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EDWIN A. WALBORN,
a
farmer living on his estate in section 32, Hoaglin township,
was born Mar. 21, 1860, and reared in Van Wert County, Ohio,
being a son of Adam and Louisa (Carlo) Walborn, both
of whom were natives of Campaign County, Ohio. They
moved to Van Wert County in 1859, settling in Hoaglin
township where nine years later the father died from typhoid
fever. The mother still survives and is in her 74th
year, a venerable and highly esteemed resident of the
township.
Mr. Walborn received a public school education,
although the death of his father, when he was eight years
old, left a heavy responsibility on his young shoulders, and
made it necessary for him to assume control of the farm at
an early age. This responsibility, however, tended to
develop his resources and strength, making him self-reliant
and independent, and he is to-day one of the most successful
and thorough farmers in the county. About 1881 he
moved to his present farm, which he has since cultivated and
which contains 100 acres of rich land. In addition to
general farming he makes a specialty of breeding
Duroc-Jersey hogs and Lincolnshire sheep, and in the 18
years so engaged has produced a strain of these animals
which are in demand at a good figure throughout a wide
territory. In his political belief he is a Democrat.
Mr. Walborn was married Nov. 24, 1887, to
Sarah Ridenour, a native of Allen County, Indiana, and a
daughter of Lewis and Esther (Brenneman) Ridenour,
both deceased. Five children resulted from this union,
namely: L. Earl, Hershel E., Beulah, Ivan and
Cecil R. (deceased). Mr. and Mrs. Walborn
are devout member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church,
in which Mr. Walborn was formerly deacon.
Mrs. Welborn is a member of Hive No. 74, Ladies of the
Maccabees, of Van Wert, and is a lady of strong character
and pleasing personality. Mr. Walborn is now
serving his second term as a member of township School
Board, and his voice and vote may always be depended upon to
advance the cause of education.
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ALVIN WALTER,
one of the
promising young farmers of Liberty township, owner and
operator of a farm of 80 acres in section 15, was born in
York township, Van Wert County, Ohio, in York township, Van
Wert County, Ohio, on Jan. 12, 1870, and is a son of
Andrew and Catherine (Hummel) Walter.
Andrew Walter was born in raised in Hocking
County, coming with his parents to Van Wert County about
1846, and settling on a farm in York township. He was
married in Delaware, Ohio, to Catherine Hummel, a daughter
of David Hummel of Delaware, who was a shoemaker by trade.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Walter had a family of 10
children, six of whom are living, namely: Alvin,
the subject of this sketch, who is still single and lives on
the home place; Frances, who married James
Hammond; Margaret, the wife of George May, who
lives at Alma, Michigan; Eliza, who married Philip
Mosier, of Ohio City; Tina, married to Lewis
L. Tomlinson, who lives on the home farm; and Ada,
wife of William Wiseman, of Ohio City. The
oldest child died as an infant, unnamed; Lewis died
in 1901, aged 28 years; and Perry and Clyde
died when infants.
Alvin Walter came with his father to Liberty
township when 11 years of age, and settled on a farm of 80
acres, which he assisted his father in clearing, as there
are over 60 acres of timber. His father died on Jan.
25, 1903, at the age of 75 years; his mother still resides
on the home farm. In 1905 our subject erected the fine
large frame house which the family now occupy, the homestead
being situated half now occupy, the homestead being situated
half a mile northwest of Ohio City.
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FLOREAN F. WILHELM,
one of the successful farmers of Washington township, living
on his well developed and productive farm of 65 acre on
section 32, was born Aug. 16, 1858, on the farm which he now
owns. He is the oldest son of Valentine Wilhelm
and grandson of Landelin Wilhelm, who was a
native of Germany and spent his entire life in the land of
his birth.
Valentine Wilhelm was born in Baden, Germany,
where he was reared and educated, and in 1853, after his
marriage with Julie Kald, emigrated to America,
immediately locating on a farm near Landeck, Allen County,
Ohio, where he remained for one year. He then moved to
Van Wert County, and settled on the farm which his son now
owns and here passed the remainder of his life. His
death occurred on June 19 1904, in his 87th year.
Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Wilhelm had nine children, six of
whom are now living, namely: Ursula (Gemke); Effersine
(Weber); Theressa (Mrs John Willmann); Louis H.; Rose (Longholts);
and Florean F., the subject of this sketch.
Elizabeth (Tegenkamp) one of the children died Mar.
20, 1891, aged 42 years. The mother of this family
died in 1873.
Florean F. Wilhelm has passed his life in the
county where he was born. He was educated in the
schools of that locality, at the same time assisting his
father with the work on the farm, and later assuming the
entire responsibility of its management. He was
married June 22, 1903, to Mary Droll, a daughter of
George and Catharine Droll of Allen County.
They have had no children. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Wilhelm are members of St. John's Catholic Church at
Delphos.
History of Van Wert County, Ohio -
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- Page 594
* Sharon Wick's Notes:
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MARRIAGE:
Name: Valentin Wilhelm
Gender: Male
Event type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 1817
Marriage place: Sulz, (Baden-Wurttemburg), Deutschland
(Germany)
Father: Landelin Wilhelm
Mother: M. Anna Wilhelm
Spouse: M. Anna Wilhelm
City or District: Sulz
Author: Evangelische Kirche Sulz (A. Lahr)
----- Source: Ancestry.com, Baden, Germany, Lutheran
Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1783-1875 (database
on-line). Lehi, UT, USA; Ancestry.com Operations,
Inc., 2016
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U. S. and CANADA, PASSENGER and IMMIGRATION LIST INDEX -
1850s - 1900s
Name: Valentine Wilhelm
Age: 40
Birth year: ca 1818
Arrival year: 1858
Arrival place: Ohio
Primary Immigrant: Wilhelm, Valentine
Source Publication Code: 9626.4
Source: Bibliography: Wayne County, Ohio, Abstracts of
Naturalization Records, 1812-1903, Wooster, Ohio; Wayne
County Historical Society, 1985, p. 142
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1870 Census - Washington, Van Wert Co., Ohio on July
8, 1870 by Hugh Gilliland, Ass't Marshal. P. O.
Delphos
Dwelling 9 Family 9
Wilhelm, V. - 50 M W Farmer - RE$1000 Pers$300 - b.
Baden
Wilhelm, Julia - 50 F W - b. Baden
Wilhelm, Elizabeth - 20 F W - b. Baden
Wilhelm, Agnes - 18 F W - b. Baden
Wilhelm, Tracy - 16 F W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Flory - 14 M W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm,Lene? - 9 M W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Rose E. - 6 F W - b. Ohio
----- Source:
Year: 1870;
Census Place: Washington,
Van Wert, Ohio;
Roll: M593_1275;
Page: 400B
NEXT DOOR - SAME PAGE
Dwelling 10 Family 10
Wilhelm, Ruben - 43 - M W Farmer - RE$5000 Per$400 -
b. Baden
Wilhelm, Rose Ann - 40 F W - b. Baden
Wilhelm, Landa L. - 18 M W - farm hand - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Mary - 14 F W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, John - 12 M W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Sophia - 9 F W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, And__ - 4 M W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Anna - 2 F W - b. Ohio
Wilhelm, Collon - 10/12 M W - b. Ohio
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1900 Census - Washington, Van Wert, Ohio on June 1,
1900 by Samuel G. Baer, Enumerator.
Dwelling 15 Family 16
Wilhelm, Valentine - Head - W M Feb. 1817 ae 8o3 yrs. Md 27
yrs. - b. Ger. fath. b. Ger. moth. b. Ger. -
Farmer
Wilhelm, Florin - son W M b. Aug. 1860 ae 39 S - b. OH
fath. b. Ger. moth. b. Ger. - Farm laborer
Wilhelm, Rosa - dau. W F Nov. 1864 ae. 35 S - b. OH
fath. b. Ger. moth. b. Ger.
----- Source:
Year: 1900;
Census Place: Washington,
Van Wert, Ohio;
Page: 1;
Enumeration District: 0095;
FHL microfilm: 1241329
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HENRY CLAY
WILLIAMS, one of the most highly
esteemed citizens and large land owners of Liberty township,
residing on a farm of 172 acres, situated in section 16, was
born in Mayfield, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1839.
His parents were Daniel and Alice (Blish) Williams.
