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THE WARD
FAMILY - One of the most distinguished families of Allen
county, Ohio, is that of which the history is here presented.
Abraham Ward, in 1833, removed from Jackson township,
Pickaway county, Ohio, to Allen county, but was born in what is
now West Virginia. His ancestry were among those who
settled early at Plymouth, Mass., and who came originally from
England; and the descendants of those early emigrants may now be
found in all parts of the United States. Abraham Ward
was a son of John Ward, a soldier in the Revolutionary
war, who after the close of that war settled in Norfolk, Va.
Later he removed to Moorefield, in Hardy county, now in West
Virginia, where he died. Abraham, following the
example of his father, became a soldier in the war of 1812 in an
Ohio regiment. He married Miss Christina Johnson,
by whom he had two children, Joseph and John. After
the death of Mrs. Ward, Mr. Ward married again, but the
maiden name of his second wife is not now known. By the
second marriage he had four children - two sons and two
daughters, an in the fullness of time he died in Jackson
township, Allen county.
Joseph Ward, the elder son of Abraham Ward
and his first wife, was born in Moorefield, Va., in 1793, and
his first wife, was born in Moorefield, Va., in 1793, and
settled in Champaign county, Ohio, in 1812, where he lived until
1827, when he removed to Allen county, locating on what is now
known as the Felter farm. He erected the first
grist-mill in Allen county, and upon this farm he died in 1839,
leaving a family of four sons and two daughters.
John Ward, the second son of Abraham and
Christina Ward, was born in Moorefield, Va., in 1795, and
removed to Champaign county, Ohio, in 1812, locating in Union
township. In January, 1830, he removed to Allen county,
having in 1828 entered eighty acres of land in Bath township.
Upon arriving in Allen county and getting settled, he engaged in
teaching a select school in the winter time, and in farming in
the summer season. He took a very active part in the
organization of Allen county, and was appointed the first clerk
of that county court, under the old constitution, in which
capacity he served until his death, Dec. 25, 1842. He also
filled the office of recorder several terms. Beside being
active and prominent in these local ways, he was also prominent
in the military affairs of the state, holding commissions as
captain, colonel and brigadier-general. Politically he was
a democrat and religiously he was a Presbyterian, assisting to
organize the Presbyterian church at Lima, and serving therein as
an elder for many years.
John Ward married Miss Rosamond Harper,
daughter of Samuel Harper, who was a member of the family
after whom Harper's Ferry was named. She died June
24, 1873, at the age of seventy years. She and her husband
were the parents of six children, viz: Margaret,
who died unmarried; Samuel H., of Paulding county, Ohio;
Joseph, of Lima, Ohio; Rebecca, deceased;
Simon, of Toledo, Ohio, and Elizabeth. Joseph Ward,
the second son of John, was born in Champaign county,
Feb. 16, 1829. He was, however, reared and educated in
Lima, and learned the trade of carpenter. Upon the
breaking out of the Rebellion he felt it his duty to assist in
preserving the Union, and in September, 1861, enlisted in
Company D, Fifty-fourth Ohio volunteer infantry, in which
company he served until July 22, 1862, when he was discharged
because of a gun-shot wound received in the battle of Shiloh,
Miss. The bullet entered the left leg, passed through the
body and came out through the right hip. From this wound
he at length recovered, and again enlisted in 1864, in company
B, One Hundred and Eighty-first regiment, in which regiment he
served one hundred days. After the war was over he
purchased some land in Latty township, Paulding county, Ohio,
and was there engaged in farming until 1876, when he removed to
Labette county, Kans., where he remained until 1879, when, owing
to the death of his wife, he returned to Ohio, and since then
has lived a retired life at Lima. He and his wife were the
parents of three children, viz: Rosie, deceased;
Isaac W., of Van Wert, and Bruce of Fort Smith, Ark.
Source #1 - Page 532
NOTE: Abraham Ward family can be found in 1830 Census
Jackson Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio - Film Series #M19 Roll 138
Page 88 along with William Ward family on same page. |
JACOB R.
WELCH, physician, Spencerville, was born at Cuba, Ohio,
March 16, 1859, about a month after the death of his father,
Jacob Welch, who was the only practicing M. D. in Cuba
at that time. Not having his father's care, our subject was early
thrown upon his own resources, and while still a youth was
employed by a large firm in shipping stock during the summers, and
in the winter season attending school. He entered the college at
Fort Wayne, in the fall of 1870, and graduated in the commercial
department at the end of a four years' course. He then engaged in
teaching for three years in succession. He also attended the
normal Schools of Valparaiso, Ind. At the age of eighteen years he
commenced the study of medicine with Dr. C. B. Stemen,
of Fort Wayne, with whom he remained two years; and afterward
attended Fort Wayne College of Medicine, graduating March 1, 1882.
