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Wilson, Henry Stewart – Wilson, Jeremiah M

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 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 Jefferson

journalist, United States senator, was born in 1775 in Essex county, N. J. He was a senator in congress from New Jersey from 1815 to 1821, when he resigned, and was appointed postmaster at Trenton. He was at one time adjutant-general of the state.

He died July 28, 1824, in Trenton, N. J.

Wilson, James Patriot

clergyman, author, was born Feb. 21, 1769, in Lewes, Del. He was a presbyterian clergyman of Philadelphia, and the author of Lectures on the Parables; Essay on Grammar; Common Objections to Christianity; and Easy Introduction to Hebrew. He died in 1830.

Wilson, Jeremiah M

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Nov. 25, 1828, in Warren county, Ohio. He was judge of common pleas from 1860 to 1865, and was judge of the circuit court from 1865 until elected from Ohio to the forty-second congress. He was re-elected to the fortythird congress.