FRONT: REV. JAMES CHARLES WILSON A METHODIST MINISTER AND TEXAS PATRIOT BORN IN YORKSHIRE ENGLAND,AUG. 24,1818 DIED AT GONZALES,TEXAS,FEB.7,1861 IN MEMORY OF AMELIA WEAKLEY WIFE OF REV. JAMES C. WILSON BORN IN ALABAMA AUG.23,1828 DIED OCT.5,1906 BURIED AT ALICE, TEXAS ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS BACK: CAPTURED AT MIER, MEXICO, DEC.26, 1842 AND IMPRISONED IN CASTLE PEROTE. REFUSED TO CLAIM BRITISH PROTECTION, EVEN TO SECURE HIS RELEASE; SAID HE OWED ALLEGIANCE ONLY TO THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS WAS SENATOR IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS