Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1913-01-16

fairly on It's feet he left It in the i'm
mediate charge Of his eldest son.
James Wilson was n man OF eXtraOr,
dinarily positive opinions, Further
more he was very outspoken in them.
His paper was II very vigorous publ.
cation indeed. discussing the questions
of the day-nnd they had pretty big
questions In the first half OF the nine
teenth century with fearless convic-
ton and bluntness. The editor was a
Justice of the peace and was ordinarily
addressed as Judge" Wilson. He
was for term member Of the Ohio
state legislature, During his absence
at Columbus his wife. with the aid of
the sons, edited the paper and boarded
the hands
Judge Wilson died in Pittsburgh dur
ing cholera epidemic in 1897. He had
ten children. seven boys and three girls.
The daughters married well. and the
sons all attained considerable dstnc-
ton.
Judge Wilson's youngest son was 10
seph Huggles, through whom runs the
special current Of this story.
Joseph was born ut SteubenvilIe on
Feb. 2S, 1922 He got his first school
ing In his fathers shop. Like all the
other sons he learned the printers
trade. Not one OF them but could to
the day OF his death stick type" with
any journeyman.
Joseph from the start was marked
| FOR tho uphnIor AP ha fa p1iIu irhnra
was good academy at Steubenville,
and he attended 1t. At eighteen he
went to jefferson college. u Presbyte-
rian institution at Canonsburg, Pa,
where he was graduated In 1874 as
valedictorian. He engaged In teaching
for a year, taking charge of an acad
envy at Mercer, Pa. But the call was
clear to II higher life work Before he
had left home for college he had made
a public profession of his faith In the
First Presbyterian church of his ma
tive town, Now he took his way t
the Western Theological seminary al
Allegheny. Pa. remained year and
then went to spend another year al
Princeton seminary. He went home
and was licensed to preach. although
not yet ordained. He taught for two
years In the Steubenville male acad
envy.
To the fact that there was anothe,
Steubenville academy IL due the neces
slty OF telling this story, There wa.
another. not for males, and to II there
came among other girls of the Ohio
valley damsel from Chillicothe. tn,
pretty town which was Ohios frs
capital. Janet Woodrow WINS her name
though most people called her Jessie
and she was the daughter of grea
and famous Presbyterian minister o.
the day. One afternoon. the lessons al
DIR. Bcnttie's school being over, Jane,
Woodrow took a walk. Passing by tn,
Wilson house she spied through tn,
pickets OF the garden fence the youn,
theolog raking In pair Of kid gloves
Wilson and Janet Woodrow were le
gally joined In marriage by Thoma
Woodrow, minister OF the gospel
We have another Immigration to oh
serve. The Woodrows are an ancien
family originally out of England. VIII,
trace their Scottish history back GO
years Among them tiourished minis
ters. scholars and men OF substance
with n Presbyterian martyr or two
The Rev. DR. Thomas Woodrow, borl
at Paisley in 1903, II graduate of Glus
gov university. recrossed the Tweed L
become minister OF the Independent
Congregation at Carlisle, England
After having served there sixteen year
and begotten eight children he felt tn
call to become n missionary In the neN
world
Two weeks after his marriage wit
Jessie Woodrow. Joseph Ruggles wi
son was ordained by the presbytery o
Ohio II was several years, howeve,
before he undertook II pastorate of an
consequence, serving for n year II
professor extraordinary" of rhetoric /
jefferson college and for four years a
professor OF chemistry and naturs
sciences In Hampdeu-Syduey colleg,
Virginia. In the meantime supplyin
small nelShboring churches, The Re,
MIR. Wilson had become the father {
, two daughters, Marion aud Annie j,
, sephine, before he was called as paste
, to stanton Va. In 1850. StauntoI
where he remained for two years. WI
a town OF 5000 population, beautiful
situated In the famous valley OF VI
, ginia
, Here II was that on Dec. -. 1875
4 Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born
The infant Wilson ITO spend m
a ment reviewing his parental histor,
: was born TO an suspicious heritag
;, His blood was Scotch.lrish. Strai
p perhaps the most vigorous physicali
the most alert mentally, the most r
bust morally ~ all those that have mi