Samuel Wilson (September 13, 1766 –July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer from Troy, New York whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".
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“Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten sons?”
—Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 1:8.
Hannah’s husband.
“Charles Eastman: There’s always a place at the plant for a boy like that.
Mrs. Eastman: But what are we going to do about him socially?
Earl Eastman: That’s easy. We can all leave town.”
—Michael Wilson (1914–1978)