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History of Hocking Valley, Ohio
Together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships,
Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political
History, Portrait of Prominent Persons, and
Biographies of Representative Citizens.
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ARCHIBALD B. WALKER
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DANIEL WALKER
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GEORGE WALKER
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GEORGE RALPH WALKER
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JOHN HENRY WALKER
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THEODORE C. WALKER
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WILLIAM WALKER
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JOHN SHAW WALLACE
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THOMAS WALSH
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TIMOTHY BURR WARDEN
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JOSHUA WAREHIME, farmer, oldest
son of John and Mariah (NIozum) Warehime, was born near Barnesville,
Ohio, Aug. 8, 1830. When twelve years of age his parents removed to
Noble County where he lived until manhood, working on a farm and attending
the common schools. At the age of twenty-one years he rented lands and
farmed two years. He then removed to Morgan County and purchased a
farm, and lived there about twenty years. In 1869 he came to Athens
County and purchased a farm where he lived nine years when he traded it for
the one on which he now resides. Nov. 19, 1850, he married Nancy,
daughter of Hugh and Jane (Moreland) McCathrin, of Noble County,
Ohio. They have three children - Maria E., wife of Henry M.
Copely, of Fairfield County; Margaret, wife of William H.
Hinton, of Athens County, and Jacob, of Fairfield County.
Mr. and Mrs. Warehime are members of the Protestant Methodist church.
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NEHEMIAH O. WARREN, was born Sept.
22, 1799, in Connecticut, and when twenty-one years of age went to Hudson,
N. Y., where he was engaged in the live-stock business about five years.
He then came to Athens County, Ohio, and located in Canaan Township,
remaining there till 1871, engaged in various kinds of business. He
established his first dry-goods store in 1840, in Guysville, and afterward
started a store in Stewart. In 1871 he came to Rome Township, and now
lives on a fine farm of 450 acres. In 1879 he discontinued his commercial
career, and is now settling up his business with a view to living a more
retired life. Mr. Warren claims to have bought and sold
more horses than any other man in the county, and has probably borrowed more
money and paid more interest than any other man. He at one time owned
over 1,600 acres of land. He was married April 19, 1818, to Hannah
Deway, a native of Connecticut, born June 27, 1800. They had a
family of nine children, five now living—Jane, born Feb. 2, 1819;
Hannah, March 12, 1821; Levinda, April 16, 1831; Elizabeth,
Sept. 14, 1833; Joseph W., July 30, 1838. Mrs.
Warren died Jan. 31, 1866. Mr. Warren has been four
times married. He was married the last time to Mary Frost,
May 31, 1874. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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WM. JOHN WARRENER
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JAMES K. WATKINS
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ALBERT WATSON
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WILLIAM WEATHERBY
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C. D. B. WEBSTER
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F. W. WEDGE
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Dover Twp. -
J. P. WEETHEE is descended from
New England parentage. His father, Daniel Weethee, and his
mother, Lucy Wilkins, came from Southern New Hampshire to Ohio in
1798. Mr. Weethee settled in Dover Township, Athens County.
Miss Wilkins being then single lived with her parents in the vicinity
of Athens. After their marriage they began their log-cabin life on
Sunday Creek, in North Dover. An unbroken wilderness covered that part
of the county. The Indians were there, but were preparing to move
toward the distant West. This couple had no company for some years but
the red man and the wild beasts of the impenetrable forests - the bear the
panther and numerous packs of wolves, which congregated on hills and points
in early eve to hold their night revels, and serenade the stars. Such
a life was in gloomy contrast to the refined society of their New England
homes. They were young, however, and a bright future was in
anticipation.
Mrs. Weethee ended a long and quiet life on the
same farm, while her husband, who survived her some years, died in Ames
Township. They now sleep quietly together on a rise of ground, which
commands a pleasing view of their early wilderness home.
J. P. Weethee, the subject of this memoir, was
one of a numerous family born in a wilderness. His early thoughts were
such as his surroundings would naturally suggest. His infancy,
childhood and early youth were confined exclusively to Sunday Creek, and to
what his Sunday Creek home was able to teach. His childhood was
without any except parental instruction. His schooling in early youth
was confined to two or three months in the year. His teachers knew
nothing of the science of geography, had but limited knowledge of the higher
rules of arithmetic, and very seldom taught even the first principles of
English grammar. Under such imperfect tuition Mr. Weethee spent
his first fifteen years. With a view to a more educational turn of
life Mr. Weethee, in the fall of 1827, entered the Academical
Department of the Ohio University. Being so imperfectly drilled in the
primary branches, and knowing little else than the uncouth manners of
backwoods boys, his progress in Latin and in other branches was by no means
flattering to himself or to the expectations of his relatives. He has
often remarked that his first year at the University was apparently thrown
away, and yet it prepared his constitution for the severe drill which
followed in after years. It was a preparatory year. In the fall
of 1832, one--half year being occupied in teaching, Mr. Weethee took
the degree of A. B., and that fall, about a month after his graduation, he
commenced the study of medicine, under the private tuition of A. V.