Daniel Williams was of Scotch descent, his father
having been a native of Scotland. His wife's father
was a native of Germany. Mr. Williams and his
wife were born in Connecticut. Removing from that
State, they settled in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, where Mr.
Williams followed his trade as a carpenter and joiner,
also operating a farm which he owned. Here he died in
1843, at the age of 53 years. His wife died Oct. 11,
1888, in her 82nd year.
Henry Clay Williams was reared and educated in
Cuyahoga County, where he remained until he was 21 years of
age. In 1860 he joined a party to go to California in
search of gold. He returned in the winter of 1867-68
and located in Van Wert County, where he and his brother,
Daniel B., bought a sawmill in Liberty township, and
also a farm of 280 acres. He continued in the sawmill
business until 1881, and since that time has been engaged in
clearing and farming the land which he bought upon his
return from the West. He is now practically living in
retirement. Besides his farm, which lies just outside
the corporation lines of Ohio City, he owns considerable
property, comprising several town lots, a fine residence
property on Main street, and a business block on the corner
of Main and Jefferson streets within the city limit.
He at one time owned 13 acres within the corporation lines,
which he divided into town lots and sold. A great many
of these were in the section in Ohio City that is bounded by
the Erie Railroad and Carmean street on the north, Williams
street on the west, Shane street on the east and the "Clover
Leaf" Railroad on the south.
Mr. Williams was first married on Oct. 21, 1869,
to Anna Catherine Brown, who died Jan. 30, 1875, at
the age of 29 years, leaving two children: Alice Daisy,
who married Otto Pollock, of Cumberland, Iowa, and
has five children - Harold, Catherine, Frances and
Ruth and Ruby (twins), and Cora, at one
time a teacher in the Van Wert County schools who died Apr.
27, 1900. Mrs. Williams was a member of the
Lutheran Church.
On Oct. 5, 1876, Mr. Williams married
Catherine Dobson, a daughter of Hugh Dobson. To
them were born three children: Chauncy H., who
married a Miss Ord on Dec. 26, 1906, and lives near
Colorado Springs, Colorado, on a large stock farm owned by
his father-in-law; Anna M., who lives at home; and
William H. Mrs. Williams was a Lutheran in
religious belief. She died July 13, 1891.
In 1881 Mr. Williams erected his present large
brick house. He sawed all the lumber and made with his
own hands all the brick in the house. He also made all
the brick used in the Brewer schoolhouse, which has since
been torn down and replaced by a larger building. He
was never engaged in the brick business, and only made those
required in building his residence and the schoolhouse.
He is a natural mechanic and has done considerable
blacksmithing. Mr. Williams has been a member
of the School Board for nine years and was president of the
board for two terms. He has also served as supervisor
of Liberty township. Fraternally, he is a Mason.
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WALLACE N.
WILLIAMS, a director of the Van Wert
County Infirmary and a prosperous farmer of Liberty
township, where he owns two fine farms in section 21, was
born in Logan County, Ohio, near Bellfontaine, on Nov. 15,
1856, and is a son of John Q. and Mary (Hoge) Williams.
John Q. Williams was born in 1828, in Logan
County, Ohio, and was a son of Jesse Williams.
His grandfather, the great-grandfather of our subject,
originally came from Wales and was one of the pioneer
settlers of Logan County, later becoming one of the most
prominent farmers of the county.
John Q. Williams, father of Wallace N.,
was born and raised in Rush Creek township, Logan County,
Ohio, and was there married to Mary E. Hoge, daughter
of Solomon G. Hoge, a well-known school teacher of
the township. Mr. Williams bought his father's
farm, which was settled by Jesse Williams, and was in
the possession of the family for over 80 years.
Originally the tract contains 86 acres. He added to
this until at his death he owned 140 acres. the
highest point in Ohio was said to be on his farm. The
old geographies gave Hoge Hill, owned by an uncle of
Wallace N. Williams, as the highest point, but later
surveyors gave the land just back of the barn on the old
Williams farm in Logan County that distinction.
The water runs in three directions from that Hill.
