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BIOGRAPHIES
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Commemorative Biographical Records
of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896
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GAVIN WATSON
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WILLIAM WATSON
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LAWRENCE WEATHERWAX
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MRS. NANCY WEATHERWAX
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EDWARD
WEDEKIND is one of the wide-awake, "up-to-date"
pushing young business men of Port Clinton, Ottawa
County.
He is a native of Ohio, born Oct. 12, 1863, in Danbury
township, Ottawa county, son of Edward and Sophia
(Schroeder) Wedekind, well-to-do farming people of
Danbury township, where the father died in 1863, leaving
one son, Edward. His widow afterward
married Henry Bredbeck, farmer and fruit grower
of Danbury township, and they became the parents of
seven children, four of whom are not living, viz:
Herbert, born June 10, 1871; Minnie, Dec.
19, 1875; Frederick Feb. 26, 1877; and Estella,
Mar. 20, 1879.
Edward Wedekind, our
subject, grew to manhood on a farm, and attended country
schools until he was about eighteen years of age; also
Port Clinton Normal School. In 1884, he attended
the country schools until he was about eighteen years of
age; also Port Clinton Normal School. In 1884 he
attended the Spencerian Business College, Cleveland,
Ohio, one term, and in 1885 entered into partnership
with H. J. Rohrs, in the hardware business, at
Port Clinton. In July, 1887, he bought out his
partner.
On December 26, 1888, he was united in marriage with
Mary J. Richardson, of Port Clinton, Ohio, daughter
of David and Pauline (Adelman) Richardson, and
their children are: Jesse Rhea and Ralph,
born in 1880 and 1891 respectively. Socially, our
subject is a member of the I. O. O. F., K. of P.
(in which he has passed all the Chairs) and National
Union. Politically he is a Democrat.
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A. WEHRLE
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HERMAN WEHRLE
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JOHN WELLES
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HERMAN, WENDT
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JOHN H. WENDT is an
enterprising and popular merchant and fruit grower of
Danbury township, Ottawa county, of which township he is
a native, having been born Oct. 2, 18643, on the
homestead where he still resides.
His early life was passed amidst the surroundings of a
comfortable home and fond, indulgent parents' care.
He received the advantages of a liberal common-school
education, and at an early age adopted farming for his
life vocation, which he still continues to follow.
In 1887, in connection with agricultural pursuits, he
also began merchandising at Marblehead Junction, and by
his straight-forward business principles has built up a
large and increasing trade, and established an enviable
record for honesty and fair dealing. In 1887 he
was appointed postmaster at Danbury, which position he
filled seven years to the satisfaction of all concerned.
In Danbury, Nov. 15, 1882, John H. Wendt was
married to Miss Matilda Meter, a daughter of
Christian and Dorothy Meter, both natives of
Germany, the former of whom is deceased, the latter
still making her home in Danbury township. Mr.
and Mrs. Wendt have three children: Lydia S.,
born May 18, 1883; William H., born Feb. 19,
1885; and Clara, born Feb. 22, 1889.
Politically, our subject affiliates with the Republican
party, while in religious faith he and his family attend
the Lutheran Church. He is one of the live
progressive men of Danbury township, a good friend and
desirable neighbor. The pleasant social and
hospitable qualities of Mr. and Mrs. Wendt are
widely known, and they enjoy the esteem and respect of
all in the community to a marked degree.
Herman Wendt, the father of our subject, was
born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, Apr. 14, 1827,
was educated in his native land, where he also learned
the trade of a cabinet maker. In 1845 he landed on
the shores of the New World, and for about a year after
his arrival worked at his trade in New York City.
He came to Ohio in 1846, and for a few years was
employed at the cooper's trade at the Plasterbed Mills
in Portage township, Ottawa county. In 1851 he
located in Danbury township, where he followed farming
until his death, which occurred on the 6th of February,
1894. He was a true friend, a good neighbor, a
loving husband and a kind, indulgent father, and his
memory will long be cherished by those who knew him
best.
Herman Wendt was twice married, his first union
being with Mrs. Anna Marie Brauer, the widow of
Henry Brauer, and of the four children born to
this union, three are still living, namely:
Christina, born Apr. 18, 1850, is the wife of
Angelus Hauschild, of Salem township, Ottawa county;
Anna, born Nov. 18, 1851, is the wife of Henry
Windish of Carroll township, Ottawa county; and
John H., who forms the subject of this brief sketch,
is the third child. His mother died on the 21st of
September, 1855. The father later wedded Miss
Rachel Schwartz, a native of Germany, and to them
were born three children, one of whom still survives-
John A., born July 18, 1857, makes his home in
Chicago. Mrs. Wendt passed away June 5,
1872.
