BIOGRAPHIES

‡ Source:
Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio
Publ. by The Lewis Publishing Company
Chicago & New York
1920
Transcribed by Sharon Wick

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Mr. & Mrs. A. B. LaRowe (Photo taken on their 50th Wedding Anniversary on Dec. 25, 1919)	ALBERT BILBEE LAROWE.  Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 462
	JACOB C. LEU.    Although now living retired at Elmira, Jacob C. Leu has been very prominently identified with agricultural activities in Fulton county, and still retains valuable farm lands in this region.  He was born on a farm three miles east of Elmira on Apr. 29, 1867, a son of Bernhardt and Anna (Wanner) Leu.      While still a young man Bernhardt Leu left Switzerland, where he was born and reared, and came to the United States, arriving here in 1854 and locating in German Township, Fulton county, Ohio, found employment working at his trade of a carpenter.  Marrying in 1865, he decided to found a permanent home and bought eighty acres of land in German Township, on which he spent the remainder of his life, which was terminated by death in 1900.  He returned to Switzerland twice for the purpose of visiting his parents, but both times came back to his American interests.  His widow survived him until 1910, when she too passed away.  They had two children, namely: Jacob C. and George A., the latter of whom lives at Archbold, Ohio.      Until he was sixteen years old Jacob C. Leu attended King School, District No. 1, although only a few months each year during the winter season, for he had to work on the farm the rest of the time.  Farming was different in those days from what it is now, when machinery does so much of the work that then had to be carried on by hand, and the farmer boys could not be spared during the months when the crops had to be planted, cultivated and harvested, and so the majority of them received but scant educational training, but they made the most of their opportunities.      Mr. Leu was united in marriage with Katy Baumgardner, a daughter of Samuel and Barbara Baumgardner, and she died in 1898, leaving two daughters and one son.  After her death in 1900, Mr. Leu was married to Rebecca Lininger, a daughter of John J. and Katie (Krauss) Leininger, of Archbold, Ohio.  Mr. and Mrs. Leu have three children, namely:  Ruth Leuetta and Lillian Irene, who are living, and Cora Edith, who died in May, 1905, when twenty months old.      After his first marriage Mr. Leu conducted the home farm for two years, and then spent five years on the Baumgardner farm.  In 1898 Mr. Leu returned to his family homestead and farmed it for two years, when he went back to the Baumgardner farm and conducted it for eleven years.  He then retired from farm life, but still owns 125 acres of valuable land.  Moving to Elmira, he conducted a grocery in that village for a year, when he decided to give up all business interests and enjoy the fruits of his labors.  His handsome residence at Elmira is owned by him and is one of the best in the place.      Strong in his support of the democratic party, he was elected on its ticket a trustee of German Township and was re-elected twice, serving in all for nine years.  He was also on the School Board of that same township for four years, and for the same length of time was chairman of the Farmers' Institute of German Township.  During the late war he was a member of the War Chest Committee of German Township; of the Fourth and Victory Loan Committees and also the War Savings Committee, and rendered his government valuable service through his patriotic endeavors.  Mr. Leu, in addition to his farm, owns stock in the Mutual Telephone Company, and has served on some of its committees.  A man of unusual ability, he has directed his efforts toward securing for his community the benefits of new ideas in civic reform and government, and is proud of the progress already made, and hopeful of still further advancement. ‡ Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 531
	MILLARD LEWIS now living at Fayette, has had an active association with the business interests of that town for over a third of a century. The work for which he is best remembered was his long service as local express agent, though he was also interested in the newspaper business, local manufacturing and in other lines, and the net results of his life make up a very satisfactory record.      Mr. Lewis was born in Gorham Township of Fulton County November 24, 1854. His parents, George and Mary (Davis) Lewis, were early settlers in Fulton County during the decades of the forties. His father was born at Boston, Massachusetts, and his mother in Seneca County, New York. George Lewis for many years was a farmer in Gorham Township, and died March 30, 1891, at the age of seventy four, being survived by his widow until May 27, 1915, when she was eighty seven years of age. Millard is the oldest of their children. The daughters, Clara and Ida, still live on the old homestead farm. Another daughter is Jennie, and the other son, William D. is also on the homestead.      Millard Lewis acquired a common school education and at the age of twenty began learning the printer's trade from L. D. Lyon, then publisher of the local newspaper at Fayette. After working at his trade for a time Mr. Lewis bought an interest in the Fayette Record, and was associated with G. W. Griffin in that journalistic enterprise for about nineteen years. In the meantime he had become local express agent, and this work was preformed by him in Fayette for over thirty years, during which time he successfully represented the American, United States and Wells Fargo Companies. Besides his association with Mr. Griffin in the newspaper business there were also partners in an excelsior factory and in a collection agency, and for a few years did some fire insurance business. Mr. Lewis since 1915, when he gave up his post as express agent, has been practically retired from business.      During his early career he was elected and served two terms as justice of the peace, but resigned that office on account of the press of business duties. Later, he served two terms as a member of the Fayette Council. Mr. Lewis is a Republican. December 13, 1882, he married Miss Mary Saunders, who was born in Mill Creek Township of Williams County, daughter of Samuel and Anna (Rhodes) Saunders. Her father was a native of England and her mother of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have two sons, Floyd E. and Earl D. Floyd lives at Hillsdale, Michigan, where he is division freight agent of the New York Central Railway. His married Bessie Cole. Earl is a jeweler and engraver at Jackson, Michigan, and married Clela Funk. Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 159 Contributed By: Bob Weaver
	JOSEPH LUMBREZER,  The Lumbrezer family history reverts to Lucas county, and Joseph Lumbrezer of Fulton Township was born Apr. 20, 1880, in Spencer Township.  He is a son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Ruple) Lumbrezer, the father born in Switzerland but the mother was a native of Lucas county.  In 1854 Peter Lumbrezer and his family came from Switzerland and located in Spencer Township, and Thomas Lumbrezer and his family are still residents of Lucas county.  The children are: Katie, wife of Edward Langender, of Richfield Township; Peter, of Spencer Township; Joseph, who crossed the line into Fulton county; Lawrence, of Fulton Township; Anthony of Richfield Township; Louis, of Spencer Township; Anthony, of Richfield Township; Louis, of Spencer Township; Clarence, at home; and May, who died in young womanhood.      When Joseph Lumbrezer was sixteen years old he began working by the month and continued it for seven seasons.  On May 13, 1913,  he married Margaret Matilda Bauer.  She was born in Amboy Township.  She is a daughter of Nicholas and Catharine (Gerton) Bauer, who came from Germany.  After his marriage Mr. Lumbrezer settled on a farm of forty acres he owned in Richfield Township, Lucas county.  In the spring of 1910 he sold the Lucas county farm and bought ninety-seven acres where he lives in Fulton Township.  He lives on the Fulton-Lucas county line, and in 1917 he bought fifty-four acres in Lucas county, in front of his house.      The Lumbrezer children are:  Frederick, Milan and Raymond.  Mr. Lumbrezer is a democrat.  The family are members of the Catholic Church at Caraghar and he is a Catholic Knight. Source: Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio - by The Lewis Publishing Company - Chicago & New York - 1920 - Page 186

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