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JOTHAM WHITLATCH, tool-temperer, Verona, was born in Waynesburg, Pa., in 1848, son of David (a farmer) and Anna (Coen) Whitlatch, natives of the same place. They moved in 1852 to Wood county, W. Va., where the father now resides. They were the parents of ten children, viz.: Josephus, Margaret, Jotham, Mary, William, Anna, Moses, Dora, James and Ora. The mother died Nov. 23, 1884, a member of the Baptist Church, of which the father is also a member. Jotham Whitlatch received his education in the common schools of New England. At nineteen years of age he spent three months in the oil-regions, drilling. He then worked two years at Parkersburg, W. Va., at the cooper’s trade; then went to Missouri and Kansas, and on steamer down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh to Natchez, Miss. Upon coming to Verona he worked about seven months in the roundhouse, and then entered the toolworks, where he has since been. He is an active member of the I. O. O. F. and R. A. Mr. Whitlatch was married, May 8, 1879, to Robina Harvey, a native of the Orkney islands, Scotland, born in 1856, a daughter of Robert and Amelia Harvey, who are still living in Scotland. Her grandfather was a Scotch farmer, and was captured by a French man-of-war, and kept a prisoner for eight years; he and three others were all that lived to get out of that prison. Mr. and Mrs. Whitlatch are members of the Baptist Church.