Years active 1886–1933 Home town Wilson | Name Robert Lee Known for Lee Wilson & Company | |
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Full Name Robert Edward Lee Wilson Born March 5, 1865 ( 1865-03-05 ) Frenchman's Bayou, Mississippi County, Arkansas Resting place Wilson town square
35°34′7″N 90°2′33″W / 35.56861°N 90.04250°W / 35.56861; -90.04250 Other names R. E. L. Wilson, Lee Wilson Occupation Owner of Lee Wilson & Company, plantation owner, railroad builder, logger Successor Robert E. Lee Wilson Jr, James H. Crain Died September 27, 1933, Memphis, Tennessee, United States | ||
Board member of Arkansas State University | ||
Robert Edward Lee Wilson (March 5, 1865 – September 27, 1933) was the creator and owner of Lee Wilson and Company, a group of large cotton plantations in Mississippi County, Arkansas. Acquiring much of his father's former swamplands, Wilson formed a logging and farming business that would become one of the largest and most successful in the United States. Wilson founded many company towns for his workers, including Armorel, Marie, Victoria, and Wilson, and was one of the most influential Arkansans of his time. A period company brochure claims the Wilson & Company grounds to be the world's largest plantation.
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