Theological Seminary, New
Jersey, in the class of '41, receiving the degree of D. D.  He was
ordained and installed a pastor in 1842, for four years was a colleague
of his father, then succeeded him as pastor of the First Presbyterian
church, Cincinnati and so continued for sixteen years.  In 1862-3 he had
charge of Grand Avenue Presbyterian church, New York city, in 1863-4 was
stationed at Mulberry, Kentucky, came to Louisville in 1864 and was pastor
of the First Presbyterian church until 1880.  At the end of this time
Rev. S. R. Wilson went to Madison, Indiana, where he stayed two years, was
then for a while at St. Louis, Missouri, and Scranton, Pennsylvania,
finally returning to Louisville.  He espoused the cause of slavery from
1843 until the north and south divided, and was the author of the
"Declaration of Testimony" which divided the church in Kentucky in 1867.
He turned to the church North, and belonged to the Cincinnati Conference
at the time of his death.  Rev. S. R. Wilson married Anna Maria, the
daughter of Captain Robert Steel, who for many years ran steamboats between
Louisville and New Orleans.  Captain Steel was born in Pittsburg [sic],
Pennsylvania, May 9, 1799, and came to Louisville in 1830, dying from
cholera in 1850.  He was the son of William Steel, who came from the north
of Ireland and settled in Pittsburg [sic], where he practiced law and
served as justice of the peace and as county treasurer, and later kept an
[sic] hotel at Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, dying the the year 1830, aged
fifty-seven years. Captain Robert Steel married Margaret Harris McNair, who
was born September 4, 1806, and died May 21, 1892, in Louisville, Kentucky.
Their daughter, Anna Maria, the mother of our subject, was born in
Louisville, Kentucky, September 21, 1842, and is still living in the city.
     Dr. Dunning S. Wilson attended the Louisville public schools and
graduated from the Louisville College of Pharmacy in 1894, and where he
is now professor of pharmacy, then graduated from the medical department
of the University of Louisville in 1899, and immediately entered into
general practice in Louisville, and has since here continued, having made
the medical profession his life work.  He has succeeded in every way and
has also served in a number of most honorable positions.  The Doctor has
served as vice-president of the Jefferson County Medical Society, and is
secretary of the society at the present time.  He has served as president
of the Louisville Academy of Medicine, is a member of the Louisville
Society of Physicians and Surgeons, of the Kentucky State Medical Society
and of the American Medical Association.  Dr. Wilson has been a delegate
to several state medical conventions and was the first physician in
Kentucky to join the National Association for the study and prevention of
tuberculosis.  He was also one of the originators of the Louisville Anti-
Tuberculosis Association and is physician in charge of the Anti-
Tuberculosis Dispensary.  He is a member of the Board of United States
Pension Examining Surgeons and is first lieutenant, medical department,
First Regiment, Kentucky National Guard.  Dr. Wilson has served as a
member of the Louisville School Board, as delegate to several Republican
State Conventions, is a member of the Commercial and Filson Clubs and the
Masonic fraternity, and a member of the Phi Chi medical fraternity,
incorporated, which was organized in Louisville in 1894.  He has been a
member of the Grand Chapter since 1900, and grand secretary and treasurer
since 1903.  This organization has grown to be the largest in membership
of any medical fraternity in the United States.  Its phenomenal growth is
due to the activity of Dr. Wilson more than to any other agency.  He is a
member of the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian church, which his father organized
and which was known years ago as Central church.
     Dr. Wilson was united in marriage to Margaret, the daughter of Philip
Bonn, deceased, of Louisville, a soldier of the Confederacy.  They have
one child, a son aged two years, named Keith Singleton.  The Doctor is
accorded a position of distinction as a member of the medical fraternity,
his talents and strong mentality making him largely master of the
scientific principles which underlie the work of the profession.  An
energetic nature and studious habits have enabled him long since to attain
a high measure of respect as a citizen and physician.

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