The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1906-03-24
Death OF George Wilson.

Monday afternoon at O'CLOCK, George
Wilson, aged SO years. Mr.. Wilson
had been In poor health for several
years, aud nearly three years ago he
quit work and left for a trip through
the South and East spending the
time for the most part 10 visiting
relatives aud doing light literary
work, Last fall he returned appar
emily in greatly improved condition.
For several monUhs his health has
been declining rapidly. Sunday morn
ing he was unable to get up, and
though he suffered several sinking
spells he refused to permit physician
o be summoned until Monday
&ornlng1
Mr. WGasA WAsSsEn on the Sac and
Fox Reservat,vn, III what Is nov
Wapello county, Iowa, October 8,
l642, and was the fourth OF family
Of eight children, His father, Capt
George Wilson, graduate Of West
Point and an officer in the army, was
at that time agent for the Indians.
In 1851 the family came to Lexing.
ton where for twenty. nine years
George Wilson ST., was president Of
tTitie Auii Savings Bank.
In 1852 the subject Of this sketch,
then twenty years OF age, went
West, first to Wyoming. For the
next fifteen years be was variously
engaged 10 contracting, furnishing
government and railroad supplies,
and mining He served during this
time a term as a senator in the
Legislature of Wyoming and a term as
Probate Judge in Laramie county,
Dakota Territory. In 1877 he re
turned to Lexington aud was cashier
Of the Aull Savings Bank until the
death Of his father 10 March, 1880
when he succeeded him as president
of the bank. He continued in this
position until 1898 when the bank, the
name OF which had been changed to
Lafayette County Bank, went out OF
business by voluntary llquidatien
He was founder OF the Missouri
Bankers Association.
Mr.. Wilson was all his life very
much Of student and something of
publicist. His studies took a wide
range, history, philosophy, the
biological sciences, political econ
omy. sociology, and ancient and
modern languages. His contributions
to journals and magazines, especially
journals devoted to finance, we're
numerous. He published many
pamphlets, the most important being:
"The Bank Notes Of the Future,
1.-The Greenbackers and their Doc
trines," National Banking Exam
ined," and How to Abolish the
National Bank System. Besides
these Mr.. Wilson published book
setting forth his financial views with
great fullness: "The Principles Of the
Science Of Money! Upon the money
question he oppused with equal
earnestueSS the doctrines Of the fat.
lists and Of The monometai'ts. K
Mr. Wilson was never married. He
was devoted to his brothers aud
sisters aud maintained by correspond.
ence kindly interest 10 The remoter
relatives and connections or his
family, even In the case OF many
whom he had never seen. He was
mao Of strong convictions, and much
OF his writings was distinctly contro-
versial in character. He was an
ldealist, as most students are, consid
crate 10 social relations and honorable
IN all things.
OF his brothers and sisters the
following are living: Mrs. Fannie W.
Baker, St Louis; Mrs. Lucy NJ.
Alexander, Lexington; Capt. 10. A.
Wilson, Lexington; Posey s, Wilson,
Denver; Robert A. Wilson, LEXINGTON;
John W. Wilson, San francisco; and
Miss Kate Wilson, Lexington.
The funeral services we're held at
the Presbyterian church Thursday
afternoo nat $3.50 O'Clock, conducted
Wv DR.. Z. @. Gordon. The pail
carers were George Vaughan, Judge
n Oullng, J. G. Crenshaw, F. t. Wilson,
gahn Chamberlain and DR.. J. L..
Peak. Interment was made in Mach
pelah cemetery.
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