CENSUS: Listed with his widowed mother in the 1860 Indiana census. Lived in Paxton, Illinois for 14 years.
James was born at
Monroe Co., Indiana, on 10 April 1841. He was the son of
Maxwell Wilson and
Martha Moffatt. He married
Susan Howard Dunnington at
Bainbridge, Putnam Co., Indiana, on 29 March 1865. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1880 Census at
Paxton, Ford Co., Illinois. 1880 Illinois, Ford Co., City of Paxton, taken on 18 June 1880 lists the following family at dwelling # 361 and family # 376: James S. Wilson, white, male, age 39, married, banking clerk, born in Indiana, parents born in South Carolina; Susan H., white, female, age 37, wife, married, keeping house, born in Indiana, father born in Maryland, mother born in Kentucky; William M., white, male, age 14, son, single, clerk in store, born in Ohio, parents born in Indiana; A. Orville, white, male, age 11, son, single, born in Indiana, parents born in Indiana; Myrtle, white, female, age 8, daughter, single, born in Illinois, parents born in Indiana; Charles A., white, male, age 6, son, single, born in Illinois, parents born in Indiana; Julia Sealock, white, female, age 17, servant, single, domestic servant, born in Illinois.. James died on 2 February 1903 at
St. Louis, Missouri, at age 61. His body was interred in February 1903 at
Tarkio, Atchison Co., Missouri.