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Champaign County, Illinois	Biography of George W. Wilson

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GEORGE W. WILSON, of Raymond Township, is the oldest son of William and MARTHA (FULTON) WILSON, and was born at the early home of his parents in County Tyrone, Ireland, on the 20th of October, 1841. Five years later the family emigrated to the United States, and young George received his principal education under the tuition of his father, who had followed the profession of a teacher in his native Ireland, and resumed it after becoming a citizen of the United States. Our subject remained a member of the parental household until the 1st of December, 1870, in the meantime assisting in the labors of the farm, and following the fortunes of his parents until their final removal to the location in this county.

Our subject was married, Dec. 1, 1870, to Miss Malinda, daughter of Robert and Hannah PORTERFIELD, and who was a native of Armstrong County, Pa. After becoming the mother of two children she departed this life at her home in Raymond Township, on the 1st of August, 1876. One of these children died in infancy; the surviving daughter, Anna J., resides with her grandmother. After his marriage, Mr. Wilson engaged in farming on his own account. He was fairly prosperous and is now the owner of 160 acres of good land, which he cultivated and improved with excellent results. Upon this are two dwellings and all other necessary buildings for the carrying on general farming. Mr. Wilson was the first Constable of Raymond Township, which he held for a period of four years. Although Democratic in politics, he has never been a partisan, but aims to support the man best qualified for the office sought. Religiously, he is connected with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

The present wife of our subject, to whom he was married March 15, 1881, was Miss Jane CARLETON, a native of County Derry, in the North of Ireland. Of this union there have been born three children, namely, William George, Mary and Ida.