George Y. Wilson
From Kentucky, A History of the State
Perrin, Battle, and Kniffin
1886
Allen Co. KY
George Y. WILSON was born in Allen County, November 28, 1853, where he grew up. His
father, Benjamin P. Wilson, was born March 10, 1810. He was a son of George Wilson, of
Virginia, who was of Irish descent. Benjamin Wilson was married March 1, 1830, to Lethe,
daughter of Yancy and Mary (Dillon) Turner, of Sumner County, Tenn., who was born December
22, 1814. He started in life at the bottom of the ladder, but by industry, economy and
perserverance, he accumulated a fine property and became the owner of a well improved farm of
200 acres, in good condition and a fine state of cultivation. He was for eight terms assessor of
Allen County, during which time he received a premium for having the best-kept assessor's books
in the State. He was a magistrate and member of the court of claims of Allen County for three
terms, and was, besides, for four years county judge of his native county. In 1830 he was
converted and joined the Methodist Church, in which he was, in 1831, licensed to exhort, and in
1837 was licensed to preach, and afterward was ordained, in 1847, as a deacon, by Bishop Janes,
and as elder by Bishop Paine, in 1854. From 1837 up to a short time of his death, which took
place April 25, 1877, he labored constantly and earnestly as a minister of the Gospel, meeting
with great success. He had seven children, of whom George Y. is the youngest. He was
possessed in his youth of fair opportunities and has obtained a fair English education; he is a
moral man, not at present a member of any church organization, but is a Methodist in belief, and
in politics is a Democrat.
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