Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Wetzel, Lewis 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Lewis Wetzel, farmer, section 17, Hopkins Township, is a son of John and 
Margaret (Reese) Wetzel, who were natives of Franklin Co., Pa., of German and 
English descent. They first settled in Ohio and lived there till 1855, when 
they came to Whiteside County and settled in the township of Genesee, where 
they lived till their death. He died Sept. 18, 1860, and she Feb. 2, 1882. 
They had a family of 12 children, namely: Catherine, Daniel, Jacob, John, 
George, Elizabeth, David, Andrew, Hannah, Joseph, Margaret and Lewis. Mr. 
Wetzel was born in Stark Co., Ohio, June 3, 1837. He received a common-school 
education and came to Whiteside County with his father when he was 18 years 
old. He lived in Genesee Township till the fall of 1861, when he purchased a 
farm of 160 acres on section 17, Hopkins Township, where he settled and has 
since lived. He is now the owner of 206 acres, most of which is tillable. He 
has erected some very fine buildings on his farm. Mr. Wetzel was married in 
Sterling, Ill., March 25, 1858, to Mary, daughter of Frederick and Catharine 
Lawyer, natives of Germany, who had four children,—Jacob, Mary, William and 
Frank. Mary (Mrs. W.) was born in Stark Co., Ohio, March 1, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. 
W. are the parents of four children—Rebecca E., Delilah J., John G. and Rollin 
E. Mr. Wetzel has been Overseer of Highways and School Director. In politics 
he is identified with the Republican party.

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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