Elliott Wetherbee (b. 1843)

WETHERBEE, HARRIS

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 7/5/2003 at 10:20:09

Wetherbee, Elliott, farmer, Section 22 (Oran township); PO Oelwein; born in Ripley Co., Indiana, in 1843; located in this county inf 1858. Married Miss Nettie Harris in 1873; she was born in Lafayette Co., Wisconsin, in 1855; have one child -- Retta, born March 1, 1876. He has been School Director two years; Supervisor, present term. He owns eighty acres of land, worth $30 per acre. He enlisted in the 47th I. V. I., May 10, 1864, and served until the close of the war; was mustered out at Davenport, with his regiment, Nov. 19, 1865.

Page 671, "1878 History of Fayette County, Iowa"