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MOSES A. WESCOTT. The subject of this seetch was born May 5, 1825, in Milford, Otsego county, N. Y. Came to Johnson county, Iowa, in 1857. He was married in June, 1851, to Miss L. Caroline Goodrich, of Milford, N. Y. She died July 29, 1877. They had four children: Laura, wife of Wm. Scollard, Hattie, wife of J. K. Graham, Edith, wife of Wm. Orr, and Sennett. Mr. W. is a democrat in politics. His father, Albert Wescott, was born Dec. 5, 1798, in Warwick, Ireland; died near Iowa City, Dec. 21, 1880. His mother, Charlotte Bissell, was born Feb. 28, 1803, in Hartwick, Otsego county, N. Y., still living. His parents settled in Johnson county, in 1860. Their family of children now living are: Moses A., Caroline, widow of C. L. Hoytt, Eliza, wife of B. F. Hayden, of Lake county, Ohio, Albert Jr., Jane, Edwin R., living in Auburn, N. Y. and Emory and Emmer, twins. All highly respected and well to-do.
CHARLES WETOSHAK, farmer and stock raiser, Jefferson town- ship, post-office, Western, Linn county; was born July 4, 1856, in John- son county. His parents, John and Frances Wetoshak, are natives of Moravia, Bohemia, they came to the United States, and settled in John- son county in 1854, in section 2; where Charles was raised on a farm. He went to school at St. Louis and also at Western College, Linn county. On the 17th day of May, 1877, he was married to Miss Anna Confal, daughter of Joseph Confal, of this county. 'His family consits of three children: Joseph C., born March 28, 1878; Anna, born June 2, 1880;
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Charles, born January 8, 1882. Mr. Wetoshak owns 188 acres in this county, where he resides, and 80 acres in Linn county, in section 34, just across the line. He follows farming and stock raising; his stock is of the best; he paid $400 for a span of horses and they can't be beat. He has 60 head of cattle and 70 hogs; he also owns and runs a thresher. Mr. Wetoshak is one of the substantial farmers of this county and a man highly respected by every one. He has held the office of constable.
W. D. WHEDON, the present popular and efficient county recorder, was born October 5, 1860, in Albion, state of New York, came to John- son county and settled in Iowa City October 5, 1870. He was in the recorder's office under Alex. Sorter for two years as his deputy, and he has become as thorough-going and practical as his instructor. Mr. Sorter resigned April 7, 1882, and the board of supervisors of Johnson county accepted his resignation and immediately appointed Mr. Whedon, his deputy, as recorder. "Billy," as he is commonly called, is one of the "boys," a generous, good-natured, straight-forward and honest young man, with a host of good friends.
JOHN H. WHETSTONE, a resident of Iowa City, engaged in the drug trade on the north-east corner of Clinton and Washington streets, commonly called the "little one-horse drug store." It might have been such when started, but it has been a success, and it makes John feel proud now to call it a "little one-horse drug store." He was born September 18, 1846, in Bedford county, Pennsylvania, settled in Iowa City in 1870, and began clerking in Morrison's drug store, and June, 1874, he estab- lished himself in the drug business at the stand he now occupies. He was married September 8, 1880, to Miss Mahaska Byington, second daughter of Hon. Legrand Byington. A republican in politics.
HARRY A. WHITE, the present efficient postmaster of North Liberty; was born September 15, 1847, at Bedford, Pennsylvania, and settled in Johnson county in 1875. He was married December 27, 1868, to Miss Elizabeth Alloway, of Fulton county, Pennsylvania. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. Lodge No. 289, at North Liberty; he is a republican in politics, and has been postmaster since April 21, 1877. He keeps the only store in North Liberty, carries a general stock of merchan- dise. He is a shoemaker by trade and is doing a good business. He is a member of the Church of God at North Liberty.
