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... The father was born in Jackson township, Wayne county, Feb. 6, 1827, and the mother in Center township, Dec. 8, 1831. Our subject's grandfather, Peter Wissler, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and was among the early settlers of this county, coming here in October, 1814, and about 1820 purchasing the homestead in Washington township. Our subject's father [Peter M. Wissler] was educated in the schools of Washington township and worked on his father's farm for a time. Later he purchased the old homestead, which consisted of 100 acres, and retired several years before his death, which occurred Dec. 7, 1909. Coming here when the Wisslers did, it was necessary that a household be self-supporting and self-supplying, all materials for food and clothing being necessarily made at home. The parents of our subject were married in April, 1860, and the mother died Aug. 21, 1863, having become the mother of a son, Willard C., who is the subject of this review. ...
