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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History of Allen County, Ohio
Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns,
Villages, Schools, Churches, Industries, etc.; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies;
History of the Northwest Territory;
History of Ohio; Statistical and
Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc.
- Illustrated -
Publ. Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co.
1885
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Richland Twp. -
O.
S. LANGAN, banker, Bluffton, a native of Ireland, was
born Dec. 19, 1839, son of Thomas Langan.
He received his literary education in Ohio, and took a
commercial course at Pittsburgh, Penn., graduating in 1861.
When the war of the Rebellion broke out he promptly answered
the call for men and enlisted in the fifteenth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, being soon after appointed corporal,
then sergeant was then promoted to orderly sergeant, and
subsequently to Sergeant-major of the regiment. He was
wounded at the battle of Chickamauga, taken prisoner and
held on the battle field for ten days - when he was
exchanged and sent to the hospital at Nashville, thence to
Camp Dennison, where he remained till the expiration of his
term of service. He then returned to Ohio, and in 1866
was married, in Findlay, Hancock County, to Miss Ella
Mungen, and to this union were born the following
children: William I., Belle, Merle and
Glen. Mr. and Mrs. Langan are members of the
Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee. In
politics he is a Republican. Mr. Langan has
been very successful in his business enterprises. He
served as corporation treasurer and as a member of the
school board. He is a F. & A. M.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 767 |
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Marion Twp. -
FREDERICK LAUSE
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 644 |
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Richland Twp. -
WILLIAM LEWIS, Bluffton, was born in
Harrison County, Ohio, Dec. 25, 1815, son of Henry and
Leah (Hill) Lewis, the former of whom was a laborer.
Our subject grew up among strangers, and the man with whom
he lived put him to chopping wood as soon as he was able to
handle an ax, keeping him at it and allowing him but
one-half a day's schooling, depriving him at same time of
sufficient clothing, so that until he was sixteen years of
age our subject never wore a hat, and had but two pairs of
shoes until he made them for himself. But he was hale
and hearty, almost as fleet-footed as a deer, and he claims
he could catch a rabbit in a fair race. The Indians
were numerous here at that time, and young Lewis won
a wager of $78.50 by outstripping a famous Indian runner; he
also threw the champion wrestler of this race. In 1840
he climbed the liberty pole in Van Wert, height seventy-five
feet, and cut the ropes used in raising it. William
Lewis was never a very large man, 170 pounds being his
greatest weight, and forty inches his chest measure.
He was noted as a wood-chopper, cutting and cording, on one
occasion, 100 cords of wood in twenty-two days. In his
lifetime he has cleared 217 acres of land with his own
hands, and has cradled six acres of wheat in one day.
He became an expert marksman, carrying off many prizes in
shooting matches, and one summer he killed eighteen deer and
a bear. Mr. Lewis came to Allen County
in 1832, and for a long time engaged in cutting and clearing
timber lands, but in later years has been manufacturing
brick. He comes of patriotic stock, his grandfather having
been a soldier in the Revolutionary struggle, and his father
in the war of 1812. During the late war of the
Rebellion our subject enlisted in 1862, in Company B,
Sixty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry; was injured by a wagon
falling on him at the second battle of Bull Run, and was
discharged on account of disability. After coming
home, however, his health improved, and in 1865 he
re-enlisted, serving till the close of the war, but has
never been able to do much hard labor since. Mr.
Lewis was married in 1842, to Sarah Myers,
of Van Wert County, Ohio; a daughter of Henry
Myers, a farmer, and their children are as follows:
James B. (also a member of Company B, Sixty-first
Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry), Mary J. (wife of
C. E. Bowen, of Dayton, Ohio), William J. (a
stonemason, married and residing at Bluffton), and George
H. (interested with his father in the manufacture of
brick, and who was born Sept. 24, 1851, in Bluffton, Ohio,
and married in 1875 to Elizabeth Conrad, have three
children, Gertrude A., Bertha May and Hallie Edith).
William Lewis and his sons are Republicans in
politics. Our subject has been financially successful,
and now owns five acres of land in Bluffton, four houses and
lots, and a small farm in Hancock County, Ohio. He has
been elected to public offices of trust in this county.
He is well liked and is familiarly known as "Uncle Billy."
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 767 |
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G. A.
LIGHT, druggist and physician, Beaver Dam, was born
in Putnam County, Ohio, Aug. 7, 1860, a son of Amos,
a farmer, and Elizabeth (Wells) Light, natives of
Ohio and of German and English descent. They reared a
family of four children. Our subject, the eldest,
acquired his education at Amalthea University, at
Westerville, Franklin County, and Putnam County, Ohio.
