Biographies

* Source:
1803
History of Knox County, Ohio
It's Past and Present,
containing
A Condensed, Comprehensive History of Ohio, Including an Outline History of the North-
west; A complete History of Knox County; It's Townships, City, Towns, Villages,
Schools, Churches, Societies, Industries, Statistics, etc.; A Record of Its
Soldiers in the Late War; Portraits of its early settlers and
Prominent men;  Views of Its Finest Buildings;
Miscellaneous Matter; Map of the
County; Biographies and Histories
of Pioneer Families, etc.
Compiled by N. N. Hill, Jr.
- Illustrated -
Mt. Vernon, Ohio:
A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers
1881
 

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	JAMES P. WADDELL, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard, was born Oct. 2, 1826, in Union township, Knox county.  Until 1833 he lived there twelve years, and continued farming until he was drafted in the late war; but on account of ill health was rejected.  He was drafted the second time and sent a substitute. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 827
	JAMES J. WAGES, Fredericktown, blacksmith, was born in Baltimore county, Maryland, in 1821, and came to Ohio in 1827.       He was married to Catharine Brown, who was born in Pennsylvania, and died in January, 1848.  Mr. Wages was again married January 6, 1849, to M. W. Drake, who was born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, in 1822.  They had six children, viz:  Catharine, born in October, 1849.  She is married to O. F. Crall, and resides in Ashland, Ohio; Paxton (deceased); Martha J. is married to F. Marble, and lives in Michigan; Clara B., and Mary E. are dead; Clement was born in March, 1867.      Mr. Wages is a blacksmith by occupation, and has been engaged in that business since 1849, and is a good practical mechanic. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
Charles Wagner (Portrat) 834a	CHARLIE WAGNER, Fredericktown, retired, was born in Northampton county, Pennsylvania, July 6, 1805, and was married in 1826, to Anna Allbach, who was born in New Jersey in 1804.  They had the following family, - Sarah, Nathan, deceased, Grace, deceased, Jemima B., John and Colwell.  Mrs. Wagner died Apr. 3, 1865, in Waterford, Knox county, Ohio.  Charlie Wagner came from New Jersey to Knox county Sept. 10, 1838, located in Waterford, Middlebury township, and kept hotel twenty years.  He was engaged in the tailoring business a number of years, then removed to Fredericktown and engaged in keeping hotel, and continued in that about fourteen years.  His name is still continued with the Wagner house, which has given it character and influence. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	GEORGE WAGNER, Middlebury township, farmer, post office, Fredericktown, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Mar. 16, 1811, and was married Dec. 25, 1850, to Catharine Henry, who was born July 2, 1822, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania.  They have the following family: Francis, born July 9, 1852; Catharine, Aug. 14, 1856; Florence, Feb. 5, 1859; George, Nov. 28, 1861; Hattie B., Oct. 21, 1864; and Mary I., Aug. 7, 1869.  Florence was married to Samuel A. Stretey Apr. 18, 1880, and now resides in this township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	HENRY WAGNER, Middlebury township, Post office, Fredericktown, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 1, 1822, and was married Mar. 5, 1846, to Sarah A. Jeffreys, who was born in Wayne township, this county, Dec. 22, 1825.  They had six children: Susan M., born Jan. 9, 1848; George P., Jan. 1, 1851; Sarah E., Mar. 8, 1853; William H., Nov. 8, 1856; John L. Jan. 22, 1863; and Mary E., Apr. 16, 1868.  The latter died Dec. 28, 1868.      The following members of the family are married: Susan M. married Jan. 6, 1870 to Sylvester Caywood; Sarah E. to Robert Martin; George P. to Susan Lyons; William H., Apr. 20, 1878, to Sarah E. McDonalds.      Mr. Henry Wagner was brought by his parents to Ohio at the age of two yeas, who settled in this township in April, 1824.  They improved the farm where he now resides, which is one of the most beautiful farms in Knox county.  Through in industry and frugality he has accumulated a competency that enables him to retire and enjoy the fruit of his labors. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	JOHN B. WAIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	ALEXANDER WALKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	DAVID WALKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	WILLIAM WALKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	WILLIAM WALKEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 828
	CHARLES WALLACE, Howard township, farmer, post office, Howard, was born in Washington county, Pennsylvania, in June, 1815.  In 1837 he came to Knox township, Holmes county, and in 1858 removed to his present farm in Knox county.      He was married to Nancy Hardisty, Oct. 18, 1858.  They had the following family: Elizabeth, Thomas, Charles, and Nancy.  Thomas enlisted in the late war, in 1864; served his time out and received and honorable dischaige. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	JOHN WALLACE, Pike township, butcher, post office, North Liberty, born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1842, and was married in 1864, to Jane Blakely, who was born in 1848.  They have the following family of children: Eva Estella, born in 1864; Edna Luella, in 1867; Verna May and Bertha Day, in 1873; Winifred, in 1875; Anna Bell, in 1876, and Ida Arivilla, in 1880.  Edna Luella died in 1872, and Bertha Day, in 1873.      Mr. Wallace came to this county in 1858, and was engaged in farming for a number of years.  For the last ten years he has been engaged in butchering in North Liberty.  