Weidner, William

WEIDNER

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 9/10/2008 at 16:19:36

William Weidner

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.149, Lewis Twp.)
William Weidner, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Council Bluffs, born in Butler County, Ohio, June 21, 1821, son of J. and Elizabeth (Snyder) Weidner, both born in Sunbury, Penn.; he, a farmer, in 1780, died in Butler County, Ohio, in 1847; she, in 1783, died in Butler County, Ohio, in 1831. They had six children, four boys and two girls. Subject received his education, principally, on Elk Creek, Butler County, Ohio; commenced life as a farmer and stock-raiser, and married his first wife, M. A. Brelsford, in Butler County, Ohio, in 1847, daughter of Benjamin and Jane Brelsford; married his second wife, Hannah K. Marsh, in Shelby County, Ind., in 1858, daughter of John and Sarah Marsh. Mr. Weidner's first wife had fourc hildren, viz.: Benjamin, Elizabeth J., A. D. and Katie Ann, and his second wife's children aer John W., died February 5, 1882, just twenty-four years old; Samuel, Ida May and Mineola. Subject is a member of the Methodist Church, a Democrat, a Freemason, an Odd Fellow, served as Constable in Shelby County, Ind.; been Township Treasurer; moved from Butler County, Ohio in 1849, to Shelbyville, Ind., engaging in the stock business; then moved to Clarinda, Page Co., this State, where, in 1867, he lost his second wife; from there he moved to this township (Lewis), engaging in the stock business, which he still follows; has been handling stock for J. T. Stewart for fouf years; has ben a Freemason for forty years, and is one of the oldest Masons in the State.