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	C. E. WARD.    Success is not a matter of genius, as held by some, but is the outcome of clear judgment, experience and indefatigable energy.  This truth is manifest in an analyzation of the life record of all those men who are pushing their way to the front and seeking their advancement in the legitimate lines of trade.  It is proven again in the history of C. E. Ward, a prominent regalia manufacturer of New London, where he has developed a business of large and profitable proportions, utilizing every advantage that has come to hand and carefully watchful of all details pointing to success.      Ohio numbers Mr. Ward among her native sons, his birth having occurred in Sullivan, Ashland county, on the 9th of January, 1873. His parents were Jacob and Ellen (Hubler) Ward, who were also natives of this state, the Hubler family coming from Pennsylvania at an early day.  C. E. Ward was one of three children and an only son.  He lost his mother when five years of age and in early life was thrown upon his own resources.  His educational opportunities were those afforded by the public schools of New London but the necessity of providing for his own support prevented him from obtaining a higher education.  He is essentially a Self-made man, one who has risen from the humble position of a clerkship in a grocery store to the head of an extensive, prosperous and growing manufacturing concern at the age of thirty-six years, an accomplishment which speaks for itself.  He made his initial step in the business world as a grocery clerk, being thus employed for a few years when as a result of his industry, integrity and foresight, he was enabled to engage in business on his own account as a dealer in furniture.      The Regalia Manufacturing business which “has made New London famous” was established in a very modest way by W. S. Bellville and R. B. Powers in 1889 and after a short time, they sold out to W. E. Clemmons and S. O. Curtis. On the 13th of July, 1895, Mr. Ward purchased the interest of Mr. Curtis and carried on a business in partnership with Mr. Clemmons.  The manufacturing department was conducted upstairs in connection with the furniture business below.  In January, 1904, Mr. Clemmons was about to sell his interest to Mr. Powers, but before the deal was consummated, Mr. Ward induced him to sell to E. R. Stillson and in connection with the latter carried on the business as Ward & Stillson, until Sept. 19, 1905, when Mr. Stillson bought out Mr. Ward’s interest and organized an incorporated company under the title of the Ward Stillson Company.  Mr. Ward then erected his present manufactory and organized the C. E. Ward Company, of which he is president while his father is vice-president.  He commenced business under this style Oct. 1, 1905, in the manufacture of regalia and the enterprise has grown enormously, the rapid development of the trade being indicated in the fact that this year’s business will reach over a quarter of a million dollars.  They employ a superior class of help, both male and female, and the firm is represented on the road by seven traveling salesmen while the business extends throughout the United States and Canada.  Mr. Ward is a bright, genial man, energetic, far-sighted and progressive and while his success is notable it is equally well deserved.      In 1895, occurred the marriage of Mr. Ward and Miss Daisy E. White, a daughter of Daniel White, an old resident of New London and a Civil war veteran.  Mr. Ward’s father was also a Union soldier, serving with the Twenty-fifth Independent Battery of the Light Artillery.  Two children, Sterling and Virginia, have been born unto Mr. and Mrs. Ward and with the parents constitute the members of the household.  Mr. Ward is a valued representative of the Masonic fraternity in which he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite.  He is also connected with other orders and while he is no office seeker, his business interests preclude the possibility of active participation in public affairs as an office holder.  He is an ardent republican, stands for clean government and is opposed to anything like misrule in municipal affairs.  He concentrates his energies upon his business, which demands his entire time and in its control, he displays marked executive ability, keen discernment and a power of wisely co-ordinating forces so as to produce an unified and harmonious whole.  His business has been notably successful for within a brief period he has built up an enterprise second to no productive industry in New London or this part of the county. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 319
	C. B. WEEDMAN, M. D.      Dr. C. B. Weedman who since 1894 has continuously practiced medicine and surgery in New London, his ability winning him an extensive patronage throughout this part of the county, was born in Ashland county, Ohio, on the 28th of January, 1858.  His father, George W. Weedman, was also a native of Ashland county, while the grandfather was of German birth.  Leaving the land of his nativity in early life he crossed the ocean to the new world and became a resident of Ashland county, Ohio, where amid pioneer surroundings he lived for some years.  his son, George Weedman, was there educated and, determining upon a professional career, he took up the study of medicine, practicing continuously for forty years, maintaining his office at Nova, Ohio, where he died Sept. 5, 1890.  He was a republican in his political views and a very public-spirited citizen who sought ever the best interests of the community.  He married Sophronia Richards, who was born at Orange, Ashland county, and to them were born two children, C. B. and Eliza.      The public-school system of his native county afforded Dr. C. B. Weedman his early educational privileges and he afterward attended the Berea Baldwin University.  Whether environment, inherited tendency or natural predilection had most to do with his choice or profession it is impossible to determine, but at all events he resolved to follow in the professional footsteps of his father and studied medicine in the Western Reserve University, from which he was graduated with the class of 1880.  He then entered into partnership with his father at Nova and they were associated in business for ten years, Dr. C. B. Weedman continuing there after his father’s death.  In 1904, however, he removed to New London and was no stranger here as his practice had extended to this county.  In the intervening years his patronage has steadily increased and his success is the direct outcome of his skill and understanding of the principles of the medical science.  