Barton County, Missouri Biographies-James Hill Wilson History Of Hickory, Polk, Cedar, Dade And Barton Counties, Missouri, 1889. Published by Goodspeed. Page 963 James Hill Wilson, president of the First National Bank of Lamar, is a native of Lincoln County, N. C., born December 11, 1831, being a son of James and Mary (Campbell) Wilson, who were also born in the "Old North State," in 1786 and 1795, respectively; they were married in 1812, and resided in that State until 1834, when they moved to Owen County, Ind., where the father was engaged in farming and school teaching, and died at the age of seventy-two years, and his wife at the age of seventy-eight. He was a Whig politically. He and wife were members of the Methodist Church, and the pioneer preachers made their house their home, and, as church houses were few, often preached in their old home. James H. Wilson received his education in the old log school-house, where school was taught three months in the year. At the age of twenty years he went to work at the carpenter's trade at ten dollars per month, but soon had his wages advanced, and in two years was getting one dollar and a half per day, which was the highest price paid to carpenters in that day. On November 27, 1855, he was married to Ann M. Miller, a daughter of Hon. James F. Miller. She was born in Kentucky, and was raised in Indiana, and her union with Mr. Wilson resulted in the birth of ten children, eight sons and two daughters, five sons and two daughters now living: E. Stanley, Laura B., Lizzie E., James F., Joseph C., Lovel B. and Scott H. In 1864 he moved to Douglas County, Ill., and engaged in farming and buying and shipping grain, and in April, 1882, moved to Lamar, Mo., and embarked in the real estate and loan business. He is treasurer of Lamar school district, and president of the First National Bank. Politically he is a Prohibitionist, believing that the saloon is the greatest evil of the day. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Kay Griffin Snow ====================================================================