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HISTORY OF ERIE CO., OHIO
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
of Some of its Prominent Men and Pioneers
Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich
Published, Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -
1889
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HENRY P. LANGE, Kelley's
Island, was born on Kelley's Island, May 9, 1861, and was a
son of Henry and Balbina (Riedy) Lange, who were
married in Erie county and had a family of five children,
four of whom are now living: Caroline, now Mrs.
Fred. Westerhold; Josephine, now Mrs.
Andrews; Henry and Frances. Balbina
was born in Baden, and her husband in Germany, on March 25,
1830. He came to America in 1838, and died at Sandusky in
December, 1885, leaving a widow and four children. He was
prominent in organizing Company K, of the 130th Regiment of
the 100-day call, and served as second lieutenant, always
being found at his post of duty. He became engaged in
growing grapes, and was one of the first to begin the
manufacture of wine, a business in which his son, Henry is
now engaged, having a capacity for making 40,000 gallons.
Mr. Lange erected his saloon and hotel in 1880.
Henry P. Lange was married October 24, 1882, to
Emma Hauser, who was born on Kelley's Island,
January 28, 1862. They have a family of three children :
Albert Happy, Frank and Charles. Mr.
Lange has held the office of clerk of the island, and
also trustee.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 596 |
WILLIAM V. LATHAM,
Sandusky, a retired merchant tailor of Sandusky, was born in
Windsor, Hartford county, Conn., in 1827. In 1848 he became
engaged in the merchant tailoring business in Springfield,
Mass., and in 1850 settled in Sandusky, in the same branch
of trade. He has also taken a large interest in the
horticultural business, and is now one of the largest
producers of peaches, grapes and other fruits, having no
acres under cultivation. His market is principally south and
west. He was married in 1855 to Mary
Bouton,
who was born in Fairfield, Conn. They have had two
children, Frank and Louisa.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 596 |
BARTLEY, LAVIN, Perkins,
Sandusky p. o., was born in Roscommon county, Ireland, in
1835, and was a son of Bartley and Bridget Lavin, who died
in Ireland, leaving two sons and five daughters: John,
Bartley, Sarah, Margaret, Mary, Ellen and Bridget.
Bridget married in Ireland and died, leaving a family
of four children. The remainder all came to America in 1855.
Mary and Ellen settled in Ontario county, N.
Y. The other members of the family settled in Erie county,
O., in 1858. In 1868 Bartley Lavin purchased
his present homestead of 40 acres. He was married in 1872 to
Mary Dailey, who was born in Canada in 1842.
Mary Dailey was a daughter of Patrick
and Mary (Morrissey) Dailey, of
County Cork, Ireland. His wife died in Canada, and
Patrick settled in Erie county in 1868, where he died in
1882, leaving three daughters and two sons: Daniel
and Patrick, Bridget, Mary and Ellen.
Bartley Lavin enlisted in Company B, 3d
Ohio Cavalry, in 1864, and served to the close of the war,
when he was discharged, August 4, 1865, at Columbus. He now
receives a pension of $24 per month.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 597 |
JACOB LAY, JR., Sandusky,
was born in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1847, and was a son of
Jacob and Mary (Balsmaier) Lay. Jacob, sr ,
was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1804, and died in 1849, and
his widow in 1883. They were married in Sandusky, and had a
family of three sons : Henry, Jacob and John.
Jacob, sr., was an early settler and a brewer by trade.
Jacob, jr. was married in 1883 to Mary
Yeckley, of Erie county. The two brothers, Jacob
and John, became engaged in the freezing and shipping
of fish in 1881, giving employment to a large force of men
during their busy season. They own their own tugs and twine.
They also do a general towing and wrecking business.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 597 |
JOHN LAY, Sandusky, of the firm
of Lay Brothers, wholesale dealers in fresh
and salted fish, and engaged in the freezing and shipping of
the same, also a general towing and wrecking business, was
born in 1849, just after the death of his father. He became
engaged in the fish business at an early age, and in 1881
embarked in the general business with his brother, Jacob,
forming the firm of Lay Brothers, which is now
classed among the most successful in trade. He was married
in 1882 to Mary Mader, who was born in Erie
county. He was a son of Jacob and Mary
(Balsmaier) Lay. Jacob, sr.
