NOBLE COUNTY OHIO - BIO: Stephen Wilson (1887)

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From the The Ohio Biographies Project
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Transcribed by Deb Murray.

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Stephen Wilson was born in Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1821. In 1825 his
parents removed to Belmont County, and in 1835 Stephen began learning the
harness-maker's trade in St. Clairsville, serving six years and seven
months. In 1841, at the age of twenty-one, he engaged in business for
himself in Barnesville, where he remained until 1858. In 1845 he married
Sarah Ann, daughter of Colonel Benjamin Mackall, a very prominent man, and
by this union had eleven children, six of whom are living - Mary, Charles
E., Emma (Miller), Ernest, Harriet A. and Annie. In 1858 Mr. Wilson came to
Summerfield, where he has since followed harness and saddle making and
tanning. He is one of the best informed citizens of Noble County, being a
diligent reader, a close observer, and a man of excellent memory. He served
as justice of the peace several years in Barnesville, and has been notary
public for twenty-two years in Noble County. His daughter Mary was one of
the six ladies that were commissioned notaries public in 1880, and held the
office one term. The law under which she was appointed was afterward
declared unconstitutional, but she continues to do the work for her father.
The family are Methodists.

History of Noble County, Ohio Published by 
L.H. Watkins & Co. of Chicago 1887
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