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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
20th Century History of
Delaware County, Ohio
and
representative citizens
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Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub. Co., by James R. Lytle
1908
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DE LACY WALDRON, a
representative and prominent citizen of Brown Township, formerly
county commissioner of Delaware County, for two terms, was born in
Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio, July 25, 1833, and is a
son of William and Mary (Wheeler) Waldron.
William Waldron, the father, was born in New York,
40 miles south of the metropolis, January 25, 1804, and he died in
Kingston Township, Delaware County, Ohio, June 29, 1883. He
married Mary Wheeler, who was born April 26, 1808, and died
October 19, 1871. She was born and reared in Luzerne County,
Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas Wheeler, who settled in
Berkshire Township,. In 1816, the paternal grandparents of
De Lacy Waldron, Cornelius and Nancy Waldron, came with
their children to Kingston Township, Delaware County, and the
grandfather built the log house that stood so long. It was then
surrounded by forest, there being very few other settlers in the
township. The children born of the two marriages of
Cornelius Waldron have all passed away. The three children
born to William and Mary Waldron were: De
Lacy; Maria, who died aged six years; and Mary, who
married Benjamin F. Elliott and who resided two two
miles north of Sunbury, until her death, March 18, 1905.
De Lacy Waldron was reared on the farm on which
his grandfather settled in 1816. His father added to the
original tract, making it over 300 acres, 190 of which the present
Mr. Waldron owns. He was educated in the district
schools, at Olive Green, and at Westerville College. When he
married he settled on the home farm and there carried on general
farming and stock raising until 1896, with the exception of three
years, during which he was engaged in a hardware business at
Magnetic Springs, and a short period spent at Sunbury. Since
1896 he has been a residence of Kilbourne. He has witnessed
many changes during his long residence here and has been identified
with much of the progress which ahs civilized the country and
brought prosperity to it.
Mr. Waldron was married January 1, 1863, to
Angeline Stark, who is a daughter of Oliver and Elizabeth
(Patrick) Stark, and a granddaughter of John Stark, who
died in Luzerne Country, Pennsylvania. Oliver Stark
came from that locality on horseback, when 21 years of age. He
settled in Kingston Township and became a man of wealth and
prominence, serving six years as county commissioner and for 25
years as a justice of the peace. He died in 1880, aged 77
years. His wife, Elizabeth, who died aged 85 years, was
born in Kingston Township, a daughter of Joseph and Sarah
(Taylor) Patrick, who came to that township from Pennsylvania,
being among the very first settler there. Joseph Patrick
was one of the leading men of his day in this section. It is
related that the forest was so dense and entirely pathless, when he
was so dense and entirely pathless, when he first settled here, that
on one occasion he was lost within a short distance of his home and
after much wandering approached it and did not recognize it until
his wife called his name. He acquired a large amount of land
and each one of his children were given property. Three daughters
and two sons were born to Oliver Stark and wife namely:
Septer, Sarah, Mary, Angeline and John Joseph.
Septer Stark became the largest land owner in Delaware
County, at the time of death, owning 2,000 acres. He was
married (first) to Sylvia Benton, and (second) to Maria
Ross. Sarah Stark married Samuel Wilcox and died in
Porter Township. Mary married James Sherman and
died in Porter Township. John Joseph, who resides on
the old Stark homestead in Kingston Township, married Anna
Robinson.
Mr. and Mrs. Waldron have one son, Homer,
who was born July 9, 1865. He resides at Lewis Center, and
they have one daughter, Christovel, a beautiful girl of 15
years. In politics, Mr. Waldron is a stanch Republican
and he has held many offices of responsibility. In 1894 he was
first elected county commissioner and assumed the duties of this
office in September, 1895, and was re-elected in 1897, his official
life closing in the fall of 1901. In young manhood he united
with the Methodist Episcopal Church and he has been very active in
forwarding its interests, serving in many official positions.
Mrs. Waldron also is active in church work.
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ROBERT
WALLACE, a prominent citizen and trustee of Marlborough
Township, whose farm of 123 1/2 acres is credited with being one of
the finest in this section, was born February 2, 1847, in Troy
Township. Delaware County. Ohio, and is a son of John and Margaret
(Giffin) Wallace.
The parents of Mr. Wallace were born in
Scotland and the father came to America when nineteen years of age,
and the mother was brought across the Atlantic when she was a child of
four years. For a number of years. John Wallace resided
in Belmont County, Ohio, coming from there to Troy Township. Delaware
County, where he lived until his death, when aged seventy-four years.
He was a very successful farmer and was a highly respected man in
every relation of life. For a long period he was one of the pillars,
so to speak, of the Presbyterian Church at Radnor. He gave his
political support to the Republican party. His death removed one of
Delaware County's valued citizens.
Robert Wallace was reared in
Troy Township, and he obtained his education in the district schools,
and remained in that section until 1878, when he settled on his
present farm in Marlborough Township. His interests here have been
largely of an agricultural nature. but during seventeen years, in
addition to carrying on his farm, he maintained also a warehouse at
Ashley. Ohio, where he engaged in buying grain, hay. seeds and other
farm produce. He has also been a very successful stock raiser. While
closely attending to his own affairs. Mr. Wallace has
always found time, however, to give a good citizen's attention to
public matters in his community, and has served both on the School
Board and as township trustee.
Mr. Wallace was married (first) to Margaret Klee,
who was a native of Marlborough Township. She had two children,
namely: Maud F., who married Harry Blair,
residing at Ashley, Ohio; and Benjamin F., residing in Brown
Township, Delaware County. Mr. Wallace was married
(second) to Nettie Lewis, who was born in Oxford
Township, Delaware County, and is a daughter of Jerome Lewis.
Mrs. Wallace accompanied her parents when they removed
from Oxford to Marlborough Township, she at that time being four years
of age. Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have a beautiful home, the
residence being of brick construction and its surroundings exceedingly
attractive. Mr. Wallace is a leading member of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, at West Oxford, Oxford Township, and has been a
church official for a considerable period.
Source:
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County, Ohio and representative citizens -
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CHARLES R. WATKINS,
a prominent agriculturist of Radnor Township, Delaware County, Ohio,
was born in this township in 1863, son of Edward and Sarah
(Evans) Watkins. His paternal grandparents, Evan and
Margaret (Davis) Watkins, were natives of Wales, in which
country the grandfather died, his widow subsequently coming to
America with her children and settling in Radnor, Delaware County,
Ohio. One of her sons, William, had come to America
previously and was already settled here. He married Mary
Jones, and among their children was Sarah Jane, who is
now the widow of John Powell and resides in Radnor Village.
