James Wilson (April 28, 1779 – July 19, 1868) was a member of the

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from

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. James Wilson was born in

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(now Fairfield). He attended the common schools and learned the trade of cabinetmaker. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and also interested in the real estate business. He was a justice of the peace from 1811 to 1822. Wilson was elected to the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth Congresses. He was again a justice of the peace from 1830 to 1859. He died in

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. Interment in Evergreen Cemetery.

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