Born in the township of his residence, on the 26th of June, 1854, and is the son of J. M. and Eliza (Moon) Wilson. Our subject remained on the farm with his parents during his boyhood days, and was initiated into the rudiments of the calling of a farmer. After attending the common schools of the district in which he lived, he attended the Washington Academy, a well-known educational institution, for three terms. After completing his term in that school, he returned to the farm of his parents, and resumed work under their instruction and for their benefit. At that very proper age, twenty-five, on the 16th of April, 1879, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Eva Runyon. In 1879 Mr. Wilson purchased eighty acres of land, and began in earnest the battle of life. He at once undertook general farming, and in addition to that, formed the nucleus for raising fine stock, which has since grown to considerable proportions. He has made a specialty of Short-horn cattle, and is now turning his attention to the breeding of Hamiltonian and Bashaw horses. In his earlier life Mr. Wilson engaged in school teaching, for which vocation he is peculiarly fitted by nature and education. He has taught successfully in the county in which he resides, and in the profession stood deservedly high, and earned the popularity which he enjoyed. It is but natural in one of his temperament and active brain, that Mr. Wilson should take a lively interest in political affairs, a field which affords excitement and recreation from the cares of business. His affiliations are with the Democratic Party, and a good gauge of his popularity is that in a township that gives a Republican majority, he has been elected to the office of Assessor five terms. He was honored by his party with the nomination for Auditor of Washington County, and although the county is reliably Republican by 400 majority, Mr. Wilson was defeated by only eighty-five votes. He represented Washington County in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Iowa General Assemblies, 1904-1906. Mr. Wilson is a man of infinite resources, untiring energy, and much ability, and these have enabled him to succeed well up to the present time, and are the guarantees of future success.

Born in the township of his residence, on the 26th of June, 1854, and is the son of J. M. and Eliza (Moon) Wilson. Our subject remained on the farm with his parents during his boyhood days, and was initiated into the rudiments of the calling of a farmer. After attending the common schools of the district in which he lived, he attended the Washington Academy, a well-known educational institution, for three terms. After completing his term in that school, he returned to the farm of his parents, and resumed work under their instruction and for their benefit. At that very proper age, twenty-five, on the 16th of April, 1879, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Eva Runyon. In 1879 Mr. Wilson purchased eighty acres of land, and began in earnest the battle of life. He at once undertook general farming, and in addition to that, formed the nucleus for raising fine stock, which has since grown to considerable proportions. He has made a specialty of Short-horn cattle, and is now turning his attention to the breeding of Hamiltonian and Bashaw horses. In his earlier life Mr. Wilson engaged in school teaching, for which vocation he is peculiarly fitted by nature and education. He has taught successfully in the county in which he resides, and in the profession stood deservedly high, and earned the popularity which he enjoyed. It is but natural in one of his temperament and active brain, that Mr. Wilson should take a lively interest in political affairs, a field which affords excitement and recreation from the cares of business. His affiliations are with the Democratic Party, and a good gauge of his popularity is that in a township that gives a Republican majority, he has been elected to the office of Assessor five terms. He was honored by his party with the nomination for Auditor of Washington County, and although the county is reliably Republican by 400 majority, Mr. Wilson was defeated by only eighty-five votes. He represented Washington County in the Thirtieth and Thirty-first Iowa General Assemblies, 1904-1906. Mr. Wilson is a man of infinite resources, untiring energy, and much ability, and these have enabled him to succeed well up to the present time, and are the guarantees of future success.