The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-08-22
SOLICITOR JOHN SNOWDEN WILSON
RESIGNS and WILL DON JUDICIAL ERMINE.
AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS SERVICE SOLICITOR He PROMOTED To The
NNCH-SUCCEEDs HIS BR0THER-IN-LAE, JUDGE PURDY, WHO
RESIGNS The JUDGESHIP FOR PERSONAL REASONS

| ties noted for high tone and culture,
the education of it's people aud the
beauty and refinement of it's women.
It was iu such surroundings that
Young John Wilson was born and
from which be drew his first ideas of
life, where tie bed rock was laid in
hls character.
he was born October 81, 1856,
which makes him just so years and
/ a fez months old. His father was
Samuel Isley Wilson, a we'll known
and influential citizen of that com-
munity, farmer and a gentleman
of education and cultuF. He was
graduate of Davidson college, com
pletiug his course At the age Of ls.
At the outbreak Of the war be
joined the Tenth regiment, which
was formed IN that section of the
State, leaving his young wife and
children to fight for his country.
He was subsequently, attached to
fuckers cavalry and other details.
His mother was Mary j. Snow
den, who, with her husband, as boy
and girl, attended the schools in In
diantown; afterwards she vas edu-
Gated at Bradford Springs and an
institution in Charleston at that
time very highly esteemed as a
school for young ladies.
Samuel Itley Wilson died in the
fall of 1867, leaving his widow with
Eve orphan children, the eldest of
whom was the subject of this sketch,
then II years old, with the country
| in wreck and the conditions of life
almost intolerable. In spite of this
discouraging condition the little
family bravelY faced life and battled
we'll and successfully against the
odds that threatened to overwhelm
them. Schooling was difficult IN
those days, but it was possible to get
it If the right determination existed,
and it did exist in the case Of this
family. The children were given
advantages Of all that the country
afforded and they used them we'll.
John s Wilson, after training 10 the
Iudiantown academy, attended school
in Manning. where he lived with a
relative, the late B PRESLEY Barron.
ESQ, the school being a we'll known
institution under the management of
John Witherspoon Erwin, one of the
real masters of the art Of teaching
the boys; later he attended the acad .
emy of Rev Robt Latham, afterwards
D D, aud head of Erskiae college.
Although well prepared for college
the young man, then within y few
years of his majority, was obliged to
forego his ambition and cut short
his education and return to the farm
to work, where he remained one year.
OF the brothers and sisters of Mr.
Wilson, all are living, except one,
Mrs Munnerlyn. The other sisters
are: Miss Aunie and Mrs Dinkins,
all of that Indiantown section Of
Williamsburg, and the brother, Da'
vld Itley Wilson, now a we'll known
and influential farmer and business
man at the old home place. where
lhev were all born and raised. Mrs
Wilson was subsequently, married to
John w DuRant aud by this mar
riage there were five children, all
well known in that section of coua
try and all most highly esteemed for
their virtues aud public spirit.
John S Wilson was one of the
bo2s who wore the red shirts in the
memorable Hampton campaign of
1876 and 1878 and helped as best he
could to work out tie redemption
of the State.
Returning to Manning after his
experience of a year on the farm he
read law with his kinsman, B. Pres.
ley Barron, Esq, and was admitted to
the bar by examination before the