Wilson, R. W.

WILSON, DEMAR, CALLISON

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Date: 12/3/2008 at 11:33:55

WILSON, R. W.
Farmer, Sec. 10, P.O. Newton; born in State of Delaware in 1813; moved to Scott Co., Ind., when a boy, in 1827; thence to Arkansas, where he remained four years, and returned to Indiana. He located in this county in 1854. He married Johannah DEMAR in 1835; she was born in Kentucky in 1819; their children are Rebecca F., Charlotte R., Sarah I., William D, Robert F., David R., Flecher M. and Eliza J. (C. A. CALLISON, who was born in Greenbrier Co., Va., married Eliza J., Sept. 2, 1875.) They are members of the M. P. Church; he is a Republican, has occupied the positions of Road Supervisor, School Director, and Township Trustee. He owns 210 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre.
~ "Kellogg Township Biographies," The History of Jasper County, Iowa, (Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878)