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Richard Thornton Wilson (c. 1829 – November 26, 1910) was a multimillionaire American investment banker known for being the father of five children who all married into prominent families during the Gilded Age of New York.
Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. (September 11, 1866 – December 29, 1929) was an American investment banker and capitalist who was a prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th century.
About Richard Thornton Wilson. American investment banker. Wilson was born in Habersham County, Georgia near Gainesville, in about 1829, to William Wilson (d. 1849) and Rachel Wilson (1797–1870), a Scottish tanner and shoemaker.
American investment banker and capitalist who was a prominent figure in thoroughbred horse racing in the early decades of the 20th century. Wilson was born in New York City, one of five surviving children of Richard Thornton Wilson Sr. (1829–1910) and Melissa Clementine Johnston (1831–1908).
Richard Thornton Wilson Jr. was part of this privileged and influential group. He was the president of the banking firm R.T. Wilson and Co., founded by his father, Richard Thornton Wilson, Sr., who died in 1910 and was the commissary general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.
6 de oct. de 2019 · Richard Thornton Wilson was born in Habersham County, Georgia near Gainesville in about 1829. The son of William and Rachel Wilson a poor Scottish tanner and shoemaker. After the death of his father 30 Jan 1849. Richard left home with 40 dollars in gold and a mule.
When Richard Thornton Wilson was born in 1829, in Habersham, Georgia, United States, his father, William Tanner Wilson, was 34 and his mother, Rachel Lowry, was 33. He married Melissa Clementine Johnston on 23 December 1852, in Roane, Tennessee, United States.
