Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Wetzell, John H 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

John H. Wetzell, farmer, section 34, Hume Township, is a native citizen of 
Whiteside County, having been born April 20, 1857, in Genesee Township. His 
parents had a family of six children. He is the youngest, and also the only 
son. In 1865 the family removed to the township of Hume. Mr. Wetzell was fond 
of study, and made good use of such school privileges as the times afforded. 
When he was 18 years of age he put his education to practical use by teaching 
in Genesee Township. He supplemented his stock of knowledge by attendance at 
five local Normal institutes. He passed the winters of five years in teaching, 
and worked on farms summers. At the end of that time he found his health was 
suffering from confinement and the routine of the duties attendant upon his 
profession, and he abandoned it to make a specialty of agriculture. He became 
the owner of his father's homestead, and after his marriage fixed his 
residence thereon. He is now the owner of 338 acres of land, chiefly under a 
good order of cultivation, and furnished with convenient and well-built 
structures suited to the necessities of the farm. He is in accord with the 
tenets of the Republican faith, and is at present a Township Trustee. On the 
14th day of June, 1881, his marriage to Katie Horlacher took place. She was 
born Nov. 26, 1859, in Genesee Township, and is the daughter ot Godfrey 
Horlacher, of whom a personal narration is given in this work. Mr. and Mrs. 
Wetzell have two children, who were born as follows: David A., May 16, 1882, 
and Emma E. Oct. 30, 1884. Mr. Wetzell is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist 
Church, with which he has been connected since he was 11 years old.

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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