Husband oF Clarissa Hickok Wilson, father of 4 daughters and 3 sons: Caroline, Mary Louisa, Alfred, Destemona, Milo, Sylvester, and Mercy. Son of Festus and Waity Herington Wilson.
From "History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan.....*Rochester (NY) had another representative in Allegan in Horace Wilson, who arrived in 1835, when there were but two log houses in the place. He soon made himself acquinted with the characteristics of the country around about, and for awhile was actively employed in pointing out desireable localities to speculators and pioneers. Monterey Center: The hamlet of Monterey Center is located on the four corners of sections 15, 16, 21 and 32, its geographical location being the exact centre of the township. It was first settled by Horace Wilson, who cleared the main portion of the village, now occupied by imposing business blocks. On the organization of Monterey, several names where imposed, including Wilson, in honor of Horace Wilson, one of the earliest pioneers. Offices: Justice of the Peace -1861, and Highway Commissioner -1849.
According to the Biographical story of Joseph Thorn, Horace's son-in-law, Horace also superintended the construction of the dam on the Kalamazoo River at Allegan. He was also a Pioneer founder of Allegan, and cleared the town plot of Allegan in 1835.
Obituary from the Allegan newspaper, dated Feb. 19, 1879:
"In Allegan, February 11, 1879, HORACE WILSON, aged 69 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Horace Wilson was Born in Sharon, Vermont, July 19, 1809. He removed to Rochester, N.Y. when a lad of 10 or 12, removed to Allegan in the spring of 1834, to Monterey in 1837, and back to Allegan in 1866, where he remained up to the date of his death.
He was married to Miss Clarissa Hicock at Rochester, N.Y. about 1839 or '40. At the fruit of his marriage he was the father of seven children, 3 boys and 4 girls, all of whom are still living and married. His first wife died in Allegan, Nov. 5, 1875. He again married to Mrs. Ursula A. Woodbeck of Martin, Mich. Aug. 25, 1875. He leaves a widow and seven children, 3 brothers and 3 sister, a large number of grandchildren, and hosts of friends to mourn his loss. He was converted at Rochester, N.Y. 1829-30 and joined the Methodist church there soon after; joined here in Mich. at the Monterey soon after his removal there in 1837. He was a member of this church at the time of his death---had served as a stewart, class leader and trustee. His mother and first wife were among the first seven members who constituted the first M.E. church, organized in this place in the spring of 1836. He came here when this country was a wilderness and helped to clear off the land on which this village now stands. He was a man of iron constitution and physically one of the strongest of his day. He was the personification of industry and hard work, and to him, and such as him, the country owes a debt of gratitude for their earnest, tireless efforts in laying so broad and deep foundations of its present prosperity. He was a man of strong passions and generous impulses--strong in his friendships and in his prejudices. His attachments to his early associate pioneers in this county, especially in the church, was firm, and deep, and enduring. He loved them with all the intensity of his ardent nature, and he loved them until the end. In his family he was a generous provider, a loving husband, and an indulgent father. He was confiding and generous to a fault, God blessed his early industry and economy by giving him a competency on this world's goods, but designing, unprincipled men by abusing his confidence wronged him of a large portion of his hard earned fortune, and this partially soured him and embittered his declining years and growing infirmities. He was a man of pronounced convictions; you always knew where to find him. He was never on the fence, but always on the side of truth and right as he understood it. He was a good neighbor, a genial host, and his ear and heart and purse were ever open to the cry of the needy and the unfortunate. His conversion was radical and of the orthodox type, and to himself conclusive and satisfactory.