He immeately entered upon the practice of his profession at
Spencerville, in partnership with Dr. C. B. Rice, whom he
bought out six months later. Although young, he has been more than
ordinarily successful, and has obtained a business which usually
follows years of hard labor. As an evidence of the confidence
placed in his skill as a surgeon, he was appointed, November 28,
1883, as surgeon of the C. & A. R. R. Co. His education and
property are the result of his own efforts: from the age of ten
years he was the support of his mother, who died November 15,
1883. He was married May 7, 1885, to Miss Mollie
Miller, daughter of Harvey Miller, of Warsaw,
Ind.
(Source #2 |
JOHN D.
WELSH, carpenter and farmer, P. O. Spencerville, was born
in Pickaway County, Ohio, September 15, 1845; son of Lorenzo D.
and Elizabeth A. (Shawhan) Welsh, natives of Virginia. and
early settlers of Pickaway County, Ohio, whose children were as
follows: Mary (deceased), Marquis (deceased),
Emily, Melissa (deceased), John D., Chester,
Noble, Grace, and an infant (deceased). Our
subject was raised on a farm and obtained a common school
education. At the age of twenty-one years he commenced to work at
the carpenter's trade, which he has made the principal work of his
life. He was married April 30, 1870, to Miss Mary
Myers, who was born in Shelby County, Ohio, March 5, 1849,
daughter of Frederick and Charlotte (Brandt)
Myers, natives of Germany and early settlers of Shelby
County. Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Welsh are
the parents of six children: Irvin, Fanny, Levi.
Effie, Ada (died in infancy), and Maud. In
1865 Mr. Welsh removed to Delphos, Ohio, and two
years later to Spencerville, where he remained until 1884, engaged
at his trade and as foreman of a planing-mill he was also in
connection engaged more or less extensively in fanning. While a
resident within the corporation he served in the town council for
a time. He has always been a Republican in politics. During the
late war of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company H, One Hundred
and Fifty-sixth Ohio National Guards, serving the time of his
enlistment.
(Source #2) |
WILLIAM
H. WEYER, farmer, P. O. Allentown, was born in Jackson
Township, Allen County, Ohio, Apr. 18, 1841; son of Andrew
and Nancy (Nash) Weyer. He received a common school
education and has mostly followed the occupation of a farmer.
In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Ninety-ninth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, with Capt. John C. Walters, and with
the company was attached to the Fourth Army Corps. He was
in the service till the close of the war, and took part in all
the engagements in which his regiment participated, except about
two months during which time he was in hospital suffering from a
shell wound in the head received at the battle of Chickamauga.
Mr. Weyer was married, Aug. 6, 1871, to Miss Mary M.,
daughter of Isaac and Mary (Rumbaugh) Keller, early
settlers of this county, and her by he has had seven children:
Nelson, John, Adison, Elnora, Irven, Alberta, and
David Oliver (deceased at the age of eleven months,
twenty-four days). For some time after his return from the
war Mr. Weyer engaged in the saw-mill business. He
removed to Amanda Township in March, 1871, and located on his
farm, then in the woods, but now under a high state of
cultivation, and supplied with substantial buildings, which
demonstrate his desire to develop the farming interests of the
county. His reputation is about reproach as a business man
and farmer. Mr. Weyer has been a consistent member
of the Methodist Episcopal Church since Mar. 7, 1876. He
is a Republican in politics.
(Source #2 - Page 568) |
TILMAN
WILKINS, farmer, P. O. Spencerville, was born in Licking
County, Ohio, April 7, 1837; son of Jonathan and Scattie
(Wilson) Wilkins, natives of Virginia and early settlers of
Licking County, Ohio. Our subject's facilities for obtaining an
education were limited to the common schools, his time in early
life being employed in assisting upon the homestead farm, and
having been raised a farmer he has always followed agricultural
pursuits, in connection with which he has worked more or less at
the carpenter's trade. He was married, September 5, 1861, to
Alwilda Classon, who was born in Auglaize County, Ohio,
August 10, 1844, died August 20, 1866. She bore him two children:
Carabel (deceased), and Charles M. Mr.
Wilkins then married, October 27, 1867, Sarah E. Biner,
who was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, February 7, 1846, and by
this union were ten children: Alva (deceased), Albert
(deceased), Lora (deceased), Alice, John E., Annie,
Byron, Lillie, Leroy and Elmer. Mr.