Medbery, M. D., a practicing physician of Athens. Under his
instruction Mr. Weethee continued two years. The miscellaneous
exercises of those two years opened up to Mr. Weethee a new field of
future usefulness. During he vacation that followed his graduation, a
camp-meeting was held by Rev. John Morgan and others. In the
great revival of that camp-meeting, Mr. Weethee made a profession of
faith in Christ, and during the following winter joined the Athens church of
that denomination.
During the two years of Mr. Weethee's medical
studies he was occupied in Sabbath-schools, in various religious meetings
and in Scripture investigations. Another field of future usefulness,
one that seemed more vitally important, now called his attention - the
ministry; for to do good, rather than to make money, appeared to Mr.
Weethee the highest motive of existence. In the fall of
1834 Mr. Weethee went to Pittsburg, Penn., and placed himself
under the care of the Pennsylvania Presbytery of the Cumberland
Presbyterian church and commenced his studies for the ministry under Rev.
J. Morgan, the Pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian congregation at
Uniontown, Pa. At the location was Madison College, whose first
President was Rev. H. B. Bascom, the great orator of the time.
Difficulties in the Methodist Episcopal church finally caused the college to
suspend. By invitation of the trustees he opened a school in the
college building. For the first three weeks he ahd but three pupils.
He remained at the college eight years, graduated classes, and saw for years
over 100 students during each session. Those were for Mr. Weethee
(he being President) years of great mental exercise. He had at times
to fill each professorship. He commenced teaching at sunrise, and
usually heard from fifteen to twenty classes a day. On Saturdays he
rode eighteen miles to a church, preached at night and on Sabbath at 11
A.M., and rode home in the afternoon ready to commence college exercises on
Monday morning. He had no mental vacation. In 1842 Mr.
Weethee was elected to the Presidency of Beverly College, Washington
County, Ohio, and in the fall of that year he moved to Beverly and took
charge of the institution. This college was placed under the care of
the Pennsylvania synod of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. It being
in the vicinity of Marietta College, an old and well-established
institution, its prospects were by no means flattering. During his
first winter (1842-'3) Mr. Weethee took his first departure from what
is generally regarded the "Orthodox faith."
On examining the prophecies relative to the future,
more especially those of Daniel ii, vii., viii. and ix., and of the
Apocalypse, Mr. Weethee concluded that those chains of prophecy were
about to close, and as they brought the Son of Man again from heaven he
believed that the advent was near. He considered it his duty to make
public his convictions, being fully persuaded that the message would be glad
tidings to all that loved his appearing. Opposition to those doctrines
soon taught Mr. Weethee that Paul was mistaken when he said,
"that a crown was laid up for all that loved his appearing," or that there
were but few Christians. Opposition, however, did not deter him from
proclaiming the truth. Wherever amongst all denominations a door was
opened, Mr. Weethee was heard in heralding the coming Redeemer.
In the fall of 1844 Mr. Weethee, by invitation,
visited Cincinnati, where he continued to preach during part of the winter.
In the following spring (1845) he removed to Cincinnati and took charge of
the Second Advent congregation, with which he continued till the spring of
1848. His ministerial labors while residing in the Queen City were
constant and quite severe. In the spring of 1848 he removed to Boston,
Mass., and took charge of the Chardon Street Church, where he remained till
the fall of 1851. During his sojourn in Boston Mr. Weethee's
labors in the great proclamation were more arduous than at Cincinnati.
He was called to attend tent meetings in various parts of New England.
He held protracted meetings in New York City, continuing six weeks, he
speaking every night; also at Philadelphia, Lancaster, Baltimore, Brooklyn,
Providence, Worcester, Bangor, Me., Woodstock on the St. John's, N. B.,
Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in various other locations in the East.
While residing in Boston, Mr. Weethee took his second departure from
popular orthodoxy, and rejection of man's natural immortality, and the
doctrine of endless torment. He holds Paul's declaration to be
literally true, that "the wages of sin is death [not eternal conscious
torments], but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our
Lord."
