wilson, the father of president wilson, was originally from steubenville, ohio. and had gone into the presbyterian ministry. when he first came to augusta, he was making $2,500 a year and was provided a home on green street, but in 1860, they liked him so much and they wanted him to stay, so they sweetened the pot, so to speak, and raised his salary to $3,000 a year. and bought a new house which is the one we're in today. where the family moved in 1860. to give you an idea of what $3,000 was in those days, most families in the united states depending on where they lived and their certain circumstances, but most families lived on between $300 and $800 a year, so he was making first $2,500 and then $3,000 a year, which was a large income. and we today own exactly the same property that the wilsons occupied in 1860s. this is the pass through study that joseph wilson would have spent a lot of his time during his congregational work, preparing sermons, meeting with parishioners, keeping congregational records. but it was remembered by woodrow wilson's younger brother