History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881. p.1166

David Wetherby, lumberman and logger. He was born in New Brunswick Oct. 1,
1823, and began work for his father, David Weatherby, of the St. Croix
River, in Maine and New Brunswick, at the age of nineteen years, where he
followed lumbering until 1855, and in September of the same year came to
Oshkosh, Wis.; he first worked four years for other parties in the
pineries, and began business on his own hook in the winter of 1859; he
employs about thirty men during the logging season, and gets out on an
average two million to three million feet; for the last seven years, he has
been engaged in the Little Wolf pineries, and sells his products in Oshkosh
and Fond du Lac. He was married in New Brunswick, Sept. 22, 1847, to Miss
Eliza A. McCullough, who was born in the latter place; they have three
children living- Joseph M., now married and engaged for his father in the
pineries; Nettie M., now married to Mr. Evan Ewens and living in the city;
David T., at home.