A special thanks to my mom's cousin Bud Weatherholtz for the following information and photos.

My great great great grandfather Elias Weatherholtz & Wife Amanda (Hall) Weatherholtz. Elias was a farmer from Virginia. He is the father of Elmer Weatherholtz, my great great grandfather. Elias was born Febuary 1841, died in December 1909. Elias married Amanda Hall December 24th 1865, eight children were born to them. Permelia C; Charles M; (ELMER A), Rebecca E; Ida F; Virgil Lee; Roberta "Bertie" Belle; and Mary E. Elias's father was Jacob Weatherholtz.

Elmer Weatherholtz, Husband to Minnie (Silvious) Weatherholtz, Father to Sheriff H.T. Weatherholtz (My great great grandfather). Elmer shot and killed his wife (Minnie) and then killed himself in prison (one of my family's deep dark secrets for a long time). Birth Date: sometime in 1870, Died:February 10, 1897 (according to prison records).

This is a photo of Minnie (Silvas) Weatherholtz, the mother of H. T. Weatherholtz and the wife of Elmer Weatherholtz who murdered her with a shotgun as she and Harry (her son and my great grandfather) were on their way to the barn to milk the cows.

Sheriff Harry T. Weatherholtz while in his Upper Sandusky, Ohio office.This picture was taken sometime in 1936. My Great Grandfather, one of the two sons of Elmer and Minnie Weatherholtz.

This is Lawerence Weatherholtz (Harry's brother, Elmer and Minnie's other son) in the Army during WW1, he is the one in the middle. Picture taken approx. 1918.

Pictured here are my great grandfather , H. T. Weatherholtz, and my great grandmother Evlyn (Bennett) Weatherholtz. Married December 22, 1921. Children: Verco Stanton Weatherholtz (my grandfather), Robert Lee, Doris Alice, Lawerence (Tom), Wesley and Harry.

This picture was taken in Southern Virginia of H.T. Weatherholtz and his five sons. My grandfather Verco is on the far left, his father (H.T. Weatherholtz) is third from the left and I cannot figure out the rest.

My grandfather Verco at about age 18 ot 19 (the one in the middle) with his younger brothers.This picture was taken at the Gap in Virginia, when H.T. Weatherholtz owned it. Across the river behind the boys is a picnic area where many people used to gather on the weekends for fun & folly.

This is a picture taken during the 1940's when my grandfather Verco was a Marine during WW2. He came home from the war to marry my grandmother Sue (Lury) Virgina Carrico on April 26th 1947, had three daughters and became a special agent for the C&O Railway Company. He passed away August 6th, 1987, the day before my 14th birthday.

Thus begun the history of Verco and Sue Weatherholtz