JOHN
WILLIAM WERTZ,
farmer, post-office Greenville, Penn., is a son of
John and Ann (Gaumer) Wertz, natives of Lehigh County, Penn. In
1835 the father of our subject, in company with his father and
grandfather, both of whom were named John, came to Mercer County and
settled in Greene Township, where our subject now lives. The great-
grandfather of our subject had three daughters,
Lydia, Polly, Elizabeth, and two sons, John
and Peter; the last named remained in Lehigh County. John,
the grandfather of our subject, married Maria
Adams, and their children were John, Jacob,
Daniel, Polly, Hannah and Catherine, all of whom are deceased
except Hannah, who is the widow of Ephraim
Boger. The father of our subject was born in Lehigh County, and
his family were: Sabina, who died January
7, 1859; Charles Henry, of Evansburg,
Penn.; James Wilson, who died July 7, 1853;
Isaac Matthias, of Forest County, Penn.; John
William, our subject; Joseph Franklin, who
died in 1889; Julia A., wife of Fred
Buck, of Greenville, Penn.; Sarah K,
of Greenville, Penn.; Reuben Edwin, of
Meadville, Penn John, the father of our
subject, died October 28, 1856, aged fifty-two years, and his widow May
3, 1877, aged sixty-eight years, one month and nine days. Our subject
was born November 16, 1837, on the homestead farm where he was also
reared, and has always been engaged in farming. He was married January
15, 1885, to Miss Eva Elizabeth, daughter
of William C. Eich, of Otter Creek
Township, and they have one son, William J.
Mr. Wertz is a member of the A. O. U. W., Lodge No. 64 of Greenville,
and is also a member of the Lutheran Church. Politically he is a
Democrat. Of our subject’s brothers, Charles
Henry married Rosa Rodure, and has John
S., Caroline, Adolete, Desolate, Anna, Ella, Armitta, Frank, Bertha and
Charley; Isaac Matthias married Lidda
Christbaum, and has Emma, Charles J.,
William L., Harry J., Alice; Ruben Edwin married Sarah
L. McQuiston, and has Flora and Fred,
Of his sisters, Julia A. married Fred
Buck, and has one child, George G.
History
of Mercer County,
1888, pages 1209-1210
