Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Adam Wolford
ADAM WOLFORD
Adam
Wolford was born in Knox County, Ohio, November 13, 1824. His
parents, Andrew and Charlotte (Ream) Wolford, were natives of Bedford
County, Penn. They were married in Bedford County, and removed to
Knox County, Ohio, prior to the war of 1812. Mr. W. died in April
1825, leaving eight children. Adam was reared on the homestead
till he was thirteen years of age when he started out for himself,
working as a farm hand by the month till he was seventeen, when he took
up the carpenter trade in Marysville, where his mother had moved in
1828. She died in Henry County, Iowa, in September 1874. In
1844, our subject returned to Marysville, where he followed his trade
till 1873. He aided in building Union Block, Presbyterian and
Methodist Churches, besides other buildings. In 1873, he removed
to his farm, and the same year was elected Justice of the Peace, which
office he has since tilled. December 9, 1860, he was married to
Miss Nancy J. Jordan, daughter of Henry and Nancy Jordan. Mr. and
Mrs. W. are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.