JOHN WHITSEL, a resident of Iowa City; was born December 26, 1841, in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania; settled in Iowa City in 1877. He was married January 17, 1863, to Miss Mary A. Dana, of Clinton county, Iowa. They have seven children: Mary J., George, Nellie, Anna, Lillie L., John and James. He is section foreman of Iowa City division of the B., C. R. & N. R. R. He has been railroading for thirteen years. He enlisted from Scott county, Iowa, in company B, Eighth Iowa infantry. He
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is a republican in politics and voted against the prohibitory constitutional amendment.
GEORGE WICAL, a farmer, residing in Liberty township, post-office, Bon Accord; was born December 4, 1821, in Licking county, Ohio; set- tled in Johnson county, in 1851; his father, Daniel Wical, was born in Augusta county, Virginia, in February 1, 1798, and is the oldest man now living in Liberty township. George Wical was married April 23, 1847, to Miss Fanny Chapman, of Homer, Licking county, Ohio. This union is blessed with the following named children: Emma, Elnora and Harry. Mr. Wical is independent in politics.
HENRY J. WIENEKE, a resident of Iowa City, manager of Mrs. J. G. Fink's cigar and notion store, on Clinton street, first door south of the post-office; was born August 30, 1837, in Monroe county, Ohio. He set- tled in Iowa in 1845 and worked in a bakery, and afterward learned the cabinet maker's trade: He was married December 3, 1857, to Miss Caro- lina Kimball, of Iowa. This union is blessed with the following named eight children: Caroline, Harry, Nellie, Minnie, Charlie, George, Laura and Robert. He was a faithful soldier in the late civil war in company B, 14th and 41st Regiments Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and of company L, 7th Regiment Iowa Cavalry, and served from 1861 to 1865. He is a republican in politics. A member of the German Lutheran Church of Iowa City. A member of Masonic and Odd Fellow societies of Iowa City. You can always find Henry at the counter ready to supply his customers with choice brands of cigars and tobacco.
BENJAMIN WILLIAMS, (deceased); was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, August 20, 1807, where he spent his early life, and married Susannah Concle, in December, 1830; she also being a native of that county. They came to Johnson county, Iowa, and settled on section six, in Oxford township, in 1844, where Mr. Williams died August 19, 1855, leaving seven children, viz .: Jesse, now in California; Peter, now in Oxford; Tanner, now Mrs. Wallace; Josephine, now Mrs. Mahoney; Lue, still at home; Mary, now Mrs. Morland, and Mattie, now Mrs. Merritt. Josephine was married December 24, 1865, to Jerry Mahoney, a native of Ireland; he dying December 20, 1873, leaving four children, viz .: Mary E., Kitty, John M. and Susan. She is now living on her farm in section thirty-one.
ENOCH WILLIAMS, farmer, Cedar township, post-office, Solon; was born in Chester county, Pennsylvania, July 8, 1840, where he spent his boyhood days, and is a son of George and Mary Williams. In the spring of 1856 they emigrated to Iowa and settled in Johnson county, where he has since resided, and now owns 160 acres of well improved land. He was married February 7, 1867, to Mary S. Sutliff, daughter of Allen C. Sutliff, one of the pioneers of Johnson county. By this union
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there are five children now living, viz .: Allen G., Ellen G., Kate S., Jesse E., and Ralph E.
ROBERT WILLIAMS, a resident of Iowa City, and a partner of the firm of Waterman & Williams, drygoods and notions, on Clinton street, in Iowa City; was born in February, 1842, in Denbigh, North Wales. He came to America in 1868, and in July of 1868 settled in Iowa City. He engaged in the drygoods business with D. Griffith, in the same store he now occupies, and was with him seven years, and bought him out, and the firm became Waterman & Williams in 1875. He has one of the best filled and regulated drygoods and notion houses in Iowa City. He was married July 15, 1868, to Miss Katie Williams of Cincinnati, Ohio. They have three children, Ella H., Fred B. and Manly. The family are mem- bers of the Presbyterian Church of Iowa City. He is a member of the Masonic bodies of Iowa City. He is independent in politics. He was thrown behind a drygoods counter at ten years of age, and has worked over thirty-one years in that capacity, and such experience ought to qualify him for the drygoods business.
