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Below is a family biography included in The History of Posey County, Indiana by John C. Leffel and published by Standard Publishing Company in 1913. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Dr. Ernest Wilson, “Doc Ernie,” as he is familiarly called by his friends, was born in Lynn township, Posey county, in 1867. He was the son of Alex. Wilson and Margaret (Stallings) Wilson, both of Lynn township, Posey county, Indiana. The doctor was raised on the Lynn township farm, attended the district schools, and finished his literary education at the State University at Bloomington. He obtained his medical degree at Miami University, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1896. He had prior to this taken a course in pharmacy, graduating at the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. He served as interne at St. Mary’s Hospital, Evansville, Ind., in 1896 and 1897. He then practiced his profession in New Harmony, Ind., about one year. He then located near Solitude, Posey county, Indiana, within a mile or two of his boyhood home, where he has resided ever since. He was married to Miss Elsie Neusom, of New Harmony, in 1897. They have had two children; one, a little girl, is living. Dr. Wilson is a stockholder and director in the People’s Bank at Mt. Vernon and owns considerable land — two or more farms — in Lynn township. He is a Democrat in politics.
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