Jesse Wilson - 1879

WILSON, CHANDLER, CARTER, ARTHUR, DURHAM

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Date: 4/23/2010 at 10:19:18

JESSE WILSON, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Maquoketa; is a native of Canada; born March 5, 1815; he came to Iowa by wagon, and arrived in Jackson Co. in July, 1842; he began making a farm; afterward he associated with others, built a saw-mill at Pin Hook, and, later, they built a rake and cradle-factory; he gave the place the name of Pin Hook; he continued in the milling business for twenty years, and afterward engaged in farming and stock-raiser, and owns a farm of 200 acres, beside timber-land. Oct. 14, 1840, at St. Johns, Canada, he married Miss Sarah Chandler; she was born near Albany, N.Y.; her parents went to Canada when she was only 2 years old; her father, Samuel Chandler, served in the Patriot war in Canada, was taken prisoner, and, after his trial with others, he was sentenced to be hung. His daughter, Mrs. Wilson, went to Sir George Arthur, the Governor of Upper Canada, on behalf of her father, but he refused her a hearing; she then went to Lord Durham, Governor-General of both provinces, to intercede for her father; he listened to her appeal and granted him a reprieve and changed the sentence of death to banishment to Van Diemen's Land; he was taken to England, and from there to Van Diemen's Land, when he afterward escaped; Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have two children, one daughter - Ann Eliza, now Mrs. Ira Carter, living in Jones Co., and one son - Shade, living at home. - 1879 History of Jackson County Iowa, pg 650.

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