Wilkins came to this county in 1864, and in November, 1877,
located where he now resides. He is looked upon as one of the
leading agriculturists of the township, and has placed his farm
under a state of cultivation second to none in this vicinity, and
its thrifty appearance denotes him to be a practical farmer as
well as an energetic and enterprising man. He has lately become
interested in the raisins of short horn Durham cattle and
Poland-Chin a hogs. He took no part in the war other than to help
clear the township in which he lived of the draft, and to assist
the soldiers' families. He was formerly a member of the Christian
denomination, but of late years has joined the Methodist Episcopal
Church. He takes an active part in all enterprises that tend to
the development of the county, and especially those for the
advancement of religion and educational privileges; has held
several offices of trust. In politics he is identified with the
Democratic party.
(Source #2) |
FRANCIS
H. WINEGARDNER, the junior partner in the firm of
Hesser & Winegardner, of Harrod, Allen county, Ohio,
of which further details will be found in teh sketch of
Lucian E. Hesser, on another page, was born in Marion
county, Iowa, August 23, 1862.
GEORGE W. WINEGARDNER, father of
our subject, was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, May 10, 1837,
was a farmer, and married Margaret Ann Patterson,
daughter of Samuel Patterson, a farmer of Marion county,
Iowa, the marriage resulting in the birth of the following
children: Emma R., wife of William Davis;
Francis H., our subject; Mary M., wife of J. B.
Andrews; and Clara D., wife of Thomas Drury.
George W. Winegardner was a young man when he first became
identified with the farming interests of Marion county, Iowa,
where he later married and where he resided a number of years;
there, also, he lost his first wife, the mother of the
above-named children. In 1872 he married Mary J. Myers,
daughter of David Myers, of Auglaize county, Ohio, this
union being favored by the birth of one son - John D.
In 1875 Mr. Winegardner relinquished his Iowa
interests, returned to Ohio, and bought a farm of eighty acres
in Wayne township, Auglaize county, on which he made him home
until his death, Oct. 20, 1892. He had been very popular
as a democrat in Iowa, where for a number of years he held the
office of justice of the peace, and, although equally popular in
Auglaize county, he never there aspired to political preferment.
Francis H. Winegardner was reared on the home
farm until twenty-two years of age, receiving a good
common-school education in the meanwhile. At the age
mentioned he became identified with the village of Harrod, his
present place of residence. During the first eight years after
locating here, he was in the employ of his uncle, S. T.
Winegardner, in a saw-mill and planing-mill, learning, at
the same time, the trade of carpenter under his relative's
instruction. He was careful of his earning, and in 1892
bought his half-interest in his present business, in conjunction
with a wood-working shop and a modern blacksmith-room,
with a buggy-trimmed shop above. They handle buggies,
wagons, carts, and all other kinds of vehicles, and do all kinds
of repairing pertaining to this line of trade, and sometimes
contract for the building of a special kind of buggy or other
class of vehicle required for some purpose outside of the usual
demand. Their undertaking outfit is of a superior order,
and they are well prepared to fill all orders in the line when
called upon.
Mr. Winegardner owns and occupies a neat modern
village residence, and all he owns is the result of his own
industry. He was married March 6, 1892, to Sydney C.
Murray, daughter of Michael and Catherine Murray -
the former an agriculturist of Hamilton county, Iowa, and the
latter deceased. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs.
Winegardner has been blessed with two children - Lelab R.
and the baby deceased. Mr. Winegarden is a
member of the Methodist Episcopal church and is faithful
in her observance of its teachings. In politics, Mr.
Winegardner is a democrat, and fraternally he is a member of
the Sager lodge, No. 513, F. & A. M., of L:aFayette, Ohio.
As a business man Mr. Winegardner is recognized as one of
the brightest of his years in Auglaize township, and his social
standing is with the best in the community.
(Source #1) |
SAMUEL T. WINEGARDNER, a substantial and influential
citizen of Auglaize township, Allen county, Ohio, and the
present democratic county commissioner, is a native of Licking
county, Ohio, and was born October 1, 1842.
Henry Winegardner, grandfather of our subject,
was a native of Germany, and soon after marriage came to America
and first located in Loudoun county, Va., was a soldier in the
war of 1812, and was always engaged in farming. He later
came to Ohio and settled in Licking county in the pioneer days
of the state, was ever after connected with the agricultural
interests of the county, and there died about the year 1833, a
member of the Lutheran church.
JOHN WINEGARDNER, so of Henry
and father of our subject, was born in Loudoun county, Va., in
1788, was also reared a farmer, and after coming to Ohio, first
married, in Licking county, Sarah Jordan, a native of
Maryland, and, after marriage, immediately settled on a farm of
160 acres, which he brought under an excellent state of
cultivation. On this farm Mrs. Sarah Winegardner
died February 27, 1840, a devout member of the Baptist church,
and the mother of the following children: William H.,
born March 6, 1816; Malinda, September 11, 1817;
Delilah, July 30, 1819; Isaiah, February 12, 1822;
Eliza A., September 8, 1829. The second marriage of
John Winegardner was with Catherine Bear, a native of
Licking county, and this union resulted in the birth of child,
Samuel T., the subject of this sketch. The second
Mrs. Winegardner died February 2, 1843, a devout wife and
mother, and a conscientious member of the Baptist church, and
the father survived until October 24, 1853. Mr.
