FARMINGTON TIMES, Farmington, St. Francois County, Missouri, Thursday, May 9, 1912 DEATH OF REV. A. W. WILSON The many old friends here and former students of Elmwood Seminary will be pained to learn of the death of Rev. A. W. Wilson, which occurred at his home in Dodd City, Texas, last Sunday, May 5, 1912, in the 79th year of his age. He was injured in a runaway the previous Tuesday, and the nervous shock was such that he could not survive it. He was elected principal of Elmwood Seminary in 1886, coming here from Dodd City, Texas, where he had been principal of the Dodd City High School for six years, and had charge of the Seminary for a number of years. The greater part of his life was devoted to teaching, although he was ordained a minister of the Presbyterian Church in 1870. After his graduation from college he established in 1857 a private school in Jefferson county, Tenn., which continued until the breaking out of the civil war. In 1867 he established a school for young men at Morristown, Tenn., which he successfully conducted for eight years, and in 1875 was elected president of the Synodical Female College at Rogersville, Tenn., which position he held for six years. He then went to Dodd City, Texas, from which place he came to Farmington to take charge of Elmwood Seminary. After going back to Texas he was engaged several years in evangelistic work and later was cashier of the Dodd City Bank. He was married in 1857 to Miss Julia E. Caldwell, who died in Farmington while he was teaching here. They had three daughters, two of whom are living. Two of his daughters survive him -- Mrs. Belle Organ and Miss Margaret Wilson. Mr. Wilson was a man of high Christian character and was greatly beloved and respected by his pupils and all who knew him.