... Dr. William Wetherill, son of Samuel (2) and Rachel (Price) Wetherill, was born in Philadelphia, January 21, 1804, and died at his summer home "Fatland," on the Schuylkill river, April 28, 1872. He graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania and from the College of Pharmacy, but did not practice medicine in Philadelphia; was a partner with his brother, John Price Wetherill, in the Wetherill & Brother White Lead Works. He later took up his residence at the old family home, "Fatland," part of a large tract purchased by his father near the junction of Perkiomen creek with the Schuylkill river, originally containing 1,400 acres, and known as "Mill Grove on the Perkiomen." A portion of the estate had been sold out of the family, and was the home of John James Audubon, the famous ornithologist, for many years. Later it was repurchased by William H., its present owner, son of Dr. William Wetherill, and in his family summer home.
Dr. Wetherill married, July 6, 1825, Isabella Macomb, born February 22, 1807, died December 25, 1871, daughter of John William and Isabella (Ramsay) Macomb, granddaughter of William and Sarah Jane (Dring) Macomb, and cousin of BrigadierGeneral Alexander Macomb, the hero of Plattsburg, 1814, and commander-in-chief of the United States army at the time of his death in 1841. Dr. Wetherill and wife were the parents of a large and distinguished family, eminent in the professions, war and commercial life. ...
