Wilson, Gilbert Lord – Wilson, James Harrison
Wilson, Gilbert Lord
writer, poet, was born March 4, 1856, in Center Point, Iowa. He is a member of the American Association of Writers, a close student, and has a thorough knowledge of Greek, Latin, German and Hebrew. He has taken numerous prizes in literary contests; is a constant contributor to the best publications; is a poet of acknowledged excellence, and his poems can be found in Poets of America, and other standard works.
Wilson, Gustavus James Nash
soldier, educator, was born Oct. 16, 1827, in Harmony Grove, Ga. Since his youth he has been principally engaged in educational work, and was associated with some of the most successful institutions of learning in Jackson county in ante-bellum days.
During the war he served in the confederate army as an officer in company E, thirty-fourth Georgia regiment. For nearly ten years subsequent to the war he devoted most of his time to mechanics and machinery, but in 1871 he was elected county superintendent of schools, which position he has filled for twenty-eight years. He is prominent in public affairs; owns one of the largest private libraries in the state of Georgia, and resides in his native county at Jefferson, in a beautiful residence built by himself.
Wilson, Henry
vice-president of the United States, was born Feb. 16, 1812, in Farrington, N. H. He was an energetic laborer in the antislavery cause, and for many years was a member of the national senate. In 1872 he was elected vicepresident of the United States. He was the author of History of Anti-Slavery Measures; and Rise and Fall of the Slave Power in America.
The name of his father was Colbath, but he was adopted by a man named Wilson, which name he retained. He died in the capitol at Washington, Nov. 22, 1875.
Wilson, Henry
congressman, was born in Dauphin county, Pa. He was a representative in congress from Pennsylvania from 1823 to 1826. He died Aug. 14, 1826, in Allentown, Pa.
Wilson, Henry H
educator, lawyer, lecturer, was born Jan. 1, 1854, in Sandusky, Ohio. He received his education in the public schools of Ohio; the State Normal school of Peru, Neb., and in 1878 graduated from the State university at Lincoln, Neb. For two years he principal of the High school of Seward, Neb.; was admitted to the bar in 1881; has lectured on evidence in the law dewas partment of the university of Nebraska since 1892, and since 1891 has been president of the Lancaster Bar association. He is a thirty-three degree Mason; has been grand master of Masons of Nebraska, and is prominent in various fraternal orders.
Wilson, Henry Isaiah
educator, musician, lawyer, was born April 10, 1869, near Wellsboro, Pa. He has attained success as a school teacher, teacher of music and instructor of bands and orchestras.
He is a composer of several well-known pieces for bands and the violin, and has the reputation of being one of the best euphonium soloists in the state of Pennsylvania. In 1892 he was admitted to the bar, and has since practiced that profession in Big Run, Pa.
Wilson, Henry Stewart
railroad president, was born July 5, 1829, in Dauphin county, Pa. In 1895 he became president of the Cairo and Kanawha railway at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Wilson, Isaac
soldier, lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman. He was elected a member of the assembly of New York, and also of the senate. He was elected a representative in congress in 1823, and at the end of his term was appointed first judge of Genesee county. He died Oct. 25, 1848, in Batavia, Ill.
Wilson, James
signer of the declaration of independence, was born Sept. 14, 1742, in Scotland. He was a delegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1778, in 1782 and 1783, and from 1785 to 1787. He was a signer of the declaration of independence. When not in congress he acted as advocate-general for the French nation. In 1789 he was appointed a justice of the supreme court of the United States.
He died Aug. 28, 1798, in Edenton, N. C.
Wilson, James
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1757. He was a lawyer by profession; and was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1809 to 1811. He died Jan. 4, 1839, in Keene, N. H.
Wilson, James
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born April 28, 1779, in York county, Pa. From 1811 to 1822 he was a justice of the peace. He was a representative from Pennsylvania to the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth congresses, and was again elected a justice of the peace, the duties of which office he continued to fill until 1859.
Wilson, James
soldier, congressman, was born April 9, 1822, in Crawfordsville, Ind. He went to Mexico in 1846 as a private in the Indiana regiment, and before his return home was promoted to the office of quartermaster. He was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirtyfifth congress, and was re-elected to the thirty-sixth congress. In 1866 he was appointed minister resident to Venezuela. He died in August, 1867.
Wilson, James
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born in New Hampshire. He was speaker of the New Hampshire state house of representatives in 1828, and in the legislature a number of years. He practiced law at Keene; was a general of militia, and was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1847 to 1849. He died May 29, 1881, in California.
Wilson, James
agriculturist, congressman, cabinet officer, was born Aug. 16, 1835, in Scotland. In 1855 he moved to Iowa, locating in Tama county, where, as early as 1861 he engaged in farming on his own account. He was elected to the state legislature, and served in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth general assemblies, being speaker of the house in the last-mentioned assembly. He was elected to congress in 1872, and served in the forty-third, forty-fourth and forty-eighth congresses. From 1870 to 1874 he was a regent of the state university, and made secretary of agriculture March 5, 1897. He was elected to the fifty-third congress.
Wilson, James Benjamin
lawyer, lecturer, was born Feb. 22, 1859, in Owen county, Ind. He received his education in the public schools of Spencer, Ind.; and subsequently attended the State university at Bloomington, in which institution he has been assistant tutor in the law school. He has attained success as an able lawyer of Bloomington, Ind.; has taken a leading part in republican politics, and has attained success as a platform speaker and public lecturer.
Wilson, James F
state senator, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 19, 1828, in Newark, Ohio. He was a member of the Iowa state constitutional convention of 1856, and was a representative in the state legislature in 1857. In 1859 he was elected state senator, serving as president of the senate in 1861. In the latter year he was elected a representative from Iowa to the thirty-seventh congress to fill a vacancy, and was reelected to the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth and fortieth congresses. In 1869 he was appointed a commissioner for the Pacific railroad. He was elected a United States senator from Iowa for six years from March 4, 1883, and was re-elected in 1888, and served until 1895.
Wilson, James Grant
soldier, author, was born April 28, 1832, in Edinburg, Scotland. In 1857 he established the first literary paper in Chicago. He raised a battalion of cavalry, and was commissioned major of the fifteenth Illinois cavalry. He was subsequently aide-de-camp on the staff of General Banks, and was brevetted brigadier for gallantry in the field. Since that time he has pursued a literary career in New York city. In 1897 he published a valuable life of General Grant, with whom he was intimate for a quarter of a century. He erected statues in Central park to his friend, Fitz-Greene Halleck, and in 1892 to Christopher Columbus. Besides editing Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, he has published Poets and Poetry of Scotland; Mr. Secretary Pepys and His Diary; Love in Letters; Bryant and His Friends; Centennial History of the Drama of New York; Life of General Grant; Life of Fitz- Greene Halleck; and Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers.
Wilson, James Harrison
soldier, author, was born Sept. 2, 1837, near Shawneetown, Ill. He was educated at the common schools, at McKendree college, and at the United States Military academy. He graduated from the latter institution in 1860, and after serving in various grades, was brevetted major-general for gallant and meritorious services in the capture of Fort Pulaski, the battles of Chattanooga, the Wilderness, and Nashville, and the capture of Selma, and was honorably discharged at his own request on Dec. 31, 1870. Since that time he has been largely engaged in railroad and engineering operations. He is the author of China; Life of Andrew J. Alexander; Travels and Investigations in the Middle Kingdom; and also, in conjunction with Charles A. Dana, The Life of Gen. U.
S. Grant.