Tulare County Biographies

Ethelbert S. Weddle

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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The family of which Ethelbert S. Weddle was a member removed to Tennessee in 
1854 and lived there until 1865, then settled in Indiana, where it made its home 
until 1874, when it came to California. Mr. Weddle was born in Virginia, April 
1, 1849.
Soon after he came to Tulare county, Mr. Weddle went into the sheep business, 
which profitably occupied his attention four years. At that time the land was 
all raw and sheep could roam throughout all the territory between the river and 
the mountains. When he sold his sheep he engaged in contracting and building. 
Later he took up grain farming and fruit raising and now he has eighty acres in 
fruit, fifty-five in vines, two in oranges and forty in alfalfa. In 1911 he sold 
a ton of Muscats to the acre. His seedless grapes yield a ton and a half to the 
acre. He is a thoroughly up-to-date farmer, filled with new ideas, and he 
employs modern methods in every detail of his work. As a citizen he is 
public-spirited and devoted to the general interests. Fraternally, he affiliates 
with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and politically he is a Republican.
In Indiana Ethelbert S. Weddle married Theresa Wilson, a native of that state, 
who bore him children named Charles and Walter E., who are now physicians in the 
active practice of their profession, one in Fresno, Cal., the other in Reedley, 
Cal. Dr. Charles Weddle, of Fresno, married Maymie Jacobs and has daughters 
named Barbara and Beatrice. Dr. Walter E. Weddle, of Reedley, married Margaret 
Parker, and has children named Robert and Dorothy.
Mrs. Theresa Weddle, who died November 30, 1908, was the daughter of 0lli S. and 
Elizabeth (Hamilton) Wilson, and a lineal descendant of Alexander Hamilton. The 
Wilsons figured in the period preceding the Revolutionary war, and trace their 
ancestry to John Wilson, who participated in that conflict.
 
History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches - 
Los Angeles, Calif., Historic Record Company, 1913, pp. 608-609