In the fall of 1851 Mr. Weethee returned again
to Ohio, visiting Cleveland and Cincinnati. In a severe winter he
returned from Cincinnati to Sunday Creek, the place of his nativity.
In the fall of 1853 he took charge of the Amesville Academy, and continued
in that institution two years teaching and preaching.
In the summer of 1855 he was elected President of
Waynesburg College, located at Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa. This
college belonged, in its management, to the Pennsylvania Synod of the
Cumberland Presbyterian Church. In the fall of 1855 Mr. Weethee
removed to Waynesburg and entered upon his duties as President of the
college. In that institution was a female department so constructed
(not by the charter) as to give two heads to one institution. This
arrangement did not suit his ideas of a college. Still he continued
there till the fall of 1858, when he resigned and returned to Ohio.
During Mr. Weethee's Presidency the number of students increased from
70 to 143. He was not forced to leave, but he deemed it best so to do.
He graduated three classes. During his sojourn in Waynesburg he was
called upon by the citizens to do much of the preaching. By request of
the citizens he delivered a course of seven lectures, two hours each, to
large audiences, on the nature and destiny of man.
In 1865 Mr. Weethee commenced teaching at his
own residence which afterward grew into Weethee College, which was
incorporated. Many students attended this institution. Its
location is high and commanding and the site unusually healthy. Owing
to its surroundings the institution has never commanded, at any one time, a
large number of students; still it has had a reasonable patronage.
Mr. Weethee put all his means into the buildings, apparatus and cabinet,
and consequently cramped himself as to his pecuniary resources. From
1869 to 1875-'6 he was a worker in the Atlantic & Lake Erie Railway scheme,
which afterward was changed to the Ohio central. His labors of nearly
seven years were lost in that enterprise. He was a Director and
attended the last meeting of its board. That Ohio Central is the
father of the present Ohio Central.
Mr. Weethee consumed time in geological
researches to ascertain the mineral resources of Sunday Creek Valley.
His reports are found in parts of the State geological reports of Dover and
Trimble townships, Athens County. From 1876 to the present time
(183) he has resided at his own quiet home on Mount Auburn, North Dover,
Sunday Creek Valley. He spends his time principally in writing on the
prophetic Scriptures, which are published weekly in a religious periodical
called The Restitution. His views on great moral and
religious topics are unpopular, yet he is fearless in proclaiming his
convictions. He thinks it safer to please God than to bow to the
opinions of men. On all Scripture doctrines he consults the original Hebrew
and Greek. What they teach he receives as the Divine voice.
Mr. Weethee's habits have always been
strictly temperate, mostly teetotal. He has never made use of tobacco,
regarding the practices of chewing and smoking filthy, intemperate and
morally degrading. He never uses ardent spirits as a beverage.
He pities the weakness of the drunkard, and utterly abhors the drunkard
makers. Had he the power dram-shops would immediately cease from the
earth, and men from necessity would remain sober. He is therefore a
high type of prohibitionism. He uses neither tea nor coffee. The
proceeds of these habits he devotes to the proclamation of the glad tidings
of Christ's coming and reign.
At the age of twenty-four years he married
Miss Ann C. Krepps, of Philadelphia, with whom he is now
living. She has always been to him, what every wife should be, a
helpmate. A lady of deep religious convictions, she has always aided
her husband, by her industry and strict economy, to carry the gospel to the
poor. Depriving herself of all luxuries she saves means to send to the
aid of missionary efforts in distant lands, especially to the Hebrews.
Ten miles due north of Athens in the valley of Sunday
Creek, in a beautiful Gothic cottage on Mount Auburn, lives this couple in
peace and in domestic quietude, Mrs. Weethee diligently
occupied with her domestic affairs and with her garden of choice flowers,
watching also the signs of the times, while her husband at his desk, pen in
hand, choice books before and around him, sends forth weekly articles
from the prophecies. Though living in retirement, yet by means of his
pen he speaks weekly in various cities of the United States, Canada,
England, Scotland, Holland, Switzerland, Jerusalem, India, New Zealand and
to other parts of the world, looking for that blessed hope, the appearing of
the Great God, even our Savior, Jesus, the Christ.
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Dover
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LAURENTIUS WEETHEE, deceased, late of Dover Township, was born on the old
homestead in North Dover, on Sunday Creek, Mar. 10, 1810, and is a brother
of Prof. Perkins Weethee, of this township. Our subject was
educated in the common schools. The family removed out of the old
house into the new one when he was four years old, and he lived there until
his death, and ate within two feet of the same place for sixty-four years.
