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Born 1853, Hardin County
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885), History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906)
I. R. WETHERILL, physician, Beaver Dam, was born in Hardin County, Ohio, January 21, 1853, son of John R. and Elizabeth (Gloyd) Wetherill, the former of whom, a farmer by occupation, a native of England, came to America when a young man; the latter was born in Virginia, and was of Scotch descent. Our subject was the eleventh born in a family of fourteen children, thirteen of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. He received his literary education in the Ohio Normal University, and studied medicine with Dr. R. Davenport of Ada, Ohio. He also took a thorough course at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Baltimore, Md., 1879-80 and 1881, and the same year came to Beaver Dam, where he has since continued in active practice. He is a member of the Northwestern Medical Association. The doctor was married in 1874 to Susan, daughter of John Latimore, a prominent farmer of Hardin County, Ohio, who served as a soldier during the late Rebellion, and lost his life in the defense of his country. To our subject and wife were born Ova, Webb and Cliff. Mrs. Wetherill is a member of the Disciples Church. The doctor is a member of the I. O. O. F. In politics he is a Republican.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
RA R. WETHERILL, M. D., one of the leading physicians and surgeons of Bluffton, was born July 21, 1853, in Hardin County, near the village of West Newton. He is a son of John and Elizabeth (Gloyd) Wetherill. His father was born in Lincolnshire, England, March 19, 1809, and was 10 years of age when his father, whose name was also John, came from England and settled in Virginia. Later they came to Richland County, Ohio, where the grandfather of our subject died at the age of 45 years, leaving five sons and two daughters. John Wetherill, Jr., was married in 1836 to Elizabeth Gloyd, who was born in Rockingham County, Virginia, in 1816, and came with her parents to Richland County, where she was married. In 1839 Mr. Wetherill took his family to Hardin County, where he cleared and put under cultivation a large tract of land. He was an industrious, thrifty man, a devout Methodist, and in early years a Democrat, although after the nomination of Lincoln he supported the Republican ticket until his death in 1899. His wife died in Hardin County in her 49th year, leaving 14 children, all of whom grew to adult years except the youngest, who died in infancy. Of this family, 12 were married and eight are now living.
Ira R. Wetherill attended public school and engaged in teaching district schools for several terms, supplementing this with a course in the university at Ada, and, later, in the-College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, Maryland. Graduating from this institution in 1881, he at once began the practice of his profession at Beaver Dam, where he remained 10 years before locating in Blufifton. He enjoys a large general practice and has been very successful in his work.
In 1874 Dr. Wetherill was married to Susan A. Lattimore, who was born an Hardin County, Ohio, April 24, 1857, and was a daughter of John and Sarah (Shanks) Lattimore of that country. Mrs. Wetherill died in 1895, leaving three children, namely: Ova, wife of Row Ewing, of Blufifton; Webb; and Cliff, a freshman in the medical college at Columbus, Ohio. Webb is a soldier in the United States Army, and served three years in the light artillery, two of them being spent in the Philippines He served three years in the coast artillery, when he was stationed at Fort Hamilton, New York and has but recently reenlisted in California in the light artillery. The Doctor is a Republican. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Blufifton and is a genial, popular gentleman. He is president of the Blufifton Telephone Company, having held the office during the past four years.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1906). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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