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==Background==

==Background==

Of [[Wales|Welsh]] descent, Wilson was a son of Dr. and Mrs. William D. Wilson. In 1856, Dr. Wilson had built a store in Independence, Louisiana, which remained for years the oldest building in the community. Harry Wilson worked in Amte in the general store of the merchant Jacob Stern at a time when Tangipahoa Parish did not yet depend on the [[strawberry]] crop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/n/Deborah-D-Langston/FILE/0009page.html|title=Early History and Families of Amite|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}</ref> During the 1890s, Wilson was an express messenger for the Illinois Central Railroad]. He left that position to pursue a political career.

Of [[Wales|Welsh]] descent, Wilson was a son of Dr. and Mrs. William D. Wilson. In 1856, Dr. Wilson had built a store in Independence, Louisiana, which remained for years the oldest building in the community. Harry Wilson worked in Amte in the general store of the merchant Jacob Stern at a time when Tangipahoa Parish did not yet depend on the [[strawberry]] crop.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/l/a/n/Deborah-D-Langston/FILE/0009page.html|title=Early History and Families of Amite|publisher=familytreemaker.genealogy.com|accessdate=November 13, 2019}}</ref> During the 1890s, Wilson was an express messenger for the Illinois Central Railroad but left that position to pursue a political career.

==Political career==

==Political career==