Winegardner was very liberal in his aid to church and school
enterprises, and as well to all others having in view the
prosperity of his community, and was an influential, widely
known and universally respected gentleman.
Samuel T. Winegardner, the gentleman whose name
opens this biographical memoir, received a very good
common-school education, which he supplemented with a course of
diligent home study. He remained on the home farm until
seventeen years of age, and shortly afterward enrolled himself
in defense of his country's flag, his enlistment taking place
September 18, 1861, for three years, or until the close of the
war, in company C, Fifty-seventh Ohio volunteer infantry.
For meritorious conduct he was appointed corporal November 4,
1862, promoted sergeant September 8, 1864, and commissioned
second lieutenant august 10, 1865. At Bellefonte, Ala., he
had previously veteranized December 31, 1863, was wounded and
captured before Atlanta, July 22, 1864, and for fifty-seven days
suffered all the horrors of Andersonville prison. He
served through the campaigns of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Arkansas, North and South
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia, and
took an active part in the battles of Shiloh, Morning Sun, Wolf
Creek Bridge, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Vicksburg,
Jackson, Missionary Ridge, Snake Creek Gap, Resacca, Dallas,
Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, Statesboro, Fort McAllister,
Fayetteville, Bentonville, and participated in all the
skirmishes and battles in which his regiment was engaged,
excepting that of Jonesboro, Ga., which occurred while he was a
prisoner at Andersonville. At Jackson, Miss., he was
struck by a rifle-ball, but not injured, and was never confined
in a hospital any time during his long term of service.
February 24, 1864, while at home on a veteran furlough,
Mr. Winegardner married Miss Judy Ridley who was
born in Auglaize county, Ohio, April 19, 1845, a daughter of
John and Sarah (Myers) Ridley - the union being blessed with
the following children: Alvin D., born February 10, 1867;
Ida V., November 18, 1868; Clara E., September 14,
1870; Oliver H., August 22, 1872; Ansel T., May
21, 1875; Josie A., December 15, 1881; Rosco June
29, 1888. Of these children Oliver H., died October
8, 1873; Clara, September 19, 1871; Roscoe July
28, 1888.
JOHN RIDLEY, the father of
Mrs. Winegardner, was born in Vermont, May 1, 1794,
served in the war of 1812, and married in Licking county, Ohio,
in 1824, Sarah Myers, who was born in Virginia September
4, 1800. Mr. and Mrs. Ridley resided in Licking
county, Ohio, until 1837, when they moved to Auglaize county.
They were the parents of the following children
Benjamin, Esther, Barbara, Mary, Sarah, Andrew J., Matthias,
Abigail, Eliza, Alanson, Amanda and Julia. The
father of these children was an influential and prosperous
farmer, was a democrat in politics, sand died March 15, 1849, a
member of the Disciples' church. After seven years of
widowhood, Mrs. Ridley was united in marriage with
Levi Mix, a farmer of Auglaize county, who also left her a
widow, dying in August, 1875, her own demise occurring October
14, 1884, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Winegardner,
with whom she had resided for nine years previous to her death.
JOHN RIDLEY, father of John above mentioned, and
grandfather of Mrs. Winegardner, was born in Vermont in
1753. He fought all through the Revolutionary war, serving
eight years, and in his declining years came to Auglaize county,
Ohio where he died in 1858, at the extremely advanced age of 105
years.
Samuel T. Winegardner has made his mark as a
resident of Allen county, and has become prominent as a member
of the democratic party. His record as a soldier compares
more than favorably with that of any msn in the county, and as a
citizen he has exerted in immense influence in promoting the
welfare of Auglaize township, being ever free in his
contributions to all enterprises designed for the public good,
and being especially liberal in his aid to church and school.
A broad-minded man, he never denies to others the privilege he
asks for himself - that of forming his own opinion on all
subjects. Raised a farmer, he afterward learned
wagon-making, at which he worked for eight years in the east
part of Auglaize county, in Waynesfield; then engaged in the
saw-mill and lumber business in Allen county, in 1880, at Harrod,
and has carried it on since; also contracting, and has been
connected with the erection of all the public and private
buildings in that town. He has been a member of the
council since the organization of the town, excepting one year.
(Source #1 -pg 542 - 546) (NOTE: There is a portrait of
Samuel T. & Mrs. Judy Winegardner, however it is not very clear
on the copy that I have ~ S. Wick) |
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