John W. Wilson
1859 - 1937 (77 years)-
Name John W. Wilson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth 6 Dec 1859 Redfield, New York 
[1, 3, 4, 5] Gender Male Death 4 Feb 1937 New York, USA [1, 4, 5] Person ID I57781 Stewartsny Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Father John Wilson, b. Abt 1830, Ireland Relationship natural Mother Ellen Sloan, b. Abt 1835, Ireland Relationship natural Family ID F10857 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Alice E. Petrie, b. 16 Oct 1861, Redfield, Oswego, New York, USA d. 12 Oct 1902, Redfield, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 40 years) Children 1. Ward A. Wilson, b. 15 Jul 1885, Redfield, New York d. 30 Jul 1950 (Age 65 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Edward Tonkin Wilson, b. 7 Jul 1888, Redfield, New York d. 4 Oct 1967 (Age 79 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F19102 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 2 Marriage 1884 [4] Family ID F30735 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
Family 3 Effie R. Adsit, b. 24 May 1885, Redfield, New York d. 4 Apr 1978, Oswego, Oswego, New York, USA (Age 92 years) Marriage 3 May 1905 Redfield, Oswego, New York, USA [4] - Second marriage
Children 1. Marjorie Wilson [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] 2. Hollis A. Wilson, b. 14 Apr 1907, Redfield Twp., Oswego County, New York d. 2 Jul 1980, Pulaski, Richland Township, Oswego County, New York (Age 73 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F19101 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 2 Dec 2025
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Notes - "John Wilson has long been identified with public affairs in Oswego and is now a member of the Oswego County Board of Elections. He was born at Redfield, Oswego County, Dec. 6, 1858, the son of John and Helen M. (Sloan) Wilson.
"John Wilson and his wife were natives of Ireland. He was a sailor and when 16 years of age came to the United States and settled at Watertown, N. Y. He sailed on the Great Lakes for many years and became an engineer. Later, in 1855, he located at Redfield, where he farmed. He died there in 1903 and his wife died in 1911. Both are buried at Redfield. Their children were: 1. William S., who died in 1920. 2. John, the subject of this sketch. 3. James S., lives at Redfield.
"John Wilson was reared and educated at Redfield. He became interested in the lumber business and in 1883 became superintendent of the Tonkin Lumber Company, of Redfield. He served in that capacity for nine years, was superintendent of the H. A. Burritt Lumber Company for six years, and superintendent of the Johnson Harvester Company for 16 years. Mr. Wilson has been retired from business since 1914. In 1892 he was elected county supervisor, and held that office for two terms, being again reelected the third time. His term of office expired on Dec. 31, 1923. He acted as clerk of Board of Supervisors during the year 1923 and the following year he became a member of the Board of Elections. His term of office will expire on Jan. 1, 1935.
Mr. Wilson was married (first) on May 21, 1884, to Miss Alice E. Petrie, who died in 1902. She was the daughter of James and Jeanette (Guthrie) Petrie, both natives of Scotland. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson the following children were born: 1. Ward A., born July 5, 1885, lives at Redfield. 2. Edward T., born July 7, 1888, married Anna Dodge, lives at Richland, N. Y. Mr. Wilson was married (second) on May 3, 1905, to Miss Effie R. Adsit, of Redfield, the daughter of Samuel B. and Millie R. (Fox) Adsit. They are the parents of a son, Hollis A., born April 14, 1907. He married Miss Genevieve Franklin, of Pulaski, N. Y., where they reside.
Mr. Wilson has always been a Republican. He attends the Community Church at Redfield, and is affiliated with the Masonic Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Maccabees, and the Grange.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson reside at Pulaski.
From:
The North Country
A History, Embracing
Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Oswego, Lewis
and Franklin Counties, New York.
By: Harry F. Landon
Historical Publishing Company
Indianopolis, Indiana 1932
- "John Wilson has long been identified with public affairs in Oswego and is now a member of the Oswego County Board of Elections. He was born at Redfield, Oswego County, Dec. 6, 1858, the son of John and Helen M. (Sloan) Wilson.
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Sources - [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.
Record for William John Wilson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=320064837393&indiv=try - [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
Record for John Wilson - [S30] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Redfield, Oswego, New York.
- [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
Record for John A Wilson
http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=1612812767&indiv=try - [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
Record for Ellen M Sloan
- [S482] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;), Database online.