Transcript:Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties, Illinois/Wilson, Orville T.

Biographical and Genealogical Record of La Salle and Grundy Counties
Illinois Lewis Pub. Co. 1900
page 630.

ORVILLE T. WILSON.

Orville T. Wilson, secretary of the Morris Grain Company, of Morris, Illinois, is one of the enterprising business men of the town, where he has resided for the past four years. Briefly, the facts in regard to his life are as follows :

Orville T. Wilson is a son of Jonathan and Elma C. (Hoyle) Wilson, highly respected citizens of Grundy county, Illinois; and was born on his father's farm in this county. June 15, 1868. He was engaged in farming from his early youth until 1895, when he left the farm and came to Morris. From February, 1895. until October, 1897, he was a member of the lumber firm of J. H. Pattison & Company. In the meantime, in 1895, he became associated with others in the organization of the Morris Grain Company, and in the fall of 1897, having sold his lumber interests, he assumed the activeduties of secretary of the company he had helped to organize and which is now doing a prosperous business.

Mr. Wilson has a wife and three children. He was married in 1893 to Miss Alice M. Pattison, daughter of J. H. Pattison, and their children, in order of birth, are Grace, Jennie Elma and Lois.

Politicallv Mr. Wilson is a stanch Republican, active in the support of his party. Public-spirited and enterprising, he is regarded as one of the leading young business men of the town. Fraternally he is identified with the Knights of Pythias.