W. H. Robertson - son of Henry and Harriet (Gorden) Robertson, was born in DeKalb county, Indiana, April 15, 1839. His parents came to Paulding county in 1826. He married Harriet J., daughter of Thomas and Sarah J. (Smith) Gorden, at Middletown, Orange county, New York, January 30, 1868, where her birth had taken place. Her mother resides in Paulding county. Mr. Robertson is at present, 1881, Treasurer of Crane township, Paulding county; has been Postmaster for twelve years. He served in the late war; enlisted in the 88th Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, Company H, Captain Blair; afterward Captain D. L. Thomas commanded the company. The date of his enrollment was August, 1862, and was discharged at Indianapolis, June, 1865. He took part in the following battles: Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Mission Ridge, and on the March to the Sea; and the surrender of General Johnson at the close of the war. His brother Samuel was in the 14th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under General Steedman, being at the battle of Chickamauga. Mr. Robertson was in this county at the organization of Cecil, and purchased the second lot in the town. Postoffice address, Cecil, Paulding county, Ohio.