Briggs, Sarah

Other Events:

• 1850 Census: 1850, Grand Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; page 137, line 20
• 1880 Census: 1880, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA

Notes:

1880 Census:
W. W. Wilson 45
Sarah A. Wilson 47
Theodore B. Wilson 15
Edgar G. Wilson 14

Sarah married Willson, Walter W. 7 Mar 1861, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Walter was born Abt 1835, , , New York, USA; died Abt 1890, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, Appleton, Wisconsin, USA. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1044

Notes:

Biography:
EDGAR G. WILLSON, president of the Willson Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of meat blocks at Appleton, Wisconsin, is one of the substantial business men of this city, where the family is well and favorably known. He was born in April, 1866, in Appleton, and is a son of Walter W. Willson, inventor of the first meat block. Walter W. Willson was born in New York, from whence he moved to Michigan at an early day, and came to Wisconsin during the early '50s, locating at Appleton, where he followed contracting and building for many years under the firm name of Willson & Snyder. In 1888 he conceived the idea of manufacturing meat blocks which he began manufacturing as a side line and subsequently continued until his death which occurred in 1890. Mr. Willson married Sarah A. Briggs, who was a daughter of Daniel W. Briggs, one of the pioneer citizens of Outagamie county, and she died in 1888. She was one of the first graduates of Lawrence University, at Appleton, and was the first lady Noble Grand to officiate at a public institution of the Rebecca Lodge of the I. O. O. F. Walter W. Willson was a prominent member of the Odd Fellows, filling all of the chairs and being a member of the Grand Lodge. In politics he was independent, his first vote being cast for John C. Fremont and those afterward for the parties whose principles he believed would be the best for the country. He and his wife were the parents of three children: Daniel W., who died at the age of two years; Theodore B., a resident of Appleton and who is the father of two children, his daughter being a student at the Art Institute, Chicago; and Edgar G. Edgar G. Willson received his education in the schools of Appleton, Wisconsin, and early in life associated himself with his father, taking over the business at the time of the latter's death. He began to manufacture the sectional maple meat block, making them by hand and nailing them together, but in 1901 he put in the first electric power in the Fox River Valley, having a few machines and engines with a six horsepower. He now uses eight motors, with twenty- three horsepower capacity, puts out 2,500 blocks per year, which are disposed of to jobbers all over the United States, Canada and far as England, and are used by meat markets and in boot and shoe factories. From a small beginning Mr. Willson has succeeded satisfactorily. On February 11, 1888, Mr. Willson was married to Katherine M. Sorenson, of Neenah, and to this union there have been born two accomplished daughters: Winifred and Edna. Mr. and Mrs. Willson are members of the Christian Science Church. He is independent in politics, like his father, voting for the man rather than the party.

Edgar married Sorenson, Katherine M. 11 Feb 1888, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA. Katherine was born Abt May 1867, , , , Germany; died Aft 1940. [Group Sheet]