G. W. Wolfe

H. W. Beckwith, History of Vermilion County (Chicago: H. H. Hill, 1879)

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G. W. Wolfe, Catlin, farmer and stock-raiser, section 33, is a son of Henry an[d] Ann Wolfe, and was born in Sullivan county, Tennessee, on the 22d of February, 1832. At two and a half years of age he came, with his parents, to Illinois, and settled within four miles of where Mr. Wolfe now resides. They first located on what is now known as the J. H. Oakwood farm, where they remained until their death. G. W. Wolfe, who is the subject of our sketch, was united in marriage on the 22d of October, 1854, to Miss Ann Caraway, a daughter of Charles and Elisabeth Caraway, who were among the early settlers of the county. They are blessed with a family of five children, three sons and two daughters: Charles H., John M., Abraham L., Martha B., Bertha. One child died in infancy. Mr. Wolfe has held the office of supervisor for seven years, and other local offices of the township. He is a member

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of the A.F. & A.M., of Catlin Lodge, No. 285, and politically is a staunch republican. He and his wife are regular members of the C. P. church. Mr. Wolfe owns a fine farm of one hundred and eighty acres, on which he has made most of the improvements.