On her arrival, Mrs. Margaret Davis Watkins built a small
house in which she and her family took up their residence, and her
sons soon acquired and set to work to clear a tract of land.
EDWARD WATKINS, father of
Charles R., was but seven years of age when he accompanied his
widowed mother to America. He resided in Radnor Township for
the rest of his life, and at the time of hsi death, after eighteen
years of retirement, he owned 195 acres of land. He passed the
years of his retirement on a tract of ten acres in Radnor Village.
As already noted, he married Sarah Evans.
Charles R. Watkins was reared in Radnor
Township, of which he is now one of the leading men. He served
on the School Board frequently, ahs been assessor for eight years,
and supervisor for fifteen years. He is the owner of the
ten-acre tract in Radnor Village already mentioned, on which his
father spent his last years. He married Grace Maugans
of Ostrander, and they have three children - Edward J., Wallace,
and Elizabeth. Mr. Watkins is a member of the
Congregational Church.
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EDWARD
WATKINS - see
CHARLES R. WATKINS
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DR. JAMES WILLIAM WATTS was born in Rodney, Gallia County, Ohio, in 1856. He
read medicine with Dr. W. M. Watts at South Webster, Scioto
County, Ohio. He attended medical lectures in Cincinnati, at
the Ohio Medical College, from which he received his diploma.
He began practice at Gallia County, Ohio, and was these for
fifteen years. He then came to Delaware, where he practiced
several years before moving to Columbus, where he is now devoting
his attention to diseases of the eye and ear. He was given, in
1876, the beneficiary scholarship from the Eleventh Congressional
District, represented by Hon. H. S. Bundy. He was to
prepare himself for a government medical cadet; but gave up this
prospect in order to practice medicine.
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DR. ELLA DENNISON WELCH
was born in Peru Township, Morrow County, Ohio, in 1863. She
studied in the office of Dr. G. Foster, of Olive Green,
Delaware County, Ohio, in 1889. She entered the Toledo Medical
College in 1891, and for the summer term 1892 went to the Wooster
Medical College at Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to the Toledo
Medical College to graduate in 1894. She came direct to Ashley
after her graduation, where she has since practiced.
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DR. CALVIN WELCH was a
man of strong physique, and large stature, being over six feet tall.
He had strong likes and dislikes. In early life he lacked the
opportunities for an education; yet he had great natural mental
fore. He was born and raised in Delaware. He studies
medicine under Dr. Abram Blymer, and after graduating in the
fifties, he became a partner of his preceptor. He possessed
peculiar, natural surgical qualifications. He was often called
in consultation to different parts of the county in various cases.
He accumulated a comfortable competency, and retired from the
practice, living in town in his commodious home. He attended
to his farm outside of the city up to the time of his death in 1901.
He was an active member of the State and County Medical Societies.
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representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 672 |
A. E. Westbrook, MD |
DR.
ALBERT ERNEST WESTBROOK, who has been engaged in medical
practice in Ashley for a period of forty-two years, is also the
proprietor of a drug store at this place. He was born December
17, 1840, in the hotel conducted by his parents at Woodbury, which at
that time was quite a town in Peru Township, then in Delaware County,
but now in Morrow County. He is a son of Solomon Westbrook, and a
grandson of John Westbrook, who settled in Canandaigua
County, New York. The Westbrook family originally came
from Germany, two brothers, John and Leonard,
coming to this country at an early date.
Solomon Westbrook, the Doctor's father,
was born in 1798 in Canandaigua County, New York, and in 1816 moved to
Johnstown, Licking County, Ohio. He married Mrs. Mathena
Crawford, nee Edmunds, it being the second
marriage for both. He had one son by his first marriage, and she had
six children by her first marriage to William Crawford.
She was a daughter of Samuel Edmunds, who also came from
Canandaigua County, New York to Johnstown, Ohio. Of the children of
their several unions, but one aside from Dr. Westbrook
is living—the latter's full sister, Jane, who is the widow of
Robert Gardner, and lives one mile north of South
Woodbury.
Solomon Westbrook followed farming until
after his marriage, at Johnstown, and then conducted a hotel until
1836. He then went on horseback to New Orleans, where he practiced
medicine for one year, after which he returned to his old home, and
then shortly afterward journeyed in the same manner to Canada and
back. In 1849 he went to Missouri, and from St. Joseph crossed the
plains to San Francisco with a company from Delaware, Ohio. He drove
three yoke of oxen and walked every step of the way. Many were the
hardships endured by the party, and their condition upon their arrival
in San Francisco was pitiable. Mr. Westbrook had nothing
to eat but one cracker per day for twenty-six days and one of the
party, Dr. Mann of Delaware, died of scurvy after his
arrival. Mr. Westbrook remained two years in the West,
working in the gold mines, and upon his return to Ohio had $500 in
gold, being no richer and no poorer than when he left home.
Dr. Albert E. Westbrook was reared in Woodbury
and attended Mt. Hesper Seminary, a well known institution of learning
of that day located little more than a mile south of the village. He
attended Ohio Wesleyan University at Delaware one year, in 1857, and
afterward read medicine under the preceptor-ship of Dr. 1. H.
Pennock, preparatory to entering Cincinnati College of Medicine
and Surgery, from which institution he was graduated with the degree
of M. D. on February 22, 1863. In August of that year he entered the
106th Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., as assistant surgeon, and served until
the war closed. He was on detached duty at Gallatin, Tennessee, where
he had charge of the Post Hospital, and was medical director on the
staff of Brig. Gen. E. A. Payne. He had charge of Fts. Negley,
Huston and Morton, at Nashville, and was on duty also at Stevenson,
Alabama. For a time he served as surgeon in the 68th Regiment, N. Y.
Vol. Inf., at Bridgeport, Alabama. He was mustered out June 29, 1865,
at Nashville. The Doctor has preserved every order received while in
the service and also has the bridle, saddle and spurs which he used.
At present he is the only physician living in Delaware County who
served as such in the army.
On August 10, 1865, Dr. Westbrook came to
Ashley and engaged in the practice of medicine, in which he has since
continued—a period of forty-two years. For the past twenty-five years
he has also conducted the only drug store in Ashley. He is a prominent
citizen and a successful man. He is a member of the American Medical
Association; the Ohio State Medical Society, and the Delaware County
Medical Society, having served one term as president and also as
vice-president of the latter.
