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Also see [ Railway Officials in America 1906
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Wilson, George H., Buffalo, is well known to the entire community, having been for many years foreman of the
machine shop for the old Shepard Iron Works, now the King Iron Works, of which H. G. Trout is proprietor. Mr. Wilson
was born in Niagara county, N. Y., September 11, 1843, and is a son of Thomas and Margaret (Hammond) Wilson. who
came from England in 1823 and settled in the county of Niagara. He obtained an excellent education in the public
schools of Medina, N. Y., and in 1859 came to Buffalo and entered the employ of the Shepard Iron Works, where he
has remained nearly forty years. He has honestly earned the consideration in which he is held in- the community,
and the reputation he has established for integrity is ackowledged by all, especially by the engineers upon the
great lakes. He was married April 16, 1878, to Helen C., daughter of William W. Smith, well known as a builder
of the old Erie canal passenger packets. They have three children: George W., Margaret A. and Joseph H.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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