Woodford County Illinois - Biography of John Wilson Gresham ***************************************************************************** Submitted by Mary Lou Wardlaw (tlmlw@earthlink.net) on 19 January 2008. Copyright © 2008 through the current year. All rights reserved. Source: records of Christian County, KY ***************************************************************************** "JOHN WILSON GRESHAM was born in Christian County, Ky, September 22, 1840, and is the fourth of twelve children born to ARCHIBALD and SUSAN (BOYD) GRESHAM. "In 1852 the family removed to WOODFORD COUNTY, Ill. JOHN W. was then twelve years old. His mother died in August, 1881, but his father is still living in Illinois. There are nine living children. "The subject was educated in the public schools of Illinois. He served his country as a soldier in Company E, One Hundred and Eighth Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry, from August 28, 1962, to September, 1865, and was then honorably discharged at Chicago, Ill. He returned March, 1866, to Kentucky, and in 1874 he purchased his present homestead. He married MISS FANNIE GREGORY, of this county, on November 19, 1868. She was born February 4, 1842, and is a daughter of ISAM and MARY (HALL) GREGORY....."