Joseph Wead
The father of the above (Robert Wead) was born in York County, Pennsylvania, in the year 1781. His father was born in Ireland. Robert Wead married Mary Gibson in 1814. They raised a family of eight children, of which Joseph was the youngest. He was born in Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1831. His father having settled there in 1806, and died in the same place in 1873 at the age of 92 years. His wife died in 1871, aged 84 years. In 1853 Joseph Wead married Mary Wiley, of Miami County, with whom he lived until 1860, when she died. He then, in 1861, married Margaret B. McKnight. They by this union have eight children, viz., Samuel M., Mary L., Ella J., Wiliam A., Lizzie E., Hattie B., Joseph G., and Harry G. They came to Shelby County in 1864, and bought the old Minnear farm, on section 1, where they now reside.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883