Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . .,September 21, 1849, a son of George and Sarah(Nebergall) Wetzel, of whom the former wasborn in Pennsylvania, and the latter, in Vir-ginia. The father was, by trade, a cabinet-maker and carpenter, but when he came to Ful-ton County he engaged in agricultural subject of this sketch obtained his earlyinstruction in the public schools of his neigh-borhood, and in 1876 came to Mound Township,McDonough County, where he was engaged iufarming until 1900. At that period he tooKcharge of Harris & Warrens grain elevator inNew Philadelphia, in conne
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . .,September 21, 1849, a son of George and Sarah(Nebergall) Wetzel, of whom the former wasborn in Pennsylvania, and the latter, in Vir-ginia. The father was, by trade, a cabinet-maker and carpenter, but when he came to Ful-ton County he engaged in agricultural subject of this sketch obtained his earlyinstruction in the public schools of his neigh-borhood, and in 1876 came to Mound Township,McDonough County, where he was engaged iufarming until 1900. At that period he tooKcharge of Harris & Warrens grain elevator inNew Philadelphia, in connection with whichhe also handles coal. The capacity of this ele-vator, which is situated on the Toledo, Peoria& Western tracks, is 30,000 bushels. Mr. Wet-zel also operates a farm of eighty acres inSection 23, Mound Township. He is an intelli-gent and methodical farmer and his elevatormanagement is eflBcient and successful. On March 20, 1873, Mr. Wetzel was united inmarriage with Sarah C. Butler, who was born X co X r(/]o z > z. HISTORY OF McDOXOUGH COLXTV, 1043 in Virginia. Three children have resulted fromtheir union, namely: Edward L., Orville Sherman A. Politically, Mr. Wetzel is aRepublican. He served five years as Assessorof Mound Township, was also a member of theRoard of Trustees, and at present is serving atwo years term as Supervisor of Mound Town-ship. Fraternally, Mr. Wetzel is connected withthe I. O. O. F. and the M. W. WHALEN, Thomas P., well known in Macomb,111., as the ijroprietor of a thriving meat mar-liet, was born in Colchester Township, McDon-ough County, February 28, 1871, and thereobtained his schooling. His father and mother,Peter and Bridget (Ryan) Whalen, were na-tives of Ireland, born in County Galway. Hispaternal grandfather, Peter Whalen, and hisgrandfather on the maternal side, John Ryan,were also born in County Galway. PeterWhalen came from Ireland to the United Statesin 1855, and spent a year in Pennsylvania,whence he came to Colchester T
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