During his long membership in the church of his choice he was always ready to bring cheerfully his full portion of responsibilities and of all financial burdens. He paid liberally toward the erection and repairing of this church. He contributed over $300 toward the present parsonage property, and it was a chronic sorrow to him, even to the last, that the trustees ever suffered it to be mortgaged. In him, his pastor always found a wise counsel, and a warm, true friend. His house was always the pastor's home, where he never failed to receive a cordial welcome, and from hence he seldom went empty handed. I remember now, so vividly, when I visited him last-- only the day before he died--his intense solicitude for my physical comfort, although his personal suffering at the time was extremely excruciating. I became acquainted with Brother Wilson soon after my coming here in the fall of 1876, and have visited him at his home frequently. I found him broken down in health and somewhat crippled in his finances and, as a result, somewhat discouraged, and somewhat irritable and despondent; but, on the whole, generally cheerful and remarkably hopeful under the circumstances. I talked to his often in reference to his personal salvation, and he invariably professed an abiding faith in Christ as his personal savior.
For the past six months or more I have noticed a growing spirituarity and ripeness for the kingdom. His last sickness was protracted and severe, but grace triumphed. He retained his consciousness to the last. His death was easy; his end was peace, and we are assured that "he rests from his labors", amid that great company of glorified ones, "who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb". " L.M.E
Transposed from a original copy of Horace's Obituary, found in the Bible of his daughter, Destemona Eva Wilson Kenyon.
From "History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan.....*Rochester (NY) had another representative in Allegan in Horace Wilson, who arrived in 1835, when there were but two log houses in the place. He soon made himself acquinted with the characteristics of the country around about, and for awhile was actively employed in pointing out desireable localities to speculators and pioneers. Monterey Center: The hamlet of Monterey Center is located on the four corners of sections 15, 16, 21 and 32, its geographical location being the exact centre of the township. It was first settled by Horace Wilson, who cleared the main portion of the village, now occupied by imposing business blocks. On the organization of Monterey, several names where imposed, including Wilson, in honor of Horace Wilson, one of the earliest pioneers. Offices: Justice of the Peace -1861, and Highway Commissioner -1849.
According to the Biographical story of Joseph Thorn, Horace's son-in-law, Horace also superintended the construction of the dam on the Kalamazoo River at Allegan. He was also a Pioneer founder of Allegan, and cleared the town plot of Allegan in 1835.
Obituary from the Allegan newspaper, dated Feb. 19, 1879:
"In Allegan, February 11, 1879, HORACE WILSON, aged 69 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Horace Wilson was Born in Sharon, Vermont, July 19, 1809. He removed to Rochester, N.Y. when a lad of 10 or 12, removed to Allegan in the spring of 1834, to Monterey in 1837, and back to Allegan in 1866, where he remained up to the date of his death.
He was married to Miss Clarissa Hicock at Rochester, N.Y. about 1839 or '40. At the fruit of his marriage he was the father of seven children, 3 boys and 4 girls, all of whom are still living and married. His first wife died in Allegan, Nov. 5, 1875. He again married to Mrs. Ursula A. Woodbeck of Martin, Mich. Aug. 25, 1875. He leaves a widow and seven children, 3 brothers and 3 sister, a large number of grandchildren, and hosts of friends to mourn his loss. He was converted at Rochester, N.Y. 1829-30 and joined the Methodist church there soon after; joined here in Mich. at the Monterey soon after his removal there in 1837. He was a member of this church at the time of his death---had served as a stewart, class leader and trustee. His mother and first wife were among the first seven members who constituted the first M.E. church, organized in this place in the spring of 1836. He came here when this country was a wilderness and helped to clear off the land on which this village now stands. He was a man of iron constitution and physically one of the strongest of his day. He was the personification of industry and hard work, and to him, and such as him, the country owes a debt of gratitude for their earnest, tireless efforts in laying so broad and deep foundations of its present prosperity. He was a man of strong passions and generous impulses--strong in his friendships and in his prejudices. His attachments to his early associate pioneers in this county, especially in the church, was firm, and deep, and enduring. He loved them with all the intensity of his ardent nature, and he loved them until the end. In his family he was a generous provider, a loving husband, and an indulgent father. He was confiding and generous to a fault, God blessed his early industry and economy by giving him a competency on this world's goods, but designing, unprincipled men by abusing his confidence wronged him of a large portion of his hard earned fortune, and this partially soured him and embittered his declining years and growing infirmities. He was a man of pronounced convictions; you always knew where to find him. He was never on the fence, but always on the side of truth and right as he understood it. He was a good neighbor, a genial host, and his ear and heart and purse were ever open to the cry of the needy and the unfortunate. His conversion was radical and of the orthodox type, and to himself conclusive and satisfactory.
