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W. H. WEDDLE, lumber-dealer, Pleasant Hill. W. H. Weddle, is, perhaps, as well known as any man in the township; he is sole proprietor of the steam saw mill four miles west of Troy, on the Newton Pike; he was born in Newton Township April 29, 1838, and was the son of Isaac and Margaret Weddle; his early life was passed in a grist-mill owned by his father, and he had educational advantages that afforded him a practical education; immediately after the war, he erected the mill which has been of such service to the farmers in this neighborhood. In August, 1862, he enlisted and served until the close of the war, being honorably discharged in May, 1865; he is the hero of twelve of the hardest-fought battles of the war, viz., Winchester, Mine Run, Locust Grove, Battle of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy, Opequan, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar and Sailor’s Creeks; this was the last battle fought by the Army of the Potomac; a wound was received at Winchester, but he was not seriously disabled; he was a gallant soldier, and as such deserves a place in the history of Miami County’s gallant sons.