Esther (Wilbur) Wilson (-1892)

WILBUR, WILSON

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 3/28/2011 at 22:21:01

From Story County Watchman August 5, 1892

On Wednesday the wife of Hon. James Wilson, one of the professors of the I. A. C.* was missed from her home and when not returning for some length of time, search was made for her. She was found about one half mile from their residence* near the college, lying in the bed of Squaw Creek, having been drowned. The coroner was duly summoned and the verdict of the jury was that she had committed suicide by this means. This is a hard blow upon her husband and family and following so closely upon the one herewith mentioned is doubly so to all this section.

*SUBMITTER'S NOTE: The "Tama Jim" Wilson family lived at the Farm House (now Farm House Museum) on what is now the Iowa State University campus. I. A. C. refers to Iowa Agricultural College as the University was then known.