William F. Mehaffey
William F. Mehaffey was born April 1, 1849, in Liberty Township. Adams County, Ohio, near Fairview, on the farm now owned by Jacob Bissinger. In 1855, his father removed to near Decatur, but in the same township. His father was Andrew Mehaffey and his mother's maiden name was Martha A. Flowers. She was from Muskingum County, Ohio. The Mehaffeys were originally from Ireland. The childhood and youth of our subject were spent in his native township. He attended the District school and the academy at Decatur, in Brown County . Mr. Mehaffey was Township Clerk from 1875 t0 1878, Township Treasurer from 1880 to 1883, and a Trustee of the Township from 1886 to 1891 and again from 1893 to 1896.
He has always been a Republican and it would be a strange matter to find a Mehafley in Adams County who was not one. He was married November 15, 1877, to Miss Melissa A. Weeks. Her mother was a McGovney. The Weeks family came from New Jersey. He and his wife are both members of the United Presbyterian Church, at Cherry Fork.
From "History of Adams County, Ohio from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time" - by Nelson W. Evans and Emmons B. Stivers - West Union, Ohio - Published by E. B. Stivers - 1900