Wallingford/Jarlov Family Trees

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HIRAM WALLINGFORD, farmer, was born in Mason County, Ky., near Maysville, Sept. 23, 1825. He is a son of Joseph and Susan (Conway) Wallingford. This couple were probably born near Culpeper Court-House, Va., for her father, John Conway, came to Kentucky prior to the Indian War of 1812, and was frequently called out to defend the families who were placed in the block-house for safety. Both of the grandparents had large families, and the aged parents lived and died in Mason County, Ky. John Conway had nine children who lived to maturity. Nicholas Wallingford was the father of seventeen children, ten born to his first wife and seven to his second wife. The parents of our subject were married in Kentucky. His father died when he was but six years of age, and his wife survived him many years, nearly ninety when her death occurred.

Our subject, Hiram Wallingford, was married in Mason County, Ky., to Evaline Henderson, June 8, 1848. The next year they came to Washington, this county; where Mr. Wallingford, who was a tailor in Kentucky, established himself in business. They remained in Washington until 1863, he being engaged in different occupations, part of the time as a merchant. Their children were all born there except the youngest, Susan J; Mary E., the wife of Joseph A. Heatherington, of Emporia, Kan.; David, the husband of Martha Harvey; Hiram J.; Lizzie, the wife of Joseph Glasgow, a resident of Cass County, Neb.; and Clara, complete the family. When the war began Mr. Wallingford volunteered in Co. I, 18th Iowa, and was sent to the front, where he remained until the close of the war, after which he began an agricultural life, and for many years rented land, but in 1881 purchased his present farm.

Mr. Wallingford has served as Sheriff of the county for one term. He was also Constable for years. His wife is a sister of James Henderson, a well-known citizen, and an early settler of the county, who came with his father, David Henderson, from Kentucky to this county in 1848. David was a blacksmith, one of the first in the village. The lands owned by his son were entered by him about 1854, and were improved during his lifetime. The readers of this sketch will remember our subject as an active business man of twenty years ago, but he is one of the veterans who have grown old since beginning pioneer life in the new country. Three grandchildren have nestled in his arms: Annie M. and Susan M. are daughters of Mrs. Heatherington, and Hiram G., named after both his grandfathers, is the only son of Lizzie Glasgow.

The lives of such men as Mr. Wallingford have been such as inspire confidence among men, and his prosperity since the disastrous days of 1857 has proved him to be one of the most enterprising of men, as he began farming without a dollar, after his failure, which occurred on account of being too lenient to customers, and every obligation has been met in full.