Anna Bell died Oct. 13, 1880. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	GEORGE A. WALTER, salesman, was born in Morris township, Knox county, in 1842, and was married in 1870, to Mary L. Smith, who was born in Fredericktown in 1851.  They have one son: Carleton C., born Mar. 14, 1872, in Mt. Vernon.       Mr. Walter learned the carpenter trade when a young man, in Mt. Vernon, continued to work at his trade till 1872, when he was engaged in the butchering business with S. Kirby, afterwards with M. P. Minteer, and in 1880 was engaged with Braddock & Hurst. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	JOHN WALTERS, Union township, farmer, post office, Howard, born in 1821 near Steubenville, Ohio; came to Knox county in 1835, and settled upon the farm he now owns.  He was married to Miss M. C. Johnson in April, 1843.  They have five children—George, Sarah, Mary Jane, Harriet, and Frances. He has generally worked at farming, but has done some blacksmithing. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	JOHN J. WALTERS, Fredericktown, liveryman, was born in Loudoun county, Virginia, in 1833; came to Ohio in 1835, and was married in 1858 to Mary E. Wagner.  He had the following family: Charles, born in 1859; Edward, in 1865; Hattie, in 1867; and Frank, in 1873.      Mrs. Mary Waters died in 1861.  Mr. John Walters was afterwards married, in 1863, to Susan Baxter, who was born in 1844 in Middlebury township.      Mr. Walters came to Fredericktown in 1878 and engaged in the livery business.  He has the leading and best livery in this city. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	DENNIS WARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	L. B. WARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	RUFUS WARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	TRUMAN WARD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 829
	J. B. WARREN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	DALLIS WATKINS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	THOMAS WATKINS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	WILLIAM J. WATKINS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	ABRAHAM WATSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	DAVID WATSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	J. S. WATSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 831
	JOSEPH WATSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 830
	JOHN WEAVER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 831
	JONATHAN WEBSTER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 831
	EDWIN P. WEBSTER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 831
	DANIEL WELKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	DAVID WELKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 831
	GEORGE A. WELKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	M. D. WELKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	PAUL WELKER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	G. W. WELLS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	JOSEPH WELLS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	J. W. WELSH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	JOHN WELSH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 832
	ALBERT WERTZ Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	GEORGE WERTZ Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	HIRAM WESTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	DAVID WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	GEORGE BERKELEY WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	JOHN A. WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	LEWIS WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	THOMAS WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 833
	WILLIAM J. WHITE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	JAMES W. WHITFORD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	DUDLEY C. WHITNEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	E. J. WHITNEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	NEHEMIAH WHITTINGTON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	A. T. WHITWORTH Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	JOHN WIER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 834
	C. WILKINSON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	A. H. WILLIAMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	ADAM WILLIAMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	BRYANT B. WILLIAMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	GRAFTON WILLIAMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	MILTON B. WILLIAMS Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 835
	DEXTER WILSON, Morris township, farmer, post office, Mt. Vernon, was born in this county in 1826, and married in 1850 to Sarah Love, who was born in this county in 1830.  They have four children, viz: Oscar W., born in 1852; Philittia J., in 1853; Frank M., in 1864; and Minnie Bell in 1870. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 836
	E. J. WILSON, M. D., Mt. Vernon, office over Eagle drug store, Main street, Mt. Vernon, Ohio.  Dr. Wilson was born near Granville, Licking county, Ohio, on the ninth day of August, 1853, and was educated at Dennison university in Granville.  On the nineteenth of April, 1875, he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Larimore, of Mt. Vernon.  During the winter of 1877-8, he attended his first term of lectures at the Columbus Medical college, and graduated on the twenty-third day of June, 1879, at the Long Island college hospital, at Brooklyn, New York.  He was appointed resident surgeon of the hospital after a competitive examination, which position he filled with much honor to himself, until July 1, 1880, when he returned to Mt. Vernon, and accepted a partnership with his former preceptor.  Dr. F. C. Larimore, with whom he is now actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 836
