WILSON, GEORGE

WILSON, WALLACE, DALLINGER, BUZARD, MITCHELL, HATTEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 6/30/2019 at 14:33:04

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP

WILSON, GEORGE, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Ft. Madison ; born in Tennessee, June 22, 1809; went with his parents to Indiana, then removed to Kentucky, thence to Missouri, where they remained seven years, then came to Lee Co, in 1834, and settled where he now lives. Married Miss Rebecca Wallace in 1832 ; she was born in Tennessee, 1812, and died June 13, 1878; Mr. W. has five children living—Susan (now Mrs. Dallinger), Jane (now Mrs. Buzard), Louisa (now Mrs. Mitchell), George, Hannah (now Mrs. Hatten), and six deceased — James, Mary, John M, others died in infancy. Mr. W. owns 439 acres of land. Was in the Black Hawk war in 1832. Is a Democrat.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879