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VOLUSIA COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS
________________________________ | _________________________|________________________________ | ____________________________| | | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_________________________|________________________________ | _JOHN PAUL BARRINGER ___| | (1721 - ....) | | | ________________________________ | | | | | _________________________|________________________________ | | | | |____________________________| | | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_________________________|________________________________ | | |--ESTHER BARRINGER | (1784 - ....) | _JACOBUS SCHWARZWALDER _________+ | | (1649 - 1690) m 1678 | _JOHANNES SCHWARZWALDER _|_MRS. MARGARETHA SCHWARZWALDER _ | | (1684 - ....) m 1708 (1659 - 1731) | _CALEB BLACKWELDER _________| | | (1722 - 1794) | | | | _ANDREAS MAUSHARDT _____________ | | | | | | |_ELISABETHA MAUSHARDT ___|_BARBARA MAUSHARDT _____________ | | (1688 - 1734) m 1708 |_CATHERINE BLACKWELDER _| (1755 - 1847) | | ________________________________ | | | _________________________|________________________________ | | |_ELIZABETH "BETSEY" PHIFER _| (1724 - 1794) | | ________________________________ | | |_________________________|________________________________
_JAMES BENNETT ______+ | (1760 - 1841) m 1797 _JOHN BENNETT _______|_MARY ANN CRYER _____ | (1800 - 1838) m 1824 (1762 - ....) _WILLIAM CALVIN BENNETT _| | (1819 - 1894) m 1850 | | | _JOHN CRAWFORD ______+ | | | (1765 - 1821) m 1798 | |_CIVILITY CRAWFORD __|_PRISCILLA MULADY ___ | (1800 - 1855) m 1824 (1768 - ....) _WILLIAM T. BENNETT _| | (1853 - 1931) m 1875| | | _ABRAHAN GEIGER _____ | | | | | _ASA GEIGER _________|_MARY MARTIN ________ | | | (1799 - 1873) m 1820 | |_AMANDA "MANDY" GEIGER __| | (1835 - 1895) m 1850 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_NANCY BENNETT ______|_____________________ | (1800 - 1845) m 1820 | |--VICIE LUCINDA BENNETT | (1886 - 1969) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _JOHN ALFRED GROOVER ____| | | (1828 - 1908) m 1850 | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_LUCINDA GROOVER ____| (1856 - 1950) m 1875| | _____________________ | | | _MALECHIAH HARPER ___|_____________________ | | (1800 - 1857) m 1829 |_LAVICIA "VICIE" HARPER _| (1830 - 1908) m 1850 | | _____________________ | | |_MARY HARPER ________|_____________________ (1809 - 1897) m 1829
_BENJAMIN BIBB ______+ | (1640 - 1702) _WILLIAM BIBB _______|_MARY ANN LANDING ___ | (1665 - 1744) (1644 - 1702) _JOHN BIBB __________| | (1703 - 1769) m 1727| | | _____________________ | | | | |_MRS. CLARK _________|_____________________ | _MAJOR RICHARD BIBB _| | (1752 - 1839) m 1773| | | _____________________ | | | | | _WILLIAM BIGGER _____|_____________________ | | | | |_SUSANNAH BIGGER ____| | (1711 - 1786) m 1727| | | _____________________ | | | | |_MRS. BIGGER ________|_____________________ | | |--BENJAMIN BIBB | (1790 - 1821) | _COL EDWARD BOOKER __+ | | (1680 - 1750) | _EDWARD BOOKER JR.___|_MARY GOODE _________ | | (1715 - 1760) (1680 - 1737) | _EDWARD BOOKER III.__| | | (1740 - 1812) | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_MRS. EDWARD BOOKER _|_____________________ | | |_LUCY BOOKER ________| (1758 - 1815) m 1773| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_MARY BENTLEY _______| (1746 - 1803) | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
_BENJAMIN BIBB II.________+ | (1663 - 1720) m 1683 _BENJAMIN N. FLEMING BIBB III._|_NANCY ELIZABETH FLEMING _ | (1686 - 1777) m 1742 (1663 - 1720) _JOHN BIBB __________| | (1745 - 1818) m 1767| | | __________________________ | | | | |_MARY ANN ARNETT ______________|__________________________ | m 1742 _THOMAS BIBB ________| | (1793 - 1868) m 1831| | | __________________________ | | | | | _______________________________|__________________________ | | | | |_MARGARET TODD ______| | m 1767 | | | __________________________ | | | | |_______________________________|__________________________ | | |--NANCY JANE BIBB | (1838 - ....) | __________________________ | | | _______________________________|__________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __________________________ | | | | | | |_______________________________|__________________________ | | |_CYNTHIA ANN SHAVER _| (1804 - 1884) m 1831| | __________________________ | | | _______________________________|__________________________ | | |_____________________| | | __________________________ | | |_______________________________|__________________________
