Then Again: What was this respected Vermont doctor hiding?

John Wilson posed for this daguerreotype about five years before he died, in 1847. Neighbors knew him as a cultured man who worked as a doctor and school teacher.
Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”John Wilson hated to be the subject of speculation. But people couldn’t help themselves. He remained the talk of the town, even as he moved from town to tow