Dr. Albert Wilson
Dr. Albert Wilson was born in Shelby County, September 14, 1826. He was reared on a farm and lived with his parents until having arrived at manhood. During his minority days he attended the schools of his neighborhood, and made such proficiency that at the age of eighteen years he commenced teaching common schools, which he followed for several years in the winter season. In the year 1848 he commenced the study of medicine under the instruction of Dr. H. C. Conklin, of Sidney, and graduated at the Ohio Medical College of Cincinnati in 1851. Then as a merit for efficiency he was elected as resident physician by the faculty of the Commercial Hospital of Cincinnati, which position he held for one year. In 1852 he located in Sidney for the practice of his profession, at which he has continued up to the present time. In the spring of 1861 he entered the army as regimental surgeon, and remained in the service four years and three months. He was the first volunteer from the town of Sidney, he having offered his service as surgeon within forty-eight hours after the first call made by the President. After his return from the army in 1865 he resumed his practice in Sidney. In 1875 he engaged in the drug trade in connection with his practice, at which he still continues. In 1871 he married Miss Irene Ayers. By this union they have one child, Jessie, born March 9, 1873. Mrs. Wilson was a daughter of Jeremiah Ayers, of Wapakoneta, one of the first white settlers of that Indian village. She was born in 1852. Dr. Wilson is the third son of Col. Jessie H. Wilson, one of the pioneers of Shelby County.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883