| Notes |
- 1880 Federal Census of Weston, Wood County, Ohio
Lester A. Pettis 29 M OH NY OH Head Farmer
Sarah E. 24 F OH OH PA Wife Keeping House
Lulu A. 3 F OH OH OH Daughter
Milton A. Pettis 22 M OH NY OH Brother
Wood County, Ohio (1895 History)
Lester A. Petteys. Among the well-known and greatly respected pionee
Weston township, who have won success and independence through their individual
efforts, none is more deserving of praise than the subject of this sketch. He
was born December 6, 1850, on the family homestead in Weston, the son of David
and Huldah (Bassett) Petteys.
David A. Petteys, the father of our subject, was born in New York, and when a
boy came to Huron county, where he followed the occupation of a farmer. He was
married to Miss Huldah A. Bassett, and five children were born to them: Lester
A., our subject; Alice, the wife of David Gundy; Albert N., who is a farmer in
Washington township; David Jr., a farmer in Weston township; and one child
that died in infancy. Mr. Petteys moved to Weston township, Wood county, in
1848, where he bought 136 acres of land, which he improved and lived on until
1876, when he gave up active business and removed to Tontogany, where h
death occurred March 10, 1886. His wife still survives him, and lives in
Tontogany.
Lester A. Petteys was reared on the family homestead and attended the
district schools, securing such education as the boys of those days cou
obtain. When his father left the farm, our subject rented it, continuing to do
so until two years after his father's death, when the farm became his by right
of purchase. He continues to reside thereon, and has improved and fitted up
the place, until he has one of the most beautiful homes in the township, with
all the latest improvements in the way of barns, outhouses, etc. His
reputation as a breeder of fine Jersey cattle has spread throughout the
county.
On September 30, 1873, Mr. Petteys was married in Weston to Miss Sar
Walters, a daughter of the late Jacob Walters, of Weston township. Of this
union two children have been born; Lula E., December 11, 1876, and Howard L.,
May 5, 1882. Our subject is a Prohibitionist in politics, and has been clerk
of the board of education four years. He is a firm adherent of the Unit
Brethren Church, to which he is a liberal contributor. He is unassuming in
demeanor, genial and affable by nature; progressive in thought and action, and
is well-read, keeping abreast of the times by a judicious reading of all that
is the best in current literature of the day.
|
Bassett Family Association Database
1850 - Deceased