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Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio
including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
Published at Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1899.
Transcribed by
Sharon Wick
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FRANK
W. REITER. The popular sheriff of Henry county,
Ohio, F. W. Reiter, was born Oct. 18, 1863, a son of
Charles and Mary (Herkey) Reiter.
Michael Reiter, his
grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, but removed to Henry
county, Ohio, with his family about 1852, and there made his
home until his death, which occurred in 1868. His son,
Charles Reiter, was born near Allentown,
Pennsylvania, and when he came to Henry county settled about
one mile east of Napoleon, where he carried on farming, and
also engaged to some extent in surveying. He became
prominent in the political work of the county and held
several responsible positions. He was deputy county
clerk for a time, and gave such satisfaction that at the
next regular election he was elected clerk, and in 1869 he
was elected sheriff of the county, assuming the duties of
the office in January, 1870, and continuing in same until
his death, which occurred Jan. 30, 1872.
He married Mary Herkey, a native of Germany, and
became the father of three children who grew to maturity:
Frank W.; Clara, who married Samuel W. Long,
of Vanwert, Ohio, and died leaving one child - Clara E.;
and Sarah, wife of John McGinley of
Mungen, Wood county, Ohio. The father was also greatly
interested in matters educational, and served as one of the
school examiners for many years; he was, himself, highly
educated, being a graduate of Heidelberg College, at Tiffin,
Ohio, also of several other institutions, and from his keen
insight in the political questions of the times might also
be termed a political scholar.
Frank W. Reiter was educated in the high school
of Napoleon, and at the age of twenty-one left the
schoolroom and engaged in agricultural pursuits on the old
homestead. Here he remained, quietly attending to his
own affairs until in January, 1897, he was called from the
farm to assume the duties of sheriff of Henry county.
At the time of his election to his present office he was
serving his township as clerk. He has always taken a
keen interest in the work of the Democratic party, in
principles of which he places implicit confidence. For
many years Mr. Reiter was a member of the Ohio
National Guard, enlisting as a private and so serving until
the end of his first year; then for one year he was
corporal, and for two yeas second lieutenant. From
second lieutenant he was promoted to first lieutenant, which
rank he held for eleven years, resigning only when elected
to his present office of sheriff, as the duties of the two
positions might at times be found conflicting. Mr.
Reiter is also prominent in musical circles, and for
eighteen years he has belonged to the Napoleon Cornet Band,
in which he plays the baritone.
On Oct. 31, 1895, Mr. Reiter was united in
marriage with Miss Mary E. Ice, who was born June 11,
1875, a daughter of Miner and Rebecca Ice, of
Napoleon. One daughter, Dorothea, born Aug. 10,
1896, has blessed this union: In his fraternal
relations Mr. Reiter belongs to Lodge No. 156, F. &
A. M., and to the K. P. of Napoleon No. 284. The
family are quite prominent socially, and have made many
friends during their residence in Napoleon.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
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FREDERICK
ROTHENBERGER. The foreign-born residents of
this section constitute a most desirable class of citizens,
and the subject of this biography represents by his thrift,
enterprise and public spirit, the best elements of the
German race.
Mr. Rothenberger was born Aug. 19, 1837, in Wurtemberg,
Germany, the son of Jacob F. and Hannah (Stuber)
Rothenberger, and the first four years of his life were
spent in the Fatherland. During this period his mother
died, and some time in the forties the father came to
America with his children, locating first in Medina county,
Ohio, where he spent eight years, and later, after residing
for four years in Defiance county, he settled permanently in
Flat Rock township, Henry county, where his death occurred
in May, 1892. Our subject is the second in a family of
three children, two sons and one daughter viz.: Henry,
Frederick and Fredericka.
As Mr. Rothenberger, our subject, accompanied his
father in his various changes of residence, he came to Henry
county when about seventeen years old, and he has ever since
made his home there. He has always been engaged in
farming, and now owns a fine homestead of three hundred and
twenty acres in Flat Rock township, his comfortable and
attractive buildings and other improvements showing
judicious and liberal management. As a public-spirited
citizen he takes an active part in all progressive movements
in his locality, and he has been especially interested in
educational advancement, having served for some time as a
member of the board of education. In politics he is a
Democrat, and he is prominent in township affairs, having
held the office of trustee for abut thirteen years, and that
of treasurer for two years. He and his wife are
leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which
he has held numerous official positions, and he also belongs
to the Maumee Valley Pioneer Association, and the Monumental
Pioneer Association of the Maumee Valley.