JACOB R. WILLIS, a resident of Clear Creek township, post-office, Tiffin; was born July 3, 1818, in Preble county, Ohio, near Eaton; settled in Johnson county, Iowa, in February, 1845, on the farm upon which he now resides, section 19. He was married July 5, 1845, to Miss Rebecca Lancaster of Clear Creek township. They have three children: Mary' A., wife of Londa Gruell of Phelps county, Kansas, a farmer near Repub- lican City. James W. and Henry, both dead. He is a member of the Christian Church of Tiffin, and is a Republican in politics. His father and mother both died when he was quite youag, and the result was Mr. W. was compelled to struggle for a living. He has finally proven himself a successful farmer, the owner of a fine farm and plenty of stock, such as Short-horn cattle, fine Woolscott sheep, and good horses. He has a fine apple orchard of six acres and plenty of all kinds of small fruit.
WILLIAM F. WILSON, farmer, post-office, Lone Tree; was born in Essex county, New York, September 13, 1837, where he spent his early life and got a good common school education. He then went to Pennsylvania and remained there two years and emigrated to Iowa in 1855 and settled in Louisa county, with his parents, Alex E. and Mary P. He was on the Chicago & Rock Island railroad two years, and then went to farming, and in 1868 he engaged in the sale of farm machinery, which he followed until 1878. In the fall of 1868 he moved to Fremont town- ship, Johnson county, where he has improved a farm and has good build- ings and a pleasant home. He was married October 9, 1862, to Leah J. Hershy, a native of Fulton county, Pennsylvania, coming to this State in 1854. They have had eight children, three now living. Willis H., born December 23, 1864, Louie E., born August 30, 1867, and Frederick L. born February 5, 1882. 60
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J. W. WILSON, miller, Oxford, Iowa; was born in Rush county, Indiana, October, 1840. When he was four years old his parents moved to Washington county, Iowa, where he spent his early life on a farm, until the war. He was then attending the Washington University. He enlisted in April, 1861, in company H, Second Iowa infantry, the com- pany being made up of students. He served until July 1865; had com- mand of the company for some time. He was married September 10, 1866, to Miss A. E. Wilson of North Bend, this county. They now have three children living: Clarence H., Nellie N., and Clara R. In 1871 he moved to Oxford, and engaged in the lumber trade. He was and still is, agent for the town lots of Oxford, most all having passed through his hands, and in May, 1881, he bought the Oxford flouring-mills, and is doing a good business in that line. He is a member of Canopy Lodge, 290, and of Palestine Commandery, No. 2, of Iowa City; also a member of the A. O. U. W., and of the Methodist Church. He is a public spir- ited man, and possesses the confidence of all who know him.
THOMAS W. WILSON, a farmer residing in Pleasant Valley town- ship, post-office, Iowa City; was born in 1808, in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania; was married in 1827. He left Pennsylvania in 1831, moving west in a six-horse wagon. He stopped in Zanesville, Ohio, until 1837; went to Cincinnati, and lived there till 1849, and previous to settling in Iowa, spent two years in California in 1849 and 1850. His family of children are all grown: James, at home; Samuel, in St. Louis; Mary. in Chicago; Cornelia, married and living at Sioux City; and Olivia, living at home. Mr. Wilson is a member of the Trinity Chapel Episcopal Church, Iowa City. He is a republican in politics; was the republican candidate for sheriff in 1857. He has held several township offices, such as trustee, road supervisor and school director.
