WOLTZ, JOHN C., was born June 5, 1818, in Shepherdstown, Virginia. He started west partly to visit his sister, Mrs. John B. Weber. He traveled by stage to Pittsburg, thence by water the whole length of the Ohio river, up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, thence to and up the Illinois river to Naples, where he ate his first meal in Illinois of corn bread and venison, which he thought was the best food he ever tasted. He traveled on the first railroad built in Illinois to New Berlin, and walked from there on the timbers, four inches wide, laid ready to receive the flat rails, to Springfield, arriving Nov. 7, 1840. Before he obtained employment his finances were reduced to three ten cent pieces. He worked nearly two years at carpenter and cabinet work, mostly at Riverton, without receiving a cent of money, all the time vowing that when he did obtain enough he would leave the country, but an arrow from cupid's bow wounded him before he obtained the requisite amount, and he is now one of the successful farmers of Sangamon county. John C. Woltz was married Dec. 7, 1843, to Sidney R. Halbert. They had seven living children, namely--

VIRGINIA C., born Nov. 26, 1844, in Sangamon county, married March 2, 1865, to William T. Summers, who was born May 15, 1845, in Bracken county, Kentucky. They have one child, WALTER, and reside two miles northwest of Dawson, Illinois.

SARAH M., born Oct. 19, 1846, married Dec. 24, 1869, to John M. Riddle. See his name.

JULIA E. resides with her parents.

JAMES P. died April 17, 1869, in his sixteenth year.

J. CHARLES, MAGGIE H, and ALICE IDA, reside with their parents nearly equi-distant from Barclay, Dawson and Riverton, Sangamon county, Illinois--1874.