The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-27
WILSON FUNERAL TUESDAY
JHI Bt>kER TO Bg M RIED
IRON ms FTFTH tIE. NONE.
\ southrrn~r who HAD rresp~rrd BEFORE
the War. Ne Game Ia New Sera and
iisiiit Up Great Hnsinrss Related
bn Marriage 20 Well hnown Families.

n" iuncrrl VI Richard T Wilson. who
"..',i early yesterday morning. will 10 held
. nj house, ill ti!th yoni.r. next Tues
day morning. at iO.n O'Clock. Tho Rev.
w Ernest NJ. Stircs, reCtur ~ ~
Thomas = church. will on cials.
VI Wilson's son Richard I. Wilson.
u wa- in the South when he heard 81 his
fathers death He reached New Work
ai-' night.
Nlr Wilson. who had been a resident NJ
tins city since lst6. was horn IN Hab.rshaw
,nun'y IN the mountains uf Georgia in 1871
and got ms education there When he WAS
ud enough to start out for himself he wen;
tn l.nudon. then a fourishing Southern
town about thirty miles from Knoxville
Tenn He went into business and sue
,,..-iai So well that he was soon able
80 marry Miss Melissa Clementine John
tom ~ Macon. Ga. Al the outbreak Of
Ig. civil war Mr. Wilson had established
himself a. n successful merchant with
IMPORTANT business associations in Louis
VILE" Ny. and other Southern cities.
H.. naturally remained loyal to the Con-
lcn"raCy. and his recognized business
atlhr! finally brought him tn. post Of
,"rnml>sary- General of the Confederate
AMY When the war ended Gen. wilson
- D." was then called went Ia Europe
tor brief p-riod. returning To this city
DOT $50 20 begin business anew
WIN u capital of S54a no hc founded
We hrm of Wilson. Galloway & Co. 20
trad. ~ bankers and cotton brokers
.nt one year later the firm name became
l.. I Wilson & Co. lluk--S ~ y Wall
.'-"..r and cotton brokers al ~ Pearl
Tk. h., ri
It-- - the same address. altl C.gh tn"
ton brokerage end of Ii - located IT
=. Wall :, r...t. Associated with Ny wilson
a. taI- time wsr, Joseph Marshall john
~ron. hlrles VI Bo-h.' md William 81
Johnston. r. I. Wilson. ...r.. Nas al ON"
',rl" he board m'tIh"r ~ o." NrIa The
irr was interested IA ra.l~r1o# les we'll
- ~ banking and cotton. t., %; 'h-i-
mos important enterprises we're inc hast
Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia and the
Louis, ills New Orleans and Texas.
MIL Issl r. I. Wilson was president
II the former line. which WIS ultimately
-uli - the George I. Seney syndicate
which failed in the panic of 1885,.
I; wa- also part of Mr.. Wilson's rail
road enterprises To project and build n
railroad - parable the Mississippi m
spite Of the feeling IN the South that such
q road was not needed. I he road was
built with cash Of which Nj. Wilson Is
said to have put up on--haR a. an evil
d.nC- OF his faith in tn" scheme. The
road was subsequently, acquired by tn.
Illinois Central.
The firm one year took over tho entire
i--u. Of Government bones created TO
square accounts with the Cherokee
nation. Mr.. Wilson was director in
~" American Cotton Oil Company.
Jas,nc- tlect-olvtic Alkali Company
'ha Fourth National Bank. the Manhattan
Trust Company. the Maths~on Alkali
Works and "A trustee OF the MON Trust
Iornvanv. Nj. Wilson was an unsIcc'ss-
ful applicant for financing and building
tho railway which marked his last notable
APPEARANCE in financial AFFAIR." II" was
member 81 the MON, Manhattan
Metropolitan, Automobile" Democratic
and Southern clubs
For many years the Wilson town house
ta. been AT 5u Fifth avenue. once tho
residence og Tweed NrS. Wilson died
two y"-rs ago. Sh" had attracted attsn-
',on MANY wears h.fo-. that tim" by tho
marriages IA" had arranged for hey ChIl-
d-cn. H.r Olds-' 6auGft.r MARY Will
son. married Ogden G""l"'. Marshall
Orrne Wilson married 'arclin" Aston.
daughter 81 the late William Aston. belle
wilson baCnm" the wife " Sir Michael
Herbert who succeeded Lord PlunCefots
a. British Ambassador to Washington.
Grace Wilson - now Mrs Cornelius
Vanderbilt Jr. and Il. 7 Wilson, Jr. who
has been in had health during recent
years married Miss Marion y Mason Of
ROsf1n