ID: I49349
Name: Jasper Wilson
Sex: M
Birth: 8 APR 1822 in Orange County, Indiana
Death: 22 AUG 1908
Burial: Holland Jones Cemetery, near DeKalb, Buchanan County, Missouri
Note: Biographical Sketch of Jasper Wilson, Bloomington Township, Buchanan County, Missouri
From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Jasper Wilson, farmer, section 14, postoffice DeKalb. His father, James, was a native of North Carolina, and was one of the early pioneers of this county, and was murdered at the beginning of the war in 1861. His mother, Priscilla (Moore) was a native of Tennessee. Jasper was born in Orange County, Indiana, April 8, 1822, and when thirteen years of age his parents moved to Will County, Illinois, and in the fall of 1837 moved to Buchanan County, Missouri where he has since resided. He was raised on a farm, and has followed that vocation during life. His farms contain 290 acres, being located in different sections. His home farm contains 160 acres, and moderately improved. He served in the State Militia about three years, and under the old law was commissioned Lieutenant, which postition he held for several years. He was married August 10, 1843 to Miss Mary Garton. She was born in Decatur County, Indiana, May 10, 1824. They have had six children, four now living: Mary J., born February 20, 1846; John W., born April 19, 1849; James M., born December 29, 1857; and Martha E., born August 23, 1867.
Father: James Wilson b: in North Carolina
Mother: Priscilla Moore b: in Tennessee
Marriage 1
Mary Garton b: 10 MAY 1824 in Decatur County, Indiana
- Married:
10 AUG 1843
in Buchanan County, Missouri
Children
 Mary J. Wilson b: 20 FEB 1846- John W. Wilson b: 19 APR 1849
- James M. Wilson b: 29 DEC 1857
- Martha E. Wilson b: 23 AUG 1867
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