John Q. Williams died Oct. 28, 1905, at the age of 77
years. His widow is still living. They reared a
family of six children, namely: Emma (Musselman), of
St. Paris, Champaign County, Ohio; Wallace No., our
subject; Warnic L. who lives on the old home farm in
Logan County; George W., of St. Paris; Jennie (Ansley)
of Logan County; and John, a telegraph operator
living in Bucyrus, Ohio.
Wallace N. Williams was reared and educated in
Logan County. On Oct. 10, 1877, he was married in
Piqua, Miami County, Ohio, to Ella Jones, a daughter
of William and Delilah (Coate) Jones. They have
had six children: Forrest L., Pearl A., Gertrude, Grace,
Harold E. and Madge (deceased in infancy).
Forrest L. Williams married (first) Mollie Hoffman,
a sister of Benjamin F. Hoffman mayor of Ohio City;
she died in 1901, after one year of married life. He
next married Olive Roller they live in Ohio City,
where Mr. Williams runs a restaurant; they have one
child - Cloyd. Pearl A. Williams married
Etta M. Purk and lives on part of his father's farm;
they haveno children. Gertrude Williams married
Peter Putman, of Liberty township, and has one child
- Stanley.
For four years after his marriage, Wallace N.
Williams continued to live in Logan County. In
1883 he moved to Eastern Tennessee, where he bought a farm
of 160 acres, which he cultivated for seven years. He
then traded the land for 80 acres in Liberty township, Van
Wert County, where he lived for 10 years until 1905, since
which time his son Pearl has occupied his farm.
In 1900 he bought a farm of 40 acres, which is about
one-half mile eat from his old farm, and to this farm he
moved in 1905. Both farms are well developed and
finely improved, each having a large frame house and good
substantial barn and all other necessary farm buildings.
Mr. Williams has on his farm the first oil-well
drilled in the Ohio City field and the first oil gusher in
Northwestern Ohio. At the present time six wells are
in operation on the two farms.
Mr. Williams was for several years school
director of Liberty township, and in the fall of 1905 was
elected infirmary director by the Republican party to serve
a term of three years. He is a member of the Methodist
Church.
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ELIJAH W. WILSON,
deceased, who died Apr. 25, 1900, at his beautiful home, No.
631 South Washington street, Van Wert, was long one of the
leading business men of this city. He was the senior
member of the large contracting firm of Wilson & Zook
a sketch of the latter appearing in this volume.
Elijah W. Wilson was one of a family of eight
children born to John and Mary (Morrison) Wilson.
He was born on Oct. 15, 1824, in Richland County, Ohio and
there resided until he located at Van Wert in 1860. In
the early days of the Civil war he enlisted in defense of
his country, and served three months as a member of the 15th
Regiment, Ohio Vol. Inf., after the expiration of his term
he reenlisted, but was discharged shortly afterward on
account of sickness. He wass a good soldier and
through life a patriotic citizen.
After settling in Van Wert County, Mr. Wilson
entered into the contracting business and later became
associated with Mr. Zook the partners building many
of the finest residences and most substantial business
blocks in the city of Van Wert. The death of Mr.
Wilson was deeply deplored by his fellow citizens, as it
removed a man who was thoroughly honest and upright in all
his business dealings and, to the close of a long life,
consistently thoughtful and considerate.
Mr. Wilson was married to Ellen S. Linn,
a daughter of the late Andrew Linn, who still
survives him. Andrew Linn was a native of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, and married Jennie
Patterson. In 1837 he moved to Richland county,
Ohio, and in 1848 settled in section 10, Washington
township, now a part of Delphos. He served as the
second postmaster of Delphos, was justice of the peace for a
long time, and active as an old-line Whig. He
was the father of the following eight children:
William Scott; Mary Ann (Barnett), of Richland County,
Ohio; Martha and Elizabeth, both deceased;
Catharine, deceased, former wife of H. S. Hunter,
of Delphos; Andrew, deceased; Susan C., widow
of Gideon Ditto, who resides in Spencerville; and
Ellen S., the widow of our subject.
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson were the parents of four
children, all of whom died in infancy. A child was
taken into their home, whom they raised and educated -
Lillian Murray, who is now married and lives in
Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Mr. Wilson was a member of the different
branches of Masonry and of the order of Knights Templar and
during his earlier years was active in that organization.
