The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-08-31

sii I'M J.4Q. Adams, H. B. Howard, w. +
= Francis, IT. Harris, T. H, Lyles, !.
I. Il. 81 acksOn, George B. Lowe, j. i
4 Dillingham;, committee.
i The floral emblem consisted Of
! very large heart composed Of whit
and pink roses, with a center OF whit
i carnations on which were the word
IN purple flowers: For All Men, an,
was the largest, the most beautiful an,
conspicuous among the many flora
i tributes 1t was placed just in from
of the pulpit and from the floor Of tn,
| platform to the top of the pulpit, TIL,
! cost of the floral emblem and the othel
expenses in connection with the sam,
We're contributed by the folloWins
named citizens, who felt that we should
| in some. fitting way testify to thu
worth Of the deacesed..
Those subscribing $1.O0 were. ]. @
Adams, .sHsLyles, DR.. O.. D.. Howard
" 4. Loomis, Harry Shepherd, f. u
McGhee, Rev. ]. G. Anderson, J. IT
| Jackson, G. 3. Lowe, w. T.. Francis
Samuel Hatcher, j. H. Harris, HI. b
Howard, w. A. Hilyard, J. Crane, r. G
/ Garner, J. R. White, A. French, j. w
tWoodfork, A. ]. Bell; those subscribee
10 centsWere: Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Din
ingham, J. N. Moore, J. Lucky. w
Stafford, J. b. johnson, j. w. Milton
NJ. Malloy; those subscribing Is cent.
| We're j. S. Strong, Link 0HasQl
Jos. Howard, Reuben Moss. s.
Mr's WIlsUn was born in Gazenovta, N,
w., Febt u. 1915 He obtained hiss earlv
I education st the famous Gazenovia< ssn.
mary and afterwards attended Har~143n
college and Wesleyan university. He had
unated,4 With tile Presbyterian church, at
an early age and had been preparing
himself to- study for the ministry. and
lllI LS ne entered the theological depart
1nant of Yale college, graduating in 1872
| after which he preached for two wears. q,
NEWPORT N. Y Early in his youth se
mao, lmblDed the humanitarian spirit Of
the writings of Wilberforce and Clark.
son., and had become an ardent anti-slav.
I cry oaEt1sanI, and at the age of twent.p
Years he sat in the first anti-slaverv con:
! Ventaon: held in New York state, a, con-
Venuon long memorable because of, the
mop Whloh assailed it and drove the mem
bersE to- the sheltering home of Gerritt
Smith,. -. ,ss.s--E
Is LEAVES THE MINISTRY.
It Wass his intense hatred Of slavery
ana the indifferent attitude of the church
at that time to- the moral issue which
prevented Mr., MILFORD from continuing in
the ministry, He grew up in an atmos-
psel ns. tnat was alive with the memories
u otlss and Adams, and the echoes OF
SuInei filn'' and wherever the foes Of
human slavery convened he not 1,,5+h
them and lent to- the onward rushing tido
OF abol1t1on1sm his influence of pen and
voice. ln2 many Of the most memorable
4 scehes> OF those: days he participated. be.
! ing moobed again and again with TYLER
b1rney, STORES and other pioneers in the
great cause. AS a member and an apant
VI tneA American Anh-slavery society. he
partlcipated In the early councils of the
the apoht1ontsts;. which first started thu
greatest system Of agitation which the
world has ever sesn, and eventually I'm.
der the genius OF Garrison and the e1o.
/ quenceH of Wendell Phillips, brought the
nat1on up,to Abraham Lincoln. .,
! IN. theH spring OF 1856 he visited the
.efrltoFy or minnesota and later brought
:: ms family'herae and ever since that tins
ne hass been a. citizen of St. Paul. He
was one of the first members Of the stata
BOARD. or agriculture, and gave to the
early development of the state fair
E earnest and eager work. Upon the or
sanlzat1on: or the Internal revenue
service. after the outbreak of the Civil
war, hee WasS commissioned assessor for
the district including Ramsey county. hv
ffes1dent Lincoln; and held it until re-
: moved by. Andrew Johnson Afterward
ne was employed i'm the state pension
department., and in 1876, when st. Paul
was made port Of delivery he was an
polilteu appraiser, and subsequently be-
) came inspector and examiner In 1881 he
was appointed deputy collector of GUS
toms, which place he held until Pres-
dent -CIeveland's administration. He was
member OF the first board of managers
. lot the State lnebriate asylum. and was
. made its president. In 1877 he assisted in
securing the location of the second hos
p1tal Tor the insane at Rochester. He
was the private secretary of Cushman
- r. laws during. the atter's incumbency
OF the governors office. In all of these
positions Mr.. WILSON, was distinguished
Tor 1athfulnesss and efficiency.
Inc later years. Of his life were consnic.
~uous Tor activity along Humanitarian
Hnes From his youth identified with the
temperance and anti-slavery issues he
Y at all times took an. active part in those
+ movements Which look toward the So
i clal and moral betterment of man. He
was vice president OF the Relief Society
OF St. RauI,,. an original member of the
society for Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals; a. prominent worker in the Hu
name society ranks, and in many other
ways he putt forth his energies in chart
TABLE undertakings, and for benevolent
purposes. he was at all times one Of
the stalWart; Presbyterians, and held
many positions in church circles. He
was tina first. elder in the House of Hone
churrh was one Of the founders Of Dav-
Toni Avenue church,, president of it's
.Doarn or trustees and president Of he
FresnVteflans missionary society
MI WILSON, was In politics an active
tsepu ollcan,, but, he was not partisan
and never allowed his political opinions
To- lnterfere with his broad enterprise for
people: Of all conditions and beliefs
Into all that he did, in whatever ca
parity,, he threw bis whole strength and
earnesfness, and although he was en-
thusiastic, i'm all that he did, his en-
thnsiasnr was tempered by Judgment
and wisdom. He worked in harmony
with: all. people and all institutions that
seek to- do good in the world, and his
activities were directed toward the ae-
oomp1ishment of practical ends by prac-
teal means. = ,152
& M: Wilson is survived by a wife.
formerly Mrs. Mary P. Martin. and by
three sons, Thomas P. Wilson and &.
Stuart Wilson,. Of ST. Paul, and Wilford,
G. Wilson, of Minneapolis. ID.
HOSEKEEPER WANTED.