Artist

Augustus Aaron Wilson

born Mt. Desert Island, ME 1864-died Portland, ME 1950
Born
Mt. Desert Island, Maine, United States
Died
Portland, Maine, United States
Nationalities
  • American
Biography

Augustus Wilson was known as Gus to his friends and neighbors. He worked first as a fisherman and then as a lighthouse keeper at Spring Point Light in Portland, Maine. He enjoyed carving the aquatic birds that lived near his home and once sculpted a large rattlesnake, which he nailed to his garage roof.