Wesley Sidner
Wesley Sidner, farmer, P. O. West Jefferson, is a grandson of Philip Sidner and a son of Jacob Sidner. The latter was born in Kentucky November 17, 1799, and in infancy was brought to Ohio, but his parents returned to Kentucky during the first decade of the present century, and, after a brief stay, again came to Ohio and settled near where Jefferson now stands. Jacob was the second youngest son, and was almost entirely raised in Jefferson Township. In 1817, he bought a farm four miles west of the present town of Jefferson, to which he added until he owned about 900 acres of land. He was twice married – first, to Mary Ewing, who was born May 17, 1804, and a daughter of the pioneer, Charles Ewing, of Deer Creek Township. To this union five children were born. She died in 1833, and he married for his second companion Margaret Erwin, born near Newark Ohio, in 1813. To this union eight children were born, of whom five are now living. Jacob Sidner and his second wife trod the path of life together until February, 1880, when his death severed the link of earthly relation, and, in Agusut, of the same year, she, too, died. They were both members of the Methodist Church. Of his children, Wesley, the second by the last marriage, was born in 1836 in Deer Creek Township, where he was raised and received a common-school education. He has been a life-long farmer, and now owns 140 acres of good land in Jefferson Township, where he resides. His marriage with Lydia, daughter of William Jones, was celebrated in November, 1856. Seven children are the fruits of this marriage. He and wife are both members of the Methodist Church.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]