Joseph Kirkland

Wilkinson in 1863. He was also the literary editor of the Chicago Tribune. He resigned his Union Army commission and moved to Tilton Illinois where he married Theodosia B.

Wilkinson in 1863. He is best remembered as the author of two realistic novels of pioneer life in the Far West Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County and The McVeys. He was also the literary editor of the Chicago Tribune.