Thomas W. Wilson

    Thomas W. Wilson, farmer and stock-raiser, is a native of Pulaski County, Kentucky, his birth occurring December 2, 1811, and he is the eldest of nine children born to James and Elizabeth (Fox) Wilson.

    He was reared by his parents to man's estate receiving, in youth, only a very limited schooling. The fall of 1833 he started out to Indiana where he expected to establish for himself a home in the new country, and locating in Hart Township, remained there farming for fifteen years. He then removed to his present place where he has since resided. Previous to coming to this country, he wedded Delia Stephens, on the 18th of October, 1832, and seven children were born to them, of whom only two are now living. The mother dying November 14, 1880, Mr. Stephens married for his second wife Mrs. Rebecca Thurman. In early days he took considerable interest in hunting, and can remember when he had fifteen deer in his yard at one time, brought from some of his hunting expeditions. He is the owner of 160 acres of good land, having paid for the same in yearly installments by chopping wood at 40 cents a cord.

    He is a life-long Democrat, and he and wife belong tot he Baptist Church. His parents came to this county in 1845, where both afterward died.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.