Background
Wilson, Henry Harrison was born on January 15, 1882. Son of Henry Joseph and Lucy Harrison (Gay) Wilson.
Wilson, Henry Harrison was born on January 15, 1882. Son of Henry Joseph and Lucy Harrison (Gay) Wilson.
Preparatory education, Seven Islands Academy, Buckingham Company, and high school, Richmond, Virginia. Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1906, Civil Engineer with highest honors, 1907.
Governor J. Hoge Tyler of Virginia, June 16, 1915. Children—J. Hoge Tyler, Lily Norwood, Henry Harrison. Clerk, Richmond, 1899-1904.
Instructor in civil engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, January-June 1907.
Civil engineer, summer 1906 and 1907-1908. Engineer Winston & Company on Ashokan dams, Catskill Aqueduct, Brown Station, New York, 1909-1911.
Partner Snead & Wilson, highway construction, Cropseyville, New York, 1912-1913. Special partner Winston & Company on highway and railway construction and operation of crushed stone business, 1914-1925.
Managing associate Winston Brothers Company & Wilson (Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania), on bridge and other construction work, 1925-1931.
Past president and Chairman of the Board Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, Harrisburg, since 1924. President and treasurer Lime Bluff Company, since 1930. Director All States Life Insurance Company, Peoples Bank of Radford.
Author: Cost Keeping for Highway Construction, 1924.
Editor Highway Builder. Delivered address on Benjamin Harrison “The Signer,” at Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, October 1931.
Home: Harrisburg. Also East Radford, Virginia.
Married Lily, daughter; children: J. Hoge Tyler, Lily Norwood, Henry Harrison.