Background
Wilson, Edgar Bright was born on July 27, 1874 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, United States. Son of James A. and Mary (Graves) Wilson.
Wilson, Edgar Bright was born on July 27, 1874 in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, United States. Son of James A. and Mary (Graves) Wilson.
Preparatory education, Chapel Hill Academy. Student Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tennessee, 1892-1893.
Admitted to Tennessee bar, 1896, and began practice at Gallatin. Member Tennessee House of Representatives, 1899-1903 (speaker 1901-1903). Moved to New York City, 1904.
Dollar-a-year man, War Trade Board, World War.
Mason.
Married Alma Lackey, March 1903. Children: Sue Alexander (Mistress William South. Cutchins), Edgar Bright, Alma (Mistress T. Ames Wheeler).