ALL MAKE FORTUNES
STRUCK OUT FOR THEMSELVES Cumberland Farmers’ Sons. Press Ahsocia ion—Copyrisbt. London, May t. Here is the record of the four sons of a Cumberland farmer. All four declined to follow in father’s footeteps. Thornes Wilson, the eldest, entered the building trade, and died at the age of eighty, leaving several hundred thousand pound's. Joseph left the farm to become a joiner, but later followed his brother's example. He built extensively in Full Ham and Tooting (London), and died worth £474,000.
John was in the drapery business at first, but he thought that building would be more profiable. He left £lll,OOO when he died. Isaac was also a draper at one time, but you can guess what he did. At the age of seventy he had been presented with the freedom of Mitcham (Surrey). His benefactions to thut town are valued at nearly £200,000.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 461, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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146ALL MAKE FORTUNES Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 461, 1 July 1937, Page 5
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