He was married Feb. 25, 1826, to Lucy Nye. They had three
children, but one now living - Lydia, now Mrs. Dr. Sprague, of
Toronto, Canada, Mrs. Weethee died Feb. 23, 1864, and Oct. 1, 1865,
he married Mrs. Nancy Johnson, daughter of John D. Johnson, of
Pennsylvania. They had three children - Emma, Albert and
Lucy. Mr. Weethee died Mar. 28, 1879. He was a man of very
marked character, honest upright, benevolent, and the poor man's friend.
He was a kind neighbor, and true Christian gentleman. He was a farmer
and stock-raiser, and owned 540 acres of valuable land.
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JOHN WELCH
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City of Nelsonville -
JOHN FORBES WELCH
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JOHNSON MORTON WELCH
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City of Nelsonville -
ALBERT H. WELLS, farmer and
stock-raiser, was born in Athens County, Ohio, March 18, 1847, the youngest
son of Samuel J. Wells. He lived with his parents till manhood,
attending and afterward teaching school in Athens County. In 1868 he
went to Missouri and remained a year, returning again to Athens County,
Sept. 25, 1869. He married Electa, daughter of Thomas M.
Boyles. They have one son - Samuel J. Mr. Wells is a
member of Nelsonville Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M. He has held the
office of Township Treasurer seven terms.
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Trimble Twp. -
WILLIAM J. WELLS, farmer, sixth
son of William and Nancy (Stephens) Wells, was born in Monroe County,
Ohio, Oct. 15, 1828, and lived there with his parents until manhood, working
on a farm. He received a common-school education. At the age of
twenty-one years he purchased a farm in Monroe County. In 1853 he
removed to Morgan County, Ohio, and purchased a farm near Mountsville.
In 1863 he removed to Saline County, Ill., and lived one year when he
returned to Morgan County, Ohio. In 1871 he came to Athens County and
purchased the farm on which he now resides. Oct. 11, 1849, he married
Hannah, daughter of Aaron and Elizabeth (Stephens) Morris, of
Noble County, Ohio. They had four children - James, of Athens
County; Aaron, of Morgan County; Nancy J., wife of Daniel
Masters of Hocking County; Mary E., wife of J. W. Howard,
of Athens County. May 5, 1860, his wife died in her thirty-third year.
May 10, 1861, he married Sarah, daughter of Simeon and Nancy
(Timmons) Hale, of Morgan County. They have three children -
Julia, wife of C. Edwards, of Athens County; Pearly and
Bessie, at home.
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EDMUND WHEELER
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JEREMIAH OUEY WHIPPLE
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York Twp. -
JESSE W. WHITE, farmer and
stockraiser, was born in York Township, Athens County, Oct. 29, 1843, a son
of Joseph and Margaret (Allen) White. He was reared on a farm and
educated in the common schools. He enlisted Aug. 3, 1862, in Company
A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry, and participated in many hard-fought
battles. Among the more prominent were: Hoover's Gap,
Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, and with
Sherman on his march to the sea, serving until the close of the war,
when he was discharged, June 22, 1865, and returned to his native county.
He was married Mar. 15, 18i66, to Miss Angeline S. A. Wilt, a native
of Hocking County. They have had eight children, seven now living -
Ida V., Mintor L., Emma M., Earl R., Clarence R., Rolley A., and
Warren H. Mr. White has farm of 2896 acres of improved
land under a high state of cultivation.
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S. C. WHITE
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Trimble Twp. -
THOMAS R. WHITE, dealer in drugs and
medicines, son of G. K. and Hannah (Scott) White, was born in Morgan
County, Ohio, Apr. 7, 1851, and lived there with his parents until manhood.
At the age of eighteen years he went to work on a farm for his uncle, F.
D. Scott. When twenty years of age he engaged with Brown Manley
Plow Company, a Malta, Ohio, as a carpenter, for three years, reading
medicine during the time with a view of going into the drug business.
In the spring of 1874 he purchased an interest in a portable saw-mill and
ran the mill three years under the firm name of White & Hamilton.
In September, 1877, he sold his mill interest, and in November of the same
year purchased a drug store of Sanborn & Co., at Winsor, Morgan Co.,
Ohio, and was in the business there until May, 1880, when he sold his store
to W. E. Gatewood and clerked for him three months. Oct. 19,
1881, he located in Trimble, where he is now engaged in the drug business,
owning the property and doing a lively and increasing business. He was
Township Clerk of Winsor Township, Morgan Co., Ohio, one year. Dec.
14, 1879, he married Alice, daughter of Abel S. and Jane (Forsyth)
Newton. They have two children, twin boys, Clifton S. and
Clinton C.
