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WILSON, Wallace Hill

CITY: South Pittsburg

WILSON, Wallace Hill, business man; born Eminence, KY., June 23, 1866; son of William Boon and Elizabeth (Offut) WILSON; father banker; educated Eminence (Ky.) Col. And graduated from same in 1885; early occupation paying teller Deposit Bank, Eminence, Ky.; moved to South Pittsburg, Tenn., June 30, 1887, and entered mercantile business in which he continued until 1907; he is now owner and manufacturer of South Pittsburg (Tenn.) Sewer Pipe Works; serving third term as mayor of South Pittsburg, Tenn., and sixth year as member of board of education of said city; married Carrie M. PHILLIPS, Jan. 12, 1887; Democrat; member of Methodist church, South.


Source: Who’s Who in Tennessee: A Biographical Reference Book of Notable Tennesseans of To-Day. Memphis: Paul & Douglas Co, 1911.

 

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