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Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Fulton County
Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, 1890

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The Biography of Martin M. WAUGHTEL 

Pages 200-201, transcribed in full by Danni Hopkins 

[Surnames: HANCOCK, HINDERLITER, MARKLEY, ORWIG, WAUGHTEL] 

    
MARTIN M. WAUGHTEL. Among the young farmers of this county are many who are pursuing their course in life with great energy and much skill, and thereby attaining satisfactory results. One of this number is the gentleman above named, who is located on section 26, Cass Township, occupying the farm on which his birth took place August 23, 1859. His estate consists of one hundred acres, nearly all of which is improved, and he carries on general agricultural work, raising both grain and stock. Cattle and hogs are the domestic animals which he raises in the greatest numbers, but he has some fine specimens of horseflesh, among them a team of three year old Normans, weighing three thousand and thirty-five pounds. 
    
Henry Waughtel, the father of our subject, was born in Ohio in 1812, but former generations of the family had lived in Virginia. He married Margaret Markley, a native of the same State as himself, their marriage taking place in this State, to which both had come in childhood. Mr. Waughtel belonged to a family which was one of the first to make a settlement in this part of the Mississippi Valley. He was the first Supervisor of Cass Township, taking the office in 1850. He fought during the Black Hawk War. He breathed his last in 1885, but his widow still lives and nine of their twelve children survive. 
    
Our subject received a good common-school education and from early boyhood was accustomed to take part in farm work, to which he has continued to give his attention. He began life for himself when twenty years old, marrying Philena Orwig, a daughter of John and Amanda (Hancock) Orwig, who were old settlers in this county. The young couple took possession of forty acres of land owned by the husband, which he operated successfully. His wife, who was born in 1863, died in August, 1884, leaving two sons--John and Milton. Mr. Waughtel was again married in September, 1885, his bride being Sarah M. Hinderliter, a daughter of Julius Hinderliter, who was one of the old settlers of Cass Township. This lady was born in 1862, received a good education in the common schools, and the home training which fitted her for the duties of a homekeeper. She has borne her husband two children, one of whom is now living, a son, William. 
    
Mr. Waughtel has from his early manhood been more or less closely connected with the public affairs of the section in which he lives. He became School Director in District No. 6 as soon as he was old enough to hold the office and is still its incumbent. At the age of twenty-three years he was elected Township Collector and served in that capacity until elected Supervisor, in which he is now serving his fourth term. He has always taken an active interest in politics and is one of the principal workers in the township; he has been a delegate to county conventions and is now a committeeman.