JUDGE FRANCIS WILSON, of the Tenth Judicial Circuit of Indiana, was 
born in
Scott County, Ind., February 19, 1837, second of seven children born to
Thomas B. and Ann (Lowry) Wilson, early settlers of Indiana, the former
being a tanner, at which trade Francis was brought up. After the age of
fifteen years our subject taught school for about five years; during a
portion of this time, however, he attended Hanover College. In 1857 he went
to Illinois, where for two years he taught school and surveyed; also began
the study of law there, borrowing books from Judge Breese. He then taught
and studied for a couple of years at Paoli, Orange County, and in 1862 was
admitted to practice at the bar of that county, afterward forming a
connection with Col. A. M. Black, now of Terre Haute, until 1867, when he
located in Bedford, Shawswick Township, forming a partnership with Col. 
A.
C. Voris, and afterward with Hon. Moses F. Dunn, which lasted until he was
elected Judge in 1879. The Judge in early life was a Republican, but has
been a Democrat since 1872. As an evidence of the estimation in which 
Judge
Wilson is held, it is only necessary to state that the judicial district
over which he has been called to preside is not only a large one, but is
Republican.  October 24, 1861, he married Miss Mary White, daughter of 
Dr.
Cornelius White, of Paoli, and one child has been born to him - Laura, born
in July, 1862.


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