Known affectionately as "Uncle Billy." Learned the saddle and harness trade under Capt. John Poorman at Tiffin, Ohio.
Worked with G. W. Westlake at Cedar Rapids, Iowa for six years.
Civil War veteran, enlisted in Co. A, 49th Ohio Vol.
Inf. under Col. William Gibson.
Served 3 years, 3 months, 13 days.
Fought at Shiloh, Stone River, Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and Nashville.
Farmer and sheep-raiser in Cass Township, later cattle/hog/sheep dealer.
Owned up to 288 acres.
Stockholder in the Arcadia Bank, Arcadia, Ohio.
Lutheran.
Republican.
Member of Norris Post, G.A.R. at Fostoria.
His father was a shoemaker.
Source: Biographical Record of Hancock County, Ohio.
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