WOLCOTT, Venning D.

WOLCOTT

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 5/30/2021 at 20:25:35

Venning D. Wolcott
born Sep 16, 1858

V. D. Wolcott, proprietor of “Maple Grove” stock farm, adjoining the town of Battle Creek, Iowa, is one of the substantial men of Ida county. Mr. Wolcott is a native of Washtenaw County, Michigan, born September 16, 1858, son of Samuel and Maria (Matthews) Wolcott. His father was a native of New York and his grandfather served as a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Wolcott was an orphan at an early age, being left motherless at the age of three years, and without a father when he was eleven. They had three children, two of whom are living: V. D. and his sister, Florence Gillet. He was reared on a farm in Michigan, and remained there until 1880, when he came to his present location.
Mr. Wolcott’s farm comprises 115 acres, and is one of the finest places in the vicinity of Battle Creek. It is improved with good buildings, fences, etc., and is well arranged for the cultivation of grain and the raising of stock. His house is 16 x 24 feet, a story and a half, with an L, 12 x 16 feet; and he has two barns, one16 x 42 feet, and the other 28 x 30 feet. Mr. Wolcott makes a specialty of fine horses, and in securing some of the best breeds he has spent money freely. He has some of the best draft horses in western Iowa. His French draft, “Captain”, a black Percheron of 1,850 pounds, and his French coach, a bay of good style and action, he purchased of the Iowa Central Importing Company, of Ames, Iowa.
Mr. Wolcott is a man of family. When he was twenty-one he married Hattie Teel, daughter of Frank and Lavina (Palmer) Teel, of Michigan, and has two children, Fred W. and Gean. He affiliates with the Republican party. Mrs. Wolcott is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.425