	HODGSON WILSON, school teacher and farmer, was born in the county of Durham, England, Mar. 10, 1847.  He removed to America in 1852, residing for a short time in Cleveland, Ohio, and removed the same year to Butler township.  He received the first rudiments of his education in the district schools of this township.  He afterwards attended select school at Millwood, taught by Professor Jones, a graduate of Kenyon college, and also the Northwestern Normal school at Fostoria, Ohio.  Mr. Wilson, although a strong Republican, is one of the justices of the peace of the Democratic township of Butler. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 836
	JOHN WILSON, farmer, Wayne township, post office, Fredericktown, born in Wayne county, Jan. 15, 1831, and was married Dec. 12, 1858, to Harriet McFelow, who was born in Wayne county, Oct. 27, 1841.  They had the following children—Arabel, born July 7, 1859; William Elmer, Sept. 28, 1864; Laura Etta, June 4, 1877, and Agnes May, Apr. 17, 1879.  They were all born in Knox county except the first, who was born in Wayne county.  Mr. Wilson came from Wayne to Knox county in 1859, located on a farm and is one of the leading men of this township. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 836
	JOHN B WILSON, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1835.  He removed to Washington county, Ohio, at an early age.  From there he emigrated to Butler township, Knox county, in 1856, remaining there a short time when he came to Clay township, where he has since resided.  He was married Oct. 27, 1861, to Miss Rhoda M. Rice, who bore him one child—a son, named Marion, who was born June 1, 1862.  Mrs. Rhoda M. Wilson died Mar. 29, 1871.  He subsequently married, Sept. 26, 1872, Miss Elanor Mckee, by whom he has had one son, Harry Leslie, born July 31, 1878.      John M. Wilson, father of John B., was born in Fayette county, Pennsylvania, Jan. 16, 1800.  He removed to Ohio, settling in Belmont county when a young man.  He was married to Anna Mason, of that county, Apr. 12, 1830.  They had five children, viz; John B., William B., Joseph M., Sarah A., Samuel H.   John M. Wilson died Dec. 28, 1869. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 836
	ALONZO WINELAND Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 837
	JOHN WINELAND Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 837
	MELVIN WING Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 837
	JACOB PERRY WINTERMUTE, merchant, Mt. Liberty, Ohio, is the third in descent from George Wintermute, or Windemuth, as originally spelled, who was an emigrant from the old country, settling in Sussex county, New Jersey, in the early part of the last century, and from whom has descended an extensive family connection, now scattered over all the northern States, territories and Canada.      His son George, who died in 1837, in the ninetieth year of his age, was married to Nancy Arason, a descendant of Jeptha Arason, who was commissioned and sent over by one of the King Georges' to do some surveying, receiving for his services a large tract of land in the northern part of New Jersey.      His son George, the father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Sussex county, New Jersey, Apr. 28, 1787, was married to Anne Wintermute, nee Lanterman, Oct. 24, 1807, and at once removed to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where he followed his trade of blacksmithing, removing from thereto Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1809, where he, with an elder brother, was drafted and served in the War of 1812.  After the close of his term of service, the times being very hard in that then new country, he moved back to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, in 1814, where he remained until the year 1825, when he again moved to Ohio, this time settling in Muskingum county, ten miles west of Zanesville, which place he made his permanent residence until the date of his death, Jan. 4, 1862.  His widow died Feb. 1, 1871, at her daughter's, near the old homestead.  They had a family of six sons and one daughter, as follows; Arason, John Ogden, Asahel Wells, Sarah Ann; Ashfordby, James Frey, and Jacob Perry, all of whom are living with the exception of the second son, who died in Grayville, Illinois, Apr. 3, 1876.      The subject of this sketch, the youngest of the family, was born in Hopewell township, Muskingum county, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1852, and remained on the farm until his sixteenth year, when he went to Zanesville m the fall of 1848 to learn a trade with his brother, remaining with him four years, after which he engaged in daguerreotyping, following the business in various parts of the State about seven years.      On the last day of December, 1857. he was united in marriage, in Zanesville, Ohio, by the Rev. David E. Thomas, to Ettie A. Buckmaster, who was born in Muskingum county, Feb. 7, 1837, and who was a daughter of C. W. Buckmaster, whose biography appears in another part of this work.  This union resulted in a family of two sons and two daughters, as follows: Robert Corbin, born June 27, 1861; Nina, Oct. 14, 1863, both in Norton, Delaware county, Ohio; William Edward, Apr. 4, 1869, and Pearlie, Apr. 9, 1876, both in Mt. Liberty, Knox county.      After a residence in Zanesville of a little more than one year he removed to Norton, Delaware county, Ohio, and engaged in mercantile business with his brother, remaining there five years, when he changed his location to Mt. Vernon, and became one of the firm of J. W. Purviance & Co.  Just after the date of this move—May, 1864—he was called into the service of his country, being orderly sergeant of company C, One Hundred and Forty-fifth regiment, Ohio National guard.  The regiment did garrison duty on Arlington Heights, Virginia, the whole term of their enlistment.      In the spring of 1867 he changed to his present location and engaged in mercantile business alone, where, by steady persistence and careful management, he has made his business a success.      At the present time he holds the honorable and responsible position of grand worthy patriarch of the Grand division Sons of Temperance, of Ohio, having been elected thereto Oct. 28, 1880. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 837
