John T. Wilson. died at his residence, near Circleville, in Jackson county, Kansas, on Friday, July 11, 1879, of paralysis, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. The subject of this sketch was born in Virginia, and when but a little boy his parents removed to Logan county, Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1836, when he removed to Cosher, Elkhart county, Ind. Here he remained until the summer of 1860 when he emigrated to Pottawatomie county, Kansas, and subsequently to his farm near Circleville, in Jackson county, from whence he has taken his departure to the spirit land of the blest. He was a faithful soldier in the cause of his country during the war of 1812 and the famous Black Hawk war, serving as captain in the later; and by his faithfulness and valor won the esteem of his superior officers. At the age of thirty-four he gave his heart to the Saviour and his hand to the Wesleyan Methodist church, and subsequently became a member of the United Brethren church, in which connection he remained until his death, serving as class leader, steward, and Sunday school superintendent ... He was the father of twenty-nine children eighteen of whom, together with three faithful and devoted Christian companions, have long since crossed the river .... He leaves a large circle of children and other relatives, including an aged brother .... The Holton Recorder, July 17, 1879.
Source: Selected Death Notices Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers abstracted by Dan Fenton.
Source: Selected Death Notices Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers abstracted by Dan Fenton.
John T. Wilson. died at his residence, near Circleville, in Jackson county, Kansas, on Friday, July 11, 1879, of paralysis, in the eighty-fifth year of his age. The subject of this sketch was born in Virginia, and when but a little boy his parents removed to Logan county, Ohio, where he lived until the spring of 1836, when he removed to Cosher, Elkhart county, Ind. Here he remained until the summer of 1860 when he emigrated to Pottawatomie county, Kansas, and subsequently to his farm near Circleville, in Jackson county, from whence he has taken his departure to the spirit land of the blest. He was a faithful soldier in the cause of his country during the war of 1812 and the famous Black Hawk war, serving as captain in the later; and by his faithfulness and valor won the esteem of his superior officers. At the age of thirty-four he gave his heart to the Saviour and his hand to the Wesleyan Methodist church, and subsequently became a member of the United Brethren church, in which connection he remained until his death, serving as class leader, steward, and Sunday school superintendent ... He was the father of twenty-nine children eighteen of whom, together with three faithful and devoted Christian companions, have long since crossed the river .... He leaves a large circle of children and other relatives, including an aged brother .... The Holton Recorder, July 17, 1879.
Source: Selected Death Notices Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers abstracted by Dan Fenton.
Source: Selected Death Notices Jackson County, Kansas, Newspapers abstracted by Dan Fenton.
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