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Biographies
Source:
A Biographical History
of
Preble County, Ohio.
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Compendium of National Biography
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Illustrated
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Chicago
The Lewis Publishing Company
1900
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DETRICK S. GLANDER.
There is no element in our complex national fabric which has
contributed in a larger measure to industrial stability and
legitimate progress than that furnished by the German
fatherland, and as a worthy representative of this sterling
stock we revert with satisfaction to a review of the genealogy
and personal accomplishments of him whose name appears above.
Though not a native of America, he is thoroughly “to the manner
born,” having been but eight years of age when his parents
emigrated from the fatherland to America.
Mr. Glander was born in the province of
Brunswick, Germany, on the 20th of May, 1843, the son of
Ludeke and Adeline (Shumaker) Glander, both of whom were of
sterling old German lineage. The father located in Lanier
township and our subject grew to maturity at the old home,
receiving his educational discipline in the common schools.
Detailed mention of his parents is made in the sketch of John
B. Glander, appearing elsewhere in this work, and to the
same we would refer the reader. Our subject remained at
the parental home until the death of his father, after which he
associated himself with John Meyer in the purchase
of the homestead farm, comprising eighty acres, and being
described as the east one-half of the northwest quarter of
section 13, Lanier township, Preble county. The gentlemen
thereafter were associated in farming operations for three
years, when Mr. Glander married and thereupon
disposed of his interest in the property to his partner.
In 1870 he effected the purchase of his present fine farm of one
hundred and twenty-eight acres, locating upon the property
within the following year and having over since continued to
reside here, the farm being located on section 14, Lanier
township. Here Mr. Glander successfully
carries on diversified farming, raising wheat, corn and tobacco,
and for three years he also operated a threshing machine,
beginning in 1878.
On the 20th of November, 1870, was celebrated the
marriage of Mr. Glander and Miss Martha
J. Ryder, a daughter of T. F. Ryder, to whom specific
reference is made on another page of this volume, and of this
union eleven children have been born, namely: Annie,
David, John, Effie, Wilbert,
Catherine, Joseph, Verna, Celia,
Orpha and Naomi.
In his political proclivities our subject renders a
stanch allegiance to the Republican party and its principles.
He served several terms as a member of the school board, and has
ever manifested a lively interest in the cause of popular
education. Mrs. Glander is a devoted member
of the Reformed church, and the family are held in high esteem
in the community, contributing their quota to all that tends to
conserve the progress and prosperity of the locality.
Source: A Biographical History of
Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published 1900 - Page 437 |
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HENRY S. GLANDER.
One of the leading and influential farmers of Lanier township,
Preble county, Henry S. Glander is noted among the worthy
citizens that Germany has furnished to the Buckeye state.
He is a native of the dukedom of Brunswick and was born at
Bremen on the 2d of February, 1838. The first thirteen
years of his life he spent in the fatherland and his education
was acquired in the schools of that country and in America.
Early in life he was taught the value of industry and during the
summer of his fourteenth year he began to earn his own
livelihood by picking wool in the woolen mill owned by Martin
Fouts. The following summer he worked in his
uncle’s distillery, and during the years 1854-5 he was employed
as a farm hand by George Wagoner. When his
father removed to a farm in 1856, Mr. Glander went
with his parents to the new home and there assisted in the
labors of field and meadow for five years, after which he found
employment as a teamster for his uncle Detrick, in whose
service he remained for two years and five months. On the
expiration of that period he began farming on his own account,
as a renter, and so continued until the fall of 1870, when he
purchased eighty-two and a half acres of land on section 23,
Lanier township, where he now resides. With his young wife
he removed to the new home, and as his financial resources
increased he extended the boundaries of his farm by the purchase
of an adjoining thirty acres, so that his present property
comprises a little more than one hundred and eleven acres.
His is one of the well improved places of the county, its fields
are under a high state of cultivation and good buildings shelter
the grain and stock. A substantial and attractive brick
residence adds to the value of the place and everything is
modern and kept in good repair. In past years Mr.
Glander has given considerable attention to the breeding
and raising of horses and hogs and this industry has proved a
remunerative one. On the 5th of May, 1865, Mr.
Glander married Miss Mary Ryder, a daughter of
John and Hannah (Gebhart) Ryder.
