A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Kentucky, who was a stock-man of Kansas and is now a resident of SanDiego. Adam Campbell and his wife migratedfrom Kentucky to St. Louis, thence to Iowa,where he w-as one of the first settlers, and laterto Nebraska, where he was also a pioneer settler,then to western Kansas. Mrs. Wilson died inNebraska. Doc Wilson was reared in Nebraska, receiv-ing his education in public schools and thehigh school at Cook, from which he wasgraduated. He t
A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present . Kentucky, who was a stock-man of Kansas and is now a resident of SanDiego. Adam Campbell and his wife migratedfrom Kentucky to St. Louis, thence to Iowa,where he w-as one of the first settlers, and laterto Nebraska, where he was also a pioneer settler,then to western Kansas. Mrs. Wilson died inNebraska. Doc Wilson was reared in Nebraska, receiv-ing his education in public schools and thehigh school at Cook, from which he wasgraduated. He then entered the Universit\-of Nebraska at Lincoln and graduated in 1899 with the degree of civil engineer. In 1900 he came to .San Diego and the following\ear the San Diego Gem Company was organizedand incorporated. ()f the five men interestedin the enterprise not one could cut a stone andthey owned neither mines nor stock. Theyestablished a small lapi(Iar\ and hired an expertstone cutter. Mr. Wilson immediately becomingan apprentice and continuing until he hadmastered the art. .\liout $2,000 was spent byUie firm in perfecting their machine, which is. ^^^-^-^^ ^ ^t^^L^.^-^^^ Age 97 Years. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL Rl^XORD. 83^ now a part of the best equipped lapidary in SanDiego, besides which they have an electric motorand all other modern devices necessary to theirconstantly increasing business. At the same time]\lr. \\ilsnn tnok up the study of mineralogywith the Scranlim >chool and received his diplo-ma thercfnnii. Wiirn the company was formedAir. Wilson \\as .-nix a small share-holder, whilehe is now president and manager. He has pros-pected for mine,-- all nwr this countx and hascollected specimen- Inmi ever\ mine in thecounty, his report in H)()4 on gems and jewelryappearing in bulletin Xo. 37, edited by Dr. GeorgeF. Kunz. lie has operated various gem mines,among them the California (Jem, which produceda $500 hyacinth, the Little Three, Laurel Dell, the Clii
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