An Illustrated History of Central Oregon, Western Historical Publishing Company,
Spokane, WA. 1905, page 332.

DAVID C. WILSON is a well known farmer residing on Center Ridge. He was born in
Adams county, Illinois, on December 15, 1844. His parents, David and Amanda
(Hiler) Wilson, were natives of Bourbon county, Kentucky and died in 1869 and
1895, respectively. The father's parents were born in Virginia and pioneered to
Kentucky. David C. was reared principally in Illinois, and there, too, received
his education, the district schools supplying that important fortification for
the battles of life. He remained under the parental roof until the year of his
majority and then he began working out for the nearby farmers, and also for his
father. Then, in 1868, he went to Nevada, Missouri, and in 1870, returned thence
to the home place in Illinois and purchased a portion of the old homestead.
After cultivating that some time, he went to Texas, then returned to Nevada and
in 1888, came thence to Oregon. He wrought at the carpenter trade in The Dalles,
which he had learned in earlier years and made his home in that city until 1900,
when he came to his present place and filed a homestead. Since that time, he has
devoted himself to farming and is one of the men whose labors have been bestowed
with an industry and energy that bring good results.      

On April 28, 1869, Mr. Wilson married Miss Susan A., daughter of Samuel and
Sarah (Wilson) Hinkson, natives of Kentucky. The mother was a distant relative
of Mr. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson was born in Lewis county, Missouri. She has two
sisters, Mrs. Elmira Wilson, and Mrs. Martha Wilson. Mr. Wilson has four
brothers, James H., John A., Daniel, and Joseph, and three sisters, Mrs. Delilah
H. Yates, Mrs. Fanny Cummings, and Mrs. Margaret Homey. To Mr. and Mrs. Wilson,
twelve children have been born, named as follows: Elmer O., Thomas, Floyd, near
their father and dwelling on farms; Everett and Charles, at home; Alice A., wife
of Ebon Butser, a farmer near Nansene; Effie, the wife of Bert H. Haynes,
mentioned in this work; Hattie, the wife of David Reardan, in The Dalles; Rosie,
Minnie, and Nellie, single; and Ethel Pearl, the twin sister of Everett; she
died at The Dalles when fourteen. Mrs. Wilson owns land in addition to the
quarter section which her husband owns. They are good substantial people and
have labored long and well to build up the country.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in January 2005 by Jeffrey L. Elmer. 
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.