_WILLIAM BIBB _______+ | (1665 - 1744) _JOHN BIBB __________|_MRS. CLARK _________ | (1703 - 1769) m 1727 _JOHN BIBB ll._______| | (1743 - 1790) m 1758| | | _WILLIAM BIGGER _____ | | | | |_SUSANNAH BIGGER ____|_MRS. BIGGER ________ | (1711 - 1786) m 1727 _PHILEMON HOLCOMB BIBB _| | (1765 - ....) m 1796 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_ELIZABETH HOLCOMB __| | (1746 - ....) m 1758| | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--THOMAS WALKER BIBB | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_MARTHA FUQUA __________| m 1796 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_____________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
__ | __|__ | _ROBERT BIRD JR._____| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _WILLIAMSON BIRD SR._| | (1728 - 1806) m 1762| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_ADICIA WILLIAMSON __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--FRANCES BIRD | (1767 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_PHEBE PRICE ________| (1741 - ....) m 1762| | __ | | | __|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__|__
_THEOPHILUS BLAKE ___+ | (1722 - 1797) m 1743 _WILLIAM BLAKE ____________|_MARGARET KENNETT ___ | (1746 - 1829) (1725 - 1797) _GEORGE BLAKE _________________| | (1775 - 1832) m 1795 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_HANNAH NEWTON ____________|_____________________ | _ADAM B. BLAKE _______| | | | | _____________________ | | | | | _JOHN JENKINS _____________|_____________________ | | | | |_SARAH NANCY "SALLIE" JENKINS _| | (1770 - 1850) m 1795 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_MARY ELIZABETH HUDDLESON _|_____________________ | | |--DICKERSON BLAKE | (1842 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ___________________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |___________________________|_____________________ | | |_MRS. GENEVEVE BLAKE _| (1814 - ....) | | _____________________ | | | ___________________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________________| | | _____________________ | | |___________________________|_____________________
_BRADBURY BLAKE _____+ | (1763 - 1833) _LEVI BLAKE _________|_SARAH HILTON _______ | (1787 - 1861) m 1811 (1755 - 1843) _CHARLES HILTON BLAKE _| | (1812 - 1864) m 1835 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_MARY ANN SANFORD ___|_____________________ | m 1811 _CHARLES EDWARD BLAKE _| | (1857 - 1895) m 1880 | | | _____________________ | | | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | | |_LAURA ANN KIMBALL ____| | m 1835 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |--HARRY MITCHEL BLAKE | (1886 - 1951) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _______________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_ANNA MCCARTHY ________| m 1880 | | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_______________________| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
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Harry M. Blake, 64, 1031 Church St. died at his home this morning. He was born Feb 5, 1886, in Sparta, and had been a resident of this city for 31 years. He was employed as a machinist at the Faibanks Morse and Co. Mr Blake was a member of St. Thomas Catholic Church and its Holy Name Society.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Mary A. Blake; two sons, August and Leo Blake, Beloit; three daughters, Mrs. Margaret LaBree and Mrs Rosella Osborn, Beloit, Mrs Mildred Heckert, Milwaukee; three grandchildren, a brother, Frank Blake, Havre, Mont.
Funeral services will be held at 8:45 a.m. Saturday in the E. A. Daley Funeral Home and at 9 a.m. in St. Thomas Church. The Rev. T. A. O'Reilly officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary will be recited at 7:15 p.m.