On March 9, 1862, Mr. Rothenberger was married in Flat
Rock township, Henry county, to Miss Eliza DeLong.
Seven children have blessed this union, viz.: Alva,
Harry, Jennie (wife of O. J. McCrillis),
Frederick, Carrie, Emanuel and Lillian.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
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GEORGE RUSSELL. In
studying the lives and characters of the prominent men of
any community, we are naturally led to inquire into the
secret of their success and the motives that prompted their
action. Success is a question of genius, as held by many,
but probably it is rather a matter of experience and sound
judgment, for when we trace the career of those who stand
highest in public esteem, we find in nearly every case that
they are those who have risen gradually, fighting their way
in the face of all opposition. Self-reliance,
conscientiousness, energy, honesty—these are the traits of
character that insure the greatest success, and to these may
we attribute the success that has crowned the efforts of Mr.
Russell, ex-county auditor of Henry county.
Born in Hancock county, Ohio, April 4, 1850, our
subject is a son of William and Eliza (Taylor) Russell, the
former born in Jefferson county, Ohio, April 14, 1826, the
latter in Washington county, Pennsylvania, November 8, 1827.
The father is still living, but the mother died in Findlay,
Ohio, April 8, 1895. In their family were nine children:
George, Martha J., John W., William T., Sarah C, Alfred E.,
Robert B., Charles, and one that died in infancy.
Upon his fathers farm George Russell grew to manhood,
and on leaving home in 1871, he located upon a farm in
Blanchard township, Putnam county, Ohio, where he lived
until 1874. He then returned to Hancock county, but in the
spring of 1879 we find him a resident of Monroe township,
Henry county, living upon the farm which has since been his
home. In addition to farming he successfully engaged in
school teaching from the fall of 1868 until the spring of
1888, with the exception of one winter. His fine farm
comprises two hundred and thirty acres of rich and arable
land, which he has placed under a high state of cultivation
and improved with good and substantial buildings, including
a well-appointed residence.
In Hancock county, Ohio, Mr. Russell was married August
4, 1870, to Miss Sarah E. Van Horn, a native of that county,
where she taught school previous to her marriage. Her
father, James M. Van Horn, was born in Bucks county,
Pennsylvania, January 11, 1829, while her mother, Mrs. Mary
(Morehart) Van Horn, is a native of Fairfield county, Ohio.
Both are still living and continue to reside in Hancock
county. Their children are Sarah E., Harriet, W. S., Martha
J., James F., Iro C, Elma F., Melinda A., Abraham L. and
Ralph. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Russell,
namely: Glen R., who died at the age of thirteen years;
Arthur R., who is now a physician and surgeon at Napoleon,
Ohio; Mary E., wife of Charles M. Burr; Florence, a teacher
of Henry county; Martha J.; Roscoe G.; William J.; Grove V.;
Forest S.; and Jessie R.
While faithfully attending to his private affairs, Mr.
Russell has never neglected his duties of citizenship, and
has taken an active and prominent part in public life. In
1885 he was elected justice of the peace in Monroe township,
and in the fall of 1887 was elected auditor of Henry county,
serving in that capacity for a term of three years. He
represented the Fifth District on the State Republican
Central Committee in 1891, and the Sixth District in the
following year. On February 1, 1891, he purchased the "Henry
County Signal," which he published for four years, and then
sold. In April, 1892, he was appointed postmaster of
Napoleon, but after serving for two years and five months he
was removed by President Cleveland for political reasons,
Mr. Russell being an uncompromising Republican. He is now a
member of both the Central and Executive Republican
Committees, and does all in his power to insure the success
of his party and advance its interests. With his wife and
five children he holds membership in the Church of Christ,
and is quite prominent in all Church and Sunday-school work.
Socially he is a member of Morrison R. Waite Lodge, No. 284,
K. P.
Doctor Arthur R. Russell, the eldest living son of our
subject, was graduated in May, 1898, from the Eclectic
Medical Institute of Cincinnati. He was married July 6,
1898, to Miss Sarah Welsted, of Napoleon, who for four years
was a teacher in the Holgate Union schools.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of Northwestern Ohio including the counties of Defiance, Henry, Williams & Fulton.
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