Background
Wilson, Franklin Augustus was born on November 6, 1832 in Bradford, Maine, United States. Son of John Hinds and Rachel Rider (Kingsbury) Wilson.
Wilson, Franklin Augustus was born on November 6, 1832 in Bradford, Maine, United States. Son of John Hinds and Rachel Rider (Kingsbury) Wilson.
Bachelor of Arts, Bowdoin College, 1854, Master of Arts, 1857 (Doctor of Laws, 1900).
Admitted to bar, 1857. Practiced with late Chief Justice John A. Peters (Peters & Wilson), 1867-1872. With late Justice Charles F. Woodard (Wilson & Woodard), 1872-1894.
Member Maine House of Representatives, 1875-1876.
Republican presidential elector, 1905. Director Maine Central Railroad Company, since 1892(president 1894-1900).
President Penobscot Savings Bank, European & North. American Railway Overseer Bowdoin College. Trustee Bangor Public Library.
Member Maine.
Married Mary Elliott Carr, 1859 (died 1867). Married second, Caroline Pierce Stetson, 1871.