W. H. Wilson

WILSON, WALKER, COOLIDGE, MCCLEERY

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Date: 1/28/2019 at 10:24:42

Wapello Republican, November 28, 1935, page 1

W. H. Wilson, 86, died at 1 p.m. Thursday at his home in Fredonia, following an illness of some months.

Mr. Wilson was born in Porter county, Ind., February 24, 1849, and moved to Fredonia in 1864. The greater part of his life was occupied at farming, and he worked for a time as a carpenter. He married Miss Walker of Fredonia in 1871. She preceded him in death.

Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Bert Coolidge, Davenport, and Mrs. Samuel McCleery, Muscatine.
Funeral services were held in the Methodist church, and burial was in the Indian Creek cemetery. The I.O.O.F of which he was a member was in charge.