He is a member of the Cleveland Medical Society and is examiner for the New York Mutual, the New York Life and the Bankers’ Life Insurance Company of Des Moines, the Pittsburg Life Insurance Company, the Massachusetts Life Insurance Company and the Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company.  In twenty-nine years not a man examined by him has died - a remarkable record. In addition to all this he continues actively in general practice of medicine and makes a specialty of diseases of children.      Dr. Weedman served as a member of the county pension board for eight years under appointment of President McKinley and was the nominee of the republican party for the office of county treasurer of Ashland county, in 1904.  His personal popularity and the confidence reposed in him were indicated in the fact that he reduced the normal democratic majority from seven hundred to two hundred.  He has filled a number of local offices, but at all times has been stalwart in his championship of the republican party, believing most firmly in its principles.  His position is never an equivocal one and neither fear nor favor can swerve him from a course which he believes to be right.      In 1880 Dr. Weedman was married to Miss Lucy Iona Dubois, a native of Plymouth, Ohio.  Her grandfather, Hubbard Dubois, was a pioneer preacher and revivalist of the Methodist church, identified with the Ohio Northern conference.  Unto Dr. and Mrs. Weedman have been born two children.  The son, Dr. Don V. Weedman, is now a dentist of Toledo, Ohio, who was graduated from the Western Reserve Dental School in 1904.  The daughter, Elizabeth, is a musician of note and a musical director of ability.  Dr. and Mrs. Weedman have a wide favorable acquaintance in New London and enjoy the hospitality of the best homes here.  They are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and his fraternal relations are with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.  He is in hearty sympathy with the principles of those orders and his belief in the brotherhood of the race is evidenced in the broad humanitarian spirit shown in his practice. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. I - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 431
	CHARLES H. WHEATON.     A history of Norwalk township would not be complete without mention of Charles H. Wheaton, who for many years has been known as one of the best judges and successful buyers of stock in Huron county.  He was born in England on the 5th of February, 1840, and is a son of Daniel Wheaton, who came to America in the early ’50s and first took up his residence in Monroeville, while a few months later he removed to Norwalk.  He was a butcher by occupation, and after his arrival in Norwalk he rented a building of Lester Clark, where he started in the meat business, continuing in this line of activity for many years, when the business was taken charge of by his two sons, Charles and Dennis.  He was known as one of the best judges of stock, not only in England, but also in this country.  Ere coming to America he had conducted a market in Cambridge College Place, where he engaged principally in supplying the colleges. He was eminently a business man, possessing keen sagacity and good management, and he became identified with various enterprises, all of which became factors in his subsequent success.  About a year after his arrival in Norwalk he purchased the farm of ninety-six acres upon which our subject now resides, this property having been in the family since 1852.  Later he purchased the De Walt property, where Harkness and surrounding buildings now stand, including the row of brick cottages extending to Seminary street.  He bought from Mr. Underhill the old American Hotel property, which site is now covered by the three stores commencing at Frazier’s and extending east.  This property is now owned by the estate.  He also invested in three stores in Huron, which are now in the possession of his son Dennis E. Wheaton.  He was a member of the Baptist church and affiliated with the democratic party, and was considered one of the alert and progressive citizens of his community.  He passed away in 1898, leaving a very handsome estate.      Charles H. Wheaton, whose name introduces this review, was a lad of eleven years when he accompanied his father to the United States, and his education, which was begun in England, was completed in this country.  He continued under  the parental roof until the year 1861, when, in response to President Lincoln’s call for troops, he enlisted for three months’ service as a member of Captain Sawyer’s independent company organized under the laws of the state of Ohio.  At the expiration of his term of enlistment he returned home and, in connection with his brother, Dennis E. Wheaton, took charge of his father’s meat business, which they carried on for many years, or until the block was destroyed by fire.  The brothers then went to Cleveland, where they were engaged in a similar enterprise for seventeen years, and at the end of that time our subject returned to the old homestead to take care of his father and his father’s estate.  The fine brick house which the latter erected still stands upon the place and is in excellent condition.  Mr. Wheaton is engaged in the stock business and, like his father, is one of the best judges and one of the most successful buyers of stock in Huron county.  He has purchased cattle since he was a boy of fourteen years and has the reputation of having bought more stock than any other buyer in this county.  His life has been one of continuous activity, in which his industry and energy, have been salient characteristics.  While engaged in the meat business he was recognized as one of the leading men in that line, and that he prospered and won a goodly amount of success is indicated by the handsome competence which he has acquired as the result of well directed energy.      In November, 1860, Mr. Wheaton was united in marriage to Miss Anna Lydia Hoyt, who was born in March, 1834, a daughter of Acrebeach Hoyt.  Unto this union have been born the following children: Minnie, who wedded George Crumm and later married Fred Smies; Dora, the wife of Edgar Lee; and Mary, the wife of Walter E. Bateles, by whom she has two children, Elmer Darwin and Mary Mehn.  In politics Mr. Wheaton is independent, reserving the right to vote for the men and measures which, in his estimation, are best adapted to conserve the public good.  Although born across the water, Mr. Wheaton is as loyal to the interests of his adopted country as any American-born citizen, and he has gained high rank among the representative men of Norwalk township, not only by reason of the gratifying degree of success which he has attained but also because of his honorable manhood and true personal worth. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 305
