Samuel Young Wasson
Samuel Young Wasson was born November 5, 1841, at Cherry Fork, the son of Thomas Campbell Wasson and Martha Campbell, his wife. He was reared on his father's farm. He attended the common schools of his district and the North Liberty Academy. He entered Miami University in the Fall of 1861, and graduated in 1866. The same Summer he went to Gallipolis and he and Capt. M. V. B. Kennedy, now of Zanesville, Ohio, purchased the Onderdonk book store and continued the business under the firm name of Wasson & Kennedy. On September 3, 1867, he was married to Miss Jennie Henderson, of Middletown, Butler County. In 1872, he dissolved partnership with Capt. Kennedy and continued the business alone. In the Fall of 1877, he was elected a member of the Ohio House of Representatives from Gallia County, as a Republican and served one term. He declined a renomination and election, as he had changed his residence to near Middletown, Butler County, where he engaged in fanning and where he continued to reside there until 1889, when he removed to Hamilton, Ohio, where he has resided ever since.
He has always been a staunch Presbyterian and was an elder in the church at Gallipolis. On his removal to the city of Hamilton, he and his family connected with the United Presbyterian Church in which he is a ruling elder.
Mr. Wasson has a son. Clarence C. a physician in Hamilton, and a daughter, wife of Joseph L. Blair, purchasing agent of the Niles Tool Works of Hamilton. Mr. Wasson is fond of reading and study, and keeps abreast of the times. While he would not like to be styled a gentleman of leisure, he has the full command of his own time and devotes himself very largely to work in his church. He is a gentleman of the highest character and enjoys the respect and confidence of all who know him. His wife died July 3, 1899. She was a woman of the most estimable character, devoted to her family and good works. Since that time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Blair.
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