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1881 HISTORY OF SANGAMON COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Inter-State Publishing Company
Chicago, Illinois, 1881





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THOMAS WILSON came to Sangamon county in 1847, settled near what is now Riverton, in Clear Lake township. He was born in Dumfreeshire, Scotland, November 4, 1817, and is the son of James and Jane (Frood) Wilson, who both came to Sangamon county and died here, he died December 1, 1875, and she died February 3, 1861. Thomas Wilson was married in Sangamon county, January 15, 1850, to Jane Riddle, a daughter of William H. and Maximilla (Bonsman) Riddle. She was born April 14, 1828, in Logan county Ohio, and came with her parents to Sangamon county when she was nine years of age. Her parents remained here from 1837 until 1851, when they moved to Oregon, where her mother died in Douglas county, her father is still living there. Mr. Wilson has followed farming ever since he came to America, and has a fine farm of three hundred and sixty acres.

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