The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1894-04-06

Geo. r. Wilson, brother Of the VIM.
A. Wilson mentioned above, was born al
Cannelton, Ind, on Saturday, August
ID, 1863. He came to this county in
1866, and has resided here ever since.
Beginning at the age Of nine he worked
for six years in the coal mines at Jasper,
Portersville, st. Anthony, Porterville
and Rose Bank, during the time schools
were not in session. At the mines he
ran the gauntlet as blacksmith, driver,
|track-layer. miner and finally mine en-
gineer. At fifteen he accepted positions
as assistant in the Offices Of the county
auditor, recorder, clerk, treasurer and
surveyor, and held them during busy
seasons and when not teaching. In 1882
he established Wilson's Insurance Agen-
Icy and conducted il until 1889, when ne
turned it over to his brother. In 1884
he was elected county surveyor and was
reelected in 1895. In the summer Of
1885, he was employed by Major Amos
Stiles, Of Philadelphia, as civil engineer
on the proposed Indiana Coal Railroad.
While county surveyor he laid out and
plated the towns OF Dubois and Els
worth, resurveyed the towns Of Kyana
and st. Marks, and laid out several ad-
ditions to Birdseye, Mentor, Hunting
bnrg, Jasper, Haysville and other towns
in Dubois county. He located the lines
and laid out the course Of the Hunting
burg Fair Grounds, and for several other
fairs in adjoining counties and states.
He has often served AZ commissioner in
the partition Of valuable farms in various
counties in Southern Indiana, to the en-
tire satisfaction Of courts aud heirs. In
1880 he taught his first school at the
Hopkins school house in Bainbridge
township, and remained there for seven
consecutive years. In 1887 he accepted
the position n principal Of the Ireland
schools, and held that position until 1889
when he was elected county superinten-
dent Of schools, which position he now
occupies. In 1892, Mr.. Wilson was
elected vice-president Of the Indiana
County Superintendents' Association,
and in 1898 he was promoted to the Sec
retaryship Of that organization. He|
was member Of the committee that
compiled the course Of study, and is now
serving on the committee to arrange
questions for the common school gradu-
ates' examination for 1895 for the state
of Indiana. His efforts to inculcate the
habit Of reading good and useful books
among the teachers and pupils Of Dubois
county are meeting with success, the
teachers Of our county leading the state
on their part, and two thousand pupils
have read many books this winter. The
schools Of the county are being organised
and graded, and perhaps no county in
the state has closer kept record Of her
schools than Dubois county. The med
nj the schools Of Dubois county was
awarded at the Worlds Fair was due to-
his system and organization in the work.
Mr.. Wilson Is member Of the Episco-
pal church. In politics he IL = Demo-
crat and has voted for president three
times, each vote being for Grover Cleve-
land. He 10 product Of the schools Of
which he II superintendent, and OF his
own library Of Z thousand volumes.
On Sept. IL, 1898, he was married To-
Miss Carrie l.. Kuebler, at Indianapolis.
Mrs. Wilson IL one year his junior, they
now live in their handsome residence on|
9Th street.