Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Wolfersperger, Aaron A 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Aaron A. Wolfersperger, attorney at law, Sterling, was born in Jordan 
Township, Whiteside, Co., Ill., March 22, 1856. His parents, John and Lydia 
(Kapp) Wolfersperger, natives of Lebanon Co., Pa., came from the Keystone 
State in 1851 to Jordan Township. Mr. W. purchased land at different times, so 
that he is now the proprietor of 640 acres. Aaron, the subject of this notice, 
remained at his parental home until 15 years of age, laboring upon the farm 
and attending the district school; then, leaving home, he attended a college 
at Naperville, Ill., one year, an institution under the auspices of the 
Evangelical Church; then four years at the college at Carthage, Ill., where he 
graduated; next, a term of six months at Eastman's Business College at 
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., receiving a diploma; followed farming the next summer; 
and the ensuing fall he went to Chicago and attended the Union College of Law 
for two years, receiving a diploma; finally, in the spring of 1879, he came to 
Sterling and commenced the practice of law. In 1881 he was elected Justice of 
the Peace and has held the office since. In 1884 he was elected City Attorney, 
and re­elected in the spring of 1885. He is one of the leading and rising 
lawyers of Sterling. Politically he is a Democrat, and in his social relations 
he is a member of the Orders of Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and of the A. 
O. U. W. Mr. Wolfersperger was married Nov. 4, 1880, to Miss Anna Hendrick, a 
native of this State. They have had two children: Lelia S., born Aug. 4, 1882; 
and John J., Aug. 26, 1884.

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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