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Malcolm Wilson. Prominent among the leading and successful farmers of Ozark Township, and among the Democratic politicians of considerable note, stands the name of the above mentioned gentleman, who was born in North Carolina March 21, 1833. His parents, Nathan and Drusilla (Tew) Wilson, were both natives of Sampson County, N. C. The father died in Tennessee at seventy-six years of age, and the mother died in her native State when fifty-four years of age. Their son, Malcolm Wilson, was the ninth in a family of fourteen children, six of whom are now living. Agricultural pursuits formed his chief employment during boyhood, and his educational training was received in the country schools. In 1855 he was united in marriage to Miss Martha Spense, who died in August, 1864, leaving two children, John A. and William H. The same year of his marriage he moved to Benton County, Tenn., and engaged in farming, which he continued until 1864, when he began the carpenter’s business, and carried that on in Tennessee and other States until 1876, when he moved to Missouri, settling on his present farm, about two miles north of Marshfield, where he has 165 acres of good land, and where he is considered one of the best farmers in Webster County. In 1869 Mr. Wilson married Mrs. Volumia I. Smith, whose maiden name was Poindexter. She was born in Tennessee December 31, 1832, and was the daughter of F. A. Poindexter. Mr. Wilson has always been an ardent supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and cast his first presidential vote for James Buchanan. In the fall of 1888 he ran as the independent Democratic candidate for representative. Mr. Wilson has made his own way in life, and has been quite successful. He lost $1,000 by the failure of the bank at Marshfield, in 1884, and has taken a leading part in the litigation caused by the failure of that institution.