Samuel Wiltsie

Samuel Wiltsie - was born in Otsego county, New York, January 23, 1827, his parents being George Wiltsie, who died May 17, 1838, and Asenath (Hutchins) Wiltsie, whose death took place August 1, 1861. Samuel was married May 16, 1850, to Mary A. Mumma, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, who was born in that county April 17, 1834. Their family comprise: Asenath, born March 26, 1851;, died March 15, 1852; Aldema, August 31, 1852, died August 10, 1866; Samuel H., March 16, 1855, resides in Paulding county; Emma, October 9, 1857, died March 30, 1877; Mollie, April 19, 1861, resides in Allen county, Indiana; Selina, November 24, 1864; Ella, March 30, 1867; Bertha, April 8, 1878; the last three are living at home. Mr. Wiltsie was in the hundred day service in the late war, a member of the 132d Ohio. He was also in the Mexican war one year and nine months in the 1st Regiment United States Voltigeurs, and participating in all the battles of the Valley of Mexico. His father, George Wiltsie, was a soldier of the war of 1812, and was wounded in the engagement under Perry on Lake Erie. His maternal grandfather, Samuel Hutchins, was a Captain in the Revolutionary war, serving from the commencement to the close. Mrs. Wiltsie’s parents were Peter, who died June, 1852, and Mary (Clare) Mumma, who died March 7, 1965. Mr. Wiltsie is a farmer. Address, Payne, Paulding county, Ohio.