Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . parents of ten children, four of whom died,unnamed, in infancy. The others are as fol-lows: Cincinnatus, deceased; Elizabeth Ann(Mrs. Clark), deceased; Cornelia, who liveswith her mother; Dr. Robert Henry, a dentistin Kentucky; Samuel P., deceased; andCharles, who died at the age of one year. Themother of this family, commonly called Grand-ma Wilson, was born January 28, 1810. Shelives in Macomb, does her own work, and is assprightly and interesting as many persons at amuch younger age. In her ninety-sixth year,her mind is clear and her memory retentiv
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . parents of ten children, four of whom died,unnamed, in infancy. The others are as fol-lows: Cincinnatus, deceased; Elizabeth Ann(Mrs. Clark), deceased; Cornelia, who liveswith her mother; Dr. Robert Henry, a dentistin Kentucky; Samuel P., deceased; andCharles, who died at the age of one year. Themother of this family, commonly called Grand-ma Wilson, was born January 28, 1810. Shelives in Macomb, does her own work, and is assprightly and interesting as many persons at amuch younger age. In her ninety-sixth year,her mind is clear and her memory retentive. Politically, Mr. Wilson was in early life aWhig. After the Civil War, he espoused theeause of the Democratic party. He served asAssessor of his township, filled the office ofDeputy Sheriff, under Dan Campbell, wasSchool Commissioner and School Superintend-ent, and was elected the first Mayor of Ma-comb. Fraternally, he was afl;iliated with theA. F. & A. M. Religiously, he became a mem-ber of the Presbyterian Church about six years. THOMAS C. YARD HISTORY OF Mcdonough county. 1047 before his death. John OConnor Wilson was aman of keen intellect, broad Information andstrong force of character. He was, withal, aperson of nature and cordial possessed in a large measure the precisequalities essential to a civic official in the pio-neer period, and left the lasting impress of hislife on the early history of Macomb. WILSON, John W., who. for the past tenyears, has been engaged in farming operationsin Emmet Township, McDonough County, 111.,was born in Leeds, England, March S, 1836,a son of Mark and Bessie (Nayler) Wilson,both natives of England. The grandfather,Robert Wilson, was an Englishman, who mar-ried a lady named Willis, also of English early life, after finishing his school studies,.lohn W. Wilson learned the trade of a his twenty-first year, he came to the UnitedStates and worked at his trade in Boston,Mass., until the following year,
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