Wilson, Mr. & Mrs. Floyd R.

WILSON, LAMP

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Date: 1/15/2015 at 09:20:31

MR. & MRS. FLOYD R. WILSON

Floyd Ralph Wilson, son of John Wesley Wilson and Helen Lacy Wilson, was born May 29, 1882, at Millersburg, Iowa. His descent has been traced from Benjamin Wilson of Londonderry, Ireland, his Scotch-Irish great-great-great grandfather who came to the colonies and settled in the Province of New Hampshire in 1718.

Mr. Wilson lived at Millersburg and North English, Iowa, until 1892, when his parents moved to Scotland, S.D. In 1900 he entered the dining car department of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad with headquarters at Chicago, Illinois. This position he held for fifteen years.

He was married at Sioux City, Ia., June 16, 1915, by Rev. H. E. Hutchison to Harriet Lamp, daughter of Peter Lamp and Louise Petersen Lamp of Mapleton, Iowa. He severed his connection with the C. M. & St. P. RR and came to the First National Bank of Mapleton, Iowa, September 20, 1915.

Mr. Wilson possessed a pleasing personality and was thoroughly democratic. He was a great traveler and with Mrs. Wilson their trips had taken them through their own country as well as foreign lands. Always a conservative business man, he was the First National Bank’s successful cashier until his death in Colorado Springs, Colo., February 1, 1933. Socially he was identified with the Masonic Fraternity, a member of Golden Leaf Lodge No. 595, A. F. & A. M., Sioux City Consistory, and Abu Bekr Temple Shrine.

Mrs. Wilson, a graduate of the Mapleton High School, before her marriage was private secretary to her father, Peter Lamp, and assistant cashier of the First National Bank. She is a member of the Wilson & Schoenjahn Insurance Agency and the Lamp interests.

Source: Mapleton Milestones, published 1938