Friday in the funeral home.
__ | __|__ | _HENRY D. BOOZER ____| | (1756 - 1837) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _SQUIRE GEORGE BOOZER _| | (1791 - 1869) m 1818 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_ELIZABETH SENN _____| | (1763 - 1845) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--GEORGE BURDER BOOZER | (1822 - 1902) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_SARAH WILSON _________| (1791 - 1861) m 1818 | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JAMES BOYD _________| | (1799 - ....) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--ELIJAH BOYD | (1828 - ....) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_MRS. REBECCA BOYD __| (1808 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
_JAMES BRANCH _______+ | (1666 - 1726) _JOHN RICHARD BRANCH _|_MARY WARD __________ | (1700 - 1748) _WILLIAM BRANCH SR._____| | (1715 - ....) | | | _____________________ | | | | |_MARY MARTHA GOODE ___|_____________________ | _JOHN BRANCH SR._____| | (1736 - 1808) | | | _____________________ | | | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | | |_MRS. ELIZABETH BRANCH _| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |--BRITTAIN BRANCH | (1754 - ....) | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | | ________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |______________________|_____________________ | | |_ANN BRITTON ________| | | _____________________ | | | ______________________|_____________________ | | |________________________| | | _____________________ | | |______________________|_____________________
________________________ | _____________________________|________________________ | _JOHN WESLEY BUNCH _____________| | (1867 - 1922) | | | ________________________ | | | | |_____________________________|________________________ | _HERBERT CLIFFORD BUNCH SR._| | (1904 - 1973) m 1926 | | | ________________________ | | | | | _____________________________|________________________ | | | | |_AMANDA MARY FERRELL ___________| | (1872 - 1955) | | | ________________________ | | | | |_____________________________|________________________ | | |--INEZ GLADIS BUNCH | (1938 - ....) | _JOHN LANE _____________+ | | (1795 - 1871) | _ANDREW JACKSON LANE ________|_CLARISSA HARRINGTON ___ | | (1844 - 1920) (1815 - 1870) | _GEORGE WASHINGTON LANE ________| | | (1875 - 1932) | | | | ________________________ | | | | | | |_ELIZA ELIZABETH HARRINGTON _|________________________ | | (1851 - 1916) |_CORRINE LANE ______________| (1909 - 1998) m 1926 | | _JOHN W. AVANT SR.______+ | | (1801 - 1860) m 1818 | _MOSES L. AVANT _____________|_SYNTHIA MCCARY BENTON _ | | (1837 - 1913) (1803 - 1890) |_HARRIET "HATTIE" MARTHA AVANT _| (1881 - 1919) | | _HENRY BISHOP __________ | | (1800 - ....) |_JANE BISHOP ________________|_MRS. MILLIE BISHOP ____ (1839 - 1920) (1792 - ....)
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Highly likely that burial took place at LaGrange Cemetery, Titusville, Florida, but no marker has been located
__ | __|__ | __| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _JAMES H. CHANDLER __| | (1819 - 1888) | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |__| | | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--JOHN L. CHANDLER | (1843 - 1927) | __ | | | __|__ | | | __| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_ZILPHA ANN LOCKE ___| (1819 - ....) | | __ | | | __|__ | | |__| | | __ | | |__|__
_EZEKIAL CLIFTON ____+ | (1773 - 1852) _DANIEL C. CLIFTON SR._|_ELIZABETH ROBERTS __ | (1828 - 1903) (1773 - 1850) _HENRY E. "STRAWBERRY" CLIFTON _| | (1855 - 1932) m 1878 | | | _WILLIAM W. BARBER __ | | | (1805 - 1844) | |_RHODA BARBER _________|_MRS. SUSAN BARBER __ | (1831 - 1901) _SYLVESTER LORAN CLIFTON _| | (1891 - 1957) | | | _____________________ | | | | | _ROBERT L. FORT _______|_____________________ | | | (1822 - ....) m 1849 | |_MARY SYRENA FORT ______________| | (1860 - 1936) m 1878 | | | _____________________ | | | | |_REBECCA MORRISON _____|_____________________ | (1829 - ....) m 1849 | |--JOSEPH CLIFTON | (1932 - ....) | _____________________ | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | | ________________________________| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_______________________|_____________________ | | |_EUNICE J. RANEAW ________| (1891 - 1971) | | _____________________ | | | _______________________|_____________________ | | |________________________________| | | _____________________ | | |_______________________|_____________________
