Amaziah Wedgewood was born in Maine in 1804. His father was English, his mother was French. When eight years old his parents moved to New York, where he lived with them until he was 24. At that age he was married in 1830 to Elizabeth Kelley of Irish parents.

In 1852 he moved his family to Ohio, and 4 years later to Byron, steeling on 40 acres of land on Section 17. He is a member of the M. E. Church, and his wife belongs to the society of Disciples. Charles, the eldest son, enlisted at Grand Rapids under General Sherman and served 3 years in the Army of the Cumberland. Mr. Wedgewood’s grandfather was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and was at Bunker Hill.

Ten of 11 children are living – Ursula, Frances, Eunice, Charles, Amaziah, Jr., Angeline, Helen, Gustavus, Florence, Isabel and Orin.

(Taken from Chapman’s Kent County History, 1881)

He was 94 years old when he died. His wife, Elizabeth (Kelley) was 72. They are buried in Boynton Cemetery.

Transcriber: Evelyn Sawyer
Created: 30 October 2002
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