During his long membership in the church of his choice he was always ready to bring cheerfully his full portion of responsibilities and of all financial burdens. He paid liberally toward the erection and repairing of this church. He contributed over $300 toward the present parsonage property, and it was a chronic sorrow to him, even to the last, that the trustees ever suffered it to be mortgaged. In him, his pastor always found a wise counsel, and a warm, true friend. His house was always the pastor's home, where he never failed to receive a cordial welcome, and from hence he seldom went empty handed. I remember now, so vividly, when I visited him last-- only the day before he died--his intense solicitude for my physical comfort, although his personal suffering at the time was extremely excruciating. I became acquainted with Brother Wilson soon after my coming here in the fall of 1876, and have visited him at his home frequently. I found him broken down in health and somewhat crippled in his finances and, as a result, somewhat discouraged, and somewhat irritable and despondent; but, on the whole, generally cheerful and remarkably hopeful under the circumstances. I talked to his often in reference to his personal salvation, and he invariably professed an abiding faith in Christ as his personal savior.
For the past six months or more I have noticed a growing spirituarity and ripeness for the kingdom. His last sickness was protracted and severe, but grace triumphed. He retained his consciousness to the last. His death was easy; his end was peace, and we are assured that "he rests from his labors", amid that great company of glorified ones, "who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb". " L.M.E
Transposed from a original copy of Horace's Obituary, found in the Bible of his daughter, Destemona Eva Wilson Kenyon.
Husband oF Clarissa Hickok Wilson, father of 4 daughters and 3 sons: Caroline, Mary Louisa, Alfred, Destemona, Milo, Sylvester, and Mercy. Son of Festus and Waity Herington Wilson.
From "History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan.....*Rochester (NY) had another representative in Allegan in Horace Wilson, who arrived in 1835, when there were but two log houses in the place. He soon made himself acquinted with the characteristics of the country around about, and for awhile was actively employed in pointing out desireable localities to speculators and pioneers. Monterey Center: The hamlet of Monterey Center is located on the four corners of sections 15, 16, 21 and 32, its geographical location being the exact centre of the township. It was first settled by Horace Wilson, who cleared the main portion of the village, now occupied by imposing business blocks. On the organization of Monterey, several names where imposed, including Wilson, in honor of Horace Wilson, one of the earliest pioneers. Offices: Justice of the Peace -1861, and Highway Commissioner -1849.
According to the Biographical story of Joseph Thorn, Horace's son-in-law, Horace also superintended the construction of the dam on the Kalamazoo River at Allegan. He was also a Pioneer founder of Allegan, and cleared the town plot of Allegan in 1835.
Obituary from the Allegan newspaper, dated Feb. 19, 1879:
"In Allegan, February 11, 1879, HORACE WILSON, aged 69 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Horace Wilson was Born in Sharon, Vermont, July 19, 1809. He removed to Rochester, N.Y. when a lad of 10 or 12, removed to Allegan in the spring of 1834, to Monterey in 1837, and back to Allegan in 1866, where he remained up to the date of his death.
