George W. Wilson was born on 28 November 1819, in Bourbon, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. He married Julia Ann Atkinson on 8 January 1844, in Nicholas, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Polk Township, Benton, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Benton, Iowa, United States in 1895. He died on 1 March 1897, in Urbana, Benton, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Urbana, Benton, Iowa, United States.
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The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
Historical Boundaries: 1830: Boone, Indiana, United States
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
English: from the Middle English personal name Will + patronymic -son ‘son of Will’. Will was a very common medieval short form of William . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
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