He studied medicine three years with Dr. H. T. Breckhill,
and practiced with him for six months. In 1882, he
commenced business on his own account, opening a drug store
at Beaver Dam, where he still continues. Dr. Light
has had to make his own way in the world, and prior to
studying medicine was for a time clerk in a dry goods store,
and also taught school for nine terms. He was united
in marriage in 1882, with Miss S. F. , a daughter of
Samuel Moor, a farmer. Her parents were
Pennsylvania Germans. To this union was born one child
- Roy Austin. The doctor and wife are members
of the United Brethren Church. He is a F. & A. M.
In Politics a Democrat; in 1884 he was elected justice of
the peace.
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Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 768) |
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Marion Twp. -
BERNARD & FREDERICK LINDEMANN
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 645 |
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Perry Twp. -
MILTON LONES
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 744 |
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Jackson Twp. -
JOHN LONES, farmer, P. O. Herring, was
born in Fairfield County, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1815, son of
John and Mary Magdalene (Strickler) Lones. John Lones,
the father of our subject, was born in Shenandoah County,
Va., and died about 1843, aged fifty-seven years. He
was a farmer by occupation, an early settler of Fairfield
County, Ohio. His wife, a native of Pennsylvania, died
about 1860, aged seventy-four years. They were parents
of ten children, of whom eight grew to maturity:
Catharine, Elizabeth, Leonard, Sarah, Lydia, Rebecca, John
and Rose Ann; only three of this family are now
living. Our subject was reared on a farm and obtained
his education in the old subscription schools. In 1838
he removed to this county, where he purchased eight acres of
land at $1.25 per acre, and he still resides upon the same
to which he has added 160 acres. The old log hut which
he erected within three weeks after his arrival in the
county, is still standing, and is occupied by his son
Levi. The one in which he now lives as built in
1850. Mr. Lones was one of the six founders of
the Lutheran Church. He belonged to the old time
militia both in Franklin and Allen Counties in an early day.
He was married, Nov. 18, 1847, to Elizabeth Baker,
who was born in Perry County, Ohio, Jan. 9, 18184; she died
Jan. 4, 1884. She was the mother of twelve children:
Samuel, Mary J., Nancy (deceased), William,
Henry, Julia A. (deceased), Levi, Lucinda, Michael
(deceased), Daniel (deceased), Susan and
Aaron, all of whom except two grew to maturity.
Our subject has been a life-long supporter of the Democratic
party.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 608 |
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Ottawa Twp. -
CHARLES L. LONG, editor Daily
Republican, Lima, was born Oct. 18, 1827, in Franklin,
Warren Co., Ohio; son of Jacob and Maria M. Long,
former a native of Pennsylvania, latter of Long Island.
Jacob Long came to Ohio in 1816 with his father and
mother, Michael and Agnes Long, and settled in
Hamilton County, near Cincinnati, where Glendale now stands.
Mrs. Jacob Long was twice married, and by her first
husband had three children: Agnes, now Mrs.
Kinder; Jacob, and Charles L. our subject, who
was quite young when his father died. Mrs. Long
then married Orson Britton, by whom she had
four children: Elizabeth S.; Alma, now Mrs.
Henry Spillman; Orson; and Richard.
Our subject's mother died in 1877. Charles L. Long
received his early education at Franklin, Warren Co., Ohio.
He entered the office of the Cincinnati Gazette as an
apprentice in 1840, remaining six years, and at the breaking
out of the Mexican War he enlisted in the United States
service for one year in the First Ohio Regiment,
participating in the battles Monterey, Saltillo and other
minor engagements. He was mustered out at New Orleans
in 1847, and returned to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he followed
his trade until 1848, and then worked in a mill for a time.
In 1849 he crossed the plains to California, returning in
1851. He assisted in the opening of the Hamilton &
Dayton Railroad, on which he afterward become a conductor.
