PHILIP WOLVERTON, JR., was born in this township January 30, 1852, and is the younger of the two sons born to Philip and Margaret (Barnhart-Glazier) Wolverton, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Philip Wolverton, Jr., has always resided on the old home farm, a part of which be now owns, and to which be has added other land, making him the owner of 720 acres in all. He is extensively engaged in the stock business, and in 1878 began rearing thoroughbred horses, and owned at one time the well-known running horses "Oollawa" and "Jennie Blanch" both are now dead. He at present owns the thoroughbreds "Young Albion," "George L", "Orphan Girl", "Jennie Oy," and "Topsey". Besides these, he owns a number of half-breeds, making forty-two head in all. In the fall of 1882, he purchased a herd of thoroughbred short-horn heifers, which is probably the finest in the County. December 1, 1880, Mr. Wolverton married Miss Emma J. Price, A native of Carroll County, Ind., who bore her husband one daughter-Margaret E., and died at her home May 13, 1882, a member of tile Methodist Episcopal Church. In politics, Mr. Wolverton is a Democrat, and has filled the office of Township Assessor one term.

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