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| J. M. Wilson was born in Oswego County, N.Y., September 11, 1827. Settled in Adrian, Mich., in 1844; thence to Clay Banks, Oceana County, on Sections 1 and 12, in 1857, and at present is living at New Era, shelby Township, and doing a mercantile business, and keeping the post office, also buying and shipping lumber of all kinds. Married, March 1, 1848, to Jane Knapp, who was born in Renssaelaer County, N.Y., May 6, 1828, and died August 29, 1865, leaving five children. Second marriage, November 15, 1866, to Eliza Lewis, born in Chautauqua County, N.Y., November 1, 1841. Five children by second wife. |