Their marriage has been blessed with six children: Laura L.,
the wife of John Unger, of Jackson township,
Montgomery county; Thomas F., at home; Elvia, wife
of John Voge, of West Alexandria, Ohio; Clara
B., the wife of Minford D. Johnson, of Lanier
township, and Lucy R. and Ruth O., at home.
In his political affiliations Mr. Glander is a
Democrat, supporting national Democratic candidates, although in
local elections he votes without regard to political ties.
He has served as a member of the school board for a number of
years and the cause of education has found in him a warm friend.
He and his family are members of the Lutheran church and during
the past decade he has been a trustee of the church and has been
a deacon or elder for a number of years. He co-operates in
all movements that he believes calculated to promote the
intellectual, material, social and moral development of his
community and is a public spirited and progressive citizen who
ranks among the representative men of Lanier township by reason
of his straightforward methods of business and his fidelity to
duty in all life’s relations.
Source: A Biographical History of
Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published 1900 - Page 452 |
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JOHN B. GLANDER.
John B. Glander has long been actively connected with
agricultural interests in Preble county. He was born in
the dukedom of Brunswick, Germany, Sept. 3, 1835, a son of
Ludeke and Adeline (Shumaker) Glander. His
great-grandfather was John Glander, who was an
only son. The grandfather of our subject also bore the
name of John Glander, and was born in the dukedom
of Brunswick, in 1774. He married Rebecca
Kahlenbeck, who was born in the same locality in 1779.
His death occurred in 1850, while his wife passed away in 1857.
They belonged to one of the wealthy and influential families of
their section of Germany and the farm which they owned was an
extensive one, which had been in possession of the Glander
family for many generations.
Six of their sons emigrated to America. John,
the eldest, crossed the Atlantic in the early ’30s, locating in
Preble county, where he built and operated a distillery, located
on the Eaton and Dayton pike, then known as the Cumberland pike,
and on the present site of the Claypoole mill. There he
engaged in the manufacture of whiskey until 1857, when the
distillery was destroyed by fire. Henry and
Detrich Glander, two other sons of the family, came
to the United States about 1837 and built a distillery on Banta
Fork, two miles south of West Alexandria. There they
conducted an extensive business, furnishing employment to many
workmen up to the time of the breaking out of the civil war,
when the enterprise became unprofitable and they retired from
the trade.
It was in the year 1851 that Ludeke Glander, the
father of our subject, bade adieu to home and friends in Germany
and sailed for the United States. He landed at New
Orleans, on the 28th of November, and after a ten-days trip on
the river arrived at Cincinnati, Ohio, whence he made his way by
train to Hamilton and from there by wagon to Preble county.
On his arrival here he took up his abode on Banta Fork, in
Lanier township, and through the five succeeding years worked
for his brothers, Henry and Detrich, making his
home with the latter. His wife had died in Germany, and in
1856, when his daughter had reached an age sufficient to assume
the care of the household, he purchased a farm of eighty acres
in Lanier township and removed with his family to his new home,
where he resided until his death. He was a member of the
Lutheran church and in his political affiliations was a
Democrat. His sterling worth won for him the high regard
of all with whom he came in contact and he was known as one of
the valued residents of his community. His wife, who was
born in the dukedom of Brunswick, in 1808, passed away on the
18th of October, 1849. She was a daughter of Selka and
Hadwick Shumaker and belonged to one of the old and wealthy
families of that section of Germany, where her parents lived and
died. Mr. and Mrs. Glander became the parents of
five children, all of whom are yet living, namely: John B.
Henry S., a farmer of Lanier township, Preble county;
Detrich S., also an agriculturist of Lanier township;
Rebecca, who resides in Montgomery county; and Annie,
the wife of John Meyer, a farmer of Lanier
township.
