Old Doctor Wilson was quite a fellow. He came from about Burleson
County. He seemed never to have studied any more after he came here. Major
Cotton used to have him and Mr. Williams talk and cuss each other out. His
first wife was a Snow and the second a
Shockley. He had two sons by the latter that died during the World War in
the Army. (Could have been only one.)
Doctor Wilson used to stay at the hotel with Grandma
Pierson. Once she had a very large fire in the fireplace. He came in
and asked her why, and she said it was to make it look cheerful. About
next August she came in and the doctor had built a big fire and she asked
him why he did it, and he said to make it look cheerful. He was full of
such as that.