In 1866 Dr. Westbrook married Amanda E. Cunard, a daughter of
Judge S. T. Cunard, who was a prominent jurist of Mt. Gilead,
Ohio. She died April 17, 1885, leaving three children, as follows:
Edward Cunard Westbrook. who is engaged in farming
in Oxford Township, and who married Britta Cline, by whom he
has one son—Cline Edmunds; Blanch Alberta, wife of John T.
Olds, a hardware merchant of Ashley, who has one son—Neil
Albert; and Grace Sumner, who married Wesley
McCurdy, a clothing merchant of Ashley, and has children—Lois,
Amanda, Lawton W., Lloyd, and Rose
Cunard. Dr. Westbrook was married a second time, in
1886, to Rose M. Cunard, a daughter of Captain L. M.
Cunard of Mt. Gilead, Ohio.
Dr. Westbrook is a Republican in politics and
has held numerous local offices. He was instrumental in establishing a
graded school here, but it was only after a determined fight on his
part and that of a few other enterprising and public spirited men who
stood with him. He was elected on the first Board of Education and
served nine years, and was three times a member of the Town Council.
Fraternally, Dr. Westbrook is a member of Ashley Lodge, No.
404, P. & A. M., and was formerly a member of the Chapter at Delaware.
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JOHN WHERRY, a
prominent farmer and stockraiser of Genoa Township, residing on his
valuable farm of 122 acres, is an honored survivor of the great
Civil War in which he took an active part. He was born in
Pennsylvania, May 6, 1838, and is a son of Samuel and Sarah (Galey)
Wherry.
Mr. Wherry is of German-Irish extraction. In
1856 Samuel Wherry brought his family from Pennsylvania to
Ohio and settled on a farm of 60 acres which he purchased in Genoa
Township, Delaware County, which he cultivated for two years and
also followed the blacksmith trade. In 1858 he went to
Missouri and there worked at his trade until the time of his death
which took place in middle life. Of his 11 children four
reached maturity, namely: Samuel, John, Mary Jane and
Elizabeth, the two latter being since deceased.
Samuel Wherry was a Republican in his political views.
John Wherry accompanied his father to Missouri
in 1858, but in June, 1860, he returned to the old homestead in
Genoa Township and in the following year he was married.
Shortly afterward Mr. and Mrs. Wherry settled on the
Steele homestead and to the old farm he has added until
his land aggregates 122 acres, and here he has carried on a general
line of agriculture for many years. In 1864 Mr. Wherry
enlisted for service in the Civil War, entering Company H, One
Hundred and Seventy-fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he
remained connected until the close of the Rebellion and the return
of peace, his discharge bearing the date of June 28, 1865. He
saw hard service, participating in the battles of Nashville and
Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Athens, Alabama; the evacuation of Decatur;
the siege of Murfreesboro; Overalls Creek; battle of the Cedars, and
the battle at Wise Fork, North Carolina. His record shows that
at all times he was a fearless, effective soldier ever at the post
of duty.
On Macrh 20, 1861, Mr. Wherry was married
to Margaret Ann Steele, who was born in Carroll County, Ohio,
Aug. 25, 1839, and is a daughter of William Stewart and Margaret
(McEldary) Steele. William S. Steele was born in
Pennsylvania, Apr. 29, 1805, went to Carroll County, Ohio, in young
manhood and on Dec. 23, 1834, was married to Margaret McEldary,
who was born in Pennsylvania, Apr. 20, 1815. They had 11
children, three of whom were born in Delaware County. In 1849
Mr. Steele moved to the latter county and bought a farm of
100 acres in Genoa Township, paying $11 per acre and cleared 50 of
the same, later selling 50 of the original purchase and still later
buying 60 more acres. He died on the present farm of Mr.
and Mrs. Wherry, aged 83 years. He was a leading member of
the Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. Wherry's one
daughter and three sons were born on the home farm, namely:
Eva Adelle, George Grant, William Sherman and Nathaniel. The
daughter is deceased. Mr. Wherry is a stanch
Republican.
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EDWARD WHIPPLE, a
prosperous farmer residing in Oxford Township, Ohio, comes of one of
Delaware county's oldest and most prominent families. He was
born in Brown Township, Dec. 10, 1852, a son of Lewis and Almira
(Brown) Whipple, and a grandson of Reuben Whipple, mention
of whom is made elsewhere in this volume.
Lewis Whipple was born Sept. 22, 1814, in Rhode
Island, and was four years of age when his parents came to Delaware
County, locating in what is Peru Township, Morrow County. Here
he grew to maturity, receiving a limited education in the common
schools of the pioneer type. In his early days he followed the
trade of cabinet-maker. He and his brother James
purchased 100 acres of land in the northwest part of Brown Township
which they afterward divided. Lewis Whipple cleared his
50 acre tract and farmed it with success, adding thereto from time to
time until he was possessed of a large estate. He owned the 100
acres on which his son Edward now lives and the 52˝
acres owned by Wellington C. Whipple, and at his death he still
owned 245 acres. He was a man of high principle, a credit to the
community in which he lived, and his death, which occurred Sept. 28,
1904, was mourned as a sad loss by his fellow men. He married
Almira Brown, who was born in Connecticut, Aug. 1821, and who was
a young girl when her people came west to Marion County, Ohio.
In her latter years she resided with her son W. C. Whipple,
dying Mar. 4, 1908, at the advanced age of 87. The following
children blessed this union: Harriet, wife of Albert
McCreary, now deceased, lived in Oxford Township; Adelia,
with of Orville Slawson; Samantha, wife of Charles
Olmsted, lives in Washington, D. C.; Adelia and Smith,
twins, of whom the former is the wife of Samuel Primmer and
lives in Marion County, and the latter died at the age of one year;
Edward, subject of this sketch; Omar H., who conducted a
store at Leonardsburg, but is now deceased; Wellington C., who
lives on a farm adjoining the old home place; Laura, wife of
Newton Grant, of Ashley; and one died unnamed.
Edward Whipple attended the schools of his home
district and lived at home until his marriage at the age of 25 years.
He then moved to his present farm of 100 acres in the southwest of
Oxford Township. He made most of the improvements on this farm
and has followed general farming and stock raising with good results.
In 1891 he erected a commodious home - one of the best in the
vicinity.
March 15, 1877, Edward Whipple was joined in
marriage with Eurema Adell Lea, a sister of Thomas W. Lea.
