Edgar Brighton Wilson was born in
Chapel Hill, Tennessee on July 27, 1874. His father, James A. Wilson, was a veteran of the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War. His mother was Mary Graves. His paternal uncle,
Samuel Franklin Wilson, was a Confederate veteran and a judge. Wilson was educated at the Chapel Hill Academy. He graduated from
Cumberland University in 1893. He studied the law under his uncle, and he was admitted to the bar in 1894. ==Career==