J. C. WALTERMIRE, ex-treasurer of Henry county, now residing at Deshler, was born in Jackson township, Hancock county, Ohio, in 1840, the son of George and Mahala (Edgel) Waltermire, the father born in York county, Pennsylvania, and the mother in New Jersey, the Waltermires hailing originally from Germany. The subject's parents were early settlers of Hancock county, Ohio, where they entered a farm of one hundred and sixty acres and making their home there the balance of their days, the father dying in 1887 and the mother in 1843. The subject of this sketch was reared on the Hancock county farm, and in 1864 he went to Wyandot county, Ohio, to engage in school teaching and remained there nine years. His own education had been received in the common schools and in an institute in Wisconsin and a private school in Findlay, this state. In May, 1875, he came to Deshler, Ohio, and entered the hotel business, later engaging in the grocery business, in which he was successful. In 1885 he was elected treasurer of Henry county and was re-elected to succeed himself, thus serving two full terms, with ability and personal credit. He then resumed the grocery business in Deshler. Under Cleveland's second term he was appointed postmaster of Deshler and served four years. Since then he has principally given his attention to farming, owning five fine farms in this county, comprising a total of two hundred and fifty acres, and also owns twenty-one lots in the town of Deshler. He has served as a member of the city council, and while living in Wyandot county was assessor and township clerk.
Mr. Waltermire married Miss Nancy Stovenour, who was born in Morrow county, Ohio, the daughter of Christian Stovenour, and they have two children, Genevivra and George C. Fraternally Mr. Waltermire is a Mason and has taken all the degrees of the York and those of the Scottish Rite up to and including the thirty-second, belonging to Defiance Commandery, Knights Templar, and Toledo Consistory. A man of sterling traits of character, he enjoys the confidence and respect of all who know him.