In Memory
of
Charles L. Weidenger
Aug. 19, 1932 - July 30, 2006
BIOGRAPHY OF SAMUEL WEIDINGER
By his great grand nephew, Charles L. Weidinger
Samuel Conrad WEIDINGER was born near Yellow Bud, Union Township, Ross County, Ohio, on 8 April 1869, the son of Johann Tobias WEIDINGER (1834-1901)and Anna Katherine DISTLER (1833-1888). He died in February 1952 at the home of a daughter in Condit, Delaware County, Ohio, and was buried at the Muhlenberg Township Cemetery, Darbyville, Ohio. The remainder of this biography is a direct quote from Van Cleaf's History of Pickaway County, published in 1906.
Samuel C. WEIDINGER, operating the William MILLER farm in Harrison Township, and one of the most enterprising agriculturists in the county, was born in Ross County, Ohio, town of Yellow Bud, on the 8th of April 1869. When a youth of 18, he came to Pickaway County. He received his education in both Ross and Pickaway Counties. After working on a farm for a time he located in Darbyville, where for seven years he operated a meat market.
In 1903, Mr. Weidinger located on what is known as the William MILLER farm, which is the property of the Scioto Canning Company, and comprises a rich tract of 654 acres. In his agricultural operations, he employs 10 teams of horses, and utilizes the entire farm. In 1906 he had 140 acres in wheat and oats, 170 in corn, 155 in sweet corn, etc. He makes a specialty of sweet corn for canning and in 1905 raised 914 tons at $7 per ton; also 6,000 bushels of field corn, 2,300 bushels of wheat, and 200 bushels of oats.
In 1896 our subject was married to Mary Alice WILSON, daughter of Jesse Y. Wilson. One child has been born to their union - Mabel Sophia, now eight years of age. Although Mr. Weidinger served as corporate treasurer during the seven years of his residence and is a staunch Republican, he has taken little interest in politics since coming to Harrison Township, his extensive agricultural operations having occupied his entire time. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge in Ashville.
The parents of Mr. Weidinger, both natives of Germany, came to America after their marriage. The father died in 1901, aged 66 years; the mother in 1888, at the age of 58. They passed the lives of honest, practical, respected farmers in Pickaway and Ross Counties, spending their last days in the former. They were the parents of 11 children, four of whom died in infancy, the seven surviving being as follows; George, who lives two miles north of Circleville; Charles; Samuel C.; Barbara and Anna, wives respectively of William and Christopher MCCOLLISTER, of Ross County; and Lizzie, who married William REID and resides in Darbyville.