Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-26
DEATH CONES 70
DR.. \. N. WILSON
Former Well-known Specialist
of This City Dies at
independence
CAME HERE POOR; DIED RICH
Conducted For Thirty Years Success
full Business in Eye and Ear Practice
Health Failing for Several Years,
and Had Been in Hospital Since Year
Ago Last March-FuneraI Hero.

A telegram this morning to Mrs. N
NJ Wilson. 512 North Center street
conveyed the intelligence of the death
of her husband Dr. Wilson. at the
state hospital at Independence, where
the doctor had been a patient since
! March 81, 1906. DR. Wilson's death oc-
Toured at 7:15 Thursday evening, OF
epileptc commissions, and after he had
twenty four hours preceding the end.
DR. Wilson was for years one Of the
most successful eye and ear specialists
in this part OF the country, and his
| patients numbered people from all
parts of the country who came here
! to consult him and receive treatment,
| His success in his profession is shown
clearly in the fact that he came to
I Marshalltown in 1875 with $35 repre-
senting all the money he had in the
world. and that he died wealthy man.
Enlisted in Service as Boy.
| DR.. Wilson was one of many mere
iboys who entered the service of his
country by passing himself Off as be-
| ing elder. 1t was probably this cause
that brought about the undermining of
his health and physical powers. Young
Wilson was only 16 in May, 1864, when
| he enlisted in Company /. One Hun
dred Thirty seventh infantry, under
Captain Oglesby, of Bushnell. and
Colonel Wood, of Quincy. He was
wounded and captured on July %.
| 1864. in an engagement against Gener-
al Forest near Memphis, Tenn. AS a
prisoner of war he was taken to Ca
haba, Ala. and kept there until the
close OF the war, or until his discharge
on March 6, 1865. 1t was shortly after
| his enlistment in the service that the
young soldier began TO show signs of
epilepsy, and had his first attack. This
trouble bothered him at times for
years, and became worse as he grew
older In recent years preceding his
being taken to Independence for hos-s
pital treatment the doctors condition
became worse, the attacks were more
frequent and violent. Softening of the
brain developed, and the patients men,
tai condition was such that 1t was
feared he would harm himself. He has
been gradually growing worse since he
has been in the hospital, and no hope
has ever been held out for his ultimate
recovery. ~
| Was Self Made Man.
| DIR. Wilson was what might be
| termed self-made man. He acquired
a liking for the medical profession
while in the army, and determined to
study medicine after her was dis
| charged. He read with Dr. P. A. Bran
| den, at Bushnell. and later attended
| school at ST. Louis, New York and
Philadelphia, specializing in the eye
and ear. Upon finishing he came Ito
Marshalltown on July s, 1875, and en-
| tered into practice which he contin-
ued with scarcely any interruption
until he was compelled to give it up
on account of his health.
| DR.. Wilson was native of Indiana
having been born near Greencastle in
| 1S47. His Goth anniversary was on
July %. two days before his death
Was Heavy Land Owner.
| Dr. Wilson was a heavy land owner,
| having acquired a vast amount of val
| liable farming property in this coun-
| ty. He owned at the time of his
death a total Of $50 acres. lying in
Logan and Liberty townships, near
Melbourne and Bromley. He also
owned the residence property occu-
pied as a homestead. DR.. Wilson did
| own more or less other city property
| at one time, but had disposed Of it
for farm lands. He built the old Will
| son House, now the Leland hotel, on
| North Center street, which he used
as an inffrmary for his patients for
several years
| Mr.. Wilson is survived in his i'm
| mediate family by his wife and one
daughter, Maude, bright and charm
| ing little girl. Mrs. Wilson was for
merly Miss Mary Lang, a daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Gavin Lang, Of
Brooklyn, and became the doctors
wife on May 25, 1892. Dr. Wilson is
also survived by five sisters and one
| brother, Mrs. Vina Stevens, of Pueblo,
| Col, Mrs. Louisa Swartz and Mrs.
Eva Fugate, both Of Bushnell, ILL.,;
! Mrs. Mary Crane, of Melbourne; Mrs.
| Annie Gee, of Marietta, Ill.,. and Mr..
| John Wilson, of Fl. Wayne. Ind. DR..
| Wilson's. father, Samuel Wilson, died
| several years ago, but his mother, Mrs.
| Lucinda Wilson, passed away only a
| few years ago.
Funeral Probably Monday.
| ar. Wilson'S funeral will probably
be held from the residence on Monday
afternoon DR.. A. c. Conway, as a
| friend of the family, left for Independ
ence this afternoon to take charge
of the body and accompany it to this
city on the early train Friday morn
| ing.
ocaI Weather Record.