He was married to Miss Clarissa Hicock at Rochester, N.Y. about 1839 or '40. At the fruit of his marriage he was the father of seven children, 3 boys and 4 girls, all of whom are still living and married. His first wife died in Allegan, Nov. 5, 1875. He again married to Mrs. Ursula A. Woodbeck of Martin, Mich. Aug. 25, 1875. He leaves a widow and seven children, 3 brothers and 3 sister, a large number of grandchildren, and hosts of friends to mourn his loss. He was converted at Rochester, N.Y. 1829-30 and joined the Methodist church there soon after; joined here in Mich. at the Monterey soon after his removal there in 1837. He was a member of this church at the time of his death---had served as a stewart, class leader and trustee. His mother and first wife were among the first seven members who constituted the first M.E. church, organized in this place in the spring of 1836. He came here when this country was a wilderness and helped to clear off the land on which this village now stands. He was a man of iron constitution and physically one of the strongest of his day. He was the personification of industry and hard work, and to him, and such as him, the country owes a debt of gratitude for their earnest, tireless efforts in laying so broad and deep foundations of its present prosperity. He was a man of strong passions and generous impulses--strong in his friendships and in his prejudices. His attachments to his early associate pioneers in this county, especially in the church, was firm, and deep, and enduring. He loved them with all the intensity of his ardent nature, and he loved them until the end. In his family he was a generous provider, a loving husband, and an indulgent father. He was confiding and generous to a fault, God blessed his early industry and economy by giving him a competency on this world's goods, but designing, unprincipled men by abusing his confidence wronged him of a large portion of his hard earned fortune, and this partially soured him and embittered his declining years and growing infirmities. He was a man of pronounced convictions; you always knew where to find him. He was never on the fence, but always on the side of truth and right as he understood it. He was a good neighbor, a genial host, and his ear and heart and purse were ever open to the cry of the needy and the unfortunate. His conversion was radical and of the orthodox type, and to himself conclusive and satisfactory.
During his long membership in the church of his choice he was always ready to bring cheerfully his full portion of responsibilities and of all financial burdens. He paid liberally toward the erection and repairing of this church. He contributed over $300 toward the present parsonage property, and it was a chronic sorrow to him, even to the last, that the trustees ever suffered it to be mortgaged. In him, his pastor always found a wise counsel, and a warm, true friend. His house was always the pastor's home, where he never failed to receive a cordial welcome, and from hence he seldom went empty handed. I remember now, so vividly, when I visited him last-- only the day before he died--his intense solicitude for my physical comfort, although his personal suffering at the time was extremely excruciating. I became acquainted with Brother Wilson soon after my coming here in the fall of 1876, and have visited him at his home frequently. I found him broken down in health and somewhat crippled in his finances and, as a result, somewhat discouraged, and somewhat irritable and despondent; but, on the whole, generally cheerful and remarkably hopeful under the circumstances. I talked to his often in reference to his personal salvation, and he invariably professed an abiding faith in Christ as his personal savior.
For the past six months or more I have noticed a growing spirituarity and ripeness for the kingdom. His last sickness was protracted and severe, but grace triumphed. He retained his consciousness to the last. His death was easy; his end was peace, and we are assured that "he rests from his labors", amid that great company of glorified ones, "who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb". " L.M.E
Transposed from a original copy of Horace's Obituary, found in the Bible of his daughter, Destemona Eva Wilson Kenyon.
From "History of Allegan and Barry Counties, Michigan.....*Rochester (NY) had another representative in Allegan in Horace Wilson, who arrived in 1835, when there were but two log houses in the place. He soon made himself acquinted with the characteristics of the country around about, and for awhile was actively employed in pointing out desireable localities to speculators and pioneers. Monterey Center: The hamlet of Monterey Center is located on the four corners of sections 15, 16, 21 and 32, its geographical location being the exact centre of the township. It was first settled by Horace Wilson, who cleared the main portion of the village, now occupied by imposing business blocks. On the organization of Monterey, several names where imposed, including Wilson, in honor of Horace Wilson, one of the earliest pioneers. Offices: Justice of the Peace -1861, and Highway Commissioner -1849.
According to the Biographical story of Joseph Thorn, Horace's son-in-law, Horace also superintended the construction of the dam on the Kalamazoo River at Allegan. He was also a Pioneer founder of Allegan, and cleared the town plot of Allegan in 1835.
