Frederick E. Wilson (1829-1917) was born in Vermont and died in Dayton, Ohio. He served as a soldier in the Mexican-American War from 1847 to 1848 then was captain of an Ohio regiment in the Civil War during the years 1861-1864. He was appointed Postmaster of David City, Nebraska, in 1885 and served for four years. He then served two terms as county judge for Butler County, Ohio. He was married four times: in 1849 to Mary M. Wilson (b. Cann) (d. 1863); in 1866 to Permelia H. Wilson (b. Jerard) (d. 1887); in 1889 to Nora Wilson (b. Johnson) (d. 1910); and in 1911 to Virginia Wilson (b. Hill) (d. 1917). Among these marriages he had thirteen children, eight of whom were surviving at the time of his death. He was a Mason, at one point being the high priest of the lodge of David City, Nebraska. Wilson wrote to Mary Baker Eddy in 1886 to follow up on an order for Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. Near the end of his life he went to live in a National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers located in Dayton.

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