Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 5th ed., 1887,
Jessamine Co.

ELIJAH RICHARDSON WILSON, M. D., was born near Lexington, Fayette Co., Ky.,
December 2, 1819.  His grandfather was Samuel Wilson, who came to Kentucky
with Daniel Boone and the early settlers of the State, and located in
Fayette County.  He married and had a family of children, of whom John H.,
Samuel, William, Elijah and Robert Wilson were the sons.  John H. Wilson
was the father of Dr. Wilson.  He engaged in trade for a time at Lexington,
and finally went to farming, during which time he also taught school to
some extent.  He married Catherine McClanahan, and had six children:
Elijah R., Samuel S., who died near Lexington; John H., who resided in
that city; William, who died while a resident of Lexington; Catherine, who
married John P. Berry, of Fayette County, and Robert, who resided in
Lexington.  Elijah R. Wilson enjoyed the benefits of a good common-school
education, and when a young man began the study of medicine under Dr. John
R. Smith, of Lexington.  He subsequently attended lectures at Transylvania
University, the medical department being then under the presidency of Dr.
Benjamin W. Dudley, and was graduated from that institution with the
degree of doctor of medicine, March 1, 1849.  Immediately thereafter he
located in practice at Pleasureville in Henry County, Ky., where he
enjoyed an extensive and remunerative practice for twenty-two years.
Owing to failing health he was finally compelled to withdraw, and removing
to Jessamine County, purchased the residence and part of the farm of the
late William Bryan, near Windom in that county, where he has continued
to pursue the life of a farmer since.  Dr. Wilson has let a singularly
industrious and quiet life and held himself aloof from politics and
public place.  The family to which he belongs is one of the old families
of the South and originally settled in North Carolina.  From his boyhood
he has been a devout and consistent member of the Christian Church, and
he has uniformly enjoyed the confidence and respect of this acquaintance.
He married, March 4, 1885, Mrs. Sarah Woodfill, daughter of Wesley and
Cassandra Gardner, who is his wife at the present writing.

Wilson McClanahan Smith Berry Dudley Woodfill Gardner Bryan
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Lexington-Fayette-KY Pleasureville-Henry-KY NC

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