died in 1849, and his widow in 1883. They left a family of
three sons, John, Jacob and Henry.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 597 |
MOSES LEBENSBURGER,
Sandusky, a retired clothing merchant and dealer in gents'
furnishing goods, was born in Bavaria, Germany, December 10,
1813, and came to America in 1840. He visited several
States, and at last decided to settle in Sandusky, whence he
came in 1857, when he became engaged in the clothing
business in company with Mr. Monott, which
firm continued until 1875, when Mr. Lebensburger
took the business, and in 1878 his son became his partner,
and in 1880 Moses retired and his son became his
successor. Mr. Lebensburger was married in
1852 to Caroline Monott, at Dayton, O. They
have had a family of seven children: Jennie, Meyer,
Abraham, Fannie, Bertha, Ella and Joseph.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 597 |
CHARLES LEBER, Oxford,
Prout p. o., a general farmer of Oxford township, was born
in Nassau, Germany, in 1834, and was a son of Philip and
Mary Leber, who had a family of one son and five
daughters. The parents and one daughter died in Germany. The
other five children came to America: Charles, Philopena,
Caroline, Johanna and Louisa. Charles came to
America in 1852 and settled in Oxford township, Ohio, where
he became engaged in farming. He was married in 1852 to
Mary Buderus, who died leaving one son, Charles, jr.
His second wife was Magdalena Buderus, to whom
he was married in 1855. They have had a family of nine
children: Amelia, Julius, Magdalena, Philip, William,
John, Lewis, Jacob and Edward. Mrs. Leber
was a daughter of Philip Buderus. Mr.
Leber purchased his present homestead in 1866. It
then consisted of 141 acres, for which he paid $35 per acre.
He now has 321 acres of finely cultivated ground and fine
farm buildings. He has been trustee of the town and also
held other minor town and district offices.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 598 |
CHARLES A. LEHRER,
Sandusky, a druggist and prescriptionist, and dealer in
fancy goods, was born in Sandusky in 1859, and was a son of
Rev. John George and Stisan (Knab Crouenwett) Lehrer.
They were married at Monroe, Mich , and had a family of
eight children. Rev. John settled in Sandusky about
1856, as a clergyman, and became pastor of the German
Lutheran Church, pastor and teacher of their school, as on
his first settling here they had their own school. He was
born in 1828, and died in 1879. His widow had by her first
husband one son, Nathaniel Crouenwett. jr., and the
children of her second marriage are: Caroline, Charles
A., Sophia, George, Emma, Susan, Willie and Minnie. George
and Charles are druggists, and Willie is
engaged in the railroad interest. Charles A. was a
graduate of pharmacy in the class of 1879 at Cincinnati, and
commenced the drug business in 1882.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 598 |
MORRIS LINK, Sandusky, a
manufacturer of grape wine, was born in Baden, Germany, in
1832, and came to the United States in 1851, visited Chicago
and settled in Sandusky the same year. Here he found
employment in a grocery store, and in 1853 became foreman in
the Mad River Railroad warehouse, where he continued for
twenty-nine and a half years, when he resigned to attend to
his real estate business. In 1862 he became engaged in the
culture of grapes, and in 1864 became engaged in the
manufacture of wine. He now has capacity for producing
50,000 gallons, and a vineyard of sixteen acres. In 1870 he
erected the Link Block, and became engaged in the dry
goods business. He was married in 1855 to Theresa
Kramer, of Baden. She died in 1857, leaving one
daughter, Mary. He was married the second time, in
1859, to Mary N. Willi, who was born in Switzerland.
They have a family of six children now living : Frank,
Charles, Josephine, Theresa, Morris, jr. and
Caroline. Morris Link was a son of John
Link of Bavaria. Three of his children came to
America, Erhard, Paulina and Morris.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 598 |
WILLIAM LOOS, Oxford, Milan
p. o., was born in Nassau, Germany, in 1823, and was a son
of John and Dora (Billenbauck) Loos. William
emigrated to America in 1849, and settled in Erie county,
where he found employment on a farm. He was married in 1853
to Ellen Fisher, who was born in
Northumberland county, Pa. She died December 18, 1885,
leaving a family of five children : James and Jane,
(twins) Mary, William, jr. and Anna. They
settled in Oxford, Erie county, O., in 1853. Mr.