Obituary from the Allegan newspaper, dated Feb. 19, 1879:
"In Allegan, February 11, 1879, HORACE WILSON, aged 69 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Horace Wilson was Born in Sharon, Vermont, July 19, 1809. He removed to Rochester, N.Y. when a lad of 10 or 12, removed to Allegan in the spring of 1834, to Monterey in 1837, and back to Allegan in 1866, where he remained up to the date of his death.
He was married to Miss Clarissa Hicock at Rochester, N.Y. about 1839 or '40. At the fruit of his marriage he was the father of seven children, 3 boys and 4 girls, all of whom are still living and married. His first wife died in Allegan, Nov. 5, 1875. He again married to Mrs. Ursula A. Woodbeck of Martin, Mich. Aug. 25, 1875. He leaves a widow and seven children, 3 brothers and 3 sister, a large number of grandchildren, and hosts of friends to mourn his loss. He was converted at Rochester, N.Y. 1829-30 and joined the Methodist church there soon after; joined here in Mich. at the Monterey soon after his removal there in 1837. He was a member of this church at the time of his death---had served as a stewart, class leader and trustee. His mother and first wife were among the first seven members who constituted the first M.E. church, organized in this place in the spring of 1836. He came here when this country was a wilderness and helped to clear off the land on which this village now stands. He was a man of iron constitution and physically one of the strongest of his day. He was the personification of industry and hard work, and to him, and such as him, the country owes a debt of gratitude for their earnest, tireless efforts in laying so broad and deep foundations of its present prosperity. He was a man of strong passions and generous impulses--strong in his friendships and in his prejudices. His attachments to his early associate pioneers in this county, especially in the church, was firm, and deep, and enduring. He loved them with all the intensity of his ardent nature, and he loved them until the end. In his family he was a generous provider, a loving husband, and an indulgent father. He was confiding and generous to a fault, God blessed his early industry and economy by giving him a competency on this world's goods, but designing, unprincipled men by abusing his confidence wronged him of a large portion of his hard earned fortune, and this partially soured him and embittered his declining years and growing infirmities. He was a man of pronounced convictions; you always knew where to find him. He was never on the fence, but always on the side of truth and right as he understood it. He was a good neighbor, a genial host, and his ear and heart and purse were ever open to the cry of the needy and the unfortunate. His conversion was radical and of the orthodox type, and to himself conclusive and satisfactory.
During his long membership in the church of his choice he was always ready to bring cheerfully his full portion of responsibilities and of all financial burdens. He paid liberally toward the erection and repairing of this church. He contributed over $300 toward the present parsonage property, and it was a chronic sorrow to him, even to the last, that the trustees ever suffered it to be mortgaged. In him, his pastor always found a wise counsel, and a warm, true friend. His house was always the pastor's home, where he never failed to receive a cordial welcome, and from hence he seldom went empty handed. I remember now, so vividly, when I visited him last-- only the day before he died--his intense solicitude for my physical comfort, although his personal suffering at the time was extremely excruciating. I became acquainted with Brother Wilson soon after my coming here in the fall of 1876, and have visited him at his home frequently. I found him broken down in health and somewhat crippled in his finances and, as a result, somewhat discouraged, and somewhat irritable and despondent; but, on the whole, generally cheerful and remarkably hopeful under the circumstances. I talked to his often in reference to his personal salvation, and he invariably professed an abiding faith in Christ as his personal savior.
For the past six months or more I have noticed a growing spirituarity and ripeness for the kingdom. His last sickness was protracted and severe, but grace triumphed. He retained his consciousness to the last. His death was easy; his end was peace, and we are assured that "he rests from his labors", amid that great company of glorified ones, "who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the lamb". " L.M.E
Transposed from a original copy of Horace's Obituary, found in the Bible of his daughter, Destemona Eva Wilson Kenyon.
Gravesite Details
buried next Clarissa, no headstone.
Family Members
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