W. H. Sidle is a farmer of this township, where he was born November 18, 1839. In 1878, he married Martha A. Dilsaver, daughter of Adam Dilsaver, whose sketch appears in this work. They have one child-Frederick C. Mr. Sidle and wife are members of the Methodist Protestant Church. In 1862, he enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until 1863, when be was discharged on account of disability. He is a. member of the Odd Fellow and Masonic fraternities; a Republican, and owner of 121 acres of land. His first wife, Malissa Kinney, died in 1875, leaving one child, Anna L., the only survivor of her two children.