WILLIAM
HENLAN, proprietor of meat market, was born in Meadville, Penn.,
November 8, 1829, and is a son of John and Mary A. (Williams) Henlan.
His father was a native of Newfoundland, of Irish ancestry, and came to
Meadville in early manhood, where he married Mary A. Williams, who was
born in that city in 1813. Her parents, Isaac and Margaret Williams,
removed from Carlisle, Penn., to Meadville, Penn., late in the last or
early in the present century. Isaac Williams was a shoemaker, and both
he and wife died in Meadville. John and Mary Henlan reared two sons and
four daughters, all of whom are living. The father was a tailor by
trade, and served in the War of 1812. He died ten years ago, and his
widow is still a resident of Meadville. Our subject left Meadville at
the age of sixteen, and going to Warren, Ohio, served an apprenticeship
of three years to the tin and coppersmith trade. In April, 1849, he
came to Sharon, and for the next twelve years worked in the tin-shop of
E. A. Wheeler, in the meantime engaging in business in Sharon on his
own account for about three years. After leaving the employ of Mr.
Wheeler he began working for C. G Carver, Esq. with whom he remained
nearly eighteen years, in December, 1878, he bought an interest in his
brother John's meat market, some four years afterward purchased his
brother's remaining interest, and has since continued the business
alone. Mr. Henlan was married in 1851 to Miss Mary J., daughter of
William and Julia A. (Reno) Trotter. The latter was born in Sharon, and
is living with Mr. Henlan at the ripe old age of nearly eighty-four
years. Five children have been born of this marriage, three of whom
survive: Julia E., wife of William Dickson, of Sharon; Conrad C. and
Gaylord L. Mr. Henlan is a Democrat in politics, and a leading gospel
temperance worker. He has been burgess of Sharon two terms, served in
the council several years, and has also been a director on the public
school board. He was once the Democratic candidate for the Legislature,
and cut down the Republican majority from 1,200 to sixty-eight votes.
The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal Church, and Mr. Henlan is
a member of the Masonic order, A. 0. U. W. and the E. A. U., and is one
of the oldest and most respected citizens of Sharon.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 730
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