Christian Yingling was born in western Pennsylvania, on April 24, 1788, and died September 12, 1856. His wife, Martha Lee, was born in Patrick County, Virginia, on August 2, 1795, and died on May 8, 1877.
Pioneers & Profiles
William Wilgus
William Wilgus was born in Union township, where Proctorville now stands. He was raised on his father’s farm, where he remained up to 1845, when they both entered into the produce trade on the Ohio river, plying between St. Martinsville and Pattersonville.
Charles Worthington
Charles Worthington and Rachel Cartwright were married on September 18, 1834. He is a native of Fayette County, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1813. He came to Lawrence County in 1836.
Isaac Winters
Isaac Winters was the son of Mathias and Rebecca (Brubaker) Winters, who was born in Lawrence County, on August 26, 1830. His parents came to this county in 1815. His father died in 1834, and his mother in 1877.
Silas Wilks
Silas Wilks was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on June 12, 1838, in which county he was married on January 3, 1867, to Carolina M. Munsell, who was also born in this county, on November 25, 1846.
Joseph Wildes
Joseph Wildes was a native of England, where he was born in 1844. He came to Lawrence County in the year 1865. He was married in Elizabeth township, on October 12, 1865,
Samuel H. White
Samuel H. White commenced an active business life in his fourteenth year, and he has continued ever since. He has traveled over fourteen different States; he has clerked in the following places: Bellville, Virginia; Parkersburg, Virginia;
John A. White
John A. White and Augusta A. Haskell were married in Georgetown, Pennsylvania, on October 9, 1853. He was born in East Virginia, on October 14, 1835.
Dr. John Fletcher White
Dr. John Fletcher White was born in Barboursville, West Virginia, on January 18, 1839. His parents are Samuel Lewis and Rebecca Wilson (Masterson) White. Mr. White was married in Centerville, Gallia County, Ohio, on August 14, 1862,
Charles E. Watters
Charles E. Watters was a native of Maryland, where he was born on November 27, 1821; after leaving that State, in 1833, he settled in Portland, Jefferson County, Ohio, where he remained until 1847.
Albert W. Ward
Albert W. Ward was born in Lawrence County, Ohio, on July 28, 1852. His father, George L., was in the war of the rebellion. He served under General Sherman for twelve months. He was in twenty-seven States and took part in four battles.
William G. Waller
William G. Waller and Eliza I. Mace were married in Lawrence County, Ohio, on April 15, 1871. He was born in Charlotte County, East Virginia, on July 28, 1825. She was born in this county, on December 29, 1848.
Coleman G. Waller
Coleman G. Waller was born in Lunenburg County, Virginia, on October 4, 1802. His father, William Waller, died in 1802, and his mother, Elizabeth (Lambert) Waller, is also deceased. Mr. Waller has been twice married.
Daniel Waddell
Daniel Waddell was born in Gallia County, Ohio, on March 21, 1821. His father, John Waddell, who was born in 1778, and died May 1841, was the father of twenty-one children,
Abram Waddell
Abram Waddell was a son of John and Mary (Wigner) Waddell and was born in Gallia County, Green Township, Ohio, on February 25, 1833.