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CHARLES WHEELER
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JOHN
L. WHEELER, a well-known highly-respected
resident of Oak Harbor, is a native of Ottawa county,
Ohio, born in Salem township Aug. 22, 1857, a son of
Charles and Mary (Fought) Wheeler.
The father of our subject,
a retired agriculturist of Salem township, first saw the
light near Bridgeport, Conn., Apr. 27, 1827, being a son
of John and Mary (Wheeler) Wheeler, both natives
of Connecticut and very early settlers of Ottawa county,
they having located near Elmore in 1833, and they were
highly-respected residents of that township up to the
time of their decease. Mr. Wheelers
educational advantages were confined to those afforded
by the old log schoolhouse of half a century ago, his
early life being spent in acquiring a thorough knowledge
of the many duties in connection with the farm.
When a lad six years of age he came with his parents to
Ottawa county, and has been a continuous resident
thereof for nearly fifty years, honored and respected by
the entire community as a man of sound character and
many other excellent qualities.
Mr. Wheeler was married in Hessville, Sandusky
Co., Ohio, July 13, 1847, the lady of his choice being a
Miss Mary Fought, daughter of George and Mary
Fought, early settlers of Sandusky county. To
this union were born seven children, as follows:
Samuel, Levi, John L., Albert, Laura E. (wife of
George Fry), Mary Melissa (wife of George
Gordon) and Harvey. The mother passed
to the home beyond Nov. 16, 1888. In 1864 Mr.
Wheeler enlisted in Company I, Fifty-fifth O. V. I.,
and served until the close of the war, being mustered
out near Cincinnati in June, 1865, shortly afterward
returning to his home in Salem township. Our
subject is one of the few old pioneer settlers who have
lived to see what was at one time a vast, unbroken
wilderness transformed into thriving towns and
prosperous villages. In his political preferences
Mr. Wheeler is a stanch supporter of the
Republican party.
John L. Wheeler, the gentleman whose name
introduces this sketch, received his preliminary
education in the public schools of his native township,
on leaving school served an apprenticeship term to the
trade of a plasterer, which vocation he has followed
throughout his entire life, and his reputation as a
workman and as a citizen who has ever been found willing
to do all in his power to advance any cause which has
had for its culmination the welfare of his town and
county, is a most enviable one indeed. He was
united in marriage, Aug. 22, 1892, with Mrs. Angeline
Alice (Young) Smith, widow of Duncan Smith,
whose death occurred Nov. 16, 1883, and a daughter of
George Young, of Carroll township, Ottawa county.
This union has not been blessed by the birth of any
children. Mrs. Wheeler had three children
by her former marriage, viz.: George D., a
prominent photographer of Oak Harbor, born Oct. 16,
1874; Alice M., born Oct. 18, 1876, and Emma
Jane, born Jan. 1, 1881. The family enjoy the
respect and esteem of a large circle of friends.
Mrs. Wheeler has conducted a millinery bazaar and
fancy-goods business ever since her first husband was
drowned, some seven years ago; in fact she raised her
family in business, and is one of Oak Harbor's brightest
and most industrious women.
GEORGE YOUNG, an
enterprising agriculturist, trapper and lumber
manufacturer, of Carroll township, father of Mrs. J.
L. Wheeler, is a native of Center township, Berks
Co., Penn., born Nov. 30, 182_, a son of John and
Susannah (Keen) Young natives of Pennsylvania, of
German ancestry. When a lad six years of age
Mr. Young came with his parents to Stark county,
Ohio, where he received his primary education.
When twenty years of age he left the parental abode and
went to Harrison county, Ohio, where he found employment
at his trade, that of a carpenter, remaining thereabout
six years. He then moved to Sandusky, Erie county,
where he remained until 1850, being employed in the car
shops. In 1851 he embarked in the fishing industry
at Port Clinton, Ottawa county, and has since been a
continuous resident of that county, for the past
twenty-five years extensively engaged in the manufacture
of lumber and also in the building of bridges. He
was united in marriage Apr. 28,1846, with Miss Maria
Jane Zouvers, daughter of Solomon and Susannah E.
(Hoy) Zouvers, born Oct. 2, 1828. To this
union have been born nine children, their names and
dates of birth being as follows: John May
15, 1847; Angeline Alice, Jan. 6, 1850, now the
wife of John L. Wheeler, of Oak Harbor;
Susanna E., Mar. 26, 1852, wife of George Reid,
of Oak Harbor; Mary Jane, May 15, 1854, wife of
Morgan Sharpe; Catherine E., Sept. 3, 1856, wife
of Louis Daly, of Havana, Huron county; Emma
P., Oct. 20, 1858, wife of Martin Smith of
Toledo; Marian A., Mar. 18, 1861, wife of H.