_JONAS DRIGGERS SR._____________+ | (1755 - 1821) m 1774 _WILLIAM H. DRIGGERS SR.__|_MRS. ELEANOR "ELLEN" DRIGGERS _ | (1776 - 1879) m 1806 (1754 - ....) _SIMEON DRIGGERS ____| | (1816 - ....) m 1838| | | _JOHN LASTINGER ________________ | | | | |_MILLY "EMILY" LASTINGER _|_ANNA BARBER ___________________ | (1778 - ....) m 1806 (1744 - ....) _THOMAS DRIGGERS ____| | (1851 - 1930) m 1874| | | ________________________________ | | | | | __________________________|________________________________ | | | | |_CATHERINE COLLINS __| | (1824 - ....) m 1838| | | ________________________________ | | | | |__________________________|________________________________ | | |--CHARLOTTE DRIGGERS | (1878 - 1886) | ________________________________ | | | __________________________|________________________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | ________________________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|________________________________ | | |_SARAH BURKHALTER ___| (1850 - 1890) m 1874| | ________________________________ | | | __________________________|________________________________ | | |_____________________| | | ________________________________ | | |__________________________|________________________________
______________________ | _______________________|______________________ | ________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |_______________________|______________________ | _REV. FLEMING FONTAINE FREEMAN _| | (1791 - 1875) m 1812 | | | ______________________ | | | | | _______________________|______________________ | | | | |________________________| | | | | ______________________ | | | | |_______________________|______________________ | | |--JOHN B. FREEMAN | (1825 - 1832) | _WILLIAM BIBB ________+ | | (1665 - 1744) | _JOHN BIBB ____________|_MRS. CLARK __________ | | (1703 - 1769) m 1727 | _WILLIAM CRAWFORD BIBB _| | | (1735 - 1796) m 1779 | | | | _WILLIAM BIGGER ______ | | | | | | |_SUSANNAH BIGGER ______|_MRS. BIGGER _________ | | (1711 - 1786) m 1727 |_MARTHA DANDRIDGE BIBB _________| (1793 - 1835) m 1812 | | _HENRY WYATT _________+ | | (1690 - ....) | _JOSEPH WYATT _________|_ELIZABETH DANDRIDGE _ | | (1728 - ....) (1703 - ....) |_SARAH (SALLIE) WYATT __| (1759 - 1826) m 1779 | | ______________________ | | |_DOROTHY PAYTON SMITH _|______________________ (1730 - ....)
________________________________ | _______________________|________________________________ | _____________________________| | | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_______________________|________________________________ | _EDGAR M. HERRIN _____| | m 1908 | | | ________________________________ | | | | | _______________________|________________________________ | | | | |_____________________________| | | | | ________________________________ | | | | |_______________________|________________________________ | | |--FREEMAN HERRIN | (1910 - ....) | ________________________________ | | | _THOMAS PURDOM ________|________________________________ | | (1823 - 1894) m 1845 | _ALLEN BRADFORD PURDOM ______| | | (1843 - 1883) m 1866 | | | | _JAMES "BLACK JACK" STRICKLAND _+ | | | | (1789 - 1849) m 1817 | | |_ELIZABETH STRICKLAND _|_ELINOR NELLIE SMITH ___________ | | (1828 - 1879) m 1845 (1795 - 1873) |_FANNY ISABEL PURDOM _| (1883 - ....) m 1908 | | ________________________________ | | | _______________________|________________________________ | | |_MARCELLA VETERIA MIDDLETON _| (1843 - 1914) m 1866 | | ________________________________ | | |_______________________|________________________________
_______________________ | _JAMES IRVIN HUNTER _________|_______________________ | (1848 - 1903) m 1869 _WILLIAM H. HUNTER __| | (1874 - 1944) m 1891| | | _HEWETT "HUGH" TEDDER _ | | | (1821 - 1895) m 