Loos purchased his homestead farm of ninety one acres in
1855, for which he paid $100 per acre. Jane was
married in 1875, to Philip Deitz; Mary in
1880, to Charles Frank, and Anna in
1887, to John Hooffmann.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 599 |
DR. MARO J. LOVE, Oxford,
Bloomingville, p. o., physician and surgeon, was born in
Coshocton, O., 1848. He received his education at the
Baldwin University, and graduated from the pharmacy
department in 1868, and read medicine with Dr.
Johnson, of Roscoe. He attended lectures at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and also attended the
Long Island college hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y. He was
graduated in 1871, and located at Keene, Coshocton county.
In 1879 he came to Bloomingville, where he has an extensive
practice. He was appointed a member of the board of pension
surgeons of Sandusky, 0.,and secretary of the same, being
appointed by President Arthur, which position
he retained through the Cleveland administration. He was
married in 1874 to Carrie E. De Lamatre, of
North Monroeville, a daughter of Belding and
Elizabeth De Lamatre. They have two
sons: Clayton and Clifford.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 599 |
WILLIAM LUCAL, Perkins,
Sandusky p. o., was born in Ellershausen, Dreis Frankenberg,
Kuhressen, Germany, November 11, 1805. He emigrated to
America and settled in Juniata county, Pa., in 1840. He was
married in 1845 to Katherine Leis, who was
born in Germany. He then settled in Perkins, Erie county,
O., in 1846, where he purchased his present home, consisting
of twenty-five acres of land, for which he paid $500. It
being all forest and brush, he, by industry and close
economy, had it soon cleared and ready for cultivation. In
those days they had no horses or farming implements, but
oxen instead, to do the work. Fortune favored him and he
soon had a comfortable home. They have a family of seven
children. Mary, the oldest, was married December 20,
1866, to John Bier, who is of German birth. He
served in the civil war, and at its close received an
honorable discharge. After the close of the war he became
engaged in business as a contractor and builder. They have a
family of nine children : Lula, Katie, Dora,
George, Clara, Edith, Lizzie,
Edna and Irma. Henry, the second, a
farmer, was married in 1874 to Sophia Knight.
They have six children : Charles, Lydia, George, Henry,
jr., Martha and Alta. Louisa, the third, was
married in 1870 to Henry Py, a mason by trade. They
have four children : Mary, Lizzie, Lena
and Willie. Conrad, the fourth, a farmer, was
married in 1885 to Mary Minor. They have one
child,. Warren Lynn. George, the fifth,
a farmer, was married in 1885 to Emma Miles.
They have two children : Willie and Henry.
Israel, the sixth, who is still single, makes his home
with his brother George. In the year 1871 he was so
unfortunate as to have his foot caught in the reaper, nearly
severing that member, but by the aid of Dr. Silvia,
a skillful physician, he soon became able to use it again.
Maggie, the seventh, was married in 1883 to Albert
Wiedle, a farmer. They have three children : Edith,
Walter and Edgar.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 600 |
LLOYD A. LYMAN, Sandusky,
was born in Worcester, Mass., in 1823, and was a son of
Luther and Sarah (Monroe) Lyman. Lloyd A.
received a common school education, and afterwards worked
with his father, learning the blacksmith trade. He settled
in Sandusky in 1853, where he became superintendent of the
Fulton Car Works in 1857. He then became engaged in the
mercantile business, but later sold out and became engaged
in general furniture trade, doing business under the firm
name of Lyman & Hubbard. In 1873 he became
sole proprietor, and in 1878 retired from that business. He
was elected city commissioner in 1879 and 1880. He became
engaged in the ice business in 1880. He was married in
January, 1850, to Helen A. Lees, of Massachusetts,
They have had a family of four children : Cora, now
Mrs. Marshall; Alice H., now Mr.
Barker; Lloyd E., and Mary L., a graduate
of the High School, and now engaged as a teacher there. Mr.
Lyman was made captain of Company A, formed in 1863,
which, in August, 1863, was organized in a battalion, and
afterwards consolidated with the 145th Regiment. Mr.
Lyman was made lieutenant-colonel. They served on the
one hundred-day call, and were mustered out at Camp Chase.
Source: History of Erie County, Ohio - Published,
Syracuse, N. Y. - by D. Mason & Co., Publishers -1889 - Page 600 |
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