	WELLINGTON ASHFOURDBY WINTERMUTE, Milford township, farmer, was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 2, 1845.  The Wintermute family are of German extraction, a history of which will be found in the history of Liberty township.  The subject of this sketch is the son of Arason and Virenda Wintermute, nee Wayland, and was reared on a farm.  He enlisted in company A, Seventy-sixth regiment Ohio volunteer infantry at Newark, Ohio; belonged to the Fifteenth army corps, First brigade, First division, and participated in the battles of Resaca, Dallas, Kingston, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Ezra Church, Atlanta, Jonesboro' Lovejoy Station, Siege of Savannah, Columbia, Fayetteville, Bentonville, Raleigh, and all the skirmishes and engagements in which his regiment participated, but one.  He was discharged with his regiment at Columbus, Ohio, July 25, 1865, after serving his country faithfully, never shirking any duties that devolved upon him.  After his return home he resumed farming.  He is a mem- of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a good and useful ber citizen.*  He married Miss Louisa Hawkins, daughter of Isaac Hawkins, of Mt. Liberty, Aug. 6, 1871.  They have two children, - Charles W., born June 5, 1872, and Mary, Mar. 26, 1877. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 838 * (SHARON WICK'S NOTE: This is how the sentence was typed in book.  It should be 'He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and a good and useful citizen.')
	BARNETT WINTERRINGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 838
	J. S. WINTERINGER Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 838
	JOHN C. WISE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 838
	JAMES WITHROW Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 838
	JOHN WOLF Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 840
	SIMON WOLF Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 839
	CHRISTOPHER WOLFE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 839
	SAMUEL WOLFE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 839
	THOMAS J. WOLFE Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 839
	BYRON WOLLISON Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 840
	I. & T. WOOD Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 840
	AMOS WORKMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 842
	JOHN WORKMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 840
	S. D. WORKMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 841
	SOLOMON WORKMAN, Brown township, farmer and stock raiser, post office, Danville, son of David Workman, born in Alleghany county, Maryland, May 7, 1813, was brought to Knox county by his parents when a boy thirteen years old, his father locating in Howard township, on Jelloway, where he erected a rude log cabin to shelter his family; then by the help of Solomon, the subject of this sketch, they went to work clearing the land and making it ready for tilling.  This they continued until they had a very good and comfortable home.      At the age of twenty-five years he married Mary A. Brandbury, June 8, 1837, she being a daughter of Richard and Mary Brandbury, born in England, Feb. 14, 1818.  His father gave him eighty-five acres adjoining him, where he then moved and set up housekeeping, remaining about five years, when he exchanged said farm with his father for a farm in Brown township, where he now resides, it being a very pleasant and comfortable home.  By their marriage they became the parents of ten children: Elizabeth, born May 27, 1838, died Aug. 17, 1860; Richard, Sept. 23, 1839; David, July 25, 1841; Mary, Sept., 1843; Barbara, Oct. 14, 1845, died in Aug., 1880; Jerusha F., January 1, 1848; Marilah H., January 9, 1849; Normanda F., Nov. 16, 1853; Columbus J., July 31, 1856; Amos C., Feb. 22, 1859.  He and his companion are consistent members of the German Baptist church of Danville. Source:  1803  History of Knox County, Ohio, Its past and present - Publ. 1881 ~ Page 841
	SOLOMON C. WORKMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 840
	THEODORE W. WORKMAN Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 842
	JAMES WORLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 842
	M. W. WORLEY Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 842
	C. W. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 843
	DANIEL P. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 843
	JOHN A. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 844
	LEMUEL P. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 844
	LYMAN D. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 843
	MRS. PERMELIA WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 843
	ROBERT WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 842
	VANCE WELLINGTON WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 844
	WILLIAM H. WRIGHT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 844
	WILLIAM WRIGHT, SR. Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 843
	WYKER & VINCENT Source:  History of Knox Co., Ohio, Its Past and Present – Publ. Mt. Vernon, Ohio by A. A. Graham & Co., Publishers, 1881 - Page 844

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