She died in 1885, leaving three children, namely: Ona
Lester, born Oct. 2, 1878, a resident of Kingston Township, who
married Blanch Riley and has three children - Norma, Dorothy
and Riley; Winifred Isabel, born February 5, 1881, who married
Harry Blair of Columbus and has a son - Harry Mitchell;
Thomas Lea, born Dec. 3, 1883, who died Oct. 8, 1884.
Mr. Whipple married secondly, Oct. 12,
1887, Cora Raines, a native of Brown Township and daughter of
James and Lydia (Evans) Raines, who now live in Oxford
Township. This union resulted in the following issue:
Ray Arthur born Dec. 28, 1889; Claude Arnold, born Nov. 20,
1894, and Clive Bryan, born Sept. 1, 1896. The last
mentioned takes his second name from the illustrious William
Jennings Bryan, who upon being apprised of the fact by a sister of
Clive Bryan, who a pleasing letter, which she still treasures.
Politically, our subject is a Democrat and served three years as
Township trustee. Fraternally he is a member of the Patrons of
Husbandry; Knights of Pythias, and Pythian Sisters, to which Mrs.
Whipple also belongs.
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JAMES CLARK WHIPPLE,
a successful farmer of Brown Township, was born in Peru Township,
Morrow County, Ohio, January 28, 1850, and is a son of Noah
and Margaret (Elliott) Whipple.|
The paternal grandparents of Mr. Whipple were
Reuben and Sarah (Cooper) Whipple and they settled in Morrow
County in 1818. The land they selected was covered with a
natural growth of timber and they made the first improvement.
The second log cabin which they erected is still standing on the
place. They had five sons, namely: Barton, Jason,
Noah, Lewis and James, all of whom have passed
away. Noah Whipple was born in 1811, at Providence, Rhode
Island, and he accompanied his parents to Ohio and was reared in
Morrow County. After his marriage to Margaret Elliott, he
began farming on the home place. She was born in 1813 in
Virginia, and she accompanied her parents to Brown Township, Delaware
County, when they made the overland trip in her childhood. They
were the first settlers on Mr. Whipple's present farm, where
they made the first improvements. Noah Whipple remained
on the home farm for a time and then purchased a small place near the
present home of James Clark Whipple, in Brown Township, but
later returned to Morrow County, and in 1885 he retired and moved to
Ashley, where he died in 1900, aged 88 years. His wife died in
1895. They had eight children, namely: Edwin, who died in
1906, at Ashley, married Mary Chadwick; Rachel, deceased, who
married George W. White, of Kingston Township, Delaware County;
Phebe, who married Charles Kohler, residing at Ashley;
Mary Ellen, residing at Ashley, is the widow of John B.
Wallace; Albert, who died in childhood; James Clark; Frank E.,
who is engaged in a banking business at Ashley, married Nettie
Slack; and Josephine, who married Wilbur Benedict,
residing at Massillon, Stark County, Ohio.
James Clark Whipple secured his education in the
district schools of Morrow County and was reared to agricultural
pursuits on his father's farm. In the fall of 1872, he was
married to Mary Dodge, who is a daughter of George W.
and Janette (Mickle) Dodge. George W. Dodge
accompanied his parents from New York to Holmes County, Ohio when
quite young, where they died. The mother of Mrs. Whipple
was born in Scotland and was five years old when her father,
Alexander Mickle, brought the family to America, settling for a
time in Canada, but subsequently coming to Delaware County. At
this time there was but one building on the east side of the river and
that was a cabin. Mr. Mickle died in Delaware County and
his widow in Nebraska.
Mr. and Mrs. Whipple have had four children:
Ernest, Bertha, Winifred and Grace. Ernest is a
resident of Oak Park, Illinois. He married Hattie Green,
a resident of Chicago and they have two children, Francis and
Grace. He was formerly in the employ of the late Marshall
Field. Bertha married Orrin Reed and they reside
in Brown Township.
Mr. Whipple purchased his farm of 197˝
acres on which he resides, in April, 1874, renting a house until he
could erect the present commodious residence. He has made all
the improvements here and engages in profitable farming and stock
feeding. He is a Republican and has occasionally consented to
serve in township offices. He is one of the representative
men of his community.
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Zenas L. White |
ZENAS L. WHITE
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Elmer A. Wigton |
ELMER A. WIGTON.
There are few residents of Delaware County, in all probability, who
have passed through so many thrilling experiences and survived more
dangers or encountered more adventures than Elmer A. Wigton,
who spent many years on the frontier, on the outskirts of
civilization, but who now is an esteemed citizen of Liberty
township. Mr. Wigton was born in Brown Township,
Delaware County, Ohio, June 22, 1839, and is a son of Sylvester
and Elmina (Perry) Wigton.
The paternal grandfather, THOMAS
WIGTON, was born in Pennsylvania in 1777 and came to
Delaware County in 1819. He settled on a farm in Kingston
Township, near the Blue Church, where he lived until 1852, when he
moved to "Berkshire. Four years later he settled on a farm
between Berkshire and Sunbury, a property that is occupied by his
grandson, Charles Wigton, and his mother. Thomas
Wigton died in 1877 when almost 100 years old. His
children were respectively as follows: David, Sylvester,
Abiram, Jacob, James, Frazier, William, Mrs. Samuel Hall, Mrs. Orlin
Root, Mrs. Joel Root, Mrs. Benjamin Lee, Mary Jane and Mrs.
Peter Colum, all of whom are now deceased.
The maternal grandparents of Mr. Wigton were
William Perry and Electa Perry. After the death of
William Perry his widow married Benjamin McMaster.
The Perry children were: William A., Elmina Rachel,
Philemon F.; and the McMasters children were: Robert
Gordon, Horace P. and William A.; and the children of the
McMaster-Perry marriage were: George, Esther, Hiram
and Eloisa.
The father of Mr. Wigton was born in
Pennsylvania, in 1812, and was seven years of age when he
accompanied his parents to Delaware County. He died in Brown
Township, in March, 1873, aged sixty-one years. In 1837 he
married Elmina Rachel Perry, who was born in Liberty
Township, Delaware County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1819. After the
death of Sylvester Wigton, she married Dr. Besse, of
Delaware. The parents of Mr. Wigton settled in Brown
Township, one and one half miles west of Eden, when the country was
yet all covered with frost. They had two children: William
Perry and Elmer A. The former was born June 14,
1838. In 182, just before entering the army, he married
Esther E. Holt. He was a member of the Ninety-sixth
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and was killed at Arkansas Post,
in February, 1863.
