Grandparents-Dederick side

Willard Wright Dederick was born on October 18, 1869 in Roann Indiana. He was the third son of William Dederick and Elsie Ann Weaver. His older brothers were Arthur Sylavanus born in 1862 and Walter Crafts born in 1865. Elsie Ann died in 1878 when Willard was almost 9. According to my father, Willard and his cousin Edson Colt, built the first bandsaw mill in Indiana, which they operated until around the turn of the century. At that time Willard went to work for the Wabash Railroad as a florist, growing plants for station yards and dining cars. Wishing to operate for himself, Willard built a greenhouse on Road 15 in Warsaw, IN. in 1906. He operated that greenhouse, later with assistance from his son Forrest, until his death in 1946. Willard's greenhouse was located a short distance from the home of Jeremiah and Ellen Melissa Herrin. Willard married their oldest daughter, Eva Marie in 1908. They had 2 children, Helen Marie in 1910, and Forrest Thorald in 1913. Marie would die tragically as the result of an accident, in 1937.





Jeremiah and Ellen Melisa Herrin, probably about 1935.






From left to right, unknown, Mary Margaret Herrin, Helen Elizabeth Herrin, Ellen Melissa Herrin, and Eva Marie (Herrin) Dederick with daughter (Helen) Marie, spring 1911.