BIOGRAPHIES

*Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record of
City of Toledo & Lucas and Wood Counties, Ohio
Chicago: Chapman Publishing Company -
1895

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WILLIAM ANDREWS is now living in the village of Lemoyne, Wood County, where he has a pleasant home.  He also owns a farm in Webster Township, this county, and is the proprietor of the only sawmill in this locality.  He is somewhat of a pioneer in the latter business, as he became interested in it twenty-five years ago, and has since dealt more or less extensively in lumber.      Thomas Andrews, father of William, was a native of Pennsylvania, born in 1818.  He was a son William Andrews, of Fayette County, Pa., who served as a Member of Congress from his district for one term, and who, after being re-nominated, died from the effects of a stroke of apoplexy while going to deliver a speech at a political meeting in Greensburg.  About 1841 Thomas Andrews married Susan Schritchfield, also a native of Keystone State and of Holland-Dutch descent.  She was born in 1825, and is now living in Shawneetown, Kan., with her son Joseph.   Thomas  and Susan Andrews became the parents of the following children:  Margaret, Mrs. Howenstein of Oklahoma; Joseph, who has never married, and who lives in Silver Lake, Kan.; Mrs. Anna Lang, deceased; Sarah, Mrs. Hammat, of Waynesville, Ill.; Martha, wife of Perry Worthington a farmer of Big Springs, Kan.; James, who is engaged in farming in Ashland County, Ohio; Mrs. Joanna Rhinehart, of Sedgwick County, Kan.; Thomas, Jr., a farmer of Rossville, Kan., who raises stock extensively, and during the winter of 1894-95 fed some twelve hundred head of cattle; Jemimah, Mrs. Ephraim Weltimer, of McKay, Ohio; Mrs. Belle Wagnor, of Maple Hill, Kan.; and John, who is engaged in farming near Silver Lake, Kan.    William Andrews, of this sketch, was born December 3, 1847, in Ashland County, Ohio, and there grew to manhood.  He remained with his parents until about eighteen years of age, when he received a certificate and engaged in teaching school for a time.  He has been the architect of his own fortune, having made or saved everything of which he is now possessed.  In his home district he has served as School Director, and is well known in political circles as a Republican of no uncertain stripe.      On the 9th of January, 1873, William Andrews married Nancy Stentz, who died January 19, 1882, leaving one son, Willis, whose birth occurred April 19, 1875.  He has had fine educational advantages, and is now a student in the Westerville (Ohio) College.  April 12, 1883, our subject married the lady who now bears his name, and who was formerly Miss Laura, daughter of Valentine Hahn, whose history appears elsewhere in this work.  Mr. and Mrs. Andrews are esteemed members of the United Brethren Church. Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo & Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 310

GEORGE W. AULTMAN, a farmer of Webster Township, Wood County, is one of the native sons of the Buckeye State, his birth having occurred in Stark County, October 30, 1842.  He is much interested in the success of the Republican party, and has held the office of Constable.  A veteran of the late war, he has since become a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and in days of peace as well as war has been a loyal and faithful citizen.      Peter Aultman, the father of the gentleman whose name heads this sketch, was born in 1813, in Pennsylvania, and on arriving at man's estate married Miss Mary Martin, who was also born in the Keystone State.  Peter Aultman was a stone-mason by trade, but much of his life was devoted to farming.  About 1854 he emigrated to Wood County, and having settled on a farm of one hundred acres in Webster Township, proceeded to clear it of the thick forest with which it was encumbered.  Here he passed the remaining years of his life, and was finally placed to rest in the Zimmerman Cemetery.  He died at the age of fifty-five years, but his wife is still living, being now in her seventy-eighth year.  They were the parents of thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters, eight of the number yet living.  Three of the sons fought for the Stars and Stripes in the War of the Rebellion.      George W. Aultman was only two years of age when he was brought by his parents to this county, and here he was reared to manhood.  He received practical instruction in the proper management of the farm, and learned habits of thrift and industry which have served him in good stead.  February 28, 1854, he enlisted as a private in Company G, One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Ohio Infantry, and was mustered into the service at Columbia.  He took part in the campaigns in Tennessee and Alabama, and on serving his term of enlistment received an honorable discharge, September 28, 1865.      October 26, 1879, Mr. Aultman was united in marriage with Ella Kelly who was born in Freedom Township, this county.  Seven children have been born to this worthy couple, and the family circle is yet unbroken by death.  In order of birth they are as follows:  Ralph, Grace, Blanche R., Blaine, Leora, Eva and Urban S.  Mr. and Mrs. Aultman are members of the Presbyterian Church, and enjoy the affection and esteem of a large circle of friends and acquaintances.  Since his father's death the management of the old homestead has rested upon Mr. Altman, who has conducted it up to the present time.  The farm comprises forty-two acres and is improved with good buildings and fences. Source: Portrait & Biological Record of City of Toledo & Lucas & Wood Counties, Ohio - 1895 - Page 303