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Note: John Jr. and Hannah had 14 children.
From a newspaper article: Frank Weirch of Liberty Center has broughtto our office an old account book kept by his father from 1833 onseveral years. Frank's father, John Wierich was born in DauphinCounty, PA., June 13, 1815 and he died January 29, 1983. He came withhis parents to Wayne County in 1823 and he was married to HannahGramling who was also born in PA Oct 7, 1823 and who departed life in1894. Both were buried in the Mohler cemetery, amile west of Colton.they moved from Wayne County to Henry county, landing a mile southwestof what is now Colton in 1848, right in the woods and with very fewneighbors.
It took all of the people in the township to raise a log house orbarn. the Indiana had only left a few years before they came. Thecanal was just finished and the only roads were rude trails throughthe forests. Mr. Weirich was a millwright by trade and made turbinewheels. He bought the right to make them in a large territory. Heheld the important office of township trustee almost all of the timesince he came to Henry County. He was a staunch Democrat and many ofhis party belonged to the knights of the Golden Circle during theCivil War. He thought they did wrong and he would not join them. Hewas thankful that slavery and wild cat money was done away with andwas not a very staunch Democrat after the war.
The account book which he left which is now in the hands of his sonFrank, gives quite a true insight into his noble character. Whenfractions of cents were involved his customers were always given thebenefit. His records are absolutely accurate though at times hiswording and spelling were quaint. His education was limited, but hemade the best of every opportunity. We notice some odd figures wayback in the early fifities, when farm labor was sold at the rat e of50 cents per day and other labor was not much higher. He sold corn in1851 fat 40 cents per bushel, a pound of tobacco at 31 cents, 20pounds of plaster for 25 cents. Mr. Weirich was a man of all tradesand his accounts kept track of his every day. In 1838 he made one"peter Kealy" a taylor table for 50 cents, chopt firewood for 37 1/2cents and 10 cort of wood chopt and a half for 3.31 1.4 cents (thefraction of cents being carefully put down, but never added into thetotal bill) and another feature of the accounts in those good old daysis that every single one of them were "paid with money" or "settledwith him." How fine that would be if the merchangs of today couldpoint to such a record. In an account he had with Daniel Weirch wenotice the items "twenty-eight feetof boards, 20 cents, eight pountzof nails 50 cents, one calf skin $2." When he did carpenter work hiswage charge wa a dollar a day. He sold 56 feet of boards to one JamesBall for 56 cents. In 1858 he sold "flower" at $4.25 per barrel and19 1/2 pounds of meat for $1.75, 29 pounds of buckwheat flour at 58cents, and 1 1/2 bushel of tators for 31 cents. And so on there arehundreds of very interesting items in the old account book whichsometimes makes me think that those were the happy days, but as theold hack goes, : them days are gone forever."
Note: In 1842, in Wayne County, Ohio, John Jr. married Hannah Gramling.
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Note: He was the son of John Weirich, Sr. and Elizabeth Roup.
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Note: family #420); Head of household John Weirich 33 farmer, $400 realestate, b. PA; wife Hannah 26, b. PA; son Franklin 6, b. OH; daughterAmanda 4, b. OH; son John 1, b. OH; and John Grambling 33 farmer, b.PA.
Note: --(1850 Washington Twp, Henry County, Ohio - 10/30/1850 dwelling #413,
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Note: dwelling #338, family #298) Head of household John Weirich, 43 farmer,real estate $2,000, property $600, b. PA; wife Hannah 37 b. PA; sonFranklin 16 b. OH; daughter Sarah 9, b. OH; son George 7, b. OH;daughter Angeline 3, b. OH; son William, 2 b. OH; son Charles 8/12, b.OH.
Note: --(1860 Henry County, OH Washington Township Census 6/14/1860 page 42
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Note: household John Weirich age 62 b. PA; Hanna age 56 b. PA; George age 27b. OH; William age 22 b. OH; Daniel age 16 b. OH; Edward age 14 b. OH,albert age 14 b. OH; Clara L age 10 b. OH; and Ann C. Shunk age 23servant b. OH.
Note: --(1880 Washington Twp., Henry Co OH ED 110 SH 9 LN 1):Head of
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Note: 135 John Weirich age 53 farmer b. PA, real estate $4000 personalproperty $1545; Hannah age 47 b. PA; George age 17, Angeline age 15,William age 12, Emma age 8, Daniel age 6, Albert and Esward age 4,Clara age 2 months - all children born in OH.
Note: 1870 Henry Co OH Washington Twp., Henry County - Family 142 dwelling
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