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HENRY WETMORE, a successful farmer of Monroe township, Ashtabula county, was born Dec. 23, 1851, and has always lived on a farm.  His grandfather, Benjamin Wetmore, was born in Connecticut, and came from Middletown, that state, in 1818, to Ohio.  He came in the fall of the year, with an ox team, and brought his family with him.  He settled on a farm and spent the remainder of his life in Kelloggsville township, Ashtabula county.  He married Thankful Lucas, of Connecticut, and their children were: Elnathan, Ebenezer, Sally, Lucretia, John, Abigail, Eliza and Benjamin, all deceased.
     John Wetmore was a farmer and cleared land for the cultivation of wheat.  He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church.  He married Juliet Sands, born in 1823, and died in 1861.  Their children were: Henry; Thomas, born in 1853, lives in Texas; Ida, married W. G. Munyan, of Newport News, Virginia; and Julia married O. A. Lillie and lies in Sheffield township, Ashtabula county.
     Henry Wetmore was the oldest of the children.  He attended school at Kelloggsville.  He owns 120 acres of land and carries on general farming; he formerly conducted a dairy and raised considerable stock.  He is public-spirited and progressive, and takes interest in public affairs.  Politically he is a Republican.  Mr. Wetmore married Nora Blood, born Jan. 2, 1852, and their children are: Will, born Jan. 7, 1875, died in Apr., 1904; John, born Feb. 23, 1878, lives at home; and Belle, born Jun. 26, 1881, married Oliver Clark, and lives in Monroe township, near her parents.
Source: History of the Western Reserve By Harriet Taylor Upton And a staff of Leading Citizens collaborated on the Counties and Biographies - ILLUSTRATED - VOL. III - Publ.  The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago - New York - 1910 Page 1566 (See Note 1)
 

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Note 1:  Buried in Kelloggsville Cemetery, Kelloggsville, Ashtabula Co., Ohio

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