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JOHN BENJAMIN
WILSON, M. D., the genial and popular physician of Scott,
was born in Ross County, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1858, and is a son
of George and Eliza J. (Woods) Wilson. Both
parents were natives of Ross County, where they grew up and
were married. The father was born in 1835 and the
mother in 1832. They now reside in Paulding County,
near Scott, and enjoy the satisfaction of seeing both their
children (they have but two) occupying prominent positions
in the medical profession. Richard S. Wilson, M.
D., the brother of our subject has been practicing in
Berne, Indiana, for about 21 years, having commenced to
practice before he graduated from the Fort Wayne Medical
College in1890.
John Benjamin Wilson spent the early years of
his life, up to his 15th, on the farm in Ross County.
His parents at that time coming to Middlepoint and taking a
farm nearby, engaged in agricultural pursuits until he had
reached his 23rd year. Having received a course in the
district schools, he took preparatory work in the graded
schools of Clinton County and, in 1883, began the study of
Medicine in the Fort Wayne Medical College. Graduating
from this institution in March, 1889, he began the same
month to practice in Scott, where he has since remained.
Dr. Wilson has been most successful in his practice
and has, virtually, all the work within a large radius of
Scott. Since he located here, doctors have come and
gone, but Dr. Wilson kept on his way, adding new
patients to the already long list. When he first
opened his office in Scott, the village had four physicians.
Now besides Dr. Wilson, there is only one who located
in the village about two years ago.
Dr. Wilson was married 1882 to Susan A.
Stiverson, whose home was near Delphos. Mrs.
Wilson is a daughter of Joel and Elizabeth J. (Roush)
Stiverson, and has been a help and inspiration to the
Doctor in his arduous work. They have had four
children: Washington H. and Ida May, both of
whom live at home; Jessie Elizabeth, who died at the
age of three years; and Russell O., who died in
infancy. Dr. Wilson owns a good farm of 120
acres located near Scott, in Paulding County. His
residence was erected by him in 1903, and is at once
comfortable and attractive in appearance. Dr.
Wilson is a Democrat, and was pension examiner under
Cleveland's last administration. He was coroner
for a time, is president of the present School Board, has
served on the Council and as mayor of Scott. He served
as trustee of Washington township before locating in Scott,
and has always taken a prominent part in the good government
of the village. Dr. Wilson is a member
of Lodge No. 791, I. O. O. F.; and Lodge No. 102, Improved
Order of Red Men.
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JOHN
WOLFE, M. D., a well-known physician and surgeon who since
the spring of 1900 has been settled at Wetsel, was born in Jennings
township, Van Wert County, Ohio, Sept. 17, 1866, being a son of
George and Mary J. (Williams) Wolf. The father of Dr.
Wolfe was born in Licking County, Ohio, and the mother in Van
Wert County, both being early settlers and valued residents of
Jennings township, where the father died in 1896. The maternal
grandfather settled in Jennings township in 1840.
John Wolf was reared in Jennings township and
during boyhood and early youth attended its common schools.
After his own school days were over, he engaged in teaching, and
continued in the profession for seven years, mainly in his native
township. In the meantime he had been preparing himself for a
professional life, and in 1896 was graduated from the Ohio Medical
University, at Columbus.
For several years Dr. Wolfe was engaged in
practice at Burkettsville, Darke County, Ohio, but in 1900 he
settled at Wetsel. Here he has built up a large and
satisfactory practice, having become endeared to the community
because of his skill and highly respected for his good citizenship.
He is president of the Board of Education of Jackson township and is
also a member of the Board of Health for Jackson and the east half
of Hoaglin township. Dr. Wolfe keeps closely in touch
with all the important movements within the profession and is a
valued member of the Van Wert County Medical Society.
Politically he is a Democrat, and, even outside his profession is
one of the town's most intelligent, progressive and enterprising
residents.
On June 30, 1892, Dr. Wolfe was married to
Mary Jane Clark, a native of York Township, this county, and a
daughter of Henry and Francis (Slentz) Clark,
residents of York Township, where the father is a respected farmer.
Dr. and Mrs. Wolfe have three children, as follows:
Harold Grover, born June 12, 1893; Zoa Ruth, born Oct.
10, 1895; and Clayton Clark, born Oct. 2, 1905.
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