Wetter family.

Wetter family ancestors include Edward Telfair (ca. 1735-1807), merchant, member of the Continental Congress, and governor of Georgia. Family members important in this collection are Mildred R. Gould, Louise G. Koch, Pierce T. Wetter (d. 1963), and Telfair S. Wetter (d. 1939), all of whom inherited shares in Sharon Plantation, Chatham County, Ga. Pierce Wetter was a conscientious objector during World War I and was imprisoned at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kan., 1918-1921, because of this. Telfair Wetter ran the Baltimore office of the Industrial Workers of the World (I.W.W.) during that same period.

From the description of Wetter family papers, 1809-1963. WorldCat record id: 30485662