	JESSE E. WHEELER Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 415
	DANIEL WHITE, a successful farmer and apiarist of New London township, and one of the township's prominent and influential citizens, was born June 3, 1841, in Yates county, New York, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Sutfin) White.  The paternal grandfather's name was also Daniel, and this cognomen has been born by a son of the family for as many generations of which there is any record.  This branch of the White family came to Ohio in 1846, locating in Huron.  Subsequently they made the journey from there to New London by wagon, and here took up their residence, this being their home ever since.  At the time of their advent the country in the neighborhood of New London was covered with dense forests, and the work of clearing had to be accomplished before any farming could be attempted.  In this work both our subject and his sister Sarah, Mr. White's only children, assisted, and both are living to tell of the many hardships encountered and overcome.  Mr. White's first wife died in 1863, and on the 6th of September of the following year he married Mrs. Sarah S. Gilbert, the widow of Titus Gilbert and the daughter of Joel and Polly (Benham) Parker.  The Parkers came from Connecticut to Ohio at a very early day and were very active in promoting the development of this new land.  Mr. White died Jan. 18, 1877, a man highly respected by all who knew him, for he was industrious and frugal and of high character.  His daughter, Sarah, married Llewellyn Gilbert, and is now the widow residing in Galion, Ohio.      Daniel White of this review, grew up at home, assisting in the work of clearing the soil and then in cultivating it.  When the call for troops came at the beginning of the Civil war, he enlisted, Aug. 1, 1861, in Battery B, First Ohio Light Artillery, for a period of three years, which was then thought to cover the whole length of the war.  On Jan. 4, 1864, he was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, and then, without leaving the line, was mustered in again, so that there was no break in the period of his service to his country until the close of the war.  Although he was offered several promotions he preferred to remain a private, taking a certain pride in fighting valiantly in the ranks.  His battery was attached to the armies of the Tennessee and the Cumberland and participated in the hard fighting that fell to the share of those armies.  The battery's first encounter was at Wild Cat Run, called a battle then, but in the light of subsequent events amounting  to little more than a skirmish.  Later it took part in the engagements at Stone River, Pellville, Kentucky, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Lookout Mountain and the subsequent encounters of the army.  Although under fire so many times, Mr. White escaped without a wound and without seeing the inside of a prison, a hospital or a guardhouse.  On the 22d of July, 1865, he was mustered out of the service at Cleveland, Ohio, and returned to the life of a private citizen.  He came to New London, which has since been his home and for the first five years was employed as a stationary engineer.  In 1871, after his marriage, he took up farming, settling upon thirty acres of land belonging to his father-in-law.  After a few years he engaged in bee culture, and for the past thirty-five years has been known in the county as one of the most successful men in this line of work.  He went about it in a most thorough manner, studying the habits of the bees, their manner of work, the question of their food, just as a farmer makes a study of his soil and the rotation of crops so that he can obtain the best results from the land at his command.  Mr. White is able, as a result of this scientific and intelligent culture, to get from his bees a generous gift, and in the yeas that have come and gone they have produced tons of honey.  About thirty years ago Mr. White undertook the cultivation of strawberries and at present his crop averages probably one thousand bushels.  He makes a specialty of late varieties and in consequence his berries command the highest prices in the markets after the regular supply has been exhausted.     On the 3d of March, 1871, Mr. White was married to Miss Julia E. Gilbert, a daughter of Titus and Sarah (Parker) Gilbert.  The Gilberts came to Ohio in 1852, from Oneida county, New York, and settled in New London township, Huron county, on the farm on which Mr. and Mrs. White now live.  Mr. Gilbert was a miller by trade and on coming here intended starting a mill but lived only a year and a half after his arrival, leaving a widow and eight children.  Of these Mrs. White is the youngest; Caroline, Llewellyn and Sarah have died; and Martha, Frank, Andrus and Byron are living.  The sons followed in their father's footsteps, became millers and attained success and prosperity in their line of work.  Mrs. Gilbert died Jan. 25, 1881, a woman well beloved by all who knew her.  To Mr. and Mrs. White there have been born four children: Bertha, the wife of Blake Andrews; Daisy, who married Clyde E. Ward, of New London; Daniel F., a resident of Detroit, Michigan, and Gilbert, of New London, Ohio.      In politics Mr. White is a republican and takes an active part in all party matters, frequently having served on the county republican committee, and almost regularly a delegate to county, district and state conventions.  In the public affairs of the township he has also taken part, having served as town assessor for seven years, and now trustee of New London township, a position he has held for many years.  During the years his children were in school he served as a member of the school board.  He belongs to Carnation Lodge, Knights of Pythias, and is one of its charter members.  In Runyon Post, No. 47, G. A. R., he has been active and has frequently been its delegate to state and national encampments.  A high degree of public spirit ahs ever distinguished his actions.  He is a hard worker, progressive in his ideas and enjoys the satisfaction of seeing his family well settled in life.  At his home, ever filled with good cheer, he dispenses a genial hospitality that is generally appreciated in the community. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 489