ELMER A. WIGTON
always had a
strong instinct of direction and a faculty for woods travel.
When a mere child of only four or five years of age, he would go far
out into the dense woods alone and ramble about in every direction,
amusing himself by throwing sticks at wild turkeys, and when he
thought he had them driven far enough away, he would strike out in
the right direction for the little cabin which was his home at that
time. This latter feat he would perform as accurately as a pig
would have done if it had been carried away in a sack and then
turned loose.
About 1844 or '45 Brown Township was almost an unbroken
wilderness, with the exception of the small patches that had been
cleared around the cabins of the few hardy pioneers that came in
from the East to establish new homes for themselves. Many
times these settlers would become uneasy about their children when
they had not seen or heard them for an hour or two, fearing they
were lost in the woods. In those days there was more of
harmony and friendly feeling existing between neighbors than now.
They would take their families and pay their neighbors a visit and
have a good time and a good dinner. On such occasions a strong
cup of coffee, with cream and maple sugar, hot biscuit with butter
and maple syrup or honey, chicken and dumplings, fried ham, boiled
eggs, mashed potatoes, boiled parsnips, pumpkin pie and cakes
sweetened with maple sugar - all the cooking done on the fireplace -
would have been considered a good dinner, and would not be very bad
to take now.
At one time a family, the children of which ranged in
age from eight to twelve years, came to the cabin of
SYLVESTER WIGTON,
the father of the subject of this
sketch, where they were cordially received. Neighbor settler
and Mr. Wigton were busily engaged in talking, when all of a
sudden neighbor said, "Where are the children? I haven't heard
them for some time; I am afraid they are lost." Mr. Wigton
looked up in his good natured manner, ......
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CAPT. CLIFTON W. WILES,
superintendent and general manager for the Delaware Water Company, a
Civil War veteran, and one of the leading citizens of Delaware County,
was born at Freetown, Cortland County, New York, March 26, 1843, son
of Peter and Nancy (Hall) Wiles. His paternal grandfather was a
native of Germany who came to this country about the year 1800,
settling in Onondaga County, New York.
Peter Wiles was born in Onondaga County,
New York, May 17, 1814, and spent his industrial years in farming and
dairying, giving particular attention to the latter industry. During
the greater part of his life he was a resident of Cortland County, and
he died June 6, 1862, at the age of 48 years. He was a man of
considerable musical ability, being leader of a choir and a good
performer on the piano, organ, and violin. His wife Nancy was a
daughter of Caleb Hall, of Herkimer County, New York,
and was born in 1817, and died April 10, 1878. They were the parents
of three children, namely: Clifton W., whose name appears
at the head of this article; Emma, who married John
Lennon, and is now deceased with her husband; and Ella,
also deceased, who was the wife of William D. Tuttle, an
attorney of Cortland County, New York. Mrs. Peter Wiles, mother
of the above mentioned children, died about 1876 or 1877, aged 63
years.
The early life of Clifton W. Wiles was that of a
farmer's boy, with the Old Red School House to direct his steps in the
path of knowledge. The Civil War interrupted for a time his progress
in the ordinary activities of life, and he enlisted, September 20,
1862, in Company L, Tenth New York Cavalry, and was made trumpeter of
his company. The first battle in which he participated was that of
Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 12-13, 1862, he was detailed as
private orderly for General David H. Russell, who
commanded a brigade in the Fifth Corps, and who was killed in the
battle of Winchester; and remained with him during the battle and for
some time after.
In January, 1863, his regiment was assigned to the
brigade commanded by General Kilpatrick in the division
commanded by General D. McM. Gregg of the Cavalry Corps. This
command was actively engaged in the Stoneman raid and the battle of
Chancellorsville, followed by the cavalry battles of Brandy Station,
Aldie, Middleburg, and Upperville. At the battle of Gettysburg, that
soon followed, his regiment was engaged on July 2d with Johnson's
Confederate division on the Hanover Road, and again on the 3d with
Stuart's cavalry on the Rummell farm. The men of his regiment
were the first Union troops to enter the city after the battle,
driving out the rear guard of the enemy.
Following was the battle of Mine Run and several minor engagements.
In the spring of 1864 the cavalry under Sheridan
accompanied and co-operated with Grant in the battles of the
Wilderness and subsequent engagements, including the raid and battle
of Trevillion Station, and the Richmond raid and the battle of Haws
Shops, finally arriving, July 2d, with Grant's army in front of
Petersburg.
From this time to April 9, 1865, the regiment was
constantly engaged in picket duty, scouting, and raids in the enemy's
country.
On the opening of the spring campaign, March 28. 1865,
Mr. Wiles was assigned to duty as aide-de-camp to
General Henry E. Davies, commanding the First Brigade, Second
Division of the Cavalry Corps, and participated in the battles of
Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Jettersville, Sailor's Creek,
Farmville, and Appomattox, and at the surrender of Lee's army. He lost
two horses killed under him—one at Sulphur Springs, Virginia, October
12, 1863, and one at Trevillion Station, June 11, 1864; and was
injured by a shell at Middleburg, June 19, 1863. His regiment was
finally discharged in August. 1865. During his entire service of
nearly three years, he was never in a hospital, away from his
regiment, nor absent a single day from duty, except to obtain horses.
On account of services rendered he was recommended for a commission,
but not mustered on account of the close of the war.
After his discharge from the army Mr. Wiles
took up and completed his school work at the New York Central College.
After serving for several years iir construction and engineering work
pertaining to waterworks supply. he came to Delaware, Ohio, in April,
1892, as superintendent and general manager of the Delaware Water
Company, and has been constantly engaged in this work to the present
time. He has for many years been a member of the American Water Works
Association, and is a past president of the Central States Water Works
Association. He has been called upon on several occasions to inspect
and report upon the conditions and value of water works plants in
other cities.
In 1902 he was commissioned as honorary aide on the
staff of Governor Aaron T. Bliss of Michigan (who was a comrade
in his regiment), with the rank of Colonel. He has on several
occasions served as aide-de-camp on the staff of the
commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, with the rank of
Colonel. He is now an officer and past commander of the local Grand
Army post, and colonel of Encampment No. 107, Union Veteran Legion.
