Wayland, Jonathan M. (1858-1917)

WAYLAND

Posted By: Karon Velau (email)
Date: 9/21/2019 at 17:27:51

Jonathan M. Wayland
Feb 24, 1858 - Dec 29, 1917

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.569)
DR. J.M. WYLAND, the only physician and druggist of Minden, was born in Harlan, Iowa, February 24, 1858, son of Isaac P. WYLAND, who was a pioneer of this state, having settled at Newtown, near Avoca, in 1860. He was born in Elkhart Co., Indiana, August 26, 1832, in the town of Wyland, which was named in honor of his father, Jonathan WYLAND, who was born in 1797 in Bedford Co., Pennsylvania, moved first to Greene Co., Ohio, and then to Indiana. He came to America when a young man, settling in Elkhart County, where he built a grist-mill and woolen factory, and also a dam across the Elkhart River, and was in short the founder of Wyland. He was married to Miss Catherine PLUM, by whom he had two sons: Jonathan and Washington. This wife died and he was again married in Ohio to a Miss Elizabeth VANARSDOLL, and by this marriage there were 11 children: Catherine, Rachel, William, Isaac, Jasper, David, Jefferson, Elizabeth, Mary Barbara, Christian, and Lawrence, all of whom lived to maturity. Jasper died in the service to his country in the late war, in an Iowa regiment; Jonathan died at his home at the age of 58 years of pneumonia, contracted by exposure. The father was a stanch Democrat politically, and religiously was a German Baptist or Dunkard. The Dunkards were among the most thrifty and peaceable people who sought a home in America from the oppression of older countries.

ISAAC P. WYLAND, a son of the above and the father of our subject, was born in Wyland, Indiana, received a common-school education and was brought up a Dunkard, but afterward changed his religion to the "Christian" belief. He was a miller by trade, and was married in Elkhart, Indiana, to Julia A. MILTENBERGER, of German descent, daughter of Henry MILTENBERGER, who came from Pennsylvania to Elkhart County. Mr. and Mrs. WYLAND have six children: William W., Omar P., Jonathan M., Seth L., Mary H. and Asa A. The father moved to Iowa in the spring of 1856, settling in Shelby Co., near Harlan, which was then a wilderness. In 1860 he settled in Newton, Pottawattamie Co., where he built a grist mill and one and a half years later, settled near his old farm east of Harlan, where he lived until 1884. In that year, he went to Dakota, settling on a farm in Hand County, where he still resides. He is a Democrat in his political opinions and has served as Sheriff of Shelby County, in 1862, and Postmaster of Jackson Township, Shelby Co. He has always been a hard working, industrious, honorable and substantial citizen and will be remembered by the old settlers of Shelby Co.

DR. J.M. WYLAND, his son and the subject of this sketch, received a good education at the high school of Harlan, and also studied medicine at Iowa City, where he graduated in 1884. His preceptor was Dr. E.A. COBB, of Harlan, with whom he remained three years. Leaving this able instructor in the spring of 1884, the Doctor came to Minden, where he immediately bought the drug store of Kervill & Schaff, and has since had a large trade as well as a good practice. Socially he is a Mason, and also a member of the Knights of Pythias. In his political opinions he is a Democrat, and has also taken an active interest in the schools of his county, being a member of the School Board. He has the confidence of all the people, and was recently elected a member of the Town Council.

In the spring of 1886 Mr. WYLAND was married to Amelia SCHUMAKER, daughter of Henry SCHUMAKER, a native of Germany, but now of Moline, Illinois. He is the father of two children, Henry and Amelia. The Doctor's brother, Asa O. WYLAND, is also a physician and is now engaged in practice at Underwood, this county. Dr. WYLAND is a man of high character and his success as a physician attests his skill and knowledge of medicine. He is yet a young man and the succeeding years should add honor and dignity to a life well begun.