ISAAC WAMBOLD, farmer and carpenter, resident on sec. 28, Wheatland Tp., was born in Montgomery Co., Pa., Nov. 24, 1823. His parents, John and Margaret (Gangler) Wambold, were natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. They went to the State of New York when the son was 18 months old, and remained under their personal supervision until the age of 14, when he became assistant of an elder brother, who had assumed control of the homestead farm. He worked four years as a farmer, and at 18, was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade. He only served a part of his time, but went into business for himself. He was married Nov. 19, 1844, to Harriet J., daughter of Alonzo and Hannah Mace, and they have one child, Cornelia A., born April 30, 1852. He went to Dodge Co., Wis., in the spring of 1854, where he followed his trace ten years. In 1864, he came to Berrien Co., Mich., and bought a small farm, which he worked in connection with his profession, and afterward went to Ionia, thence to Wheatland Tp., where he "took up" 160 acres of land under the homestead act, which had then just gone into effect. He has since resided here, and during the time has been twice married, both wives dying shortly after marriage. He was married to his present wife, Oct. 9, 1875. She was Mrs. Sarah Schiedel, daughter of James C. and Elizabeth (Bear) Smith, and was born June 29, 1832, in Waterloo Co., ONtario, Can., of which county her parents were also natives. She was an orphan at the age of seven years, and was cared for by an aunt until her marriage.
Mr. Wambold began to teach school in the winter of 1869, in Wheatland Tp., a profession he has since pursued to some extent. He is independent in politics, has been Justice of the Peace 16 years, and served one term as County Superintendent of Schools. He has been Township Clerk, and held nearly all the minor local offices. He is now Justice of the Peace, Supervisor and School Inspector, and belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Big Rapids.
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