William Duane Wilson and Elizabeth Eckert

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Husband William Duane Wilson ^{1 2}

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           Born: 21 Sep 1809 - Philadelphia, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jan 1877 - Des Moines, Polk Co, IA 2
         Buried:  - Woodlawn Cemetery, Des Moines, IA

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         Father: James Wilson (      -1850) 1
         Mother: Anne Adams (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 27 Oct 1835 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2

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Wife Elizabeth Eckert ²

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           Born: 23 Nov 1813 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 2
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           Died: 15 Apr 1878 - Grand Island, Hall Co, NE 2
         Buried:  - Des Moines, Polk Co, IA

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         Father: David Eckert (1778-1850) 2
         Mother: Susanna Slagle (      -1876) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Duane Wilson

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His father's family moved to Steubenville, Ohio, where at the age of sixteen years, William Duane Wilson had charge of a paper. For many years he was superintendent of lights on the northwestern lakes until that office was abolished. He moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he joined the Hon. Rufus King in the publication of the Sentinel and Gazette. In 1853 he went to Chicago and became the editor and publisher of the Chicago Daily Tribune. Later he started a daily paper called "The Courant," which developed into what became "The Times." He then moved to Des Moines, Iowa, and owned "The Iowa Homestead" until 1873. Mr. Wilson labored continually for the founding of the agricultural college and farm at Ames, Iowa, and lived to enjoy the fruition of his hopes in the establishment of a superlative agricultural college.
He was an honored member of the Masonic fraternity and an active member of the Presbyterian Church.

1 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 672.

2 Ella Campbell Slagle Nichols, Family Record (Pittsburgh, PA: Privately published, 1914).