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Caldwell's Illustrated Historical Atlas
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Adams County, Ohio

Publ. 1880

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  ZEPHANIAH WADE.     Zephania Wade located a farm that is now owned by John Morgan.  On this farm is a splendid spring, and on that account, Mr. Wade and Jacob Yocum both wanted this particular lot of land.  To decide which should have it, they agreed to shoot at a "mark" for choice.  They placed the target against a white oak tree, that stands in the boundaries of the road, that passes near this spring and house.  This tree is yet vigorous and healthy and still plainly shows, though healed over, the scars where the bullets were chopped  out, that lay embedded in the wood.  Mr. Wade won the choice, and built his house near the spring.  Here on the 20th of November, 1795, was born his daughter Christiana, now Mrs. Trenary, of Manchester, who was the first white child born in Monroe township.  Here Mr. Wade cleared up his farm, reared his family, one of whom is now the venerable Capt. William Wade, of Wrightsville, and here he lived the remainder of his life.  Since his decease, his old farm and home have passed into the hands of strangers, and the memories of those early years, with their incidents, that would now be so full of historic interest, are entombed in the endless night of oblivion.
Source: From Caldwell's Adams County, Ohio Atlas 1880 - Page 19
NOTE:  Zephaniah was spelled both ways in this biography. ~swick
  Jefferson Twp. -
JESSE WAMSLEY
- The grandfather of our subject of this sketch, Isaac Wamsley, was born in Germany and came to America sometime previous to the Revolutionary war.  At the same time he embarked, a brother took passage on another vessel for this country.  This last ship was lost at sea, and nothing was ever heard of it, or its crew.  The vessel that Isaac Wamsley came in landed at New York, and Mr. Wamsley settled near that city and worked at the sail making trade.  After the war was over, he removed to Horsehead, N. J., and engaged in farming where he remained about twelve years, then removed down the Ohio and settled opposite the mouth of Brush creek on the Kentucky side of the river.  In 1795 or '96 he settled on Olds Brush creek in Adams county, near the old Brush creek forge where he lived and died.  The farm he settled is now the property of Wesley Satterfield.  Sometime after Mr. Wamsley's arrival in this country, he married Leah Stout.  They reared a family of five children, four sons and a daughter.  One of the sons, named William, married Sarah Wikoff, of Kentucky, nad settled about a mile east of where the village of Wamsleyville has been since located.  Here he remained until 1817, when he came to Jefferson township and settled the farm now owned by his grandson, J. P. Wmsley.  He reared a family of eight children - all sons, who grew to manhood, married and raised families.  They all became members of the M. E. church, two of them ministers of that denomination.  But two of this family now survive, Jesse and Christopher.  The latter lives in Meigs township.  Jesse Wamsley has lived in Jefferson township all his life.  At the age of fourteen, he united with the M. E. church at Wamsleyville, was licensed to exhort at sixteen, and at the age of twenty-one, was licensed by the Presiding Elder, James Quinn, to preach, and was regularly ordained at Chillicothe, in 1836, by Bishop Soule.  He traveled in the ministry about three years, the first year as junior preacher with Rev. Cherington; next year he had had charge of the circuit.  He continued as a local preacher until the war, when a division occurred in the church, with which branch he united.  He married Mary McClintock.  They have reared a family of two children - both sons, James Pincher and William Finley Wamsley.
Source: From Caldwell's Adams County, Ohio Atlas 1880 - Page 21
  Wayne Twp. -
T. C. WASSON - The subject of this sketch is of Irish descent.  His grandfather, John Wasson, was a native of Ireland, and married in that country.  At an early day, he emigrated from there with his wife to America, and settled in Rockbridge county, Virginia, where he raised a numerous family.  Among his children, was a son named Thomas, who married Rebecca Cowan.  This Thomas Wasson and wife removed from Virginia to Ohio in 1804, and settled first one and a half miles east of Winchester, which was then a part of Wayne township, where he lived a year or two.  He then removed to Cherry Fork and settled near North Liberty, on the farm now owned by his son, T. C. Wasson, Esq.  He and his wife both united with the U. P. church at Cherry Fork, soon after its organization in 1805, of which they remained honored and consistent members through life.  Mr. Wasson cleared up his farm and lived on it, until his decease, Dec. 3, 1851, aged 73 years, 2 months and 24 days; his wife died Aug. 5, 1838, aged 60 years, 9 months and 2 days.  They __ in Cherry Fork graveyard.  They reared a family of six children, three sons and three daughters, who all grew to years of maturity and married.  After the death of his first wife, Mr. Wasson entered into a second marriage with Elkiah Spencer.  By this marriage he raised a son named William F., who was born Aug. 29, 1845.  This son enlisted in the war of the rebellion in Co. H., Capt. D. Urie, 173d Regt., O. V. I., Col. J. R. Hurd.  