C. Mylander of Oak Harbor; George D., Apr.
26, 1863; Robert Eugene, Oct. 6, 1865.
Mr. Young has been a member of the board of
directors of the Oak Harbor Infirmary for the past six
years.
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ENOS E. WILLIAMS * Source: Commemorative
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WILLIAM G. WINSTONE * Source: Commemorative
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GEORGE W. WIRES * Source: Commemorative
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OLIVE WIRES * Source: Commemorative
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ALFRED G. WITTE * Source: Commemorative
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HENRY WITTY * Source: Commemorative
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JOHN WITTY * Source: Commemorative
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WOLCOTTE FAMILY * Source: Commemorative
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HENRY WONNELL * Source: Commemorative
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SAMUEL T. WOOD, the
popular and efficient sheriff of
Ottawa county, was born in Seneca county, Ohio, Feb. 28, 1841, and is a son of
David and Patience (Rolfe) Wood, both
natives of Greene county, N. Y., the father born May 25, 1803, the mother born
Mar. 7, 1806, and died in Seneca county, Ohio, Mar. 8, 1848. The father passed away in Clay
township, Ottawa
county, Aug. 10, 1888. They were the
parents of ten children, six of whom still survive namely:
Dorcas, wife of T. P. Taylor, who is living in Genoa,
Ohio; Mercy, wife of
John Tiplady, who is living in Clay
Township, Ottawa county; Samuel T.;
Louisa, wife of William Armstrong¸
of Genoa, Ohio; Felinda, wife of
Albert Sponable, a resident of
Hastings, Mich.; and Francis V., who
is located in Fremont, Ohio. The
second in the family of ten children was
Mary J., who married Michael Tompkins
(now deceased), and died in Genoa, Ottawa Co., Ohio, Nov. 13, 1876;
Elizabeth A., the third one of the
children, died at Genoa, Oct. 24, 1854; and
George, the eighth child, born in September, 1846, died in infancy.
Our subject was
educated in the district schools of his native county, and his boyhood was
passed upon the old farm amidst the surroundings of a comfortable home and the
care of kind indulgent parents.
When about thirteen years of age he removed to Clay township,
Ottawa
county, with the family, and continued to aid in the farm work until after he
had attained to manhood, when he began farming in his own interest. For over forty years he was an
honored and respected resident of Clay township, where his agricultural pursuits
by their success proved his energy and perseverance, while the high estimation
in which he was held by the people of the county bore its tribute to his
sterling qualities and upright, honorable principles. On Nov. 6, 1894, he was elected
sheriff of the county on the Republican ticket, and abandoning the pursuit he
had so long followed, he on Jan. 7, 1895, took possession of the office,
removing his family to Port Clinton.
In
Fremont,
Ohio, Sept. 28, 1865, Mr. Wood married Maria E. Jones, a native of
Ohio, who was born in Pickaway
county, Jan. 29, 1842, a daughter of Noah
and Ruth Jones. Her mother still
survives at the advanced age of ninety-one years, and resides with our subject
in Port Clinton, being probably the oldest living resident of
Ottawa
county, and undoubtedly one of the most intelligent and interesting old ladies,
having a most remarkable memory for dates and events. She was born in Pendleton county,
Va., June 20, 1804, and is a daughter of Uriah
and Catherine (Loother) ____, who are also natives of
Virginia. In 1805 the mother and children
removed to Pickaway county, Ohio,
and six months later was joined by the husband, who at the time of the first
removal was serving as sheriff of Pendleton county. Here he passed away in 1812. His widow continued to reside in
Pickaway county, Ohio, until 1850, when she
removed to Fairfield county, this State, where her death occurred
in 1858. In 1826 the mother of
Mrs. Wood was married to
Noah Jones, and to their union came
nine children, as follows:
Benjamin F., born July 14, 1827, now
living in Findlay, Ohio; Uriah, born Aug. 28, 1829, now
residing in Columbus,
Ohio; Rebecca, born Mar. 28,
1832, now the wife of William Adams,
of Lithopolis, Ohio; John W., born
Aug. 10, 1834, is living at Burnips Corners, Mich.;
Daniel W., born May 3, 1837, is living in Genoa, Ohio;
Samuel, born June 27, 1839, died Aug. 3, 1846;
Maria E. is the wife of our subject;
Noah, born May 14, 1844, is located
in Toledo; and Nelson A., born Aug.
17, 1846, died June 19, 1880.
The union of
Mr. and Mrs. Wood has been blessed with six children, as follows:
Alonzo, born July 6, 1866, died in infancy; Mary and Martha (twins), born Aug. 10, 1871, and died
in infancy; Charles, born July 7,
1875; Lizzie, born Dec. 27, 1872,
died Mar. 6, 1876; and Nelson J.,
born Mar. 18, 1879.
