Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Wertz, William 1824 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   William Wertz, merchant, Veedersburg, is son of John and Rosana (Byrod)
Wertz. The former is a native of Virginia; born in 1795; came and settled in Van
Buren township at an early day, locating on the farm now owned by Mirand Roland,
where he remained till 1872, when he retired from active business. He educated
himself, never having attended school but three months. But few subjects of
practical importance can be touched that he is not able to converse upon with
freedom. By trade he is a carpenter, but in later life desisted from that
business altogether, giving his undivided attention to farming. He raised a
family of eight children; all but one are now living. In politics he is a
republican. He and his wife are among the pioneer Presbyterians of Fountain
county. Since the death of his wife, who departed this life in 1879, aged
seventy-two years, he has resided with his son William. He has all through his
life so lived as to command through his kindness and hospitality the respect of
all who knew him. William Wertz was born in 1824; was reared to the trade of his
father, at which he continued till 1872, when he began selling goods in
Veedersburg, where he has since remained. He has a good trade, and carries on a
profitable business. He was married in 1849, to Elizabeth McClure, by whom he
has a family of eight children. His wife's father, Thomas McClure, was one of
the pioneers of Wabash township. She is a communicant of the New Light
christians. Mr. Wertz is a member of I. O. O. F., Veedersburg lodge.

Additional Comments:

Van Buren Township

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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