W. C. Wamsley

WAMSLEY, SMITH, HORTON, EICHAR

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Date: 5/27/2004 at 22:23:21

W. C. Wamsley, son of Allen and Emily Wamsley, was born in Adams county, Ohio, November 6, 1857. He was left fatherless when two years of age; his mother subsequently married W. T. Smith, and in 1869 the family moved to Iowa and settled in Clarksville. Mr. Wamsley’s’ younger days were spent on a farm, but, having a desire to lead a mercantile life, at the age of sixteen he commenced clerking in Clarksville, where he continued for six years.
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In the year 1877 he graduated at Bailey’s Commercial College, of Keokuk, Iowa. He embarked in the mercantile business with Mr. Horton, under the firm name of Wamsley & Horton. Here he continued until 1881, when he disposed of his interest, and has been clerking in the same store for A. C. Smith. He was married December 21, 1881 to Miss Kittie Eichar, daughter of J. J. Eichar, of Clarksville.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 513