Here he remained three years, and then returned to his trade
as printer, soon after going on a farm belonging to his
mother. In 1857 he returned to Cincinnati and again
took up his trade, working at it until 1861 when he enlisted
in the late war, and as captain took a company composed of
printers into Camp Harrison, then on the organization of the
Fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry he was elected major, in which
rank he served three months. In August, 1861, he was
appointed lieutenant-colonel of the Thirty-fifth Ohio
Volunteer Infantry, which regiment he remained in command of
till July 13, 1863, when he resigned. He participated
in the battles of Perryville, Corinth, Chapel Hill, Hoover's
Gap, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Triune, Mission Ridge and
others. He afterward was the agent of the Atlantic &
Great Western Railway, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
Railroad at Dayton for several years. In 1880, after
having been engaged on the Daily Sentinel of
Indianapolis, came to Lima, and purchased the Allen
County Republican of that place, a weekly paper of which
he is editor and proprietor. In August, 1882, he
made important additions to the office, and established a
morning daily, and Mar. 5, 1884, a joint stock company was
formed of which he is president. Mr. Long was
married in 1857 to Miss Josephine Fitz Gibbons, and
to this union have been born two children, one now living:
Richard L. Our subject is a F. & A. M., a
member of the G. A. R., A. O. U. W., and of the military
order of the Loyal Legion of Pennsylvania.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 708 |
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Marion Twp. -
MINOR T. LONG, farmer and
stock-raiser, P. O. Delphos, was born in Clermont County,
Penn., Aug. 214, 1845. His parents, Jacob and
Rebecca Long, are natives of Ohio and early settlers in
this county. The subject of our sketch was reared on
the farm and has been a successful agriculturist. He
has always given a cordial support to measures tending to
the advancement of the best interests of his locality, and
has figured prominently in municipal politics, serving with
honorable reputation in the township council and the school
board of his district. During the late civil war he
did active service in McLaughlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry, from which he received an honorable discharge at
the end of the struggle. He is present commander of
Reul Post, No. 95, G. A. R. Mr. Long married in
1867 Miss Jane Tucker, daughter of Greenbury
Tucker, and to this union have been born one son and one
daughter, living: Cora E. and Delmer D.
He and his wife are members of the Methodist Church in which
he has served as an official for several years.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 648 |
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CHARLES C. LUDWIG,
farmer and teacher, P. O. Delphos, is a representative of
one of the oldest and most prominent families in Marion
Township, born in Allen County, Ohio, May 12, 1853, son of
Jacob Ludwig. His life until attaining
his majority was spent with his father on the farm,
excepting such time as was occupied in attending the
district school and one year spent in Lebanon, Ohio, and
about one year in Normal, Ill. Since then he has been
engaged as a teacher and farmer. He was married, Feb.
8, 1883, to Melissa J. Neff, who was born near
Fremont, Ohio, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Myers)
Neff, and by this union has been born one son, Lucien
Earl. Mr. Ludwig is a Master Mason of Hope
Lodge 214, at Delphos; a member of Lodge 201, I. O. O. F.,
and a member of Marion Grange 302. He has taught
twenty-four terms in the schools of Marion Township, and as
a teacher, citizen and friend is most highly esteemed and
regarded as a most enterprising, energetic and genial man.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 646 |
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Marion Twp. -
ISAAC LUDWIG,
owner of "Sunnyside" Farm, P. O. Delphos, was born in
Pickaway County, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1842, and was brought to this
county in 1849 with his people. His father, Jacob
Ludwig, a native of Pickaway County, was a son of
Jacob Ludwig, who settled in that county, coming
from Bucks County, Penn., about seventy years ago. The
subject of our sketch was reared on the farm. Upon the
breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, he enlisted in
Company B, McLauchlin's Squadron, Ohio Volunteer
Cavalry, and remained in service till the close of the war,
when he received an honor able discharge as a paroled
prisoner from Libby prison, where he had been but recently
confined. After the war he returned to farming, a
pursuit he has since been successfully engaged in.
Mr. Ludwig was united in marriage in 1866, with
Miss Sophronia J., daughter of the late Thomas
Harbaugh, of Putnam County. They have a family
of four children: Thomas J., Omar I.,
Luella and Guy. He and his wife are active
members of the Presbyterian Church of Delphos. He is a
member of Reul Post, G. A. R., Marion Grange 302, Edith
Lodge, K. of H., Hope Lodge, F. & A. M. and Delphos Chapter
105, R. A. M.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 646 |
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Richland Twp. -
BENJAMIN P. LUGIBIHL
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 768 |
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Amanda Twp. -
SAMUEL
LUTZ, farmer and stock-raiser, P. O. Allentown, one
of the substantial farmers of this township, was born in
Fairfield County, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1853, son of John and
Elizabeth Ann (Miller) Lutz, the former born in
Maryland, Jan. 13, 1820. John Lutz was married
Nov. 20, 1845, to Sarah Ann Griffith, and by this
union was born one child, Phoebe Ann (now wife of
David Brennemen of German Township, Allen Co., Ohio).