1848 | |_SARAH ANN TEDDER ___________|_MARY ANN HERSEY ______ | (1849 - 1935) m 1869 (1825 - 1913) _ANDREW E. HUNTER ___| | (1897 - ....) | | | _WILLIAM REDDING LONG _+ | | | (1786 - 1849) m 1808 | | _WILLIAM STATON LONG ________|_ANNIS STATON _________ | | | (1823 - 1895) m 1855 (1793 - 1850) | |_MAGGIE L. LONG _____| | (1876 - ....) m 1891| | | _______________________ | | | | |_MIRAM MARY ELIZABETH BATTS _|_______________________ | (1826 - 1887) m 1855 | |--VELTON A. HUNTER | (1930 - ....) | _______________________ | | | _____________________________|_______________________ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | _______________________ | | | | | | |_____________________________|_______________________ | | |_MRS. MINNIE HUNTER _| (1909 - ....) | | _______________________ | | | _____________________________|_______________________ | | |_____________________| | | _______________________ | | |_____________________________|_______________________
_MARTIN KEY _________ | (1670 - 1740) _JOHN KEY ___________|_MARY PALMER ________ | (1696 - 1765) m 1712 _MARTIN KEY SR.______| | (1715 - 1785) m 1747| | | _HENRY NAPPA TANDY __ | | | (1660 - 1741) m 1685 | |_MARTHA TANDY _______|_PRISCILLA COLBY ____ | (1692 - 1742) m 1712 _WILLIAM BIBB KEY ___| | (1759 - 1836) m 1782| | | _BENJAMIN BIBB ______+ | | | (1640 - 1702) | | _WILLIAM BIBB _______|_MARY ANN LANDING ___ | | | (1665 - 1744) (1644 - 1702) | |_NANCY "ANN" BIBB ___| | (1715 - 1792) m 1747| | | _____________________ | | | | |_MRS. CLARK _________|_____________________ | | |--CHILES TERRELL KEY | (1784 - 1859) | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | | _CHRISTOPHER CLARK __| | | | | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |_____________________|_____________________ | | |_MORNING CLARK ______| (1764 - 1840) m 1782| | _____________________ | | | _____________________|_____________________ | | |_MILLICENT TERRELL __| | | _____________________ | | |_____________________|_____________________
__ | _REUBIN MARSH SR._______|__ | (1793 - 1849) _MOSES MARSH ________| | (1842 - 1893) m 1875| | | __ | | | | |_NANCY MARSHALL ________|__ | (1797 - ....) _ELMORE VERNON MARSH _| | (1881 - 1943) m 1911 | | | __ | | | | | _DR. HUGH DAVID BRACEY _|__ | | | | |_CORA O. BRACEY _____| | (1850 - 1936) m 1875| | | __ | | | | |_MRS. BRACEY ___________|__ | | |--JOHN FRANCES MARSH | (1914 - ....) | __ | | | ________________________|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |________________________|__ | | |_MARY FRANCES REILLY _| (1888 - 1963) m 1911 | | __ | | | ________________________|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |________________________|__
_____________________ | __________________________|_____________________ | _____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | _GRANVILLE ELSIE SIMMONS _| | (1910 - ....) m 1929 | | | _____________________ | | | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | | |_____________________| | | | | _____________________ | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | | |--GRANVILLE CULLEN SIMMONS | (1937 - ....) | _____________________ | | | __________________________|_____________________ | | | _DAVID WHITE ________| | | (1894 - 1940) m 1910| | | | _____________________ | | | | | | |__________________________|_____________________ | | |_SHELLY WHITE ____________| (1912 - ....) m 1929 | | _____________________ | | | _GEORGE WASHINGTON DAVIS _|_____________________ | | (1869 - ....) m 1892 |_JOSIE DAVIS ________| (1894 - 1980) m 1910| | _DAVID E. GEIGER ____+ | | (1832 - 1885) m 1853 |_TOBITHA ANN GEIGER ______|_MATILDA CORBITT ____ (1879 - 1958) m 1892 (1837 - 1895)
__ | __|__ | _JAMES TAFT _________| | (1814 - 1893) m 1839| | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _WILLIAM TAFT SR.