Background
Wilson, Jesse Everett was born on October 4, 1867 in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States. Son of John W. and Piety Jane (Maners) Wilson.
Wilson, Jesse Everett was born on October 4, 1867 in Clay Township, Owen County, Indiana, United States. Son of John W. and Piety Jane (Maners) Wilson.
Education public and high schools, Owen County, Indiana. Bachelor of Laws, Indiana University, 1895.
Taught school 4 years. Admitted to Indiana bar, 1895. Member 63d and 64th General Assemblies, Indiana, 1903-1905.
Assistant secretary of the Interior, United States, September 1, 1905-March 4, 1911.
Resumed law practice at Hammond, Indiana President Lake County Bar Association, 1924, 25, 26. Delaware Progressive National Convention, Chicago, 1912.
President Chamber of Commerce, Hammond, 1914-1922. President Hammond chapter, American Red Cross, since 1922.
Member 63d and 64th General Assemblies, Indiana.
Married Gail C. Wasson, December 14, 1904. Children: Wasson J., Jane, Gail, Mary.