The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 319

JOHN C. WILSON.

John C. Wilson, owner of one of the fine ranch properties of Kittitas county,
comprising one hundred and sixty acres of rich and valuable land, annually
gathers abundant golden harvests by reason of the care and attention which he
bestows upon his place. He comes to the northwest from Towa, his birth having
occurred in Lee county, that state, on the 8th of August, 1858. He is a son of
Robert and Mary E. (Mills) Wilson. The father was born in England, while the
mother's birth occurred in Ohio and they became pioneer residents of Iowa, where
they settled in the early '50s. They removed to Scotland county Missouri in 1872
and there both the father and mother remained until called to their final rest.

John C. Wilson acquired a public school education, supplemented by study in the
State Normal School at Kirksville, Missouri, from 1876 until 1878. He afterward
engaged in farming in Missouri for a period of six years and in the spring of
1885 made his way to the Pacific coast, settling in California. In August of the
same year, however, he proceeded northward to the Kittitas valley, where he
purchased land and also took up a desert claim of three hundred and twenty
acres. He has since sold all of this property, however, save one hundred and
sixty acres, which he has converted into rich and productive fields upon which
he annually raises good crops of grain and of hay. He has improved his farm in
many ways and is today the owner of an excellent ranch upon which are found good
buildings and all modern accessories and conveniences.

Mr. Wilson has been married twice. In 1887 he wedded Artilda A. Tribblecock, a
native of Iowa, who passed away in December, 1991. In 1901 Mr. Wilson was again
married, his second union being with Isabelle Murray, of Ellensburg. The
children of the first marriage are: Clyde W., who died in 1912; and Grace A.,
the wife of William Evans, residing at Sunnyside. Washington. Two children have
also been born of the second marriage: Mildred M., twelve years of age; and
Helen E., aged eight. The family attend the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Wilson is a republican in politics but has never been an office seeker. He
has, however, served as a member of the school board and the cause of education
has ever found in him a stalwart champion. He has not sought, however, to figure
in public affairs, content to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his
business, with which he was actively identified until a recent date, when he
rented his land and is now practically living retired, enjoying a rest which he
has truly earned and richly merits.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.