History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . OHN WILSON, Jr., is a prosperousfarmer of Mount Forest township,Bay County, Michigan, where he hasli\-ed for many years. He was bornin tlie Province of Ontario, Canada, in 1840,and is a son of John and Polly (Brooks) Wil-son. John Wilson, the father, was born in SouthCarolina and was a soldier in the War of an early date he moved to Ontario, Canada,where he was married, and there followedfarming until his death. His wife, PollyBrooks, was born in Quebec, Canada. Theybecame parents of 12 children, of whom our. WILLIAM G. RO
History of Bay County, Michigan, and representative citizens; . OHN WILSON, Jr., is a prosperousfarmer of Mount Forest township,Bay County, Michigan, where he hasli\-ed for many years. He was bornin tlie Province of Ontario, Canada, in 1840,and is a son of John and Polly (Brooks) Wil-son. John Wilson, the father, was born in SouthCarolina and was a soldier in the War of an early date he moved to Ontario, Canada,where he was married, and there followedfarming until his death. His wife, PollyBrooks, was born in Quebec, Canada. Theybecame parents of 12 children, of whom our. WILLIAM G. ROECKER AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS. 511 subject and a sister,—Caroline, widow of Gib-son Wilson,—are the sole survivors. John ^^ilson, Jr., was born on the homefarm in Canada and received his education inthe public schools of his home district. OilJuly 18, 1859, he came to the United States,locating at old Brockway, then known asHardscrabble, Michigan. There he followedfarming for a time, then purchased a farm of80 acres at Fremont, Michigan, where he wasa pioneer and lived for a period of 31 disposed of this farm to his son James onSeptember 18, 1892, and moved to his presentfarm, located in section 26, Mount Foresttownship. Bay County, which he had purchasedthe previous year. At that time there was notanother settler in the neighborhood, and thecountry was undeveloped. He removed thestumps from the land and with them erectedfences; he built a good dwelling, barns andother outbuildings, and made his farm a veryvaluable property. He originally had 120 acresin
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