Biography
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He was born in Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, Indiana to Indiana congressman James Wilson and his wife, Emma (Ingersoll) Wilson(10 September, 1830-22 January, 1912); he was the younger brother of John L. Wilson, and had been named for Henry Smith Lane. He was a law graduate of Wabash College and practiced law and published a newspaper in Lafayette, Indiana. He married Alice Vajen in 1885, and moved to Spokane, Washington where he was in business until he was financially wiped out in the Panic of 1893.
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