Mr. Wood manifested his loyalty to
the government during the Civil War by joining Company A, Fourteenth O. V. I.,
Sept. 5, 1861. He served for three
years, participating with his regiment in numerous skirmishes, and some of the
most important battles of the war.
AT the battle of Chickamauga, he was taken prisoner by the
Confederates, and for forty-three days was held as a captive in the Smith
tobacco-house prison, opposite the renowned Libby Prison, in
Richmond, Va. At the expiration of that
time with a number of others he was removed to a prison in
Danville, Va., where he was held until Feb. 21, 1864, when he succeeded in making his
escape, and reaching the lines of the Union army at Brownstown. For twenty-one days he was travelling
toward the Northern army, and enduring untold hardships before he reached his
destination. He was then granted a
thirty-days’ furlough, which he spent in visiting his family, rejoining his
regiment at Ringgold, Ga.,
and with his command participating in the
Atlanta
campaign. At the capture of
Jonesboro, five days after the expiration of his term of
service, he was seriously wounded, and when hostilities ceased was sent to the
hospital. Fourteen days later he was
honorably discharged, returning to his home in Clay township,
Ottawa
county. He had been a faithful
soldier, always true to his duties and the cause of the Union arms.
Mr. Wood is a member of Clay Lodge,
No. 584, I. O. O. F., and Elliott Wyman
Post, G. A. R. He is an active
worker in the ranks of the Republican party, and in the discharge of his
official duties has won the commendation of all concerned. The family attend the Methodist
Episcopal Church, of which he and his estimable wife are constant members.
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GEORGE
WOODWARD, M. D. (deceased), who at time of his
death was the oldest and most widely known physician not
only in Ottawa but also in adjoining counties, was born
in Logan county, Ohio, May 24, 1840, and was a son of
Jonathan and Sarah Woodward. The former was a
descendant of one of four Woodward brothers who
came from England to America in 1804. He was born
in Chester county, Penn., and his wife was born in the
State of Delaware, where her father, who was the owner
of the famous Brandywine Springs, kept hotel. In
their family were five children, but only one is now
living - Charles, a miller, who resides in Lima,
Ohio.
The Doctor spent his early life in Logan county, and
first attended the schools of Bellefontaine, after which
he entered college at Kenneth Square, Penn., where he
completed the classical course. He then determined
to take up the study of medicine, making its practice
his life work, and entered the Ohio Medical College,
Cincinnati, from which institution he was graduated with
the class of 1870. Immediately thereafter he began
practice, locating in Castalia, Ohio, where he remained
for more than a year. In 1872 he removed to Ohio
Harbor, where he successfully continued the practice of
his profession until within a short time of his death.
He was a skilled physician, and the liberal patronage
which he received was proof positive of his ability.
The Doctor was married to Auglaize county, Ohio, Sept.
30, 1863, to Samantha Pepple, a native of that
county, who was born in May, 1844, daughter of
Maurice R. and Sarah (Richards) Pepple. They
became the parents of five children - Sarah R.,
who was born July 13, 1864, and is the wife of Elmore
E. Gill, a resident of Port Clinton, Ohio;
Charles J., born Oct. 9, 1867, a prominent stock
farmer of Auglaize county; Horace S., who was
born Mar. 27, 1871, and is a medical practitioner of Oak
Harbor; Olive, born Sept. 7, 1874; and George,
who was born Apr. 5, 1876, and died July 23, 1880.
Dr. Woodward belonged to the Ohio Medical
Association, and the Ottawa County Medical Association,
and his ability was everywhere recognized by the public
and his professional brethren. He was very
successful in his chosen calling, winning a high and
well deserved reputation and building up an extensive
practice, and he held the office of coroner for over
fifteen years. Socially he was a valued member of
the Odd Fellows society at Rocky Ridge. He passed
away in 1893, and the county lost one of its best
citizens, the profession an eminent member and his
family a devoted husband and father.
Dr. HORACE WOODWARD, who
seems destined to occupy the place which his honored
father filled, was born in Logan county, Ohio, and when
only a year old was brought by his parents to Oak
Harbor, where he has resided continuously since.
He received his elementary education in the public and
high schools of that place, and commenced his
professional studies by attending Ohio Medical College,
Cincinnati, where he remained for two years; he then
entered the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville,
Ky., where he then entered the Kentucky School of
Medicine at Louisville, Ky., where he was graduated with
the class of 1893. He is still among the noble
army of Benedicts. Since his graduation he has
been established in business in Oak Harbor, and his
ability, both natural and acquired, has given him high
rank in the profession and will bring him still greater
success in the future. He is a young man of worth,
and is very popular in the community.
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MRS. GEORGE WOODWARD - See
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