	HENRY K. WHITE, a substantial and representative farmer of Bronson township, was born Sept. 25, 1846, in Steuben, Greenfield township, Huron county.  He is a son of William White, who was born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1811, and was a son of Nathaniel and Nancy A. White.  In early life he learned the carpenter’s trade and built the courthouse at Sandusky, Ohio, about 1833.  He afterward removed to Huron county where he cut the timber and built a log house for himself.  As the years passed and the country became thickly settled his carefully managed business affairs made him quite a wealthy man.  He married Lucy Holland, who was born in Ireland July 2, 1814, a daughter of John Holland, who came from the Emerald Isle to Ohio.  In the family of William and Lucy (Holland) White were the following children: Thomas, Lewis, Frances, Maria, Samuel, Henry, Fred, Jane and Charles.      Henry K. White has spent his entire life in this county, where he was reared to the occupation of farming, early becoming familiar with the duties and labors that fall to the lot of the agriculturist.  His life has been a busy and useful one, his business affairs being capably managed so that he has won a fair measure of success.  He has also been quite active in other lines.  He has always been a democrat in politics, taking an active and helpful interest in the party.  He is associated with his brother, Fred A. White, in the ownership of a farm on which they live and they also have the agency for various kinds of fertilizers, having been connected with that line of business for more than ten years.  They have also handled agricultural implements and machinery and have been very successful in that branch of their business.  They also have some good track horses and some well bred colts.      Fred A. White, his brother’s partner in business, was born in Greenfield township, Huron county, Apr. 6, 1856, and was reared in the usual manner of farm lads who divide their time between the acquirement of an education and the work of the farm.  On the 12th of December, 1878, he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Kennedy, who was born in September, 1856.  She is a daughter of John and Priscilla (Fitzgerald) Kennedy, of Richland county, Ohio.  They have become the parents of a daughter, Minnie May, who was born July 13, 1880, and is now the wife of Claude A. Terry, of Elyria, Ohio. Fred A. White and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church and his political allegiance is given to the democracy, but he never seeks nor desires office, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs.  He and his brother have resided upon the farm where they now live for forty-six years and keep the property in most modern and up-to-date shape.  They are well known as excellent farmers and horsemen and their business affairs, capably conducted, are winning for them substantial financial reward. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. I - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 287
	JONATHAN S. WHITE, one of the most prominent citizens of the progressive village of Greenwich and cashier of the First National Bank there, was born in Ripley township, Huron county, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1844, and is a son of John C. and Nancy A. (Taylor) White.  The latter was born in Pennsylvania, but the father’s birthplace was Orange county, New York, though he was but fourteen years of age when brought by his parents to this state.  The family settled in Richland county, near Mansfield, and engaged in farming, though the father for many years taught in the district schools during the winter.  John C. White moved to Huron county in 1840 and bought a large tract of land which he set about clearing, a task that was not entirely completed when his son Jonathan became old enough to assist him. His wife, who shared with him the toils of those early days, bore him four children: Mary E., Jonathan S., Jennie and Margaret A., the last named being the only member of the family beside the subject of this sketch now surviving.  She married Joseph H. Lombard and has now been a widow for some years, living in Jamestown, New York. Both Mr. and Mrs. John C. White have passed away, the former in August, 1883, the latter eleven years later in the month of April, and both are buried in Edwards Grove cemetery, Ripley township.  Mr. White was always a farmer, sincerely interested in the public weal, though he was never a participant in the political life of the community.  He was devoted to his family and in every way a most exemplary citizen.      Jonathan S. White was educated in the district schools, spending his youth on the farm and engaging in the general work there under his father’s supervision.  During the Civil war, he served as a private in Company C, One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, which regiment was assigned to the Army of the Potomac, and was chiefly engaged in post duty in and about Washington and on the Potomac river.  When he was discharged at the close of the war, he taught school for a number of winter terms, and in the summer devoted his energies to farming. For about one and a half years, he clerked in a general store in New London, and then returned to farming in Ripley township.  After his marriage, Mr. White, not only pursued a general line of agriculture, but also engaged in stock raising and feeding, in both of which he prospered.      In politics, he is a republican and has ever taken an active and creditable part in public matters.  For one year, he served as township trustee and then was elected town clerk, in which capacity he rendered efficient and faithful service during a period of thirteen years.  In 1886, he was nominated and elected auditor of Huron county and filled the position to the entire satisfaction of his constituents and with credit to himself for the space of six years.  It was during this period, that Mr. White moved his family to Norwalk.  When he retired from the office of auditor, carrying with him the best wishes of the community, he had served, he entered the First National Bank of Norwalk as cashier.  From January, 1894, to October, 1902, he filled that position, leaving it to become cashier of the First National Bank of Greenwich, in December, 1903, where he has remained to the present.  At that time, he took up his residence in Greenwich and has since identified himself with every movement that has had in view the advancement of the village and the increase of its prosperity.      On the 25th of February, 1869, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. White and Miss Marietta Barre, a daughter of John and Amy (Stout) Barre, of Ripley township.  The Barres came to Ohio from Niagara county, New York, as a newly married couple, and here took up the life of fanners.  Fifteen children were born to them, all but two being still alive: Cornelia E., deceased; David E.  Herman B., deceased; Eliza J.; Jonathan S.; Theodore W.; William H.; Marietta E.; Ira E.; Lyman S.; James K.; Corbis M.; Dwight M.; Josephine E.; and Jessie F.  