WILDER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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WILDER, Asa R. - b: 1840 Lorain Co, OH
source: 1883 History of Henry Missouri , National Historical Co. - page: 551
residence: Clinton Twp

Asa R. Wilder, dealer in agricultural implements and of the firm of Wilder & Fenn, 
hardware merchants, is a native of Ohio, and was born in Lorain County, March 14, 
1840. He grew up there where he also attended school, completing his education 
at the Baldwin University, of Berea, Ohio, in 1860 and 1861. He enlisted in 
Company H, Forty-First Ohio Infantry, USA, and served till the battle of Corinth, 
Mississippi, in 1862, and was confined to a hospital till discharged in May 1863. 
Then he returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, and became engaged in clerical work with 
the wholesale hardware firm of J. L. Wayne & Co., with whom he remained till the 
fall of 1865. He later accepted a similar position with J. H. Lewis & Co., of that 
city, and in the fall of 1866, they opened a branch house at St. Louis, Missouri, of 
which they gave Mr. Wilder the management. After serving the firm one year in 
that capacity, he represented their interests as a commercial traveler. In 
January, 1869, he came to Clinton, and established the present business. The 
firm, then known as Wilder & Co., did business till the spring of 1874, when it 
was known for one year as Wilder & Winslow. In January, 1875, it become Wilder 
& Fenn. Mr. Fenn has an interest only in the hardware department. Mr. Wilder 
manages alone the implement department. They carry a good stock in their line 
and are popular and successful merchants. Mr. W. was married July 16, 1866, to 
Miss Ella E. Bernard, a native of England, but who was reared in New York. They 
have four children: Carrie E., Sadie, Lotta L. and Charles T. Mr. W. is a prominent 
member of the I. O. O. F. fraternity, and has held all the offices within the gift of 
his lodge. He is now its district deputy. He also belongs to the A.O.U.W.

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