U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- Weltner, Joseph T. (1847-1928) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 778-779, JOSEPH T. WELTNER. One of the later, but not less prominent, farmers of Preston county, is Joseph T. Weltner of Brandonville, who came with his family to this place about twenty-four years ago. He is the son of George and Mary (Conn) Weltner of Monongalia county, West Virginia, and was born December 4, 1847. He was educated in the common schools, reared on a farm about two and a half miles from Stewartstown, and remained at home assisting his father until twenty-eight years of age. The farm was operated by his father and uncle, Shelby Weltner, and consisted, all told, of about three hundred acres. His father's family consisted of four brothers and two sisters, namely: Joseph T., Lydia, Elzy, Mattie, John, Jacob and George W., the youngest, named after his father. Of these children, John and Jacob are retired and live in Morgantown. Lydia is dead. Elzy died about two years ago. Hattie Delany lives at Smithfield, Pennsylvania. September 2, 1880, Mr. Weltner married Nancy M., daughter of George D. and Minerva Heaton Moore of Fairchance, Pennsylvania. She is a descendant of Benjamin Moore, who came to Burlington, New Jersey, in colonial times. The fruits of this union were: George Clyde, born April 24, 1882, and named after his two grandparents. The second child was Edna Blanche, born October 1, 1885, She is now in charge of the central phone office at Brandonville. Then came Paul, the youngest, born March 18, 1889. He is a student of the Physicians and Surgeons Medical College, Baltimore, Maryland. He graduates in 1915. August 24, 1912, George Clyde married Frances Laura, daughter of Ross Alvo and Mable E. Orcutt. They have one son, George Carleton, born March 3, 1913. Edna Blanche married W. L. Nieman and has one child, Donald Glenn. He was born May 18, 1908. Mr. Weltner lived near Fairchance, Fayette county, Pennsylvania. He followed farming, and sometimes worked at the carpenter trade. After nine years' stay there, he came to Brandonville and settled on the farm he now owns — a tract of land consisting of about 105 acres. In 1905, he built his residence, and has added other improvements to the homestead since that time. He is about to retire from the more active pursuits of life. Mr. Weltner is a Democrat, but no office seeker. He is a trustee of the M. E. Church, and there being no Baptist church in Brandonville, the church in which he was raised, he worships with the Methodists. His wife was raised a Cumberland Presbyterian. George Clyde Weltner was educated in the colleges at Buckhannon and Shepherdstown of West Virginia. He followed surveying before he went to college, and was a member of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad corps of surveyors for that company. He has recently been on the Cheat River dams for the Pittsburgh Company. His wife's grandfather was Edward Dean Orcutt, a native of the state of Maine. He moved to Pennsylvania, where his son, Ross Alvo, was born in the county of Jefferson, that state, on May 11, 1859. In 1893, h^ moved to Oakland, Maryland, then to Preston county in 1903, and is now living in Pennsylvania again. His mother was a Mrs. McCullough, a descendant of Betsy Ross, who made the original American flag. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #1108 FULL-NAME: J. T. Weltner BIRTH-DATE: December 4, 1848 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 17, 1928 at age 79y-1m-13d DEATH-PLACE: Brandonville, Grant District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: George Weltner (born in W.Va.) MOTHER: Mary Conn (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Angina Pectoris / Arterio-sclerosis INFORMANT: Mrs. J. T. Weltner (or Brandonville, W.Va.) BURIAL: Brandonville Cemetery (wife of Josepht Weltner) From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #6888 FULL-NAME: Nancy H. Weltner BIRTH-DATE: January 31, 1858 BIRTH-PLACE: Pennsylvania DEATH-DATE: May 13, 1942 DEATH-PLACE: Brandonville, Grant District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow (Joseph Weltner) OCCUPATION: Retired. House work FATHER: John Moore (born in Pennsylvania) MOTHER: Mynervia Heaton (born in Pennsylvania) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic myocarditis and myocardial degeneration INFORMANT: Guy Nieman BURIAL: Brandonville Cemeery --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------