George E. Wilson and family papers. 1878-1902.

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George E. Wilson and family papers. 1878-1902.

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Correspondence from George E. Wilson and other relatives living in Stillwater, Minnesota to George's brother Nathan H. Wilson.

Minnesota Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 6648599

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Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company.

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Wilson, Albert, 1854-1928

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Wilson family.

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Northwest Thresher Company.

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Wilson, Inez.

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Wilson, Lena, approximately 1898-approximately 1939

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Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Company (Stillwater, Minn.).

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Wilson, Flora.

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Burlingham & Wilson (Stillwater, Minn.).

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Wilson, Cora.

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Wilson, G. E. (George Edwin), 1857-

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George Wilson was born March 23, 1857. He moved to Stillwater, Minnesota from Woodville, Maryland in about 1878. George worked in the lumber mills and then tried farming only to return to Stillwater where he worked for the Northwestern Manufacturing and Car Company and later was superintendent of the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing Company and secretary of the Northwest Thresher Company. George Wilson married his wife Lena in 1896. Their daughter Rachel was born in 1897 and their son Evan was b...