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* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899.
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Sharon Wick
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E. L. WALTZ. Much has been said recently
concerning the intelligence of the American citizen, and the
credit is given almost entirely to the public-school system.
With all due honor of the school, it must be admitted that
there yet remains an important factor in the general
education of the masses, a factor that goes far toward
molding the minds of the people of issues of national
importance - the newspaper. This medium reaches those
whose school days have been limited, as well as the man who
may have had the advantages of the best college education,
but its influence is felt and made apparent in cottage or in
palace. On the editor rests a great responsibility.
He is not only responsible for his own acts and beliefs, but
is in a measure responsible for the certain acts and beliefs
of his readers. One editor, who feels and recognizes
the duties of this place, and strives conscientiously to see
the right and set it forth to the world, is E. L. Waltz,
editor of "The Atlas," at Delta, Ohio.
Mr. Waltz was born at Tabor, near New
Philadelphia, Ohio, May 21, 1838. His education was
obtained in the rural schools of the vicinity, but school in
those days hardly meant the comprehensive but practical
mental training it does to-day. The branches taught
were few indeed, the only class formed being in reading, the
instruction crude, and the facilities were still more crude;
slabs were used for seats, and blackboards were unknown.
He remained on the home farm until he was twenty-one, and
then began merchandising in Jelloway, Knox county, Ohio,
which he continued for fifteen years. The insurance
business at Jelloway engaged his attention for the next six
years. It was on Feb. 22, 1876, that he began his work
as an editor and publisher, taking control of "The
Avalanche," at Delta, Ohio, and for four years he sent forth
a paper that was the envy of editors of much more
experience. However, he sold out, and returning to
Jelloway, resumed his work in the insurance business; but
June 5, 1885, he again came to Delta, this time establishing
"The Atlas," which on Jan. 1, 1888, absorbed its rival, "The
Avalanche." "The Atlas" makes its appearance on Friday
of each week, and is politically independent. With the
utmost impartiality every side of a question is given a
chance to prove either its truth or its error. Mr.
Waltz is a firm believer in the doctrines of the
Republican party, and has voted for every Republican
President from Lincoln to McKinley, inclusive.
On May 13, 1864, he enlisted in the One Hundred and
Forty-second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the
following September, participating in the siege of
Petersburg, Virginia.
On November 5, 1859, Mr. Waltz was married to
Miss Lucinda F. Pinkly, of Jelloway, Ohio, where she was
born Mar. 14, 1843. Their union has been blessed with
five children: (1) Alice M., the wife of J. M.
Barron, of Bowling Green, Ohio, by whom she has one
child - J. Ralph. (2) Ida B., wife of
J. J. Oswalt, of North Liberty, Ohio, by whom she has
two daughters - Opal Taft and Ethel Maude.
(3) C. R. P., who married Mary Grace Richardson,
by whom he has a daughter - Kathryn Florence.
He is business manager of the paper, and is now postmaster
of Delta. (4) Rose M., wife of Doctor O. L.
Norris, of Deshler, Ohio; have one son - Waltz W.
(5) F. D. B., who is connected with the office of
"The Atlas." Mr. Waltz is a member of the
Presbyterian Church; socially he affiliates with the Masonic
fraternity, the National Union, and the G. A. R.
E. L. Waltz is a son of Jacob R. and Delilah
(Holmes) Waltz, both natives of Ohio, of Swiss ancestry.
The father followed farming for a life work. In their
family were twelve children, six of whom are yet living.
The grandfather of our subject was Samuel Waltz, who
resided in Maryland; he married Barbara Rinard, and
they became the parents of eight children, of whom but one
is now living - Mahala Rainsberg, over eighty years
of age, making her home in West Cairo,
* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
- Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 |
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CHARLES C. WELSON. To the Fatherland this country is indebted for very
many of her most loyal, industrious, frugal and enlightened
citizens, among whom is worthily numbered the gentleman whose
name introduces this sketch, a veteran of the war of the
Rebellion.
Born near the city of Berlin, Germany, January 4, 1841,
our subject is a son of Frederick and Mary (Neuman) Welson,
and a grandson of Christopher Welson, a farmer
by occupation, who was born in the Fatherland in 1783, and
died there in 1866. In his family were three sons—Joseph,
Frederick and John; and three daughters—Elizabeth,
Sophia and Seretha; all now deceased except
John, who has his home in Michigan.
Frederick Welson, father of our subject,
was born September 16, 1820, in Germany, and died in Wood
county, Ohio, May 22, 1895. In his native land he married
Miss Mary Neuman, who was born there July 10, 1820, and
five children blessed their union, viz.: Charles C.
(our subject), Sophia (who died in Germany),
Frederick (also deceased), Minnie (wife of David
Swab, of Hancock county, Ohio), and Henry (also
a resident of Hancock county)— all natives of Germany except
Henry, who was born in Ohio. In 1855 the family came to the
United States, locating at Fostoria, Ohio, where the father
followed farming.
At the age of fifteen, after attending and graduating
from the schools of Germany, our subject came to the United
States, and in the schools of Hancock county acquired a good
knowledge of the English language. He then began working by
the month, remaining some twenty-one months with one employer,
his wages being about one dollar a week; then was employed by
another man at seventy dollars a year, which engagement
continued two years, and after that he worked at carpentry one
year at eight dollars per month. After his return from the
Avar (his experience therein being referred to below), he
resumed the pursuits of peace in Hancock county, working by
the month at twenty dollars per month, and in course of time
purchased and came to his present farm of eighty acres in York
township, Fulton county.
On August 26, 1861, Mr. Welson enlisted
at Findlay, Ohio, in Company D, Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
Infantry, for three years or during the war, and served
consecutively under Generals Nelson, O. M. Mitchell
and H. Thomas, the regiment being attached to General
Sherman's army. In the spring of 1864, his term of service
having expired, he re-enlisted as a veteran, Among the many
engagements in which this gallant soldier participated may be
mentioned those of Stone River, Resaca, Peach Tree Creek,
Dalton, Kenesaw Mountain, Jonesboro, Siege of Atlanta, Ivy
Mountain, Buzzard Roost, LaVergne, Chickamauga, Missionary
Ridge and Savannah. On February 17, 1865, he was taken
prisoner, and was confined in Libby Prison about three and
one-half months, at the end of which time he was paroled; the
war being now ended, he received an honorable discharge and
returned home to Hancock county, as above related.
On May 2, 1869, Charles C. Welson was married to
Matilda E. Foster, a daughter of Rev. Silas Foster,
of Wood county, Ohio, and three children have blessed this
union, all yet living at home, their names and dates of birth
being as follows: J. R., July 18, 1870; Maude L.,
June 25, 1874; and Blanche B., September 18, 1881.
Mrs. Welson was born June 3, 1849, in Wood county,
Ohio, where she received her education. She and her husband
are members of the Presbyterian Church. Socially, he is
affiliated with McQuillan Post, G. A. R., at Delta, Fulton
county. Politically, he is a stanch Republican, his first
Presidential vote being cast for Abraham Lincoln, and he and
his amiable life partner enjoy the respect and esteem of the
community in which they live.
* Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
- Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1899 |
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