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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.