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
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