- Henry Wilson - Encyclopedia Americana - Born in Farmington, N.H., on Feb. 16, 1812. His name, originally Jeremiah Jones Colbath, was legally changed in 1833. Elected vice president with Ulysses S. Grant in 1872, Wilson suffered a stroke in 1875 and died in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 22, 1875.
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