In 1894 he was commissioned by Governor
McKinley as battalion adjutant in the Fourteenth Ohio National
Guard, and in 1897 by Governor Bushnell as captain and
inspector of rifle practice, in the same regiment, which rank he held
on the opening of the Spanish-American War, and with his regiment
prepared for active service at Camp Bushnell; but on account of the
rank he held he was not allowed to muster into the United States
service, but was appointed provost-marshal of Camp Bushnell, in which
position he served until the camp was broken up.
He was appointed a member of the Board of Trustees of
the Delaware City Library by Mayor H. H. Beecher, and is
secretary of the Commercial Club of this city.
Captain Wiles married Anna,
daughter of Joseph Bates, of Cortland, New York,
February 17, 1869, and he and his wife are the parents of two
children—Nellie, who is residing at home, and Arthur, a
mechanical and electrical engineer, who graduated in the class of '05
at the Case School of Applied Science, Cleveland, Ohio.
Colonel Wiles is a member of Hiram Lodge,
No. 18, F. & A. M., having been demitted to this lodge from Marathon
Lodge, No. 438, of Cortland County, New York, where he was made a
Mason in 1866. He also belonged to the Chapter and Commandery at
Cortland, New York, and to Cortland Comnmndery No. 50, joining the
chapter here about the same time that he was transferred by demit. His
Masonic affiliations further include membership in Alladin Temple,
Mystic Shrine, at Columbus. He is a member of George B. Torrence Post,
G. A. R., and is past commander of Grover Post of Cortland. New York,
and past commander of the post in Delaware. He has also been colonel
of the Union Veteran Legion in Delaware for five or six years. Colonel
Wiles is a Republican in his political views. He takes a good
citizen's interest in the progress of the community, and is esteemed
and respected wherever known.
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DR. PERRY W. WILLEY
was born in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, in 1875. He
is a son of John and Kasson Willey, a highly influential
family of Delaware County. After finishing a course in the
common schools, he completed his education with the class of 1904 in
the Delaware High School. He at once entered the office of
Dr. S. W. Fowler, and began the study of medicine. He
graduated with honors from the Starling Medical College, in
Columbus, Ohio, in 1897. He located at once in Lewis Centre,
Ohio, and entered into competition with his competitors. He
soon had the entire field to himself. During the last ten
years he has won and held the confidence of the entire community.
He is a member of the County and State Medical Societies. He
is now the coroner of Delaware County.
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DR. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS
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VICTOR ARNOLD WILLIAMS,
in former years well known throughout Genoa Township as a prosperous
farmer and stockraiser, was born on the farm of which he was afterward
the proprietor, in August, 1839. His parents, William and Lucinda
(Phelps) Williams, were married in Blendon, Franklin County, Ohio.
William Williams, who was a native of this State, in his
youth accompanied his father to Delaware County, they being among the
pioneers of Genoa Township. Here the elder Williams,
grandfather of the subject of this sketch, bought some hundreds of
acres of land from the Government, a part of which he subsequently
cleared. He spent the rest of his life on his property, engaged in
agriculture, being known as a good reliable citizen.
William Williams also became a prosperous
farmer and was a much respected citizen of this township. He and his
wife Lucinda were the parents of a large family of fifteen
children, all of whom were born on the present homestead, which was
purchased by him. This originally consisted of 140 acres, most of
which he cleared, besides making the present improvements. He owned in
all several hundred acres in Genoa Township. In politics he was a
Republican. He died on his farm here at a ripe age.
Victor Arnold Williams was educated in the
district schools of Genoa Township, and was reared to agricultural
pursuits, which, with stock-raising, he followed through life. He was
married September 12. 1865, to Priscilla Martin, a native of
Pennsylvania, and daughter of Richard Martin, who was in
his latter years a farmer of Genoa Township, but who is now deceased.
Richard Martin was a native of Pennsylvania, in which
State he married. His wife was in maidenhood Sarah Konkel,
and was born, reared, and educated in Pennsylvania. They were of
German and Welsh ancestry respectively. They were the parents of
thirteen children—eight sons and five daughters—nine of whom were born
in Genoa Township and four in Pennsylvania. The family came to
Delaware County in 1852, Mr. Martin conducting a grocery
store for a number of years in Genoa Township. In addition to his
mercantile business, he conducted a small farm, and resided on it
until his death, which occurred when he was sixty-five years old. He
was a life long Democrat, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Williams located on the present
place at the time of their marriage. Though they never denied
themselves any of the reasonable comforts of life, they were frugal
and industrious., and attained a fair measure of prosperity. Mr.
Williams died in 1903, at the age of sixty-four years. He was
widely known and respected, and his death removed from the community
one of its best citizens, and a worthy representative of its
agricultural interests. He was a Republican politically. Mrs.
Williams continues to reside on the homestead and enjoys the
esteem of all who know her for her kind, neighborly characteristics.
She has been the mother of five children—three sons and two daughters—
namely: Lucinda, Clayton, Effie, Clifton, and Clarence,
all of whom are worthy members of the community.
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DR. THOMAS J. WILLIAMS
was born near Somerset, Perry County, Ohio, in 1843. In 1849,
at six years of age, he came with his parents to Morrow County,
Ohio. In 1863 he left the farm and schools to enter the army
with the One Hundred and Twenty-ninth O. V. I. He remained
with the regiment until mustered out in 1865. There was no
more patriotic or faithful soldier in the service of the Union Army
than his boy of twenty years. Upon his return he took his
savings and entered the high school at Mt. Gilead, Ohio. After
one year of hard and faithful work, he came to the "O. W. U.," at
Delaware, to gain a higher education to prepare himself for the
medical profession. He read medicine with his brother, Dr.
J. W. Williams, at Chesterville, Ohio, until the fall of 1868,
when he went to the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, from which
he graduated in 1870. Having completed his professional work
in the university, he at once located in Sunbury, Delaware County,
Ohio. In 1873 he felt the need of a post-graduate course to
render him more proficient in the great work before him. He
left for the Long Island Medical College in New York, where the
clinical advantages were great for the absorbing mind. He
graduated from there the same year and at once returned to his work
in Sunbury, where he is now practicing. He was a member of the
Board of Pension Examiners for several years. He is a faithful
Mason, and a conscientious Christian man. He married Miss
E. A. Pumphrey, of Croton, Ohio, in 1879.
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WILLIAM W. WILLIAMS,
who was for many years one of the best known citizens and most
prominent agriculturalists of Troy Township, was born in this township
August 25, 1835, son of William B. and Margaret (Davis) Williams.
