Biographies
Oakland County Michigan
Walter John Wilson, physician; born, New York City, Jan. 25, 1848; son of John and Isabella Wilson; educated in country school, Southfield, Mich.; Birmingham (Mich.) High School; New York College of Pharmacy; graduate Detroit Medical College, degree of M. D., I879; married, Southfield, Apr. 9, 1873, Rebecca Jane Hutton. Resided in Oakland Co., Mich., 1850-68, in New York City, 1868-72; in retail drug business in Detroit, 1874-79; has practiced in Detroit since 1879. Republican. United Presbyterian. Member Wayne County Medical Society, Detroit Academy of Medicine (ex-president), Michigan State Medical Society, American Medical Association. Recreation: Reading. Office: i88 Alfred St. Residence: 199 Ferry Av.,
From the THE BOOK OF DETROITERS 1908 by Albert Nelson Marquis

