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Born 1832, Mifflin county
From History of Hancock County, Ohio (1903), History of Hancock County Ohio (1886)
DR. WILLIAM M. DETWILER (deceased) was born in Mifflin County, Penn., August 23, 1832, son of George and Julia A. (Matter) Detwiler, q who came of worthy German pioneer ancestry of Pennsylvania and Maryland. The subject of this sketch learned his father’s trade (plastering), and in 1851 came West and located in Findlay, this county, where he carried on his trade for some time. He subsequently moved to Illinois, and, on returning from there, in 1859, entered the office of Dr. Osterlen, where he prosecuted the study of medicine. On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion our subject left his worthy preceptor’s office and enlisted his services in defense of the Union; three years of his time, however, were devoted to service as hospital steward, and upon the close of the war he returned to his medical studies, graduating from the Homeopathic Hospital College of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Dr. Detwiler located in Findlay, and for ten years was prominently identified with the profession of medicine in this portion of the State. The Doctor’s death occurred April 30, 1877. He was at that time president of the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical Society, and also president of the Alumni Association of Cleveland College. The Masonic, Odd Fellows and K. of P. societies, the Findlay Guards and the ex-soldiers all took part in the funeral ceremonies in his memory. Dr. Detwiler was an ardent Sabbath-school and church worker, and was an acknowledged leader in all interests he sought to serve. In politics he was a Republican. He was a liberal contributor to measures conducting to the public welfare, and was a kind friend and an exemplary husband. He was happily married, December 19, 1854, to Miss Harriet Tritch, by whom he had no children, but they adopted and reared a son and a daughter: William M., now a merchant tailor, and Victoria, now the wife of E. H. Young.
E. G. DEeWOLFE, editor of the Republican, Findlay, was born in Centreville, Butler Co., Penn, April 16, 1837. He is the fourth son of Dr. E.Gibbons and Sarah A. (Harris) De Wolfe, of Pennsylvania, the former of French Huguenot stock, descended from one of three brothers of that name who fled from persecution in their native land and settled in New England about the year 1690, after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. At the death of his father, in 1846, the subject of this sketch resided with an uncle, T. R. DeWolfe, in Vernon, Trumbull Co., Ohio, until 1850, when he entered the office of the Whig, Butler, Penn., as an apprentice, but completed his trade on the Record, Prospect, Penn. His health failing he was compelled to relinquish the printing business and settled on a farm, teaching school in the winter. In 1861 he removed to Ohio and in 1863, in company with his brother Joseph, purchased the Pike County Republican, which they published at Waverly for three years, during which time he held the position of deputy assessor of internal revenue. Refusing to follow Andrew Johnson into the Democratic party he was removed from office, sold out his paper and accepted a position as foreman of the Ohic State Journal, at Columbus, Ohio, where he remained until September of 1868, when in company with Dr. A. P. Miller, of the Toledo Blade, he purchased the Findlay Jeffersonian, with which he was connected until May 1, 1876, when he retired to accept the appointment of postmaster by President Grant, was reappointed by Hayes in 1880 and reappointed by Arthur in 1884. In 1881] he purchased an interest in the Findlay Republican, with which he is still connected. In 1855 he married, in Butler County, Penn., Miss Emma Flemming, and the union has been blessed with four sons and four daughters, five of whom are yet living.
As printed in History of Hancock County Ohio (1886). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
WILLIAM M. DETWILER.
Dr. William M. Detwiler was born in Mifflin county, Pennsylvania, August 23, 1832. He learned the trade of plastering with his father and in 1851 came west and located in Findlay, where he carried on his trade for some time. He subsequently moved to Illinois, and, on returning from there in 1859, entered the office of Dr. Oesterlin, where he prosecuted the study of medicine. On the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion our subject left his worthy preceptor's office and enlisted his services in defense of the Union; three years of his time, however, were devoted to service as hospital steward, and upon the close of the war he returned to his medical studies, graduating from the Homeopathic Hospital college of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1867. Dr. Detwiler located in Findlay, and for ten years was prominently identified with the profession of medicine in this portion of the state.
The doctor's death occurred April 30, 1877. He was at that time president of the Ohio State Homeopathic Medical society and also president of the Alumni Association of Cleveland college. The Masonic, Odd Fellows and Knights of Pvthias societies, the Findlav Guards and the ex-soldiers all took part in the funeral ceremonies in his memory. Dr. Detwiler was an ardent Sabbath school and church worker, and was an acknowledged leader in all interests he sought to serve.
As printed in History of Hancock County, Ohio (1903). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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