The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. F. H. Wilson
Mr. F. H. Wilson , the Proprietor, was born at Riverton in April, 1863, and educated at Orepuki. He was engaged in farming for a time, and afterwards in mining, and then took the Ranfurly Hotel, Orepuki, of which he was lessee for eight years, before acquiring the Family Hotel. Mr Wilson served as a volunteer in the Orepuki Hussars during the existence of that corps. He was married, in 1892, to a daughter of the late Mr John Forbes, of Orepuki, and has one son and one daughter.