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William M. Wilson (Iowa Politician)
William M. Wilson (23 April 1838 – 30 April 1904) was an American politician. William M. Wilson was born near Greensboro, North Carolina, Greensborough, North Carolina, on 23 April 1838 to parents R. D. Wilson and Ruhama Spoon. The family settled in Mahaska County, Iowa, in 1853, where Wilson attended primary school. He enrolled at Oskaloosa High School (Iowa), Oskaloosa High School in 1857. His family moved near New Virginia, Iowa, New Virginia in 1860, and Wilson joined them there the next year, as the American Civil War began. Wilson served in Missouri during the conflict, alongside Company D of the First Iowa Cavalry. He was discharged in September 1864 and married Martha Fleming in February 1865. From 1865 to 1867, Wilson was a farmer and sawmill operator. Wilson then focused on reading law with Conklin and Chancy in Osceola, Iowa, Osceola. He subsequently passed the Indianola, Iowa, Indianola bar in 1869 and began his legal career in Osceola. Wilson was licensed to practi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the United States, and the largest city in the Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. At the 2020 census, its population was 299,035. Three major interstate highways (Interstate 40, Interstate 85, and Interstate 73) in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In 1808, Greensborough (the spelling before 1895) was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court House as the county seat. The county courts were thus placed closer to the county's geographical center, a location more easily reached at the time by the majority of the county's citizens, who traveled by horse or on foot. In 2003, the previous Greensboro–Winston-Salem– High Point metropolitan statistical area was redefin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