The mother of these children died in May 1882.  Mr. Barre was prospered in his private affairs.  When death overtook him, in 1883, he was mourned as a public spirited citizen, whose life’s record was one of integrity and of good works.  To Mr. and Mrs. White there have been born three children:  James E., deceased; Blanche M., at home; and John G., who married Myrtle Beveridge of Greenwich and is now cashier of the Wakeman Bank Company of Wakeman, Ohio.  He is an alert, efficient and popular young business man, that gives promise of a successful career.      Mr. White is, and has been for many years, a stanch Mason, belonging to Greenwich Lodge, No. 543. and to the Chapter at Norwalk.  In religious matters, he and his family give their support to the Congregational church, of which Mr. White is trustee, and in whose Sunday school he has been superintendent, and otherwise prominent in all that concerns the work of the church.  Mrs. White and her daughter, Blanche M., are well known for the conspicuous part they play in the social and literary life of the village.  In short, they are active coadjutors to Mr. White in maintaining his reputation as the best citizen, in point of efficient activity, toward bettering the conditions of the village. His influence is always thrown on the side of progress, for the improvement of the educational opportunities here, better streets and roads, and better government. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 180
C.P. Wickham	CHARLES P. WICKHAM, who by the consensus of public opinion is regarded as a high type of American manhood and citizenship, has for many years been engaged in the practice of law in Norwalk and throughout the entire period has been numbered among the representative members of the Huron county bar.  His birth occurred in this city, Sept. 15, 1836.  He is the oldest of the thirteen children of Judge Frederick and Lucy (Preston) Wickham, both of whom were descended from Puritan ancestry.  In the paternal line was Governor Winthrop, an early colonial governor of Massachusetts.  The first representative of the Wickham family in the middle west was William Wickham, a native of Rhode Island, who with an instinctive love of the sea, settled on the shores of Lake Ontario at Sodus Point.  His four sons, John, Thomas, Frederick and Samuel Wickham, were there reared and when they had attained their majority, all except Thomas removed to Huron, situated on one of Lake Erie's natural harbors.  Samuel Wickham sailed on the lakes, being thus engaged up to the time of his death.  John Wickham engaged in lake commerce and was also the owner of one of the largest fish packing establishments on the lake.  Frederick Wickham removed to Norwalk and later became proprietor of the Norwalk Reflector, a paper which had been established as the Huron Reflector by Samuel Preston, whose daughter Lucy he had married.  In the roomy, old-fashioned house in the center of the town, the upper floor of which was used as a printing office, were born the six sons and seven daughters of this marriage.      The number included Charles P. Wickham who, after acquiring his early education in the public schools, attended the Norwalk Academy.  He longed for a college education, but the expense attending, the support of a large family, prevented the father from enabling the son to carry out his wishes in this direction.  He prepared for a professional career by attending the Cincinnati Law School, from which he was graduated in April, 1858.  He then entered upon the active practice of his profession in his native state and, with the exception of the period spent at the front during the Civil war, has been a continuous representative of the Huron county bar to the present time.  He is widely recognized as one of the most important, best known and highly respected lawyers in this part of the state, confining his attention to the active practice of his profession.  He is the president and director of the A. B. Chase Company, of Norwalk, manufactures of pianos.      In August, 1860, Mr. Wickham was united in marriage to Miss Emma J. Wildman, a daughter of Frederic A. and Mariette (Patch) Wildman, natives of Danbury, Connecticut.  By this union there are six living children, four sons and two daughters, namely: Charles P., Jr., who is a general life insurance agent at Norwalk; Grace W., the wife of C. C. Curran, a well known artist of New York city; Louis W., an attorney at law and late prosecuting attorney of Huron county.  Winthrop H., a mining engineer and merchandise broker, now residing in Denver, Colorado; Romeyn D., a practicing attorney, who is now in partnership with his father; and Mary G., at home.      In September, 1861, Mr. Wickham bade adieu to his young wife and with patriotic ardor, offered his services to the government, enlisting as a member of the Fifty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, with which he served for four years.  He rose from private through the ranks of first lieutenant, captain and major to that of lieutenant colonel, receiving in addition thereto a brevet commission direct from the president, "for gallant and meritorious services in Georgia and the Carolinas."  He participated in a number of important engagements, including the second battle of Bull Run, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek and all of the campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta, including the siege and surrender of the latter place, followed by the march to the sea, which exposed the weakness of the southern Confederacy.  He inspired the soldiers under him with much of his own valor and bravery and made a most creditable record throughout his long military experience.  He is a valued member of the Grand Army of the Republic and the Loyal Legion.      At the close of the war Colonel Wickham returned to Norwalk and entered upon the private practice of his profession.  In 1866, he was elected prosecuting attorney of the county and two years later was re-elected, so that his incumbency continued until 1871.  In 1880, he was elected judge of the common pleas court of the fourth judicial district, was re-elected in 1885, and sat upon the bench until 1886, when he resigned to become a candidate for congress from the fourteenth district.  He was elected in that year and re-elected in 1888, proving an active working member in the national halls of legislation.  It is a notable fact that to each office to which he has been called, he has also been re-elected - proof positive of his ability and fidelity in the discharge of his duties.  His entire official service has been in the direct path of his profession and the record is an untarnished one.  Since his retirement from office, he has continuously and successfully practiced in Norwalk and has ever maintained a foremost place in the ranks of her leading attorneys.  He is a man of broad scholarly attainments, an able speaker at the bar, in congress and on public occasions on which he has been called to address the people at large.  He stands as a splendid representative of American manhood and citizenship, a high type of the Christian gentleman who is actuated in all that he does by lofty purposes and principles. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 11 (Photo available)
