Samuel C WILSON (FAMOUS)

Samuel C Wilson

Jan 9, 1825 - Aug 24, 1904

Inventor

Patent Office
Samuel C Wilson, of Forrest City, Arkansas
CAR-COUPLING.

CERTIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 339,122, dated March 30, 1886.
Application applied February 6, 1856. Serial No. 101,026.
To whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I. SAMUEL C. WILSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Forrest City, in the county of St. Francis and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draw-Heads and Gar- Couplers 5 and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the` art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

*Obituary
Forrest City Times Newspaper:
Published Aug.26,1904
Death of Mr.S.C.Wilson-Died at his home In Forrest City Wednesday, Aug.24,1904, from the effects of a stroke of paralysis, aged 79 years. Mr.Wilson was born in the state of Ohio, in 1825, emigrated south at the age of 19, and located in Mississippi. In 1858 he married Mrs.Mary L.Williams, whose maiden name was Miss Beck, Sister of Mr.J.W.Beck of this city. In 1860 he came to St.Francis Co., where he has resided ever since. The children of this union are as follows:Mrs.Mary (Mollie) Eliza Hannah of Fayetteville, Eugene and Mortimer Wilson, all of whom survive him. Mrs.Alice Casteel, is his step daughter. On March 26,1891, he married Mrs.Virginia Fogg, sister of Messrs.Emmet and Homer Fogg, who survives him. Mr.Wilson's long and active career in Forrest City made him a conspicuous character-bold, aggressive, independent, self reliant, and fearless. He had opinions on all sorts of questions pertaining to the public weal, and never hesitated in stating them. Mr.Wilson was a contractor and builder, and many of the buildings of our city are a direct result of that labor. The funeral took place yesterday at Forrest City cemetery, Elder J.A.McCord officiating. The bereaved relatives have our sincere sympathy. Mr.Samuel C.Wilson was on the 1880 census, showing occupation as undertaker. S. C. Wilson was born in Trumbull County, Ohio, in 1825, but was reared in Pennsylvania, where his parents moved when he was a small boy, settling on a farm, on which he worked when not attending school until sixteen years of age. At that time he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, serving three years in Lowell County, Ohio. After familiarizing himself with its varied details, he worked two years in New Castle, and then went South, locating in Blackhawk, Miss., in 1846, where he remained about ten years, following his adopted calling. Subsequently he was engaged in the saw-mill business until the war broke out, when he joined the Confederate army, serving in Stevenford's battery until the close of the war. He was captured at the battle Missionary Ridge, and taken to a Federal prison, being confined six months. He participated in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro, and a number of skirmishes. After the war, returning to Mississippi, he was employed by J. H. Pait in his saw-mill until 1869, at which time he came to Arkansas, and located in St. Francis County, about three miles north of Forrest City. He erected a new saw-mill and operated it in connection with a grist-mill, until removing to the city, in 1881, since which time he has been occupied in the mercantile business, with substantial success. He has acquired some property, owning six houses in the city, besides other possessions. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the parents of three children, all residents of this county: Mary E. (wife of William M. Hannah), Charles M. and Eugene (the principal of this sketch). S. C. Wilson is the son of Dr. Andrew and Mary (Simpson) Wilson. His paternal grandfather was of Irish parentage, and his maternal grandfather was born and reared in England, running away from home when a young man in order to marry the girl of his choice, an Irish lady, and a sister of Thomas Nugent, the noted warrior. They eloped and came to America, and were married in New York City, after which they settled in Pennsylvannia, where he engaged in farming. Mrs. Wilson died in March, 1889, and was a prominent member of the Baptist Church, to which she had belonged for over thirty years. Mr. Wilson is a prominent resident of Forrest City, and is the present deputy United States marshal of this district. He is Grand Master of the I. O. O. F. He is the patentee and inventor of the 'patent car coupler', of which he is the sole owner.

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