History of Wellsville, (Columbiana County) Ohio United States of America

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William Peters Heburn, representative, was born in Wellsville, Ohio, Nov. 4, 1833; son of Lieut. James Schmidt (U.S.A.) and Ann Fairfax (Catlett) Hepburn, grandson of James and Frances (Lynch) Hepburn and of Dr. Hanson (surgeon, U.S.A.) and Minerva (Lyon) Catlett; great grandson of Matthew and Beulah (Chittenden) Lyon; and great2 grandson of Thomas Chittenden, first governor of Vermont . He was taken to Iowa Territory in April, 1841, was educated in the public schools there, and received a practical training in a printing office. He was admitted to the bar in 1854 and practised in Iowa. He served in the U.S. army as captain, major and lieutenant-colonel of the 2d Iowa cavalry, 1861-65. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1860, 1888 and 1896; a presidential elector in 1876 and 1888; and a representative from Iowa in the 47th, 48th and 49th congresses, 1881-87, and in the 53d, 54th, 55th, 56th, 57th, 58th congresses, 1893-1905. He was solicitor of the treasury during the Harrison administration. He was chairman of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce in the 55th and 56th congresses, and when the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was submitted to congress he was against its ratification on the ground that it was an abandonment of the Monroe doctrine and surrendered everything to Great Britain.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Wellsville, (Columbiana County) Ohio

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