Greene-Martin County IN Archives Biographies.....Wolford, J. W. 1837 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/in/infiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com May 14, 2006, 10:49 pm Author: Goodspeed (1884) J. W. WOLFORD, merchant and farmer, has been identified with the history of Greene County since 1859. He was born November 20, 1837, in Coshocton County, Ohio, where he was raised to manhood until twenty years old, when he came to Indiana, and for two years was a resident of Martin County. He then came to Greene County and located at Linton, where for a time he worked as a journeyman wheelwright, but afterward conducted the business on his own responsibility until 1865, when he went to Carbondale, Ind., and began farming and carpentering. In 1875, he began merchandising at Linton, where he owns a good store, and near which he owns a well-stocked farm. On first coming to Greene County, he was a poor boy, 50 cents being the sum total of his cash account. By industry and good management, he has secured a comfortable income and established a reputation as an honorable, upright citizen. In May, 1860, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha E. Lund, a daughter of Thomas Lund (deceased), who was a native of England and one of the early pioneers of Stockton Township. Four sons and two-daughters have blessed their anion, named Edwin L., Thomas L., William F., David Elmer, C. A. and Laura J. Mr. Wolford's father was John Wolford, of Pennsylvania, and his mother was Nancy Ann Musgrove, of Virginia. They came to Greene County, Ind., in 1859, where they died in 1876 and 1875 respectively. Additional Comments: Stockton Township Biographies Extracted from: HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/in/greene/bios/wolford483nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/infiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb