Elmer W. Welsheimer
Elmer W. Welsheimer, clerk of the court, Washington, was born in Ross County, Ohio, October 4, 1843. He is a son of William H. and Mahala Welsheimer—the former a native of Virginia, and the latter of Ohio. They have a family of five children, two sons and three daughters, all living but Oscar, who departed this life in 1869.
Elmer W., the subject of this sketch, was married in 1867 to Miss Sarah A. Zimerman, daughter of Samuel Zimerman, of this county.
Our subject enlisted in Company G, Captain Irions, 73d O. V. I., Colonel 0. Smith. He remained with his regiment until he was wounded, which occurred in Hooker's midnight charge on Raccoon Ridge, a branch of Lookout Mountain. The wound was in the left leg, and the foot was amputated. This was on the 28th day of October, 1863, near Chattanooga. He was also in the battles of Gettysburg and Chancellorsville, under Gens. Meade and Hooker. After his wound he was removed to three different hospitals, where he remained three months. He was then sent home, and received his honorable discharge at Columbus.
After his return home he attended school for two years, and then engaged in the mercantile business at Martinsburg, Ohio, where he remained for eight years. He was then elected Clerk of the Courts of Fayette County, and still retains that position.
He is a member of Wilstah Lodge No. 360, I. O. 0. F., of New Martinsburg, and also a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He received his education in Ohio, and has passed the principal part of his life in this county. He has three children, one son and two daughters: Ottis O., Olive, and Lulu, all living.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County