Mr. Glander, whose name introduces this
review, spent the first sixteen years of his life in the
Fatherland and acquired his education in the parochial schools
of that country. He then came to America and on his
arrival here began working in his uncle Detrich’s
distillery, where he was employed for thirteen years. On
the 14th of February, 1865, he was united in marriage to Miss
Margaret Lehmkuhl, a native of Hanover, Germany,
who came to America with her mother when a child of eleven
years, her father having died in Germany. The year of
their emigration was 1848. The mother and daughter took up
their abode in Preble county, living with Richard
Myers, an uncle of Mrs. Glander. After
their marriage our subject and his wife resided upon the
Myers homestead, where the uncle also made his home
until his death in 1874. He then willed his farm of eighty
acres to Mrs. Glander and our subject has since
engaged in the cultivation of the land, to which he added a
tract of fifty-two acres in 1868. In 1879 he also
purchased ninety-one acres, situated on section 10, Lanier
township, on the West Alexandria and Winchester pike, where his
son, Richard, now resides. In his farming
operations our subject has been very successful and is. regarded
as one of the substantial citizens of his community. Unto
Mr. and Mrs. Glander have been born
seven children: Harmon, a prominent merchant of West
Alexandria; Richard, who is living on his father’s farm;
Charles, of the firm of Oxer & Glander,
general merchants of West Alexandria; Adeline; George
and Caroline, twins, the former on the home farm and the
latter in the store of Oxer & Glander; and
Frederick, who also assists in the operation of the home
farm. Mr. Glander has provided well for his
children, aiding all to gain a good start as they reached years
of maturity. He is a member of the Lutheran church and for
twenty-five years has served either as deacon or trustee in the
church. He votes with the Democracy, but is not strictly
partisan and has never sought or desired office, although he has
been solicited to become a candidate for the office of township
trustee. As a citizen he is public spirited and
progressive and withholds his support from no movement or
measure which he believes will promote the general welfare.
The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and he does
all in his power to advance public progress. His success
in life has been the reward of his own efforts. He entered
upon his business career without capital, has worked his way
steadily upward and has overcome obstacles and difficulties in
his path by determined and resolute purpose. His life
stands in exemplification of what may be accomplished in this
land of the free by those who are resolute and determined.
Source: A Biographical History of
Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published 1900 - Page 432 |
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RICHARD L. GLANDER.
Richard L. Glander was born in Lanier township, Preble
county, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1865, and is a son of John B. Glander,
of whom mention is made in this volume. Mr.
Glander carries on agricultural pursuits on section 10,
Lanier township, being one of the enterprising and wide-awake
farmers of his community. He was reared to manhood under
the parental roof, early becoming familiar with the labors of
field and meadow, and in the district schools he acquired his
education. Throughout his entire life he has carried on
agricultural pursuits. At the time of his marriage he
located on the farm where he now resides, on section 10, Lanier
township, and has since devoted his energies to the cultivation
and improvement of the land, which, in return for his labor,
yields to him good harvests. His farming methods are
practical and progressive and upon his place are found all
modern accessories and conveniences. He is also one of the
stockholders of the Gem Canning Company, of West Alexandria, and
is a young man of sound business judgment and of resolute
purpose.
On the 21 st of December, 1890, Mr. Glander
wedded Miss Eleanor Hildebrand, a native of West
Alexandria and a daughter of Thomas and Jennie (Baer)
Hildebrand. Her father was a native of Maryland and
when a young man came to Preble county, locating in West
Alexandria, where he was engaged in the cultivation of tobacco.
Later he made his home in various places in Preble county and is
now residing a mile and a half west of the city in which he
first located. His wife is a native of Twin township and a
daughter of Henry and Polly (Freeman) Baer, who were
early pioneer settlers of Preble county. They took up
their abode in the midst of the forest, where they entered one
hundred and sixty acres of land, the northwest quarter of
section 25. There Mr. Baer built a log
house, made a clearing and developed a good farm. Deer
were to be had in abundance at that early day and this entire
section of the state was upon the very border of civilization.
Mr. Baer bore his part in the work of development and
upbuilding and was a valued citizen of his community until his
death. His widow is still surviving, in her ninetieth
year, and yet resides upon the old homestead. The marriage
of Mr. and Mrs. Glander was blessed with one child,
Howard H., who was born June 11, 1899, but is now deceased.
In his political views our subject is a Republican and keeps
well informed on the issues of the day. Both he and his
wife are highly esteemed by all and enjoy the hospitality of the
best homes in this section of the county, the circle of their
friends being almost co-extensive with the circle of their
acquaintances.
Source: A Biographical History of
Preble County, Ohio - Illustrated - Published 1900 - Page 423 |
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