James Grant Wilson
James Grant Wilson | |
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Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx , New York | |
Spouses | Jane Emily Searle Cogswell
(m. 1869; died 1904)Mary H. Nicholson (m. 1907) |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) | 15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment |
Commands | 4th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment |
Battles/wars | American Civil War |
James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was named brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.[1]
Early life
James Grant Wilson was born on April 28, 1832, in
Career
Eventually, he joined his father in business as a bookseller/publisher, later becoming his partner. He also became known as a speaker.
U.S. Civil War
During the
Later career
After the war, Wilson settled in New York City. He became known as a speaker, a frequent contributor to periodicals, president of the Society of American Authors, and, after 1885, of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. He edited Fitz-Greene Halleck's Poems (1868) and wrote his biography, published in 1869; and in 1876 his anthology Poets & Poetry of Scotland in four volumes . He edited A Memorial History of the City of New York (four volumes, 1892–93); Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography (six volumes, 1887–89, with John Fiske; volume vii, 1900); The Great Commanders Series (eighteen volumes, completed 1913); and The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914 (four volumes, 1914), the work of many distinguished writers..
Personal life
On November 3, 1869, he married Jane Emily Searle Cogswell (d. 1904), the sister of Andrew Kirkpatrick Cogswell (1839-1900) and the daughter of Rev. Jonathan Cogswell (1781–1864) and Jane Eudora Kirkpatrick (1799–1864). Jane's grandfather was Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) and her great-grandfather was John Bayard (1738–1807).[5] Before her death in 1904, they had one daughter together:[1]
- Jane Wilson, who married Frank Sylvester Henry (who died before 1914)[6]
After his first wife's death in 1904, he married Mary H. Nicholson, the widow of his friend Admiral James William Augustus Nicholson, in 1907.[1] He resided at 143 West 79th Street in New York City.[7]
Wilson died in New York City and is buried in
Selected works
- Biographical Sketches of Illinois Officers (1862–63)
- Life of Fitz-Greene Halleck (1869)
- Sketches of Illustrious Soldiers (1874)
- Poets and Poetry of Scotland (1876) (in four volumes) Blackie & Son, Edinburgh 1876
- Centennial History of the Diocese of New York, 1775-1885 (1886)
- Bryant and his Friends (1886)
- Commodore Isaac Hull and the Frigate Constitution (1889)
- Wilson, James Grant (1893). The Memorial History of the City of New York: From Its First Settlement to the Year 1892. New York History Co.
- Love in Letters (1896)
- Life of General Grant (1897)
- Thackeray in the United States (two volumes, 1904)
See also
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Nineteenth Annual Report, 1914 of the American Scenic Historic Preservation Society | To The Legislature of the State of New York. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers. 1914. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ a b c d Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1889). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- ^ a b c d e Eicher & Eicher 2001, pp. 573–574.
- ^ Eicher & Eicher 2001, p. 761.
- ^ Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1919). A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: And the Descent of the Bolton Family from Assheton, Byron and Hulton of Hulton Park, by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch ... J. H. Dony, Printer. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1914). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- ^ Mohr, William F. (1914). Who's who in New York City and State. L.R. Hamersly Company. Retrieved March 16, 2017.
- Sources
- Eicher, John H.; ISBN 0-8047-3641-3
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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- New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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- Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. .