James Grant Wilson

James Grant Wilson
Personal details
Born(1832-04-28)April 28, 1832
Edinburgh, Scotland
DiedFebruary 1, 1914(1914-02-01) (aged 81)
New York City
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, New York
Spouses
Jane Emily Searle Cogswell
(m. 1869; died 1904)
Mary H. Nicholson
(m. 1907)
Children1
Parent(s)William Wilson
Jane Sibbald
EducationBartlett's College Hill School
Signature
Military service
AllegianceUnited States
Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Rank Colonel
Bvt. Brigadier General
Unit15th Illinois Cavalry Regiment
Commands4th U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

James Grant Wilson (April 28, 1832 – February 1, 1914) was an American editor, author, bookseller and publisher, who founded the Chicago Record in 1857, the first literary paper in that region. During the American Civil War, he served as a colonel in the Union Army. In recognition of his service, in 1867, he was named brevet brigadier general of volunteers to rank from March 13, 1865. He settled in New York, where he edited biographies and histories, was a public speaker, and served as president of the Society of American Authors and the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.[1]

  1. ^ Nineteenth Annual Report, 1914 of the American Scenic Historic Preservation Society | To The Legislature of the State of New York. Albany: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers. 1914. Retrieved March 16, 2017.