Joseph Harvey Wilson

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Son of Rev. John Makemie Wilson, D.D. and Mary Erwin Wilson. He graduated from college at what is now known as Washington and Lee University in 1827. He began the study of law at Charlotte under the supervision of attorney Washington Morrison. In 1831, upon reaching the age of majority of twenty-one, he was admitted to the bar. He was a prominent attorney and leader of the bar in Charlotte, N.C. for more than 50 years. He was Speaker of the N. C. Senate.

His first wife (married 1834) was Julia Adelaide Patton of Buncombe County, N.C. She died in August of 1845. They had five children: Anna Patton Wilson, James Patton Wilson, Joseph Harvey Wilson, Benjamin Franklin Wilson and Sarah Rosannah "Rosa" Wilson. His second wife (married 1846) was Mary Louisa Phifer of Cabarrus County, N.C. They had two children: George Edward Wilson and Mary Ellis Wilson.

Main sources of information: (1) "Genealogy and History of the Phifer Family" by Charles H. Phifer (published 1910); (2) "Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians" (1884) by John H. Wheeler;(3) "Presentation of the Portrait of Joseph Harvey Wilson to the Supreme Court of North Carolina" in volume 169 of the N.C. Supreme Court Reports; (4) "Cyclopedia of Eminent and Representative Men of the Carolinas of the Nineteenth Century" Volume 2 (1892); (5) History of the McDowells, Erwins, Irwins and Connections (1918) and (6) "Marriage and Death Notices in the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette" compiled by Carrie L. Broughton, State Librarian; published by the State Library of North Carolina.