Losing this with by death July 15, 1850, he married on the
second occasion, May 1, 1851, Elizabeth Ann Miller,
who bore him four children: William M., Samuel, Sarah J.
(deceased), and George A. This wife died
Dec. 24, 1859, and he then married June 20, 1861, Sarah
J. Donner, by which union there were four children born:
Isaac N. (deceased), Louiza I., John W. and
Altha C. (deceased). John Lutz was an
influential farmer, a man of good judgment and in every
sense a self-made man. He died Feb. 22, 1873, and his
loss was deeply mourned. Having been raised on a farm,
our subject naturally chose the life of a farmer, and has
always followed agricultural pursuits. He was married
Nov. 21, 1875 to Miss Catherine, daughter of Adam
and Elizabeth (Housel) Alexander, natives of
Pennsylvania and early settlers of Allen County, now
residents of German Township. They have two sons:
Orlo E., born July 30, 1877, and Harry A., born
Dec. 4, 1880. Mr. Lutz's early recollections
are of the pioneer days in Amanda Township, where his
parents located in Oct., 1855. He still resides upon
the old home farm, where he recently erected a fine
residence and frame barn, and where he has raised stock to
considerable extent, being interested in high-grade
short-horn cattle and sheep, and Poland-China hogs.
Religiously he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. In politics he is a Republican. Mr.
Lutz inherits his father's energetic enterprising
nature, and is highly esteemed by the community, who
sympathize with him in his partial retirement from active
life on account of hip-joint disease.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 566 |
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Marion Twp. -
FRANCIS JOSEPH LYE
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 647 |
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R. K. LYTLE, banker and manufacturer,
Delphos, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1819; son
of Robert and Hannah (Knox) Lytle, former of Irish,
latter of Scotch descent. They were parents of the
following children: James, deceased, leaving a family
at St. Mary's, Ohio; Mary, who became the wife of
David Williams, both of whom are now deceased;
Edmond, residing near Sidney, Ohio; Margaret,
widow of John Walkup of Delphos ; and R. K.
The father died in 1821, the mother in 1842. The subject of
this sketch, with his mother and other members of the
family, moved to Sidney, Ohio, in 1833. In 1839 he entered
the freshman class at the Miami University, and there
remained until completing his junior year; he then began the
study of medicine with Dr. G. Volney Dorsey, an
eminent surgeon of Piqua, Ohio, where he remained one year.
But surgery being distasteful to him, he discontinued the
study of the profession and devoted his time to school
teaching until 1845, when he came to Delphos and took charge
of the general store of Hollister, Bliss & Petit,
in which capacity he continued two and a half years, when he
became a member of the firm of Hollister, Bliss
& Lytle, which continued until 1856. The
clothing and dry goods firm of Lytle & Robuck
was then formed, and existed until 1859, when it was
dissolved. The firm of R. K. Lytle & Co.,
dealers in genera] merchandise, was next established, and
was carried on until 1864, when Mr. Lytle rented his
store room and removed to Sidney, Ohio, to live a retired
life on account of poor health. Two years being spent
in retirement, Mr. Lytle became interested in the firm of
Lytle & Scott, of Delphos, which in 1873 was terminated,
owing to Mr. Scott's health. Our subject
remained in Sidney until 1872, when he returned to Delphos,
and engaged with his partner in building the Lytle
Block. In 1874, upon the organization of the
Commercial Banking Corporation, he be came president, in
which capacity he still continues. He is a director in
the Ohio Wheel Company, also a director in the Union Stave
Factory. At the request of the people of the Fifth
Congressional District, he became a candidate for Congress
upon the Republican ticket, against A. V. Rice,
receiving 8,279 votes against 13,477 for his opponent, which
was the smallest Democratic majority ever given in the
district. Mr. Lytle was thrice married, first
at St. Mary's, Ohio, in 1846, to Martha L., daughter
of Samuel Major, and by her had six children, all of
whom died young. Mrs. Lytle dying in 1864,
Mr. Lytle married, in 1866, Mary Sprague of
Wooster, Ohio, daughter of Lindol Sprague. To
this union were born two children, both of whom are living:
Lindol S. and Margaret K. The mother of
these children died in 1874.
Source: History of Allen
County, Ohio - Publ. Chicago: by Warner, Beers &
Co., 1885 - Page 647 |
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