J. R. WISE, a farmer in Pleasant Valley ¿township, post-office, Lone Tree; was born April 15, 1817, in Northampton county, Pennsylvania. He was married in 1836, to Miss Julia A. Wise; came to Iowa City the 29th day of May, 1856. They have nine children: Cilade, born July 27, 1839; George, born July, 1842; Adam, born 1843; Charles, born 1844; Martha A., born 1847; Emma H., born 1849; Mary Alice, born 1851; Daniel R., born 1852; Eva Albina, born 1857.
JOSEPH WLACK, a citizen of Solon, Big Grove township, and engaged in the butchering business; was born October 15, 1833, in Bohe- mia; came to America July, 1854, and settled in Iowa in Cedar township, and engaged in farming until 1871, when he moved into Solon and opened a butcher shop and restaurant. He was married September 9, 1866, to Miss Mary Cipera, of Iowa City. They have nine children: Annie J., Joseph F., Mary and Emma, twins; Charles, Frank, Delia, Emanuel G., and George W. Mr. Wlack is a democrat in politics. Was township
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trustee in 1878; voted against the prohibitory constitutional amendment. He is a member of Eureka Lodge, No. 44, I. O. O. F., Iowa City.
DAVID W. WOOD, a lawyer by profession; residence, Iowa City. The subject of this sketch was born September 11, 1844, near Mt. Vernon, Knox county, Ohio. The war for the Union found him one of its defend- ers. He enlisted in company G, Twentieth Ohio Infantry, September 11, 1861, and served to July 19, 1865; he then read law and was admitted to practice at the December term, 1867, of the Supreme Court of Ohio, and continued the practice until 1881, when he went to Colorado, where he edited and published a newspaper one year, and then settled in Iowa City. He was a prisoner of war during the dark days of the Rebellion and lost his health in a rebel prison. His military duty did not end with the war; he was captain of company A, Mt. Vernon National Guards of Ohio, and with his company was on duty during the great coal miner's riot at Mas- sillon in 1876, and in the railroad riots in 1877 at Newark, Ohio. Mr. Wood was married February 27, 1875, to Miss Mattie E., daughter of Mr. W. F. Smith, one of the first settlers of Washington township, John- son county, Iowa. This union is blessed with two bright little boys: D. W. Jr., born April 1, 1877, and Charles W., born February 2, 1879. Mr. Wood is a republican in politics, and a member of nearly all the leading benevolent societies of the present day. He was educated in the faith of the M. E. Church, both father and mother devoted and faithful members of that church and adhering to its strictest practice, his father from the old Dominion State, and his mother from Hagerstown, Maryland. He believes in America-the United States especially, and its untrammeled institutions as the sign of her future prosperity, but is opposed to a union of church and State. He believes the common schools the grandest insti- tution of our free country, and is opposed to any man or set of men who would circumscribe their usefulness. He is favorable to local option and opposed to prohibition as a method of enforcing temperance, but favors moral suasion as the best means of reformation, from evils of intemper- ance. Personally, Mr. Wood is a most courteous and pleasant gentleman with a pleasing address and fine conversational gifts that give him a wide personal popularity, and particular in the township work of this history, he has made many friends by his consideration and thoughtfulness.
EDWARD WORDEN, a resident of Iowa City; was born May 18, 1827, in New York state, came to Iowa and settled in Iowa City in 1839. The worst thing that can be said against Ed. is that he has lived an upright, consistent old bachelor since his early youth and still refuses to make friends with a christian comforter called a wife. He is a democrat in politics and has been too busy surveying Johnson county, to take time to get married. He was a member of the city council in 1860 from the first ward; surveyor of Johnson county from 1855 to 1857, and from 1867 to 1869, also from 1871 to 1875, and was elected on the greenback and
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republican ticket in 1881. He defeated the regular democratic nominee, Daniel A. Shafer, by a very handsome majority, and thereby taught the convention organizers that they might nominate a man, but could not elect unless they got votes enough.
