John Thomas Wilson (April 16, 1811October 6, 1891) was a soldier, attorney and

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from

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, serving three terms from 1867 to 1873.

Biography

Wilson was born in the village of Bell in rural Highland County, Ohio. As a child, he received a limited schooling and did not have a higher education. He engaged in mercantile and agricultural pursuits.

Civil War

During the

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, he was appointed as the

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of Company E, Seventieth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry on November 2, 1861. He was discharged as a captain on November 27, 1862.

Congress

He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1863 to 1866 and was elected as a

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to the Fortieth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Congresses (serving from March 4, 1867 until March 3, 1873). He was also a chairman on the Committee on Agriculture (Forty-first and Forty-second Congresses). He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872 to the Forty-third Congress.

Death

He died in the village of Tranquillity (near what is now known as Seaman),

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, at the age of eighty. He is buried in Tranquillity Cemetery. Restored by Ralph and Patricia Alexander, Th
John T. Wilson Homestead
Wilson built and lived in Tranquillity, Ohio still can be visited by the public.

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