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HADLEY H. WICKHAM
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JAY WILDER
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ABRAHAM M. WILLIAMS
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WILBUR M. WILLIAMS
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ANDREW J. WILLMARTH was born in
Fairfield, Franklin Co., Vt., June 17, 1811. His father, Rufus W.
Willmarth, was also a native of Fairfield and a son of Ephraim
Willmarth, a Revolutionary officer, who was wounded at the battle of
Bennington. the Willmarths are descendants of John Willmarth,
who came from England to America in a very early day. Our subject's
Grandfather Willmarth came to Muskingum County, Ohio, with his
parents in 1818, and to this county in 1832, where he has since resided
except three years spent in Clinton County, Ohio. He was married in
the fall of 1833 to Sarah, daughter of Jacob Larue They
had one child - Sarah, now Mrs. Madison. Mrs. Willmarth
died and he married, May 15, 1867,Mary, daughter of James Pugsley.
Mr. Wilmarth owns 137½ acres of valuable
land.
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City of Nelsonville -
AMOS JOSEPH WILSON,
junior partner of the firm of Wilson Brothers, was born at Wolf's
Plains, Athens County, Sept. 10, 1852. He is the youngest of the six
sons of Eben and Jane C. (Matheny) Wilson, with whom he lived till he
was eighteen years of age, receiving his education in the district school of
his native place. On leaving home, he was employed in the Brook's coal
mine at Nelsonville for two years, after which he worked at the carpenter's
trade for three years. From 1875 until 1881 he was again engaged in
coal-mining, after which he became associated with his brothers in the
mercantile business at Nelsonville. On Apr. 4, 1875, he married
Miss Sadie, daughter of Philemon and Mary (White) Crawford, of
Pennsylvania. Their children are - Blanche Nell and Mabel
Coe. He is a Knight of Pythias, of York Lodge, No. 75, of
Nelsonville.
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MRS. DORCUS WILSON
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City of Nelsonville -
EBEN WILSON, son of Eben
and Jane C. (Matheny) Wilson, was born at Wolf's Plains, Athens County,
June 17, 1849. When twelve years of age, he went to Athens and began
to learn the trade of printing in the office of the Messenger with
Thomas Wilds, and continued with his successor, Jesse Van Law.
He then worked in the Journal office for a time, and on Sept. 20,
1869, he came to Nelsonville, and was employed in the coal mines till 1873.
In the fall of 1874 he went to partnership with his brother Josiah in
the boot and shoe business, which they carried on till the spring of 1878,
when they engaged in general merchandising. He was married to Miss
Allie Austin, of Richmond, May 5, 1881. Mr. Wilson is a
Knight of Pythias, of York Lodge, No. 75, of Nelsonville, of which he is
Past Chancellor. He has represented his lodge for two years in the
Grand Lodge of Ohio.
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City of Nelsonville -
JEHIEL GREGORY WILSON,
operator in coal, Nelsonville, was born at Wolf's Plains, Athens Co., Ohio,
May 13, 1834, where he was reared. He is the eldest of six sons of
Eben and Jane C. (Matheny) Wilson, with whom he lived until he was
twenty years of age, and was educated in the common school, also attending
the Ohio University at Athens two years. After leaving the University,
in 1856, he taught school in Athens County one year. May 10, 1857, he
married Miss Jennie M. Brown, of Athens County, daughter of
Ephraim Brown, of Sunday Creek, and went to Zaleski, Ohio, and engaged
in dealing in lumber for a year. In 1858 he went to Flora, Clay Co.,
Ill., and engaged in farming until 1862, when he was employed as a carpenter
on the Ohio & Mississippi Railroad until 1866, when he returned to Athens
County and engaged in the manufacture of wagons and carriages for twelve
years. In 1878 he located at Nelsonville, where he kept a hotel one
year, when he engaged in his present business. He has five children -
Ota, Lincoln, Charles, George and Leon. Himself and wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Nelsonville. He has
been a Class-Leader for six years and Sunday-school Superintendent ten
years.
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City of Nelsonville -
JOSIAH WILSON, of the
mercantile firm of Wilson Brothers, of Nelsonville, was born at
Wolf's Plains, Athens Co., Ohio, Sept. 20, 1843, where he was reared and
educated in the district school. He is the son of Eben and Jane C.
