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SOLOMON WEILLS, retired; Painter Creek. The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Preston Co., Va., Feb. 12, 1818, and is a son of William and Sarah Weills; his father was born in Maryland in 1775, and died in 1848; his mother was born in 1781, and departed this life in 1848; they are the parents of sixteen children, of whom all are living, so far as is known, except four. Our subject was reared on the farm, where he labored till he began his labors in the schoolroom, which he followed till he was 23 years of age. He received his preparatory education in Washington, and studied theology under his brother, who was a very eminent minister of the Lutheran Church; he frequently filled his brother’s appointments, during his studies, thus gaining a practical and theoretical experience at the same time; he was ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1847, his first regular charge being in Washington Co., Penn.; here he labored for ten years, and frequently preached to other congregations; at the expiration of this time, he removed to Union Co., Ind., and was placed in charge of the Lutheran Church in Liberty, also St. Paul’s Church, in an adjoining county; here he labored for seven years, and was then called to Tippecanoe, where he labored for four years, filling two regular appointments, and, he informs us, while on this charge, he preached more funeral sermons than in all his previous life in the ministry; in 1866, he went to live near Greenville, and was actively engaged for a while; thence to Adams Township, where he remained one year; thence to the place where he now resides; he owns 163 acres of improved land, which is in a high state of cultivation. He celebrated his marriage with Lydia, a daughter of John and Hannah Shaffer, May 2, 1844; to this union six children were given, viz.: Alpheus, born Feb 6, 1846; Mosheim, born March 4, 1848; Henrietta, born March 9, 1850; Herman J., born May 23, 1851; Agnes H., born Aug. 21, 1854, died Jan. 13, 1868; Hazelius, born March 3, 1858; Mrs. Weills died in 1865; he was again united in marriage with Martha J., a daughter of Elisha and Eliza Penny, March 5, 1873.