BIO: Wilson, John - Jefferson Co FLINN TOWNSHIP, LAWRENCE COUNTY, INDIANA Page 346 JOHN WILSON, blacksmith and farmer, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1818, and is the fifth of six children born to John and Nancy (Grace) Wilson, natives of Kentucky. Subject attended the schools at Middletown, Ky., and after leaving school at fifteen years of age learned the blacksmith's trade, after which he opened for himself. After following business about seven years he came to Washington County, Ind., and purchased a farm of eighty acres, remaining there six years. He then went to Campbellsburg, bought a farm of thirty acres, and opened a shop. He afterward came to Leesville, purchased a farm of eighty acres and some other property, where he has since remained. He was married in 1843 to Miss N. M. Robinson, of Kentucky, and has five children: Thomas T., born March 11, 1844; Harriet, February 14, 1846; John F., March 8, 1851; Iola J., January 20, 1854; Virgil, March 21, 1858. August 8, 1862, he enlisted in Company K, Sixty-seventh Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was in the battles of Munfordville, Arkansas Post, and on the Red River Expedition. He contracted rheumatism while in the service, and in consequence of which he was discharged February 16, 1865. He has been Assessor and Enumerator of his township, is a member of the Christian Church and a Republican. "HISTORY OF LAWRENCE, ORANGE & WASHINGTON COUNTIES INDIANA" GOODSPEED BROS. 1884. Transcribed by: Diana Flynn Date: Tue, 29 Jul 1997