WILLIAM WOLFE, a farmer and stock dealer in Clear Creek town- ship, post-office, Tiffin; was born in Knox county, Ohio, March 18, 1827; settled in Johnson county, Iowa, October 10, 1853, upon the farm where he now resides. He was married September 8, 1850, to Miss Hannah Colony, of Knox county, Ohio, and they have a family of six children: Alice E., John C., Milton L., Mary A., William B. and Charlie. The family attend religious services at the M. E. Church, at Tiffin. Mr. Wolfe has been shipping stock for fourteen years. His average ship- ment of hogs has been about one hundred cars per year; his average shipment of cattle about twenty cars per year. Hogs and corn have been the principal products of his farm. He has some very fine horses of the Clydesdale stock; he has a farm of 490 acres, 203 acres was his original claim. He was a member of the board of supervisors in 1860 and served three years; he filled the office of township trustee several terms. He is a democrat in politics. He is a brother of the Hon. L. R. Wolfe, repre- senting Johnson county in the Iowa legislature. His father is living in Knox county, Ohio, at the ripe old age of ninty-two years and past.
HON. LEWIS R. WOLFE, farmer and stock dealer, post-office, Oxford; was born in Knox county, Ohio, April 22, 1825, where he lived until he was about twenty-four years of age, when he went to Hardin county, Ohio, and lived there five years and cleared up a farm. In Sep- tember, 1854, he came to Johnson county and settled in North Bend, where he bought 306 acres of land and has since been engaged in farming and dealing in stock, and in April, 1876, he moved to Oxford township, to the "Iowa Valley Farm," where he now resides. He now owns 1400 acres of land in this county, laying in five different townships. In 1860 he was elected by Madison township as county supervisor, and in August, 1862, he enlisted in company I, Sixth Iowa cavalry as captain, and served as captain until April, 1865, when he resigned. In 1865 he ran on the democratic ticket for sheriff, but was defeated by John Wilson, and in 1866 was elected as supervisor for Madison township and served two years, and was elected by the county as supervisor. He was representative for the district in the eighteenth general assembly, and also the nineteenth, and still holds that office, and for several years has been treasurer of Oxford township school fund. He was married April 22, 1847, to Elizabeth Lindsley, of Richland county, Ohio, and has three children living, viz: Mahlon K., Christopher D., and Pheobe A., now Mrs. William Hardy.
CARSON B. WRAY, post-office, North Liberty, farmer. The sub- ject of this sketch is one of the old settlers of this county, and was born
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on the 24th day of July, 1819, in Hamilton county, Ohio. He was raised in Indiana, his parents having come there when Carson was quite young. In 1841 he came to Iowa, then a single man, and lived with his brother David. On the 8th day of May, 1842, he was married to Miss Mary Alt, of this county, formerly of Ohio. They had eight children, five of whom are living: Joseph C., David W., Catharine J., Anna E., and Car- rie C .; three dead: Mary J., Maria C., and Eliza O. Mr. Wray followed distilling for seven years when a young man, but since he has been in Iowa has followed farming and stock-raising; owns a splendid farm of 500 acres in section 2 and other sections, well improved land and well stocked, having about seventy-five head of grade cattle; one hundred hogs; fourteen head of Clydesdale horses. Mr. Wray has filled the office of township trustee, and member of the county board of supervisors.
DAVID WRAY, (deceased); was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, October 8, 1815. His father, Richard, moved with his family to Indiana when the subject of this sketch was only eight years old, where he was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. After arriving at manhood he went to Illinois, and while there (December 10,'1840), he was married to Miss Maria Alt, daughter of Jacob and Mary Alt, and sister of Jacob, junior, and Joseph of Penn township. To them were born four children, two of whom are now living: Richard H. and Maria J., wife of Dr. Miller Young. Mr. Wray was among the first settlers in this town- ship. He first settled in Jefferson township, but in 1843 he moved to Madison, in sections 2 and 35, where he follows farming. His first wife died November 5, 1846. He was again married July 20, 1851, to Miss H. Holt of Iowa City. She died March 22, 1869, and on the 22d of Sep- tember, 1872, Mr. Wray died. He was a man of sound and vigorous intellect; a forcible character, and of great personal influence. He has filled the office of county commissioner and of township assessor.
