Source:
Twentieth Century History
of
Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio
and Representative Citizens.
By J. A. Kemmell, M. D.
"History is Philosophy Teaching by Example"
Published by
Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co.
F. J. Richmond, Pres.        C. R. Arnold, Sec'y and Treas.
Chicago, ILL
1910.

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AUGUST NEUMAN, president of the Board of Infirmary Directors of Hancock County, Ohio, and member of the Agricultural Board of the county, was born Feb. 13, 1856, in Mecklenberg, Germany, a son of John and Louisa Neuman.      August Neuman was fourteen years old when he journeyed to this country with his parents, who came to once to Hancock County, Ohio.  The family lived a short time with Rudolph Neuman,  an uncle of our subject's father, but later settled on a farm in Portage Township, where our subject grew to manhood.  He worked as a farm hand until 1879 and after his marriage rented his father-in-law's farm in Pleasant Township until 1881.  He then bought part of the farm, but later sold it back to his father-in-law, and purchased a farm of eighty-three acres in Portage Township, where he followed general farming until locating in Findlay, on Mar. 24, 1910.  He then sold the farm and bought a tract of 167 acres in Portage Township, just one mile east of the old farm.  In the fall of 1908 Mr. Neuman was elected a member of the Infirmary Board on the Democratic ticket and assumed the responsibilities of that office Jan. 4, 1909.  At the first meeting of that body he was elected its president, and is now serving his second term, as a member of the Board of Agriculture of Hancock County, having been elected a member of the same in 1908.      Mr. Neuman was first united in marriage with Sarah Brickman, who was born in Hancock County, Ohio, a daughter of Frederick Brickman, and their union were born three children:  Anna, who is the wife of E. W. Bonham, of Oklahoma, and has two children, Sara Janet, and Harold Neuman; J. Fred, who lives on our subject's farm in Portage Township, and married Beatrice Moorehead; and Clara Elizabeth, living at home.  Mrs. Neuman died in 1892 and he subsequently married Lucinda Collingwood who died in 1895.  He then married Angeline Montgomery, who was born in Portage Township, Hancock County, Ohio, and is a daughter of George and Dorothy Montgomery.  Mr. Neuman is fraternally a member of the Maccabees, and has served as a member of the school board and as trustee of Portage Township.      George Montgomery was born in Wayne County, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1823, and was the only child born to John and Nancy (Helmick) Montgomery, the former being killed by a falling tree, when George was but one year old.  George Montgomery was reared by his maternal grandfather, Nicholas Helmick, who came to Hancock County, Ohio, in 1832, and settled in Cass Township.  His grandfather served in the War of 1812.  Mr. Montgomery took up auctioneering and became one of the best known auctioneers in this part of the country.  He also became a large land owner and at one time owned a tract of 1,400 acres.  Mr. Montgomery was first married in 1844 to Mary Chase, a daughter of George Clause, who was one of the pioneers of Hancock County.  She died in 1861, and he later married Dorothy A. Culp, who was the mother of Mrs. Neuman, and a daughter of Benoni Culp.  Mr. Montgomery served as the first postmaster of Portage Center, which was the second postoffice opened in Hancock County.  His death occurred in 1895. Source: Twentieth Century History of Findlay and Hancock County, Ohio - Published by Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co. - Chicago - Ill. - 1910 - Page 621

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