____| | (1854 - 1930) m 1902| | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_NANCY DURHAM _______| | (1818 - ....) m 1839| | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--MARY TAFT | (1905 - 1981) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _BENJAMIN JOINER ____| | | (1845 - ....) | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_LUCINDA JOINER _____| (1871 - 1939) m 1902| | __ | | | __|__ | | |_MARTHA BOWEN _______| (1843 - ....) | | __ | | |__|__
__ | __|__ | _WILLIAM WETHERELL __| | (1845 - 1921) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | _THOMAS WETHERELL SR._| | (1867 - 1945) m 1895 | | | __ | | | | | __|__ | | | | |_MARGARET WHITFIELD _| | (1847 - 1934) | | | __ | | | | |__|__ | | |--THOMAS JAMES WETHERELL JR. | (1912 - 1996) | __ | | | __|__ | | | _____________________| | | | | | | __ | | | | | | |__|__ | | |_EMMA MORMAN _________| (1873 - 1950) m 1895 | | __ | | | __|__ | | |_____________________| | | __ | | |__|__
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Daytona Beach News-Journal (FL) - December 15, 1996
LONGTIME CIVIC LEADER THOMAS J. WETHERELL DIES
Thomas James Wetherell, a longtime civic leader and father of former state Rep. T. K. Wetherell, died after a stroke Friday at Halifax Medical Center.
He was 84.
A lifelong resident of the Daytona Beach area, Wetherell was born in Holly Hill on Feb. 16, 1912.
His grandparents arrived here in 1876 from Philadelphia on a boat that was heading for Miami. It stopped here instead when it ran into a tropical storm. The family had traveled to this country by schooner from Durham, England, only a couple of years earlier.
His father Thomas Wetherell was involved in many of the ''firsts'' in the area including helping build the Ponce de Leon Lighthouse.
Thomas J. Wetherell also left his mark on the area. During his lifetime, he served on many community and civic boards.
''He was one of a group of people who passed through Daytona Beach and made it a better place,'' said Bill France Jr., NASCAR president and chairman of the International Speedway Corp.
William J. Wetherell said his father was most proud of his community service.
T.K. Wetherell, currently president of Tallahassee Community College, said he thinks his father would like to be remembered best for his efforts in helping the community grow. He said his father also was proud of recent community efforts to restore the Halifax River to the condition it was before unrestrained growth overtook the area.
During his lifetime, the elder Wetherell served as president of several community organizations including the Salvation Army Board of Directors, the Daytona Beach YMCA Board of Directors, and the Daytona Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.
He was instrumental in luring Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University here and served as chairman of its board of visitors.
He also was a former member of the board of directors at Daytona Beach Community College and help formed the DBCC Foundation. A building at the college is named for the family.
The elder Wetherell furthermore was a member of the board of counselors at Bethune-Cookman College.
William J. Wetherell said his father was especially pleased with his involvement at B-CC and also with the Richard V. Moore Community Center. ''He was close to both Mrs. Bethune and Dr. Moore,'' the son said, referring to the college's founder Mary McLeod Bethune and Moore, who served as B-CC president for many years.
In the business arena, the elder Wetherell spent about 40 years working as an executive for the Sears, Roebuck and Co., starting in 1934 with the company store on downtown Beach Street. He worked in company stores in several other states before returning to Daytona Beach in 1952. He retired from Sears shortly before the store moved to Volusia Mall.
Between 1943 and 1945, Wetherell served in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
In 1955 Wetherell and attorney Thomas Cobb purchased the old Ormond Hotel. They sold it in 1979.
Wetherell's wife Mildred died in 1991. At that time, the family established a scholarship fund at the University of Central Florida campus in Daytona Beach. In lieu of flowers, the family now is suggesting donations be made to that fund, according to William J. Wetherell.
Besides sons William J. Wetherell, of South Daytona, and T.K. Wetherell of Lamont, survivors include three grandchildren.
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