From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, pages 484-485.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


JOHN WILLIAM WOLVINGTON

John William Wolvington, a prominent flour and grain merchant, of 
Wheeling, was born in Jefferson county, W.Va., the son of David R. 
and Mary T. Burkett Wolvington.  The father was born in Sbenandoah 
county, Va., in 1798, and the mother in Jefferson county, W. Va., 
about 1800. They were married in 1818, and had seven children: Eliza 
Margaret, John William, James Washington, Ann Elizabeth, Sarah Jane, 
David Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson.  James W. is a real estate agent 
at Baltimore, where he was formerly, for many years in the wholesale 
tobacco trade with his brother-in-law, Gerard S. Watts.  The latter 
married Ann Elizabeth Wolvington, and he is now extensively 
interested in mining and manufacturing.  Sarah Jane is the wife of 
James Morrison, a carpenter of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. David H., a 
painter, was twice married, and died about 1873.  Thomas Jefferson, a 
machinist, was married at Lafayette, Ind., and died February 28, 
1885.  John William Wolvington, the subject of this mention, when a 
child, accompanied his parents to Morgan county, W.Va., and thence 
after the death of his father, he removed with the remainder of the 
family to Cumberland, Md., where he learned the occupation of a 
locomotive engineer, which he followed until 1864.  December 29, 
1851, he was married to Mary L., daughter of Alpheus B. Beall, of 
Allegheny county, Md., and in 1853, he removed to Wheeling.  His wife 
died January 7, 1860, leaving four children: Alvin Alpheus, deceased; 
Virginia Ann, Minerva Beall and John William.  On May 12, 1861, Mr. 
Wolvington wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Loudenslager, of 
Marshall county, W. Va., by whom he had five children: Alpharetta, 
Loudenslager, Mary Cecilia (deceased), Thomas Jefferson and Gerard 
Watts (deceased).  With his wife's father, Joseph Loudenslager, Mr. 
Wolvington was engaged in milling at Loudensville, Marshall county, 
from 1864, until 1870, when they removed to Baltimore, near where Mr. 
Wolvington farmed for a year. They returned to Wheeling in 1871, and 
the next year, Mr. Wolvington embarked in the wholesale tobacco 
trade, which occupied him until the spring of 1883, when he 
established his present business at No. 37 Thirty-third street. Mr. 
Wolvington is prominent in business and influential in municipal 
affairs. He served as a member of the first branch of the city 
council, from 1879 to 1883. 


(Linda Fluharty)