He died of disease at Johnsonville, Tennessee, Aug. 29, 1865.  Mr. Wasson's surviving children by his first wife, were named Samuel C., John F. T. C., Ellen Q., Rebecca and Polly Wasson, all of whom grew to years of maturity and married.  Samuel C., the oldest, married Jane Young, of Adams county.  They both fell victims to the cholera in 1849, Mr. Wasson dying on the 11th and Mrs. Wasson on the 13th of August.  Ellen Q., married Matthew Campbell, who has since deceased.  She now lives a widow in Promise City, Wayne county, Iowa.  John F. married Sarah McComas.  They live in Tippecanoe county, Indiana.  Rebecca married James M. Campbell who died, and she now lives a widow in Tipton county, Indiana.  Polly married Joshua Matthews.  They live in Missouri.  T. C. Wasson, the third son, whose name stands at the head of this article, and a sketch of whose home adorns the pages of this volume, was born on the old homestead, that he now owns, May, 20, 1812.  Here he grew up to manhood.  He married Miss Martha P. Campbell, Feb. 9, 1832.  They are the parents of eight children; one died in infancy; two, Margaret Ann and Rebecca M., died in early years.  The other five, named T. S. Wasson, Matilda Jane, James P., Martha M., and S. Y. Wasson, grew to years of maturity and married.  T. S. Wasson, the oldest, was born Feb. 22, 1833; was married to Miss E. J. Askren, Oct. 19, 1853.  He is engaged in farming in Wayne township, and is a ruling elder in the U. P. church at Cherry Fork.  Matilda Jane, born Mar. 17, 1836, married B. F. Pittenger, Sept. 10, 1857.  They live near Minneapolis, Ottawa county, Kansas.  Martha M., was born Feb. 8, 1840; married J. S. Glasgow, Oct. 18, 1860; lives in North Liberty.  S. Y. Wasson was born Nov. 5, 1851.  He graduated at Oxford College.  He followed the mercantile business in Gallipolis ten years, and represented Gallia county in the Legislature two terms.  He married Miss Jennie Henderson, of Butler county, Ohio, Sept. 3, 1867.  He is now engaged in farming in that county.  James P. was born Dec. 18, 1837; married Martha McIntire, Sep. 8, 1859.  He is now engaged in farming in Douglas county, Kansas.  In August, 1863, he enlisted in Co. G, Capt. Urie, 129th Regt., O. V. I.  Col. John commanding; served mostly in Kentucky and Tennessee; was in the fight of Cumberland Gap, and several smaller engagements, and was honorably discharged at the expiration of his time.   These children were all baptized in the U. P. church at Cherry Fork, of which they became members.  Two of them, Matilda Jane and Samuel Y., having removed outside the bounds of any U. P. church, have united with Presbyterian churches in their neighborhoods.  T. C. Wasson and his first wife, both united with the U. P. church at Cherry Fork, soon after their marriage, she remaining a member until her decease, and Mr. Wasson still continuing.  Mr. Wasson married for a second wife, Mrs. Eliza J. McNeil.  This lady was born in 1818, and was, in her infancy, baptized in the U. P. church at Tranquility.  She was married to Jesse McNeil, Oct. 20, 1836.  Soon after their marriage, they united with the U. P. church at Cherry Fork, of which they lived honored and consistent members.  Mr. McNeil was born Oct. 24, 1914, and died Sept. 4, 1852.  By this marriage Mrs. McNeil became the mother of eight children, four of whom died in infancy.  The four survivors who grew to years of maturity, were Mary Ann, John W., James G., and Jesse McNeil.  Mary Ann was born Dec. 3, 1837, and died Feb. 1, 1856; never married.  John W. was born June 10, 1841.  Enlisted in the service of his country, July 4, 1861, in Col. I., 4th Regt., Iowa Volunteer Infantry.  He participated in many of the hard fought battles of the war; was at the battle of Springfield, Missouri; at Pea Ridge, Arkansas; was through the whole siege of Vicksburg; was at the battles of Chattanooga; at Mission Ridge, etc.; was finally captured in March, 1864, while with a scouting party, somewhere in Georgia, and carried to Andersonville where he died June 16, 1864.  James G. was born Jan. 16, 1847; enlisted in the 46th Regt., Iowa Volunteer Infantry, Co. H., in May, 1864, and died of disease, brought on by taking cold after an attack of measles, at Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 4, 1864.  Jesse was born Feb. 14, 1853; married Jennie May  in March, 1873.  He resides in Wayne county, Iowa; engaged in farming; has two children, both boys.  In the fall of 1856, after her husband's death, Mrs. McNeil's parents, with her brothers and sisters, emigrating to Iowa, she accompanied them.  Upon their arrival there, they located in Wayne county, Mrs. McNeil settling in Promise City, while her parents located in the country adjoining the town.  Here she united with the U. P. church, by letter from Cherry Fork.  Here she lived, taking a lively interest in church affairs, and working actively in the Sabbath Schools, until 1872, when she became the wife of Mr. Wasson, with whom she returned to the neighborhood in which her earlier years were passed, again uniting with her old Cherry Fork church.  Now in the afternoon of life, Mr. Wasson and his lady, in their pleasant home amid the scenes of their early years, blessed with an abundance of this world's goods, are enjoying the fruits of their well spent labors, with the respect of all who knew them.
Source: From Caldwell's Adams County, Ohio Atlas 1880 - Page 22

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