	ALMON B. WOOD, a farmer of Greenfield township, Huron county, owns eighty-four acres of land on which he lives and two hundred and ten acres in another farm in the same township.  He was born in this township, Sept. 29, 1845, and is the son of Lewis and Martha (Owen) Wood.  The father was a son of Jonah Wood, a farmer of New York state, who had served in the American Revolution.  He was born in New York Dec. 25th, 1800, and came to Ohio about the year 1833, the days of the pioneers, bringing his wife and four young children with him.  The little party made the journey of Huron, Ohio, by boat, and then with a team of horses crossed the country to Greenfield township.  What few household effects they had were brought with them to this new land, where they were much needed though they had greatly impeded their progress through the wilderness.  Arriving in Greenfield township, Mr. Wood purchased the two hundred and ten acres of land which his son now owns from Jeremiah Cole, paying ten dollars per acre, but as Mr. Wood did not have the full amount and labor would be accepted as part payment, he agreed to thresh four hundred bushels of wheat for Mr. Cole.  This was not done in the simple manner of today, but by driving three-year-old colts back and forth over it, thus stamping out the grain from the husks.  Having purchased his land, Mr. Wood began building a log house and barn, which were to be their buildings until better ones could be provided, and it was not until 1838, that the frame house was completed which remained his home until his death.  He also bought the smaller farm on which his son now lives from a Mr. Patterson.  On the 1st of June, 1823, Mr. Wood married Miss Martha Owen, a native of New York state, who was born Apr. 24, 1802, and lived to see eighty-five years of activity pass over her head, her death occurred Jan. 21, 1887, a little less than a year after the demise of her helpmeet.  In their family were nine children: Jane, deceased, who was born Nov. 24, 1823, and became the wife of Hiram Tooker; Samantha and Luantha, twins, who were born Jan. 11, 1825, while the former passed away Jul. 23, 1892, and the latter became the wife of Ransom Mather, who died Apr. 18, 1855; Halsey, who was born Nov. 30, 1828, and died May 14, 1831; Mary born May 23, 1832, who became the wife of George Dean, who died Feb. 10, 1859;  Jeremiah C., deceased, born Jan. 10, 1834; Hannah S., who was born Jan. 18, 1838, married Joseph Randall, and died Sept. 2, 1907; Halsy, who was born Nov. 18, 1840, and died Oct. 12, 1843; and Almon B., of this review.      Almon B. Wood has spent all his life in Greenfield township, having been reared on the farm and receiving his early education of the district schools, while for one winter he attended Oberlin Collet.  The company was mustered in at Sandusky and sent to Camp Chase, Columbus, where Mr. Wood contracted the measles.  Thus the time he might have spent in active service was of necessity passed in the hospital, and when he had sufficiently recovered to be returned home he was mustered out of the army.  After this brief experience, he took up farming and identified himself with the affairs of the township, becoming in the subsequent years not only very prosperous, but also well known and highly respected by all with whom he has come in contact.  He is commonly called "Bud Wood" and the familiarity of this cognomen bears evidence to the good will of his neighbors.      On the 6th of October, 1887, Mr. Wood married Miss Frances B. Graham, daughter of Alexander and Mary (McCammon) Graham, of Greenfield township.  Mr. Graham was born in Ireland in 1810 and at the age of eighteen came to this country with his parents.  They settled in Huron county which remained Mr. Graham's home until his death.  His wife, whom he married Oct. 25, 1832, was born in Pennsylvania, Apr. 22, 1813, and lived until Feb. 11, 1899, having reared the following children:  Alex, who passed away June 2, 1887; John,  deceased; Samuel, deceased; Eliza; Martha; Mollie; Robinson; Jennie; George; William; Frances B.; Ida; and Charles.  To Mr. and Mrs. Wood have been born five children: George A., born June 12, 1890; Hazel B., born Oct. 5, 1891; Bernice M., born Sept. 14, 1893; Martha G., born June 9, 1895; and one who died in infancy.  Mrs. Wood is a member of the Congregational church of Steuben, Ohio, and is active in its work.      Mr. Wood affiliates politically with the democratic party and served as constable for one term.  He is a man of education and of wide interests, blessed with the capacity of making and retaining a large number of friends.  Those who know him are unanimous in their admiration of him and do not begrudge him the success which ahs made possible his retirement from the active pursuit of farming. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 270
	BENJAMIN BOURDETTE WOOD    The record of Benjamin Bourdette Wood is such as to make his history of general interest, for he today occupies a prominent position in professional and business circles in Norwalk.  Moreover he is a representative of two of the oldest and most prominent families of this part of the state, families whose activity has been a most potent element in the work of general progress and improvement here.  His own lines of life have been cast in harmony therewith and his record reflects credit upon the history of the community.  One of Huron county’s native sons, Mr. Wood was born at Hunt’s Corners in Lyme township, Oct. 19, 1870.  His father is also a native of the same locality but his grandfather, Joseph Wood, was born in England and became the founder of the family in the United States, where he arrived in 1833.  Making his way westward to Huron, he drove from that place to Lyme township, settling on the farm, which continued to be his place of residence for many years.  James B. Wood also followed farming in Lyme township for a long period and in 1874 removed to Bellevue, where he engaged in the furniture business and also in the grain trade.  He is now vice-president of the First National Bank, of Bellevue, and occupies a prominent and honored position in commercial and financial circles.  