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J. Howard Wert : ウィキペディア英語版 | J. Howard Wert J. Howard Wert was an author, educator, and Civil War veteran and collector. ==Family and Youth== John Howard Wert was born on February 12, 1841 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to a prosperous and prominent Pennsylvania German family, the only son of Adam and Catherine Houghtelin Wert. His father was a successful farmer and businessman and a veteran of the War of 1812; his grandfather and great-grandfather served in the American Revolution. All four generations had strong abolitionist views and Adam Wert was a close friend of Thaddeus Stevens. J. Howard Wert attended Pennsylvania College (now Gettysburg College) where he and other members of his local fraternity were active in the Underground Railroad.〔G. Craig Caba: Episodes of Gettysburg and the Underground Railroad, G. Craig Caba Antiques, Gettysburg, PA, 1998, pp 8-9.〕 Wert graduated in 1861 and became a teacher.〔Michael Barton, Jessica Dorman, Editors: Harrisburg's Old Eighth Ward, Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., 2002. ISBN 978-0-7385-2378-1, p 11.〕
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