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OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS A Part of Genealogy Express   WELCOME to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO History & Genealogy   BIOGRAPHIES BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX Source: Mack, Horace - History of Columbiana County, Ohio  : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 (Transcribed by Sharon Wick) A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z < CLICK HERE to RETURN to 1879 BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX > < CLICK HERE to GO to LIST of BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES > West Twp. - JOHN WALTER.  The subject of this sketch was born in Adams Co., Pa., near Gettysburg, in 1811.  He was the oldest son of Jacob Walter.      Jacob Walter was married to Susannah, daughter of Jacob Rumble, in 1810; came from Pennsylvania about 1826, and settled in New Lisbon, Columbiana Co.; he afterwards removed to Jay Co., Ind.  Jacob Walter's family consisted of John (his inserts this sketch), Henry, Elizabeth, Peter, David, William, Catharine, Mary, Daniel, Washington, and Sarah.  Of this large family all are living.      John and Henry are living in West township, Columbiana Co., one in Kansas, and the other members of the family are in Jay Co., Ind.  Jacob Walter is of German descent.  John Walter married Rebecca Willet, Feb. 1, 1835.  By this union were born four children, viz.: Mary Ann, Benezette, Harriet, and Elizabeth. All living except Elizabeth, who died in 1871.      Mrs. Rebecca Walter died Apr. 23, 1844.  John Walter married for his second wife Margaret, daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Essick, Nov. 14, 1844.  Their children were Sarah, Susan, John, William, Maria, Margaret, and Ella, all living.  All married except two.      John Walter has held the office of assessor and township trustee in the township in which he resides.  He is a member of the Disciples church, and for many7 years has maintained his Christian profession with uniform consistency.  In politics he is a steadfast and earnest Republican.  John Walter remained at home with his father until he was twenty-two, working on the farm, and received during that time a common-school education.  His first purchase was a lot in New Lisbon, Columbiana Co., where he built a house and lived until 1841.  He then removed to West township, where he purchased a farm of eighty acres of land; to this he has added from time to time, until he now has a beautiful farm of one hundred and eighty-eight acres.      John Walter has spent the greater part of his life as a farmer; for four or five years he worked at the weaving business.  He is an industrious and economical farmer, fair and honest in the dealings with others, and one of whom it can be said he is a good citizen and neighbor. Source:  History of Columbiana County, Ohio  - Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 275 Mrs. HANNAH WHINNERY, a worthy representative of that people known as Friends, was born near Augusta, Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 5, 1824.  Her father, James Harvey Dean, became a resident of Columbiana County in 1808, whence he accompanied his father, Jonathan, from New York State.      When Hannah was fifteen years of age her father removed to Butler township, and three years later - being then eighteen - she was married to Mahlon Whinnery.  They resided on his farm near Winona until 1845, when they removed to the place now occupied by Mrs. Whinnery, and there she has resided every since      Eight children were born to them, as follows:  Charles, May 10, 1843, and died in infancy: Elwood D., Feb. 1, 1845, now living in Jefferson Co., Ohio; Edith P. Jan, 30, 184, and Oliver J., now residing with her mother, as are Rhoda, born April 24, 1855; Joseph H., born Nov. 21, 1860; and Anna, born Jan. 23, 1868.      As before indicated, Mrs. Whinnery comes of a Quaker family, and she, as well as her husband, was born in that faith.  Her father and mother, each aged upwards of eighty, reside with Mrs. Whinnery, and they continue to be, despite the encroachments of old age, active and zealous members of the Society of Friends, in whose circle, as well as in the community, they and the members of their daughter's family are regarded with much honor.      Mr. Whinnery met with an accidental death, Aug. 23, 1870, while at work at his threshing-machine, and since that time his widow has resided upon her farm, cheered by the loving companionship of her parents and her children. Source #1: History of Columbiana County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879 - Page 100 JEREMIAH H. WINNERY, one of Ohio's hardiest and most industrious sons, was born in Butler township, Jan. 28, 1828, and there he continued to reside, a worthy citizen, until his death.  He was one of eleven children, of whom the surviving ones are two daughters living in Columbiana Co., O., a son in Colorado.  His father, John, who was one of Ohio's early settlers, was a sturdy pioneer in the days when a stout heart and a strong arm were the mainstays of existence.      Young Jeremiah was therefore trained in his early years to know the value of useful labor, and, although gaining occasional glimpses of book education at a district school, his most familiar school was that which taught him the rudiments of manual labor upon his father's farm, and laid the foundation upon which he reared a substantial experience.  Following naturally the footsteps of his father, and the bent, moreover, of his own inclination, he devoted himself to an agricultural life, and after him, in the same path like wise, his children have followed.      Nov. 21, 1850, he married Mary Ann Reeder, of Hanover township, in which her father's father was one of the first settlers.  Four children were born of the union, to wit:  Samuel L., born May 1, 1852, and now living in Butler; John L., born Nov. 12, 1853, now residing in New Middleton; Sylvester R., of Butler, born Dec. 7, 1858; and b, born Sept. 11, 1869, and died Sept. 18, 1870.   Mr. Whinnery's religious faith was that of a Quaker, in which he had been reared by his father; and, although he was keenly watchful of current events, and observed from afar the political history of his time, he held himself aloof from participation in politics, preferring to keep his mind untrammeled with the cares of office, and free from the distractions of a life eager for distinction.      So he maintained an humble existence, whose scope embraced the care of his farm and devotion to his domestic relations, passing away to his final rest, upon the old homestead near Winona, Oct. 18, 1870, where his widow still resides with her son Sylvester. Source #1: Mack, Horace - History of Columbiana County, Ohio : with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Philadelphia: D. W. Ensign & Co., 1879   CLICK HERE to RETURN to COLUMBIANA COUNTY, OHIO INDEX PAGE CLICK HERE to RETURN to OHIO GENEALOGY EXPRESS INDEX PAGE FREE GENEALOGY RESEARCH is My MISSION GENEALOGY EXPRESS This Webpage has been created by Sharon Wick exclusively for Ohio Genealogy Express  ©2008 Submitters retain all copyrights