Edmund Wilson, Attorney General of New Jersey

1863 - 1923  (59 years)

• Name	Edmund Wilson
  Suffix	Attorney General of New Jersey
  Birth	15 Dec 1863	Shrewsbury, Monmouth, New Jersey   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 May 1923	Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey   [3, 4]
  Burial	Fair View Cemetery, Middletown, Monmouth, New Jersey   [3]
  Person ID	I42228	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Rev. Thaddeus Wilson,   b. 8 Mar 1824, near Walkill, Ulster, New York d. 28 Oct 1904, Spring Lake, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Ann Miller,   b. 17 Mar 1825   d. 23 Apr 1905 (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	1858  [5]
  Family ID	F24709	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen Mather Kimball,   b. 20 Apr 1865, Eatontown, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 3 Feb 1951, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	9 Mar 1892  [6]
  Children	> 1. Edmund Wilson,   b. 8 May 1895, Red Bank, Monmouth, New Jersey d. 12 Jun 1972, Talcotville, Lewis, New York (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F24704	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Attorney General of New Jersey, 1908-1914, appointed by Republican governor John Franklin Fort. He impressed Democratic governor Woodrow Wilson (no relation), later President of the US, with his successful prosecution of the corrupt Republican political machine in Atlantic City.

  
  

• Sources

  [S8142] Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s ed. Lewis M. Dabney. New York: Library of America, 2007., year and place only. [S6993] New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980, on familysearch.org. [S8145] Find a Grave page for Edmund Wilson. [S8142] Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s & 30s ed. Lewis M. Dabney. New York: Library of America, 2007., month and year only. [S8143] Find a Grave page for Rev Thaddeus Wilson. [S8145] Find a Grave page for Edmund Wilson., year only.