Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Wetherbee, Charles Adams 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Charles Adams Wetherbee, a farmer on section 12, Sterling Township, is a 
pioneer of Whiteside County, and he is the owner of the claim on which his 
parents settled in 1838. His father, Luther B. Wetherbee, was born June 23, 
1809, in the town of Hardwick. The wife of the latter, who was Charlotte Adams 
before her marriage, was also a native of the same State, in which they lived 
until their removal to Whiteside County. The senior Wetherbee built the first 
frame house between Sterling and Sugar Grove. He had been a machinist in 
Barre, Mass. L. B. Wetherbee came to Illinois in 1838, went to Massachusetts 
in 1845 and returned to Illinois in 1848. He returned to his farm and, finding 
conditions better from the progress in development of this section of 
Illinois, he entered heartily into the prosecution of his farming interests, 
in which he was successful. He was a man of more than ordinary ability, and 
proved a valuable citizen. He died Nov. 6, 1873. His wife survived him until 
Oct. 8, 1878. They had six children,—Martha A., Charles A. (1st), Jane L., 
Charles A. (2d), Mary A. and Edwin C. The three elder children died in early 
life. Mr. Wetherbee was born Dec. 17, 1839, in Sterling Township. He received 
all the advantages possible in the common schools and fitted for college at 
Kalamazoo, Mich. He was still engaged in preparatory studies when the nation 
was turned from its wonted ways by the advent of civil war. Mr. Wetherbee 
yielded to the pressure of succeeding events, and in September, 1861, enlisted 
in the 34th Regt. Ill. Inf. for three years. At the battle of Stone River he 
was taken prisoner, but his captivity was ended during the same conflict by 
the Union forces. He testifies that an examination of the business end of a 
loaded revolver at short range has a hair-lifting influence of the most 
persuasive order. He was in the military service of the United States three 
years, and experienced all the vicissitudes of war. He received an honorable 
discharge at Atlanta, Ga., and returned to his home. He has since pursued the 
life of a farmer. In 1876 he bought the old homestead of his parents in 
Sterling Township, which includes 200 acres of land, all under tillage. Mr. 
Wetherbee is a Republican in political sentiment, and has been active in local 
official affairs. He is a member of the Order of United Workmen. His marriage 
to Margaret L. Penrose took place Oct. 5, 1865, in the township of Sterling. 
She was born May 26, 1840, in Belmont, Ohio, and is the daughter of Mark und 
Harriet (Johns) Penrose. Her father was born in Pennsylvania and her mother 
was a native of England. They removed to Sterling Township in the spring of 
1844. The mother died Feb. 17, 1848. Their children were Robert F., William 
M., Margaret L., Rachel C., Edwin J. and Harriet. The children of Mr. and Mrs. 
Wetherbee are May P., Ella D., Harriet A. and Charles Earl. The parents are 
members of the Congregational Church.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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