Born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 5, 1828. In 1831 Mr. Wilson went with his parents to Eric Co., Penn., where they resided until 1837, when they removed to La Porte, Ind. In 1843 Mr. Wilson removed to Walworth Co., Wis., where he was engaged in farming until 1859, when he engaged in the grain and stock business. In 1865 he went west, being engaged in freighting through the territories until the close of 1869. In the spring of 1870 he came to Algona, engaging in the lumber business. Since that time he has gradually increased his business and combines the coal, lumber, milling and elevator businesses. He has a grain and lumber house in Whittemore. Mr. Wilson was married Jan. 16, 1856, to Clara M. Bovee, a native of New York. Mr. Wilson was mayor of Algona for three terms and was a member of that city's first board of aldermen. He was a member of the Legislature from Kossuth county for the Seventeenth and Nineteenth sessions, 1878-9 and 1882-3.

Born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., May 5, 1828. In 1831 Mr. Wilson went with his parents to Eric Co., Penn., where they resided until 1837, when they removed to La Porte, Ind. In 1843 Mr. Wilson removed to Walworth Co., Wis., where he was engaged in farming until 1859, when he engaged in the grain and stock business. In 1865 he went west, being engaged in freighting through the territories until the close of 1869. In the spring of 1870 he came to Algona, engaging in the lumber business. Since that time he has gradually increased his business and combines the coal, lumber, milling and elevator businesses. He has a grain and lumber house in Whittemore. Mr. Wilson was married Jan. 16, 1856, to Clara M. Bovee, a native of New York. Mr. Wilson was mayor of Algona for three terms and was a member of that city's first board of aldermen. He was a member of the Legislature from Kossuth county for the Seventeenth and Nineteenth sessions, 1878-79 and 1882-83.