From: Hale, John P. History of the Great Kanawha Valley: With Family History and Biographical Sketches. Madison, Wis: Brant, Fuller, 1891.
Adam H. Wolfe dates his birth from 1838, and his place of nativity was Meigs county, Ohio. His parents were
Lewis and Christina (Harpold) Wolfe. Lewis Wolfe was a native of Pennsylvania where he was born in 1803. He
came to Mason county in 1846 and settled on the farm where his son Adam H. Wolfe now resides. He
remained in Mason county until 1863 and then went to Meigs county, Ohio, where he lived until his death,
which occurred in 1865. His marriage with Christina Harpold was productive of the following named children:
David, Adam, Mallory, Israel, Henry, Dorothy and William. Mrs. Wolfe had been previously married to John
Pickens, by whom she had two children: Spencer and Deborah. Adam Wolf (sic) came to Mason county when
a boy seven years of age. In 1863 he returned to Meigs county, Ohio, but remained there only a short time. In
1864 he commenced teaching in Mason county, which occupation he followed for nine years, at the same time
carrying on the business of farming. For some time he has been selling goods at Rachine, Ohio. November 20,
1888, he was united in matrimony to Mrs. Emma C. Thornton, a daughter of J. M. and Isabella Williamson. By
her first marriage to Henry Thornton, Mrs. Wolfe was the mother of the following named children: Harvey,
Elbert E., Marietta, Bell, William C. and Lloyd E. Mr. and Mrs. Wolfe are a sociable and popular couple and
have many friends.