(Matheny) Wilson, with whom he lived until he was twenty years of age,
when he went to Hocking County and was employed in the Floodwood coal mines
eleven years. In 1874 he came to Nelsonville and opened a boot and
shoe store, and soon after his brother Eben became associated with
him under the firm name of Wilson Brothers and in 1882 Amos J.,
a younger brother, became a partner in the firm. Oct. 19, 1865, he was
married to Miss Emma Burrell, of Nelsonville. They are the
parents of two children - Harry L. and Clarence Almond.
He and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of Nelsonville.
He has been a member of that body for twenty-one years, and has been a
Class-Leader about six years. He is a Knight of Pythias, a member of
York Lodge, No. 75, of Nelsonville. In 1878 he was elected a member of
the School Board of Nelsonville, and re-elected in 1882.
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REV. ROBERT G. WILSON, D. D., a native of
North Carolina, was born Dec. 30, 1768. He graduated at Dickinson
College, Carlisle, Pa., and, after studying theology, was ordained to preach
May 22, 1794. He spent the first ten or eleven years of his ministry
in Abbeville District, S. C.; removed thence, in 1805, to Chillicothe, O.,
where he was for nineteen years Pastor of the Presbyterian church. In
1824 he was elected President of the Ohio University, and during the next
fourteen years administered its affairs with ability and success. In
1838, at the age of seventy, he resigned his position. He died Apr.
17, 1851.
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Lee
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JOHN T. WINN was born in Canada West, Oct. 7, 1812. In 1816 he
moved to Meigs County, Ohio, and in September, 1834, came to Athens County,
and has since lived in Lee Township. He owns 300 acres in this
township and 130 acres in Knox Township, Vinton County. He was married
June 2, 1840, to Mary A. Graham, a native of Meigs County, born March
12, 1820. They had four children—A. J., born June 10, 1841, now
living in Knox County, Ill.; Mary E. born Nov. 12, 1842, now Mrs.
A. M. Aplin; Nancy M., born March 2, 1846, now living in San
Bernardino, Cal.; John H., born May 7, 1850. Mrs. Winn
died March 20, 1851. Oct. 20, 1852, Mr. Winn married Phoebe B.
Ripley, a native of Morgan County, born Aug. 19, 1825. They have
three children—Wm. S., Lucy A. and Benjamin F. Mrs. Winn is a
member of the Methodist church. Mr. Winn is a member of
Lodge No. 156, A. F. & A. M. In 1872 he was admitted to the bar of
Athens County. He has served as County Commissioner one term and
Justice of the Peace three years. In 1860 he went to the Rocky
Mountains, forty miles west of Denver, returning to Athens County after a
year’s absence.
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HIRAM G. WITHERS
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York Twp. -
JOSEPH WOLF
was born in
Porter County, Ind., Jan. 1, 1836, a son of William and Mary (Matheny)
Wolf. His grandfather, Christopher Wolf, came to Athens
County in 1797 and settled on what has long been known as Wolf's Plains,
near the city of Athens. He was prominently identified with the early
settlement of Athens County. Our subject was brought by his parents to
Athens County when an infant, and lived here till six years of age.
His parents then removed to Hocking County where he was reared and educated.
Upon reaching his majority he bought the farm where he now resides, in York
Township. He is one of the most successful farmers of the township,
his farm showing that a man of superior judgment and skillful
management is at its head. It connection with farming he has been
extensively engaged in the manufacturer of lumber, and for five years was
superintendent of the coal mines at Old Floodwood. Mr. Wolf is
a practical business man, and through his own industry and accumulated his
large property. He has 600 acres of fine land, valuable both for
agriculture and mineral resources. His home is beautifully located in
the heart of the Hocking Valley coal regions. His residence, situated
in the valley, surrounded by natural shade and ornamental trees, his
commodious stables and farm buildings, indicate the thrifty farmer.
Nov. 15, 1857, Mr. Wolf married Sarah N., daughter of James
Rodgers, who was prominently identified with the early settlement of
Hocking Valley. Twelve children have been born to them, eleven still
living - Frank L., Eugene O., Charles J., Sylvester E., Lizzie B., James
W., Dora M., Homer V., Minnie F., Nellie B., Mertie A. Cora A.
died in infancy. Mr. Wolf is giving his children the advantage
of a good practical education. He is a public spirited man and subscribes
liberally to all laudable enterprises that benefit and interest his
township. He and his wife have been members of the Methodist church
twenty-eight years and tcake an interest in all that pertains to their
church. Mr. Wolf is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, A.
