Siskiyou
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R. N. WILSON
R.
N. Wilson, member of the firm of Fisher & Wilson, and one of Weed’s
progressive and enterprising business men, who has met with a very gratifying
measure of success, was born in West Virginia, October 29, 1889, and is a son
of William Franklyn and America Victoria (Drake) Wilson. The father, who was engaged in merchandising,
died in West Virginia, and is survived by his widow, who resides at Ravenswood,
West Virginia.
R.
N. Wilson received his early education in the public and high schools of
Parkersburg, West Virginia, after which he took a course in a business
college. He was first regularly employed
as a traveling salesman, which line of work he followed in the east for four
years. In 1910 he came to California and
for five years resided in Los Angeles, where he engaged in the real estate
business, buying and selling properties.
He then went to Casmalia, Santa Barbara
County, attracted by the oil boom, and lived there until 1919, when he located
in McCloud, Siskiyou County, where he was in business for about a year. After visiting his people in West Virginia,
he came back to California and located in Weed, where he engaged in the
sporting goods business, in connection with which he conducts a pool room and
soft drink parlor. He carries a full
line of guns, fishing tackle and similar articles, and also is prepared to
provide information on hunting and fishing.
The business is conducted under the name of Fisher & Wilson and
their establishment has become the popular headquarters for all who are
interested in sports of all kinds. Mr.
Wilson has been very successful in business and in 1925 he built the Wilson
apartments, the best in Siskiyou County.
These apartments, twelve in number, are built separately in bungalow
style, and are located on the main highway in Weed. They are arranged in the form of a court,
with spacious grounds and walks, and are very popular with discriminating
renters, there seldom being a vacant apartment.
Several of these are furnished and all contain baths and modern
conveniences. Mr. Wilson is now
contemplating the installation of Shellane gas in all
of the apartments.
In
October, 1925, Mr. Wilson was united in marriage to Miss Lola V. Kaer and they are the parents of two children, Byron and
Joan. Hunting and fishing are his
favorite sports and he rarely returns from such trips without tangible
evidences of his skill. He is an
energetic and progressive business man, has shown his faith in Weed by his investments
here, and is regarding as one of the community’s representative residents.
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J. W. Major,
History of Sacramento Valley California, Vol. 2 Pages
276-277. Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010 Gerald Iaquinta.
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