JOHN B. WILSON
John
B. Wilson, a farmer of Madison County, Mo., was born in Tennessee in
1832, and is the son of Jacob and Jemima Wilson.
The father was a farmer by occupation.
He came to Missouri and located in Reynold County, where he was
killed at the beginning of the late war by robbers, it was supposed for
what money he had in his possession. John B. Wilson came to Missouri with his father, and his
boyhood days were spent on his father’s farm. November 16, 1855, he
united his fortunes with that of Miss Emeline Copeland, who was born in
Tennessee in 1833. She
became the mother of nine children, eight of whom are living: George M.,
Mary A. (wife of A. C. Holder), Jennie G. (wife of J. T. Tharp), Belle
T. (wife of Edward A. Howell), Katie C. (wife of Lewis Burch), Sarah J.,
Eva and Ida. Mr. Wilson is
the owner of 240 acres of land, and in his political views he advocates
the principles of the Democratic party. His son, George M., was married in 1877 to Miss Parazida
Richmond, and is the father of the following family: Effie, Maude,
Sidney, Elsie and Homer E. Mary
A. (wife of A. C. Holder) is the mother of two children: John M. and
Hurburt M.
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