His parents were natives of Wales, William B. Williams
coming from that country when a boy with his mother and step-father.
They settled in Troy Township, Delaware County, Ohio, where he spent
the industrial period of his life engaged in agriculture.
William W. Williams was reared to manhood in
Troy Township and secured his education in the public schools. He then
engaged in farming and soon became well and favorably known as an
agriculturist and breeder of horses. In 1870, in company with
Stephen Thomas, he made a trip to France, being interested
in a company organized for the purchase of French draft horses, of
which they brought back four head. In 1888 he returned to France in
his own interest, bringing back three head. Through his efforts the
quality of draft horses in this section was largely improved. So
successful was he along these lines that at his death he left an ample
estate, including a farm in Radnor Township and one in Troy Township,
on the latter of which in a pleasantly situated brick dwelling, Mr.
Williams's widow and her son, William L., now reside.
Mr. Williams was always an industrious and energetic
farmer. Although, as already indicated, he accumulated in time a large
amount of property, he aimed less to increase the quantity than to
improve the quality of that which he had. His farm in Troy Township
has been described as "undoubtedly the best-equipped farm in that part
of the county, in point of farm buildings, tiling, and fruit culture."
He was a faithful member of the Baptist Church, which Mrs.
Williams also attends. On January 6, 1871, he was elected deacon
of the church and served faithfully as such until his death, which
occurred February 17, 1907. A kind husband and father and an obliging
neighbor, he was honored and esteemed by his fellow citizens, who knew
him also as a man of much public spirit and many sterling
characteristics. In politics he was a Republican, and he took much
interest in the educational progress of the township.
On June 8, 1865, Mr. Williams was married
to Eliza R. Lewis, who was born October 24, 1836, in Licking
County, Ohio, and who is a daughter of John and Sarah ( Hughes)
Lewis, natives of Wales and early settlers in Licking County,
Ohio. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Williams was blessed by the
birth of two children—Lizzie A., who is the wife of John
Pugh, residing in Radnor Township; and William L.,
residing with his mother in Troy Township.
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AUSTIN B. WILSON,
a highly respected resident of Troy Township, who has resided in
Delaware County, Ohio, for over a half century, and who owns 360
acres of land in Marlborough Township, in two farms, which are
adjudged the most valuable ones between Delaware and Marion, Ohio,
comes of an old New England family. He was horn in Hillsboro
County, New Hampshire, Jan. 3, 1832, and is a son of Alexander
and Elizabeth ( Fairbanks) Wilson.
James Wilson, the grandfather, was a
soldier in the Revolutionary War. Alexander Wilson was
horn in New Hampshire and his wife in Massachusetts, and they reared
their family in Hillsboro County. There Austin B. Wilson
grew up and obtained an excellent education for his time, enjoying
academic advantages at Francestown, New Hampshire, for several
terms, and supplementing this by the practical experience of after
life. In 1854 he came to Delaware County and at first engaged
in a livery and omnibus business at Delaware, after which he went to
Marion County, llinois. and there followed farming for
several years. In 1866 he returned to Delaware County and
settled in Marlborough Township, where he continued in agricultural
pursuits until 1898. In that year he came to Troy Township,
where he has since resided.
On May 8, 1865, Mr. Wilson was married to
Mary Bush, who was horn in Troy Township, Delaware
County, Ohio. Apr. 25, 1834, and is a daughter of Hon.
DAVID and Elizabeth
(Wilson) BUSH, the
former of whom was a native of Orange County, New York, and the
latter of Hillsboro County, New Hampshire. Hon. David Bush
came with his parents, Isaac and Sarah Bush, from New York to
Delaware County, when he was twelve years of age. He became a
prominent citizen of this county and was elected a member of the
State Legislature. One of his sons, Louis Bush, of Troy
Township, served two terms as county commissioner of Delaware
County. The mother of Mrs. Wilson was eighteen
years of age when she came to Delaware County. Of the children
of David Bush and wife, four survive, namely: Sarah M.,
who is the widow of the late James B. Jackson, and resides at
Delaware; Elizabeth, who lives in Troy Township: Mary;
and Ellen, who married Thomas H. Jones, who resides in
Radnor Township. David Bush left 1,600 acres of
land at the time of his death, located in Delaware and Marion
Counties.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson have had four children,
namely: Austin A., residing in Marlborough Township; David
A., residing in Troy Township; Harry B., residing in
Marlborough Township; and Minnie, who is deceased. For
a number of years prior to her marriage. Mrs. Wilson
taught school in Delaware County, Politically, Mr. Wilson is
a Republican.
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DR. J. C. WINTERMUTE,
a regular physician, was in Lewis Centre from 1879 to 1882, when he
removed to Celina, Ohio, where he died.
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J.
PERRY WINTERMUTE,
who, for a quarter of a century was a successful business man and
valued citizen of Delaware, was born near Zanesville, Ohio, Dec. 15,
1832, and died at Delaware, Jan. 31, 1908. Mr. Wintermute
came to Delaware in 1882 and embarked in a hardware business and from
that date until within a few years of his death was an active business
man of this city. He was a loyal and patriotic citizen and
during the Civil war he served in the Federal army as a member of the
One Hundred and Forty-fourth Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
For fourteen years he was adjutant of the George B. Torrent Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, at Delaware.
In 1858, Mr. Wintermute was married at
Zanesville, Ohio, to Ettie A. Buckmaster, who survives him.
They had four children, namely: Nina W., now Mrs. J. T.
Skidmore, residing at Chillicothe, Missouri; Pearl W., now
Mrs. Rae D. Henkle, residing at Cleveland; Dr. R. C.,
and Willie E., both of whom are now deceased.
From boyhood, Mr. Wintermute had been a member
of the Baptist Communion, and for a space of twenty years he was a
deacon in the First Baptist Church at Delaware. He was ever
liberal with his means in behalf of charitable and benevolent
purposes, both in and outside the church, and the poor and needy
always found in him a friend. Mr. Wintermute was one of
the oldest Free Masons in Ohio, the date of his admission to the
fraternity being 1857. He loyally kept his pledges and was
widely known in the organization and when he died he was laid to rest
with Masonic honors. He was a man of strong convictions and
never feared to follow a path he deemed right, sometimes in the face
of opposition. This was particularly so when he assisted in the
organization of the strong anti-saloon society known as The Sons of
Temperance.
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DR. ROBERT C.
