Darke County OHIO Biographies.....James Wesley Shultz  October 30 1899 -  September 30 1969
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File contributed for Ohio Biographies Project by:
Francis Motschman, Sr. dalesr99@earthlink.net July 23, 2003, 7:57 pm

Author: Francis D. Motschman, Sr.

The Shultz Family of Darke County, Ohio



 The Biography of  James Wesley Shultz

Son of William Sherman Shultz and Whilemena "Lillie" Mae Petersime

by Francis D. Motschman, Sr.



	If there was one uncle in my wife's family that she and I was most fond 

of, it would be James Wesley Shultz. He was a good man and kind, quiet, 

observant and never did we ever hear an unkind word come from his mouth. His 

wife called him "Jimmie" and everyone else called him "Wes or Wesley".

	

	Wesley was born on Mon., October 30, 1899 in Ansonia, Darke County, 

Ohio. He married, Ina Marie Abernathy, rather young in life. She was born on 

Mon., September 3, 1900 and at the time he married her she was a "flapper", she 

was the life of the party and was with it for those times. She loved to hunt 

and many was the time when Wesley would come home from work, to a nice meal of 

squirrel or rabbit or quail that she had shot, cleaned and prepared. That was 

unusual even in this time.



	Wesley and Marie left Darke County to live in Dayton, Montgomery 

County, Ohio where he procurred a position in the factory at Frigidaire. He 

started out as a stock tracer, running down critical stock to keep the assembly 

lines running smoothly. He studied welding and eventually transferred to the 

welding department as a welder. Wesley worked there all his life. 



	They both loved children but they would never have children of their 

own. Our son Michael used to walk past their house going to and from school. 

When he  would be walking home for lunch Wesley would be out at the gate 

waiting. He would ask Mike if he'd like to have lunch with them and the offer 

was also for his buddy who was walking with him. If "Yes" was the answer, Marie 

would get on the phone and get permission from the parants and

then the boys and they would have lunch together. The boys enjoyed it, they 

would exclaim to us later, " Boy, they had everything to eat, there. It was 

really nice." Having the boys stop in like that probably put a little zip in 

their day, too.

	

	Wesley and Marie were Spiritualists. Marie was a "Reader" and was kept 

busy in this endeaver.  Wesley attained quite a reputation for his work as 

a "Healer"in the church and was also kept very busy in his labors. My wife and 

I had never had any experience with this method of healing until one day when I 

got home from work and my wife who had been in awful pain all day from a 

degenerated disk in her back. She had been to see a doctor about it and was 

told the only cure was to have the two disks fused. The doctor said that (at 

that time) there was only one doctor in Dayton who could do this operation and 

that the outcome was too uncertain. He advised against having the operation at 

that time. When I got home from work that day her face was drawn and she was 

fighting back the tears from all the pain she was having. "Please take me to my 

Uncle Wes'", she said, and we immediately drove over to their house. "Oh, 

honey", he said when he saw her, "why didn't you come here sooner".  He sat her 

on a straight back chair and went on with his healing process. It took about 15 

to 20 minutes and after he was finished, my wife looked at me and I could see 

that the tension was gone from her face and the pain had greatly subsided. It 

was my first experience and a very positive one. That was in the 1950's and she 

has never been bothered by this problem again.



	Wesley passed away Tue., September 30, 1969 and Marie died Sat., March 

23, 1985 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.



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