William DeWeese
Jethro DeWeese, father of the above, was born in Miami County, Ohio, in 1808. He married Lydia Deweese in 1834. In 1837 he moved to Shelby County and located in Franklin Township, on land he had entered several years previously. They raised a family of nine children, seven still living. William, the fourth of the family, was born in 1839. In 1869 he married Miss Amanda Key, with whom he has one child, Carl E., born 1875. They reside on section 15. Jethro DeWeese died 1870. His widow died 1876.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883