From "1909 History of Miami County Ohio, Biography," located online 11/17/1998:
JOHN A. WEHNEMAN, one of the trustees of Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, is a prosperous farmer and owns and resides upon a farm of 140 acres lying in Section 35, about seven miles northwest of Covington. He was born on a farm in Shelby County, Ohio, October 22, 1859, and is a son of John Henry and Annie Elizabeth (Fichen) Wehneman, both natives of Germany.
John Andrew Wehneman, grandfather of the subject of this record, was born in Germany and lived in that country until 1835, when he came to the United States. He in that year settled in Newberry Township, Miami County, Ohio, on the farm now owned by his grandson, John A. Wehneman, and lived there until his death.
After his marriage, John Henry Wehneman moved to Shelby County, to his farm near where his wife's people had located upon their arrival from Germany. There John A. Wehneman was born and reared, and received his educational training in the common schools. He early turned his attention to farming, and for a period of eleven years before his marriage also operated a threshing outfit. He and his wife lived in Shelby County until 1891, when they moved to a farm in Darke County, Ohio. In 1896, they took up their residence in Newberry Township, Miami County, where for three years he rented a farm, but December 5, 1899, he moved to his present farm, which he had purchased earlier in that year. He is engaged in general farming and in partnership with his sons owns a threshing machine which they operate. He also raises and fattens from 100 to 125 hogs each year, making that a specialty. He is a Democrat in politics, and since January 1, 1907, has served with marked ability as township trustee. Before the law was changed he was for seven years a member of the School Board, and at the present time is local director for his school district. He is a man who takes a deep interest in matters relating to the welfare of the community, and stands high among the enterprising and public spirited citizens.
Mr. Wehneman was united in marriage with Elizabeth Stein, a daughter of Christopher Stein of Shelby County, and they have had the following children: Walter Frederick, who married Lorena Brill, and they have one daughter, Helen; and John William, Ida , Leonard, Lottie Ann, Minnie, Forrest, and Oscar Andrew. Religiously, they are members of the Lutheran Church, of which he served as deacon and also as trustee. |
