John Walcott Wetherell
John Walcott Wetherell was born on July 16, 1820, in Oxford, Massachusetts, to John and Clarissa Wetherell. He married Hester Newton on September 9, 1858, and they apparently had no children. He worked as a lawyer in Worcester, Massachusetts, and he served on Governor John A. Andrew’s staff during the Civil War. By 1870, he owned $60,000 of real estate and $40,000 of personal property. He died of prostate disease in Worcester on October 2, 1897.
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| (3956) | Wetherell, John Walcott | 1820-07-16 | 1897-10-02 |
- Conflict Side: Union
- Role: Soldier
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- Gender: Male
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (11112) [writer] ~ John W. Wetherell to Francis J. Parker, 19 March 1862
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1870 and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, available from Ancestry.com; Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915, available from Ancestry.com