F. & A. M., and Hockhocking Lodge, No. 339, I. O. O. F.
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EZRA H. WOLFE was born in Ames Township,
Athens Co., Ohio, Dec. 15, 1833, a son of George P. and Eliza (Walker)
Wolfe. He was reared on a farm, and received his education in the
common schools, residing with his parents until he was twenty-three years of
age, when he went to Lee County, Ill., and remained two years. He was
married Feb. 26, 1860, to Miss Polly Swett, a daughter of Johnson
and Polly Swett, who were among the pioneers of this county.
By this union there are five children—Addie A., Lolie B., A. O., Lizzie
L. and Frank C. After his marriage he remained on the old
homestead for about three years, when he purchased a farm of sixty-six
acres, which he added to from time to time until it contained 100 acres of
improved land, where he resided seven years. In 1871 he purchased the
farm where he now lives, in Homer Township, Morgan County. It contains
150 acres of good land, under a high state of cultivation. Mr.
Wolfe takes great interest in all the political questions of the day,
and casts his suffrage with the Republican party.
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JOSEPH H. WOLFE, Homer Township, Morgan
County, was born in Porter County, Ind., Jan. 22, 1835, a son of
Frederick and Margret Wolfe, who were natives of Ames Township, Athens
County. When he was two years of age he came to Athens County with his
parents, where he was reared on a farm and received his early education in
the common schools, completing it in the Normal School at Albany, Lee
Township, Athens Co., Ohio. After leaving school he engaged in farming
in the summer and teaching school in winter for about six years. He
was married Nov. 1, 1855, to Nancy A. Sayers, a daughter of Stacy
Sayers, who came to Athens County from Marshall, W. Va., in 1835.
They have five children —Stacy F., Lona H., Nina R., Margie C.
and Ettie J. Mr. Wolfe is the owner of 320 acres of
improved land. He has been elected to nearly all the local offices in
the township. Mrs. Wolfe is a member of the Church of the
Disciples. He is a member of A. F. & A. M., Bishopville Lodge.
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York Twp. -
WILLIAM S. WOLLETT, son
of Peter and Ann Eliza (Davis) Wollett, was born Mar. 2, 1846, in
York Township. His parents came from Bedford County, Pa., in 1832, and
located in Athens Township, Athens Co., Ohio. In 1844 they came to
York Township, where William S. was reared and educated. He
enlisted Aug. 2, 1862, in Company A, Ninety-second Ohio Infantry. He
remained in West Virginia till the spring of 1863 and then joined the Army
of the Cumberland and participated in many hard-fought battles, among them
Chattanooga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Mountain, Atlanta, and was with Sherman
to the sea. he was mustered out June 22, 1865, and returned to Athens
County. He soon after took a trip through the Western States,
returning in May, 1867, when he purchased the farm where he has since
resided. He has 167 acres of good land and one of the finest orchards
in the township. He was married Apr. 18, 1868, to Lucinda J. Haines,
of Athens County. They are the parents of one child which died Mar. 6,
1869. Mr. and Mrs. Wollett are members of the Christian church.
He is a member of Philodorean Lodge, No. 157, A. F. & A. M., and Hockhocking
Lodge, No. 399, I. O. O. F.
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JAMES PERRY WOOD
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JOSEPH MAUK WOOD
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R. M. WOOD, section 7, Alexander Township, was
born in this township Aug. 21, 1827, a son of William and Margaret
(Brooks) Wood. He was reared on a farm, receiving but a limited
education in the common schools. In February, 1848, he married
Amanda Drake, of this township. They have eight children -
Emma, William, Fremont, Cassie, Eulelia, Estella, Carrie and Jennie
In 1867 Mr. Wood removed to Meigs County, where he lived two years.
In 1869, he bought the farm where he now resides. He has ninety-six
acres of land well cultivated with good improvements. During the war
Mr. Wood was taken prisoner by Morgan's men, and lost two fine
horses.
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City of Nelsonville -
LEWIS CLINTON WOODARD,
a clerk with Parker & McGill, of Nelsonville, was born in Starr
Township, Hocking County, Apr. 27, 1851. He is the fourth of five sons
of Ichabod and Eleanor (Nelson) Woodard, his mother being a daughter
of Daniel Nelson, the founder of Nelsonville. He first attended
the district school of the township, after which he went to Union High
School at Logan, completing his education at the Ohio University at Athens.
He began to teach in 1871, and taught in several schools in Hocking County,
until 1881, when he came to Nelsonville and engaged in butchering,
continuing in that business till the spring of 1883. He then
accepted his present position. He was married Apr. 26, 1881, to
Miss Jennie Gilliam, of Nelsonville, and both are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church of that place.