JOHN A. XANTEN; was born January 8, 1825, in Dahlen, Rhenish Prussia; died May 18, 1882, in Io .va City; came to America and landed in New York City in 1854; settled in Iowa City, April, 1855. He estab- lished a wholesale liquor business in 1875. He was married in 1851 to Miss Josephine Grippekoven of Dahlen, Prussia. She died in Novem- ber, 1860, in Iowa City. They had three children: Frank A., a physi- cian in Avoca, Iowa, a graduate of the State University medical depart- ment, in class of 1876, and Louis, Elizabeth and Josephine, both living at home. His second marriage was in February, 1861, to Miss Mary Meyers, of Iowa City. This union was blessed with three children: Wil- liam, a graduate of St. Francis Solamus College, Quincy, Illinois; Albert, attending State University, and Charles. The family are members of the St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church of Iowa City. He served five years in the Prussian army, and was in the wars of the Revolution of 184S.
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JACOB YAGER, a farmer residing in Liberty Township, post-office, Bon Accord; was born June 7, 1828, in Germany. He was married in 1855, to Miss Mary Kiem, and afterwards in October, 1880, he married Anna Pollajeck. He settled in Johnson county in 1855. A democrat in politics. He is a member of the Lutheran Church.
JACOB YENTER, deceased; was born in Wertemberg, Germany, and came to America in 1833. During the war with Mexico he served eighteen months, and came to Johnson county in 1849, and settled on his land warrant. He was married July 7, 1857, to Margaret Johnson, a native of Scotland, and came to America in 1849, and her family settled in Davenport the same year. In 1864 they went to Virginia City, Nevada, where they lived until Mr. Yenter's death, August 14, 1872. Mrs. Yenter lived there four years after, then returned to this county. She has seven children: William, Clarence A., John E., George M., James N., Margaret E. and Nellie Evaline. Mrs. Yenter is living on a farm, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church.
JOSEPH ZABOKRTSKY, a farmer, residing in Monroe township, post-office, Danforth; was born May 24, 1821, in Austria. He came to America in 1854, landed in Quebec, Canada; got to Johnson county July 26, 1854. He started from Austria April 24, and was three months and two days making the trip. He arrived a poor man, having only $5 in the world after he got to Iowa City. He was married February 2, 1851, to Miss Francis Stehlek. They had two children: Francis, the wife of Albert Kuchuke; Mary, who died in 1856. The family are members of the Catholic Church. He is a democrat in politics, and voted against the prohibitory constititutional amendment. He is justice of the peace for Monroe township, first term. He has a fine farm, with good buildings and plenty of small fruit, a farm of 162} acres of land, three lots, a house and barn in Solon. He is the owner of the fine stallion, Prince, eight-years old, iron grey, weighing 1400 pounds, 15} hands high.
JACOB ZELLER, a resident of Penn township, post-office, North Liberty; a farmer and stock-raiser; was born in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, November 22, 1827; settled in Johnson county, Iowa, in 1849, and bought the farm upon which he now resides in 1850. The emi- gration in Penn township, when he settled there was principally from Ohio, but the second rush was from Pennsylvania. He was the second township clerk of Penn township, served seven years; is at present justice of the peace; was elected in 1866, and has filled the office ever since. He was married July 4, 1851, to Miss Catharine Snavely. They have three children, Jacob H .. Eliza M. and Iowa M. Mr. Z. is a republican in politics. He is one of the most extensive stock-raisers in Penn town- ship; had this year, September 18, over 800 head of hogs. He is mak- ing a specialty of raising fine horses, the Clydesdales. He was president
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