Person:Henry Wirt (1)

History of Guthrie & Adair Counties 1884- Henry Wirt, farmer and stock raiser on section _. The subject of this sketch was born in Randolph county, Indiana, on March 8, 1840, being the son of Israel and Elizabeth ( Sprinkle) Wirt. When Henry was twenty-seven years of age he came to Guthrie county and bought forty acres of good land of Mr. Smith. He now owns two hundred acres of land, all improved, and raises Durham stock. He was married in Guthrie county on the 7th of March, 1867 to Miss Priscilla Burnham, a daughter of A. Burnham. They have seven children- Elliot, Orta C., Ida L., Ole, Lydia, Alva and Grace.