WINTERMUTE was born at Norton, Ohio, in 1861. He read
medicine with Dr. Robertson, of Mt. Vernon, Ohio, and
graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1880. He located in Delaware the same year. In 1890 he
removed to Cincinnati to fill the Chair of Obstetrics and Diseases
of Women at his Alma Mater, as well as to engage in general
practice. He died in 1906. He published a book on
Diseases of Women, which is used as a text book at the Eclectic
College. He married Miss Belle Cherry, daughter of
D. J. M. Cherry.
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DR. L. WISE was born in
Johnstown, Ohio, in 1858. After attending the common schools,
he read medicine with Dr. G. H. Foster, at Olive Green,
Delaware County, Ohio. He began the practice at Galena in
1884, after graduating at the Columbus Medical College.
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CHESLEY WORNSTAFF, a member of the firm of Sperry & Wornstaff,
proprietors of the Bank of Ashley, has been a life long resident of
Delaware County and is descended on both sides from old established
families of this county. He was born on a farm west of Ashley,
in Oxford Township, and is a son of Lewis and Sally Ann
(Bartholomew) Wornstaff. His grandfather, Daniel
Wornstaff, was the first of the family to locate in this county.
He was a native of Pennsylvania and at an early date removed to Ross
County, Ohio, and came to Delaware County in 1829. He bought a
farm of about 100 acres on the west branch of the Whetstone River, and
erected a log cabin. Here he lived the life of a hardy farmer
and converted his farm from a wilderness into tillable land, remaining
there until his death.
LEWIS WORNSTAFF, father of Chesley, was born in
Ross County, Ohio, in 1822, and was seven years of age when brought by
his parents to Delaware County. He grew up on the old home place
and then purchased a tract of about fifty acres of unimproved land in
Oxford Township. He first erected a cabin of poles and it was in
this the subject of this sketch was born. He subsequently built
a log cabin and finally a frame house which stands on the farm now
owned by his younger son. He was remained on the farm until his
death July 26, 1890, aged sixty-eight years, and at that time he owned
about 300 acres of land. He married Sally Ann Bartholomew,
who was born in Liberty Township, in 1829, and at the present time
resides with her son Spery, at Ashley. Her father,
Milton Bartholomew, came from the New England States to Delaware
County, at about the same time the Wornstaffs came, He
moved from Liberty Township, where his death occurred. Three
children were born to Lewis Wornstaff and wife:
Chesley; a child that died in infancy, and Sperry, who owns
and resides on the old home place.
CHESLEY WORNSTAFF
was raised and remained on the
home farm until twenty-five years old, in the meantime attending the
district schools and also the schools of Ashley. He bought a
farm of seventy-eight acres known as the Eckles farm, one and
one-fourth miles southeast of Ashley, and has always been very
successful, having increased his holdings until he has 260 acres in
his home farm, and 110 acres in Peru Township, Morrow County. In
1884, in partnership with his brother-in-law, C. F. Sherry, he
established the Bank of Ashley, with which he has sine been
identified, but did not move into town until 1888. He still
oversees the work on the farm, owns a fine brick home here and has
other property.
Mr. Wornstaff was married
November 9, 1870, to Mary Ella Sperry, who was
born in Knox County, Ohio, and is a sister of C. F. Sperry. This
union resulted in the birth of one son, Albertus, who was a
bookkeeper in the Bank of Ashley at the time of his death, March 22,
1903, aged twenty-six years. A mute from birth, he was of
exceptional brightness and possessed educational attainments. He
was a graduate of the State Institution at Columbus, and a graduate at
Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C., and his early death, amid bright
prospects, was a sad loss to his devoted parents. Albertus
Wornstaff married Laverna Carr. Mr.
Wornstaff is a Republican in politics but has never taken an
active part in political affairs.
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DAVID WRIGHT - See HIRAM WRIGHT
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Residence & Barn of
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ABRAHAM P. WYLIE - See J.
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J. K. WYLIE,
proprietor of a flourishing hoop and stave manufactory at Delaware,
is a son of Abraham P. and Sarah E. (McConnell) Wylie and a
grandson, on the paternal side, of Robert and Elizabeth
(Patterson) Wylie. The grandparents were early settlers in
Logan County, Ohio, Robert Wylie being an industrious and
successful farmer. They professed the faith of the old Scotch
Covenanters and were earnest Christian people.
ABRAHAM PATTERSON WYLIE, son of Robert
and father of the subject of this article, was born in Richland
Township, Logan County, Ohio, and is now living (1908) at the age of
67 years. He has followed the trade of lumberman all his life.
During the Civil War he served in the One Hundred and Thirty-second
Ohio Volunteer Infantry. After its close he became proprietor
of a portable sawmill he became proprietor of a portable sawmill.
About 1883 he located at Bell Center, where he was engaged in the
milling business until the spring of 1904. He is now a
resident of Lawrence County, Tennessee, and is still actively
engaged in business pursuits. His wife Sarah, who was a
native of Pennsylvania, died about five years ago at the age of 63.
She bore her husband two children - J. K., born Jan. 2, 1869,
who is the subject of the present notice; and Margaret B.,
who is now the widow of J. C. Todd, of Lawrenceburg,
Tennessee. Mr. Wylie's parents, like his grandparents,
were members of the Covenanters' Church.
J. K. Wylie was educated in the district school.
When old enough to enter the industrial ranks, he began to learn the
milling business with his father, and by application and industry he
gradually acquired a very thorough knowledge of it. In 1904 he
started in the business for himself in Wyandotte County, Ohio, where
he continued until December, 1906. He then purchased his
present plant in Delaware of Keyes & Worlogs, of New York City, and
his since taken rank among the prosperous manufactures of the
county. He has doubled the capacity of the plant,
manufacturing about thirty thousand hoops and thirty-six thousand
staves daily, and shipping his product to all parts of the country.
He gives employment to about 30 men on an average, and has worked up
such a large and profitable business connection, that he no longer
has occasion to advertise. His goods command a steady market,
and he never has any difficulty in disposing of all that he can
produce. He is one of those who act up to the maxim - "Push
your business and your business will push you." He shows an
intelligent interest in local affairs, though without caring to take
office.
Mr. Wylie married Mary E. daughter of
William and Sarah Stough of Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio,
and has two children - William A. and Dwight G.
The family are members of the United Presbyterian Church at Belle
Centre.
Source:
20th century history of Delaware County, Ohio and
representative citizens - Chicago, Ill. :: Biographical Pub.
Co., 1908 by James R. Lytle - Page 648 |
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