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H Horatio Leander Wigle

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History of the Wigle Family and Their Descendants, The Wigle Family, Kingsville, Ontario, 1931.

1861 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, 4-5:
Wigle John W., M, Married, 55, born U.C., W[esleyan] M[ethodist], Farmer;
Salomy, F, Married, 55, born U.C., W M;
Cyrus, M, Single, 18, born U.C., W M, Labouer;
Horatio, M, Single, 13, born U.C., W M;
Elizabeth, F, Single, 20, born U.C., W M;
frame house, 1-1/2 stories, 2 families.

County Marriage Registers of Ontario, Canada 1858-1869 Volume 35 Essex County, Elizabeth Hancocks, 2005, Global Heritage Press, Campbellville, ON:
Wigle Horatio, 20, Ruthven, Gosfield, s/o John W. & Salome, married 8 Mar 1869 Delons Munger, 21, Gosfield, Colchester, Colchester, d/o Thomas & Almira.

1881 personal census, Gosfield Twp, Essex Co., ON, LDS 1881 Can census household record:
Wigle Horatio, M, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist, Farmer;
Delorus, F, Married, 33, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Oria A., F, 10, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Lewis W., M, 9, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Lena A., F, 7, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Almea G., F, 5, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
John W., M, Widowed, 73, born Ont, origin: German, Wesleyan Methodist;
Montgumery W. F., M, 23, born Ont, origin: Scottish, Wesleyan Methodist, Farm Laberor.

1901 personal census, Gosfield South Twp, Essex Co., ON, G3-7:
Wigle Horatio, M, Married, 3 April 1847, 53, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Farmer;
Delorus, F, wife, Married, 5 Dec 1847, 53, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Lena A., F, daughter, Single, 8 Dec 1883, 27, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Nurse;
Elmira Grace, F, daughter, Single, 3 Sept 1875, 25, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Ouiremina, F, daughter, Widowed, 1 Apr 1870, 30, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Rinaldo, M, son, Single, 24 July 1882, 19, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, Farmers Son;
Munger Elmira, F, lodger, Married, 7 March 1830, 70, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, Meth;
Compare Emma, F, dom, 15 Aug 1880, 20, born Ont, origin: French, Can, Meth, Domestic;
Ora Leal, F, granddaughter, Single, 30 Oct 1894, 6, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth;
Cascadden John, M, lodger, 11 Oct 1860, 40, born Ont, origin: Scotch, Can, not given;
Bruner? Alexander, M, Lab, Single, 10 Sept 1845, 55, born Ont, origin: German, Can, ??, F Lab.

1901 personal census, London, Ward 3, ON, A5-3:
Wigle Horatio, M, lodger, Married, 3 April 1858, 42, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, not given;
Rinaldo, M, lodger, Single, 24 July 1882, 18, born Ont, origin: German, Can, Meth, not given.

