Merchant, abolitionist, fifty year old Union combat infantry officer, and three term member of Congress for Ohio's Eleventh District.
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Life Summary
Full name
John Thomas Wilson
Place of Birth
Burial Place
Birth Date Certainty
Exact
Death Date Certainty
Exact
Gender
Male
Race
White
Sectional choice
North
Origins
Free State
No. of Spouses
1
No. of Children
1
Family
Hadassah Glasgow Drysden (wife - died 1849), Spencer Wilson (only child - died of fever in Union service 1862)
Occupation
Politician
Military
Farmer or Planter
Businessman
Relation to Slavery
White non-slaveholder
Political Parties
Whig
Republican
Other Affiliations
Abolitionists (Anti-Slavery Society)
Government
US House of Representatives
State legislature
Military
Union Army
