John H. Wilson, member of the Moline Buggy Company, Vice President of the Rock Island National Bank, Superintendent of the Banner Coal Company, and President of the Black Hawk Paper Company, of Milan, was born in Mercer Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 1817.
Mr. Wilson, subject of this biographical notice, was brought up on a farm, and engaged in the coal business and merchandising at Clarksville, Pa., which he continued until the spring of 1865, when he came to Rock Island, 111., and purchased the coal lands of the Banner Coal Company of that city, of which he is now superintendent and principal owner. The company lands embrace about 1 ,800 acres in Rock Island County. Mr. Wilson has also an interest in the Black Hawk Paper Company of Milan, of which he is President. He is a large stockholder in the Rock Island National Bank, of which he is Vice-President.
Mr. Wilson was united in marriage in Erie Co., Pa., in 1850, to Miss Susanna A. Hoxie, and three children have been born of this union : Clara J. is the wife of George W. Krelzinger, an attorney of Chicago; Mary E., wife of F. A. Head, a banker of Clay Center, Iowa ; and Nettie, wife of W. A. Poss, formerly of the Moline Buggy Company, and a resident of Rock Island. Mrs. Wilson died in 1882, and Mr. W. married again in the fall of 1884 Mrs. Ella Case, daughter of Marvin Loomis and widow of Dr. Case, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson is a man of conservative business habits, and has been quite successful in acquiring property. In political opinion, he is an earnest Republican.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
Mr. Wilson, subject of this biographical notice, was brought up on a farm, and engaged in the coal business and merchandising at Clarksville, Pa., which he continued until the spring of 1865, when he came to Rock Island, 111., and purchased the coal lands of the Banner Coal Company of that city, of which he is now superintendent and principal owner. The company lands embrace about 1 ,800 acres in Rock Island County. Mr. Wilson has also an interest in the Black Hawk Paper Company of Milan, of which he is President. He is a large stockholder in the Rock Island National Bank, of which he is Vice-President.
Mr. Wilson was united in marriage in Erie Co., Pa., in 1850, to Miss Susanna A. Hoxie, and three children have been born of this union : Clara J. is the wife of George W. Krelzinger, an attorney of Chicago; Mary E., wife of F. A. Head, a banker of Clay Center, Iowa ; and Nettie, wife of W. A. Poss, formerly of the Moline Buggy Company, and a resident of Rock Island. Mrs. Wilson died in 1882, and Mr. W. married again in the fall of 1884 Mrs. Ella Case, daughter of Marvin Loomis and widow of Dr. Case, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson is a man of conservative business habits, and has been quite successful in acquiring property. In political opinion, he is an earnest Republican.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
John H. Wilson, member of the Moline Buggy Company, Vice President of the Rock Island National Bank, Superintendent of the Banner Coal Company, and President of the Black Hawk Paper Company, of Milan, was born in Mercer Co., Pa., Oct. 22, 1817.
Mr. Wilson, subject of this biographical notice, was brought up on a farm, and engaged in the coal business and merchandising at Clarksville, Pa., which he continued until the spring of 1865, when he came to Rock Island, 111., and purchased the coal lands of the Banner Coal Company of that city, of which he is now superintendent and principal owner. The company lands embrace about 1 ,800 acres in Rock Island County. Mr. Wilson has also an interest in the Black Hawk Paper Company of Milan, of which he is President. He is a large stockholder in the Rock Island National Bank, of which he is Vice-President.
Mr. Wilson was united in marriage in Erie Co., Pa., in 1850, to Miss Susanna A. Hoxie, and three children have been born of this union : Clara J. is the wife of George W. Krelzinger, an attorney of Chicago; Mary E., wife of F. A. Head, a banker of Clay Center, Iowa ; and Nettie, wife of W. A. Poss, formerly of the Moline Buggy Company, and a resident of Rock Island. Mrs. Wilson died in 1882, and Mr. W. married again in the fall of 1884 Mrs. Ella Case, daughter of Marvin Loomis and widow of Dr. Case, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson is a man of conservative business habits, and has been quite successful in acquiring property. In political opinion, he is an earnest Republican.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
Mr. Wilson, subject of this biographical notice, was brought up on a farm, and engaged in the coal business and merchandising at Clarksville, Pa., which he continued until the spring of 1865, when he came to Rock Island, 111., and purchased the coal lands of the Banner Coal Company of that city, of which he is now superintendent and principal owner. The company lands embrace about 1 ,800 acres in Rock Island County. Mr. Wilson has also an interest in the Black Hawk Paper Company of Milan, of which he is President. He is a large stockholder in the Rock Island National Bank, of which he is Vice-President.
Mr. Wilson was united in marriage in Erie Co., Pa., in 1850, to Miss Susanna A. Hoxie, and three children have been born of this union : Clara J. is the wife of George W. Krelzinger, an attorney of Chicago; Mary E., wife of F. A. Head, a banker of Clay Center, Iowa ; and Nettie, wife of W. A. Poss, formerly of the Moline Buggy Company, and a resident of Rock Island. Mrs. Wilson died in 1882, and Mr. W. married again in the fall of 1884 Mrs. Ella Case, daughter of Marvin Loomis and widow of Dr. Case, of Chicago. Mr. Wilson is a man of conservative business habits, and has been quite successful in acquiring property. In political opinion, he is an earnest Republican.
(Source: Rock Island County, 1885)
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