Commemorative Biographical Record of the County of Essex, J. H. Beers & Co., Toronto, 1905, p. 74-76:
Horatio Wigle, a member of one of the oldest and most prominent families of his section of County Essex, is a successful farmer and progressive citizen of Gosfield township, in addition to being identified with large business enterprises. Full records of this family will be found in another portion of this work.
     Wendel Wigle, grandfather of Horatio, began farming on Lot 10, Concession 3, Gosfield township, in a log house which he erected in 1805, the year of his marriage, and which he occupied until 1823, when he removed to Cedar Creek. The log house was a commodious one, larger than was usually constructed, stood some eight rods west of the present Cyrus Wigle house, and remained intact until 1876. When John W. Wigle, son of Wendel and father of Horatio, began to farm he moved into this large hewed log house, and about the same time acquired Government Lot 11, making him the owner of 400 acres of land in one block. From time to time he added to this until he owned over 1,000 acres. He cleared much of the homestead place and was considered a man of large capital and a successful farmer. Many are the thrilling and interesting stories told ...[stories]...
     John W. Wigle was born July 12, 1806, and was the oldest child of his parents. In 1850 he moved from the above-mentioned log cabin to the hill, on Lot 11, the location of our subject's house. Here he erected a large frame house, 40 x 50 feet, which was destroyed by fire in 1877. The present handsome brick residence took its place. John Wigle was a progressive and enterprising man, and he became the owner of large tracts of land, aggregating 1,288 acres, farmed on a large scale, and did much building. In company with Hugh Ruthven he built a sawmill at Ruthven, this being the first business ventures started in the village, and he was also one of the incorporators of the Ruthven Woolen Mills. His mental faculties remained unimpaired until within a very short time of his death, which occurred Oct. 28, 1894. In him the Methodist Church had an active, liberal and influential member.
     John W. Wigle married Salonia Fox, daughter of Philip Fox, and she died May 3, 1878. They had children as follows: Isabella and Sarah were twins; Isabella (deceased), married John Cascadden, lived on the west half of Lot 259, Talbot street, Gosfield North, and had children: Sarah (wife of J. F. Jeffery), Wilson E., John W. and Thomas T. Sarah (deceased), married James Neville, who is mentioned elsewhere. Wendel J. (deceased), married Susanna Cascadden, and they had Lenora (wife of John Noble), Sylvanus (of Kingsville), Alzora (wife of Albert Pulford), Moretta (wife of Peter Peterson), and Mary (wife of William Bray, of Michigan). Mary (deceased), married William McQueen and lived on the east half of Lot 259, and they had children-A. Burnes, Rosilla (wife of John McKinney), Capt. John S. (of Amherstburg), Salonia (wife of James Scratch), Elizabeth (wife of Charles Whittle), and James W., D.D.S. Elizabeth, the only one of the daughters now living, is the wife of R. W. Shanks, extended mention of whom will be found elsewhere. Cyrus married Louise McCormick, and is futher mentioned elsewhere. Horatio is the subject proper of this sketch.
     Horatio Wigle, the youngest member of the John W. Wigle family, was born April 7, 1848, on Lot 10, the old home place. The family soon removed to the hill farm on Lot 11, and there our subject was reared, growing up a farmer and obtaining his education in the local schools. For a number of years prior to his father's death he was at the head of affairs, operating this place, which he later acquired. The barns and outbuildings here were originally built by his father, but he has remodeled and enlarged them and has made many substantial improvements. Mr. Wigle is one of the largest farmers in South Essex and is also a large fruit-grower. Latterly he has become much interested in the breeding of fine stock in addition to his other enterprises. At one time Mr. Wigle owned 1,000 acres of land in this locality, and at the present time owns some 700. His careful methods and good management have made him a very successful man of business and one of the model agriculturists of the township.
     Mr. Wigle has many other interests, one of these being the steel whiffle-tree plant located at Ypsilanti, Michigan, of which he is the president, the business of which is the manufacture of a patented steel whiffle-tree, and also a variety of pressed steel goods. The manager, secretary and treasurer of this large concern is Mr. Wigle's youngest son.
     On March 8, 1869, Mr. Wigle was married, at Windsor, to Delorius S. Munger, and to this union have come children as follows: Ora, born April 1, 1870, widow of Dr. F. A. Wigle, has one daughter, Ora Leal; Mrs. Wigle is a medical graduate and now holds a responsible position in a large hospital in Brooklyn. Lewis Wilson, born Sept. 25, 1871, is a prosperous dental surgeon at Detroit, Michigan; he married Vera Pearl Richardson, and they have a daughter, Reona. Lena Arden, born Dec. 8, 1873, married Oct. 29, 1903, Arthur B. Clinton, of Detroit. Elmira Grace was born Sept. 3, 1875. Rinaldo Mervin, born July 24, 1877, is engaged in Ypsilanti, Michigan, as previously mentioned.
     Mrs. Horatio Wigle is a member of one of the pioneer families of the county. Its founder, as far back as traced, located in Kentucky, and was there captured by Indians and brought to Detroit at the same time as Leonard Scratch, who married Mary Munger. Joseph Munger, grandfather of Mrs. Wigle, was born before the family came to Colchester township, County Essex. There he engaged in farming, owning Lot 18, the Gore, which was later owned by the late Thomas Clark. When Mr. Munger sold his farm in Colchester, he removed to Black Hawk County, Iowa, taking up a homestead near Janesville, where he developed a beautiful property, and where he died. His wife, whose maiden name was Sarah Girty, survived him for several years. His family is a follows: Charles is a resident of Rockford, Illinois; Elizabeth married a Mr. Colstack, of Amherstburg, and died in Windsor; Sarah married and moved to California, where she died; Alexander owns and occupies a farm in Black Hawk County, Iowa, adjoining the old Munger homestead; Thomas Turner was the father of Mrs. Wigle; John resides near Detroit, Michigan; Theodore lives in Michigan.
     Thomas Turner Munger was born in 1828 in Colchester and was a young man when the family moved to Iowa, where he resided for some time, later removing to his present home at Toledo, Ohio. In Colchester he married Almira McCormick, a daughter of Matthew McCormick, and to this union were born: Delorius S., wife of Horatio Wigle; William, who as accidentally killed in Gosfield at the age of twenty-one years; Charlotte, who married (first) Frank Huntley and (second) Samuel Cook, and resides at East Toledo, Ohio; Arizona M., wife of Peter Lovelace, of Toledo, Ohio; Sophronia, who died at the age of six years; Bertha, who married George Agneau, and died at the age of twenty; Wilhelmina, who died aged three years; Althea, who died aged five years; and Mark, a resident of Toledo.
     Mr. Wigle and family are all members of the Methodist church. Fraternally he is a Mason, identified with the Lodge at Leamington.

Aperçu de l'arbre

Wendel Wigle 1781-1860   Isabella Scratch 1788-1848   Philip Fox   Sarah Snider ca 1784-
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John Wendel Wigle 1806-   Salome Fox 1806-1878
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Horatio Leander Wigle 1848-