"John Wollam was born in 1826. He lived on the homestead farm until nearly thirty years of age, when he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked for two years. Five years before leaving the old farm he espoused Margaret D. Sander [Souders], June 1851, has been the date of the solemnization of the ceremony. She was the daughter of John and Mary Sander [Souders], who had six children: Margaret, Michael H., Elizabeth, Daniel, Mrs. Martha Rudibaugh, Mrs. Rebecca E. Azdel, and John A., who married Lizzie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Wollam have been blessed by the birth of the following children: Henry M., who married Ellen Sturgis; Mrs. Samantha Moore, John C. M., married Mary M. Cooley; Mrs. Mary E. Huston, James W., married Ellen Latta; Mrs. Sarah J. Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Anna T. Lyons, Ella, and Charles. Mr. Wollam and wife are communicants of the Presbyterian church and are accounted as among the most benevolent and charitable of the community. Mr. Wollam owns a very fine farm with the best of buildings."
"John Wollam was born in 1826. He lived on the homestead farm until nearly thirty years of age, when he learned the shoemaker's trade, at which he worked for two years. Five years before leaving the old farm he espoused Margaret D. Sander [Souders], June 1851, has been the date of the solemnization of the ceremony. She was the daughter of John and Mary Sander [Souders], who had six children: Margaret, Michael H., Elizabeth, Daniel, Mrs. Martha Rudibaugh, Mrs. Rebecca E. Azdel, and John A., who married Lizzie Davis. Mr. and Mrs. Wollam have been blessed by the birth of the following children: Henry M., who married Ellen Sturgis; Mrs. Samantha Moore, John C. M., married Mary M. Cooley; Mrs. Mary E. Huston, James W., married Ellen Latta; Mrs. Sarah J. Fitzsimmons, Mrs. Anna T. Lyons, Ella, and Charles. Mr. Wollam and wife are communicants of the Presbyterian church and are accounted as among the most benevolent and charitable of the community. Mr. Wollam owns a very fine farm with the best of buildings."
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