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HON. J. C. WALDRON, farmer, P. O. Aberdeen. This gentleman, whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Adams County, Ohio, in 1817, and is a son of John and Rebecca M. (Cartwright) Waldron. John Waldron was a son of David and Martha Waldron; he was a native of Scotland and she of Wales. They located in Adams County, Ohio, in 1806, where they lived and died. John Waldron was married to Rebecca, daughter of Peter Cartwright, and a relative of Peter Cartwright, of itinerant preacher fame. In 1829, he removed to near where our subject lives, and purchased fifty acres of land, on which he died in 1838, aged forty-five years. Eleven children were born to them, seven of whom are living, viz., John C., Francis P., Peter W., Mary, Margaret J., Eliza and Etheldra. The deceased are Andrew J., Elizabeth and two that died in infancy. Mr. Waldron served in the war of 1812. Our subject was reared on the farm, and had only twenty-nine days of schooling; his father dying when he was young, the care of the family devolved upon him. On November 18, 1841, he was married to Eleanor, the daughter of James and Alice Howard, after which he purchased the interest of the other heirs to his father’s estate, on which he lived until 1858, when he purchased other land, living thereon till 1869, when he came to his present place of residence. In 1869, he was the Democratic nominee for Representative of Brown County, was elected, and served in the Legislature two years; he was re-elected and served two years longer. During the first time, he was Commiteeman in “privileges and elections,” and on “railroads.” The second term, in “claims and privileges” and “elections.” During the time he was in the Legislature, it is said by one who knows, that Mr. Waldron was never called to a point of order, and that he never raised a question on a point of order without carrying his objection. He has served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years; Assessor, four years; Constable, seven years; Clerk, one term, and Deputy Tax Collector, four years. He has been a delegate to the State Democratic Convention many times, and always attends the Democratic Congressional and Senatorial Conventions. In politics, he has been active for over forty years; was reared in the school of Democracy, and has been a zealous and warm supporter of that party’s principles; he is a worthy member of the order of Odd Fellows, belonging to the subordinate lodge and Encampment; he is also an acceptable member of the Christian Church, to which he has belonged for more than forty years. Mr. Waldron has made life a fair success; he began with no means; he has been liberal in his donations to worthy enterprises, and has always advocated public improvement. By his first wife he had six children, all deceased, viz., Susanna, Millie J., Robert B., James D., Lewis E. and an infant. Mrs. Waldron died October 22, 1868, aged forty-six years; his second marriage was celebrated with Katie, the daughter of Edward and Orpha (Gray) McGee, March 2, 1872, and by her has had two children, viz., Caleb A. and Joshua.