The seventh governor of West Virginia, Emanuel Willis Wilson (August 11, 1844-May 28, 1905) was born at Harpers Ferry. His parents were English immigrants James Fitzgerald Wilson and Mariah (Spangler) Wilson, and he had two brothers and three sist...
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