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City of Nelsonville -
W. N. WOODARD was born in
Starr Township, Sept. 29, 1841. He is a son of Ichabod and Eleanor
Woodard. He is a grandson of Daniel Nelson, the founder of
Nelsonville, and one of the early settlers and old pioneers of this county,
who died about 1835 or 1836. Ichabod Woodard died on his farm
in Starr Township, Mar. 16, 1868. Mr. Woodard received a common
education in the public schools of his township. He enlisted July 25,
1862, at the age of twenty-one years, in Company E, Ninetieth Ohio Infantry,
and was in several battles of importance, under General Sherman.
Mar. 25, 1875, he was married to Violet Smith, a daughter of John
and Sarah Smith, of Moundsville, W. Va. They are the parents of
four children, three of which are living - Estella V., Lulu and
Clyde B. John C. died when he was about six weeks old.
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HARVEY WRIGHT, carpenter and contractor,
was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, May 10, 1836. At the age
of twelve he went to Washington County, Ohio, and remained eight years.
At the. expiration of that time he came to New England and lived two years,
then went to Sugar Creek, Athens County, where he lived four years. In
1862 he again moved to New England, where he has since remained, building
railroad bridges and working at the carpenter's trade. He married,
Dec. 6, 1861, Susan Smith, who was born in Columbiana County,
Ohio, Dec. 6, 1835. They are the parents of three children—Minnie
M., born Nov. 6, 1864; Perley S., Jan. 4, 1868; William H.,
March 5, 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are members of the
Presbyterian church. Henry Wright, the father of Harvey,
was born in New Fork in 1803, and died in 1867. His mother, Louisa
(Otis) Wright, was born in New York in 1804, and is still living in
Athens County, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright had a family of
fifteen children, seven living—John N., Simeon M., Henry H., Harvey,
Sophia, Electa and James O. Thomas Smith, Mrs. Harvey Wright’s
father, was born in Pennsylvania, in October, 1809, and died in 1879.
Her mother, Sarah (Draper) Smith, was born in Pennsylvania in 1809,
and is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have had seven
children, six living—Julia A., Thomas D., Susan D., Celisa, Mary C.
and Louisa B.
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FREDERICK C. WYATT
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Bern Twp. -
GEORGE WYATT,
deceased, was born in Ames Township, Athens Co., Ohio, Aug. 21, 1821, the
oldest child of John and Emily (Carpenter) Wyatt, and a grandson of
Joshua Wyatt, who was prominently identified with the first settlers
of Ames Township. He was reared on a farm and received his education
in the schools at Amesvile, and by strict attention to his study he obtained
more than an ordinary education. He was married Dec. 20, 1842, to
Miss Drusilla Tedrow, a daughter of Jacob and Mary
Tedrow, who were among the pioneers of Rome Township. They had
ten only eight now living - Emily (deceased), Julia A., Chancey
P., Mary J., George E., Nettie L. (deceased), Charles S., Genevieve A.,
Leonna D., Byron W. Mr. Wyatt came on the farm where his family
now lives immediately after his marriage. He and his wife have been
members of the Presbyterian church since 1842. Mr. Wyatt was
foremost in lending his influence and donating from his own liberal means to
every laudable enterprise that would be of interest and benefit to the
county in which he resided. Besides caring well for those of his own
household, he was not unmindful of the wants of others, and was the means of
relieving the wants of many. He died Apr. 9, 1873.
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Trimble Twp. -
JACOB L. WYATT, farmer, the fifth son of
John and Catherine (Michael) Wyatt, was born in Athens County, Ohio,
Oct. 8, 1833. At twenty-one years of age he began farming on rented
land. When twenty-seven years of age he purchased a farm in Trimble
Township. In 1868 he sold his farm and rented until 1872, when he
again purchased in Trimble Township. In 1874 he sold this farm and
rented until 1876, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides.
He has served as Township Trustee six years. Nov. 21, 1854, he married
Rebecca, daughter of Samuel and Rachel (Cook) Miller, of
Morgan County, Ohio. They had five children - Hester, wife of
William Druggan, of Athens County; Alice, wife of Albert Johnson,
of Morgan County; Laura, wife of Joseph Jones of Athens
County; Eva, at home; Mary died in infancy. His wife was
a member of the United Brethren church. She died Feb. 17, 1865.
Aug. 8, 1866, he married Mrs. Maria, widow of Allen Miller, of
Athens County. They have five children - George W., Charles G.,
Thomas L. Cora M. and Clara E., all at home. Allen G.
died July 10, 1882, in his thirteenth year. Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt
are members of the Disciple church.
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JOHN WYATT
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JOSHUA WYATT
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