He has attained a most gratifying measure of success and the methods which he has always pursued have won him the honor and respect of his associates.  He has been quite active in public affairs, and his influence has been no unimportant factor in promoting progress and improvement.  His wife, Mrs. Julia L. Wood, was a daughter of Bourdette Wood, the youngest member of a family of five sons and four daughters.  He became one of the most distinguished and influential men in his section of Huron county, Bellevue owing much of its growth and progress to him.  He was a man of liberal thought, of progressive and patriotic purposes and of undaunted enterprise.  As the years passed by and he prospered in his undertakings he became a large land owner and was also the president of the old Bellevue Bank.  James B. Wood likewise holds extensive land interests, together with considerable realty in Bellevue.  In addition to his other business interests he is a director in the Gilchrist Transportation Company, owning one of the largest independent fleets in the world.  He still makes his home in Bellevue, but in 1901, was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 8th of June of that year at the age of fifty-four.  She was very active in society and in the Episcopal church and her influence was ever given on the side of the right, the true and the beautiful.  The family numbered but two children, the daughter being Mrs. Martha Collins, the wife of E. T. Collins, who is connected with manufacturing interests in Toledo.      The only son, Benjamin Bourdette Wood, pursued a public school education to the time that he was graduated from the Bellevue high school, while later he entered Kenyon College and subsequently matriculated in the law department of Michigan University at Ann Arbor, from which he was graduated in June, 1892.  He began practice in Norwalk in September of the same year and for a short time was in the office of judge Wildman.  Later he undertook the task of building up an independent practice and his success is indicated by his high standing in his profession, the general public and the legal fraternity both acknowledging his ability and the efficiency of the work which he does in the courts.  He was city attorney of Norwalk for two terms and he has always been active in public affairs, prominent as a leader in the local ranks of the republican party.  Aside from his professional interests, he is a director of and a member of the finance committee of the Huron County Banking Company and is one of the receivers of the Laning Printing Company.      In September, 1898, Mr. Wood was married to Miss Harriet Belle Rood, a daughter of R. K. Rood, a man of note in Huron county, who at one time served as county clerk.  Her mother, who bore the maiden name of Louise Hadley, was a representative of an old Huron county family and her father was prominent in manufacturing circles.  Mr. and Mrs. Wood have become parents of two children: James, born July 13, 1899; and Bourdette, born July 27, 1902.      Mr. Wood is an exemplary representative of the Masonic order and has taken the degrees of the York Rite up to the including that of the commandery.  He is a member of the Episcopal church and is now a member of its building committee and its secretary.  He is also a vestryman of St. Paul’s church and his interest in the church work is manifest in many tangible ways. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. I - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 493
	FRANKLIN C. WOOD.  Among the men of Greenwich village, distinguished for exceptional bravery is Franklin C. Wood, the town marshall, who was born Nov. 1, 1877, in Cass township, Richland county, Ohio, and is a son of John W. and Mary E. (Darling) Wood.  Both parents were also natives of that township, to which the paternal grandfather, James C. Wood, had come from New York state.  He was among the early settlers there and cleared the land of the heavy timber with which it was covered.  As the township grew he became prominent in its affairs, and was one of the four that organized the republican party in Cass township.  He himself did not serve in the Civil war, but he sent four sons to fight for their country, two of whom died in the service.  Kellum succumbed to disease while with his regiment; William died from the effects of a wound received in the battle of Bull Run; Charles served four years and after the war went to Kansas, where he died; and Andrew was in the one hundred days' service, and still lives in Shiloh, Ohio.      John W. Wood, the father of Franklin C. Wood, was too young to enlist.  For many years, he was a farmer of Richland county and later of Huron county, and in the year 1906, removed to Greenwich village, where he has since resided with his family, pursuing the carpenter's trade.  His wife's father, William E. Wood, was also an early settler in Cass township, Richland county, and was one of the four men who organized the republican party there.  He was accidentally killed many years ago, by having his clothing caught in the tumbling rod of the old horse-power thresher.  Mr. and Mrs. John W. Wood, became the parents of two children; Florence, who died in infancy; and Franklin C., the subject of this sketch.      As a young lad and into the period of his young manhood, Franklin C. Wood lived and worked on his father's farm, receiving his education at the district schools of the county.  He later entered upon the life and work on farming, which he pursued for several years after his marriage, until 1906, when he came to Greenwich village.  In August of the following year, he was appointed marshall to fill an unexpired term and in November was duly elected by popular vote to the same office for a term of two years.  On more than one occasion, the people have had reason to congratulation themselves on the wisdom of their choice, for Mr. Wood has proved a most valuable officer, but perhaps never more than upon the morning of Dec. 16, 1908, a day that has gone into the annals of the village, when Mr. Wood proved himself a man of stupendous courage and iron nerve.  Even as he with all modesty recounts the occurrence, it is one that excites our admiration and wonder.  In the early morning of Dec. 16, 1908, while going upon his rounds, Mr. Wood encountered four men in the street, evidently intent upon robbing the banks of the village.  Upon accosting them, he was led into a trap between some box cars standing on a side track, and then suddenly found that he was facing a brace of revolvers.  He was ordered to throw up his hands, which he did, but his own revolver came up with them and one of the men fell dead from the shot which he pulled.  