Person:Volney Hetzler (1)

Biography

V. C. HETZLER, whose extensive agricultural operations are carried on his farm of 214 acres, situated in Green township, and on a farm of 121 acres, located one mile further north, which belongs to himself and sister, is a member of one of the old and respected county families. He was born October 20, 1877, at Hetzler's Corners, in Orange township, Shelby county, O., and is a son of George F. and Orilla F. (Sanders) Hetzler.

     George F. Hetzler was born and reared in Orange township, Shelby county, and lived and died on the place where his father, Christian Hetzler, had also been born, whose father, George F. Hetzler, had come to this place from New Jersey, securing the land from the government when this locality-was first opened up for settlement Grandmother Hetzler was a member of the old Lemon family, which came early to Shelby county. The great-grandfather's farm was never out of the Hetzler name until it was sold in 1912, but the grandfather's farm is still held by the Hetzlers. George R Hetzler,  father of V. C, followed farming until his health failed, his death occurring at the early age of twenty-eight years. He married Orilla F. Sanders, who died November 21, 1912, their two children being: V. C. and Harriet, the latter being the wife of Roscoe Laymaster, who is in business at St. Mary's. They have three children: Dorothea, Florence and Harold.
     Since his school days, V. C. Hetzler has been occupied with farming and stock raising and carries on his large undertakings with very satisfying results. The death of his mother has increased his ownership of land, he now having 204 acres in Green township, eighty-three acres where he lives and 121 acres one mile north. He married Miss Sylvia Woodmancy and they have three children: Gladys F., Rachel E. and Doris L. In his political attitude Mr. Hetzler prefers to be independent but takes a good citizen's interest in all local matters and served three years on the school board. With his family he belongs to the Christian church. Fraternally he is identified with the Odd Fellows.

Source: History of Shelby County, Ohio and representative citizens - Publ. Evansville, Ind. - 1913

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Hetzler, V. C., in Hitchcock, A. B. C. History of Shelby County, Ohio and representative citizens. (Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1913)
   pp 570-571.

   Available online: http://archive.org/details/historyofshelbyc00hitc
   
   http://www.ohiogenealogyexpress.com/shelby/shelbyco_bios_h.htm

2. ↑ Hetzler, Volney C., in Shelby, Ohio, United States. 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   Volney C. Hetzler, head of household, b. abt 1878, 42, parents b. in Ohio, married to Sylvia E., 44, & father of Gladys F., 23, Rachael E., 11, & Doris L., 8. Also living in household is another family, headed by Virgil E. Wiles, 44, & his wife, Elsie, & their daugthers, Carrie & Edna.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Hetzler, V. Clifford, in Shelby, Ohio, United States. 1930 U.S. Census Population Schedule.
4. ↑ Hetzler & Woodmancy, in Ohio, United States. Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016. (FamilySearch)
   20 Jan 1897.

   Volney C. Hetzler, 20, b. abt 1877, married Sylva E. Woodmancy, 20, b. abt 1877, 20 Jan 1897, Shelby County, Ohio.

5. ↑ ^5.0 5.1 Sanders, Cephas T., in Shelby, Ohio, United States. 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedule.

   V. Clifford Hetzler, 2, is living with her parents, George F. Hetzler, 26, and Florence O. Hetzler, 23, in the home of his maternal grandparents, Cephas T. Sanders, 63, and Rachel Sanders, 57, in Green Township, Shelby County, Ohio.

6. ↑ ^6.0 6.1 Hetzler, Volney Clifford, in United States. Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (Washington, D.C.: National Archives Microfilm Publication M1509, 1987-1988)
   1917-1918.

   Volney Clifford Hetzler, b. 20 Oct 1877 in USA, enlisted in Shelby County, Ohio.

7. ↑ ^7.0 7.1 Hetzler, Volney Clifford, in Ohio, United States. Ohio Births and Christenings, 1821-1962. (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)
   20 Oct 1877.

   Volney Clifford Hetzler, b. 20 Oct 1877, Orange Township, Shelby County, Ohio, s/o Giorge [George] T. Hetzler & Florence Sanders.