This of course brought the remaining men upon him with renewed force; they fired on him and then engaged in a hand to hand struggle, in the course of which he was overpowered and left for unconscious, the men retiring to some distance to look after their fallen comrade.  He was not so much used up as appeared, however, but managed to get his guns into working order again, and doubtless would have ended the life of another man, had they not discovered his activity and pounced upon him with increased vindictiveness, jumping on him, kicking him and literally trampling him into the ground, where they left him to make their own escape.  Unconscious he was indeed this time, but with the passage of the house soon gained sufficient power to drag himself to a pool of water from which he revived himself sufficiently to call for assistance.  There was immediately great commotion, the wounded marshal was put aboard a fast Big Four train, flagged for the purpose, and hurried to the hospital at Galion, where for many days his life hung by a slender thread.   After six weeks, he was pronounced to be able to leave the physician's care and to go to his home in Greenwich, but even there the period of his confinement to his bed was prolonged for three months longer.  He is now able to be about town, though he is still very weak from the many thrilling experiences through which he has passed the last being the fourth that almost resulted in death to him, through the three preceding ones were merely accidental.  On the occasion of the first, he was kicked severely by a horse, the second time a tree fell on him, and on the third, he was caught in some machinery.  In each case, he was so badly injured, that his life was despaired of, but on each occasion, as on this most recent, he has pulled through.  It is needless to say that the three assailants on the night of December 16, escaped, but he who was killed was identified by the Pinkerton Detective Agency, was Edward Quinn, a criminal was a long record, who was sought for in many cities.  It is believed that it was the intention of the men to rob at least one of the banks of Greenwich, and in recognition of the marshal's bravery and opportune frustration of the robbers' operations, a purse of substantial size was presented to him.  The Casualty and Security Company, which carried burglar insurance on the banks, and the Ohio Bankers' Association each contributed one hundred dollars, and the subscriptions of the other banks and from the citizens of the village brought the sum up to twelve hundred and fifty-four dollars, which was paid him as a slight appreciation of the value of his services.      On the 12th of December, 1902, Mr. Wood was married to Miss Myrtle G. Martin, a daughter of Joseph and Julia (Weygant) Martin, of New London, where the father is living in retirement after an active life as a farmer.  One child, Thelma G., has been born of this union.  Mr. Wood and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and she is also a member of the Ladies of the Maccabees.  To the Knights of the Maccabees, Mr. Wood belongs and to the ?Greenwich Lodge, No. 640, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.  In politics, he is a republican and is an effective party worker.  After the incident narrated above, it is but repetition to say that he is a man of unflinching nerve, of fixed determination, and one who believes in doing right, because it is right, and while these qualities are inestimable they are fully appreciated by Mr. Wood's fellow citizens, a knowledge and satisfaction that is afforded to but comparatively few persons. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 329
	GILBERT M. WOOD, one of the hard-working and quiet farmer of Fitchville township, Huron county, was born in New London township, February 1, 1862, a son of Willis and Hilda (Springstead) Wood.  The mother was a native of this county, but the father was born in Putnam county, New York, and was only this county, but the father was born in Putnam county, New York, and was only six years of age when his parents came to Ohio, settling in New London township, Huron county.  He followed the life of a farmer, was a man of fine character and intelligence, but of a retiring disposition, so that he was not well known beyond his immediate circle of friends and acquaintances.  He was a sportsman, however, and enjoyed nothing more than a seat on a fine horse, behind a leash of hounds, in pursuit of a fox.  A good shot and a successful trapper, he yet derived more pleasure from the spirit of the chase than from the value of the pelts he secured.  He died in October, 1886, leaving a widow and two sons, William J. and Gilbert M., who still survive.      Gilbert M. Wood was reared at home on his father's farm, and received his education in the district schools of New London and Fitchville townships.  All his life he has been a farmer, even in the period of his childhood and youth assisting with the work on the home place and assuming responsibility as his age and strength increased.  In 1886 he began life on his own account, engaging in farming in farming in the neighborhood in which he had been reared.  In 1892 he removed to Fulton county, Ohio, where for three years he devoted himself to agriculture, returning to his farm in Fitchville in 1895.  On this he has since made his home, practicing a general line of farming, for which his land is excellently adapted.      In October, 1886, Mr. Wood was married to the woman of his choice, Miss Minnie Post, an orphan girl of German descent.  To this union have been born two children: a son, Willis W., a bookkeeper employed by the Honing Electric Company, of Cleveland, Ohio; and a daughter, Lillian, who remains at home.      Mr. Wood is deeply interested at all times in the matters that concern the public and the welfare of the citizens of this land, but he has never actively engaged in politics nor has he sought or filled any office within the gift of the people.  He believes, strongly, however, that every man should exercise his right of franchise, and so is unfailingly at the polls on election day, when his vote is cast for the democratic candidate and for democratic measures.  But for all his reluctance to enter the public arena, he is a public-spirited man, an advocate of good government and progress, who gives his influence to the promotion of better conditions.  He is particularly interested in the advancement of education in the township and in the improvement of the roads. Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 414
Mr. & Mrs. E. C. Woodworth	EDWIN C. WOODWORTH   Source: History of Huron County, Ohio - Vol. II - By A. J. Baughman - Chicago - The S. J. Clarke Publ. Co. - 1909 - Page 168

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