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Biographies
Source:
* Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane.
Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job Department -
1892
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Rev. William H. Lothman |
REV. WILLIAM H.
LOTHMAN, - eldest son of Ernest and Clara
Elizabeth Lothman, was born in the village of Buer,
Kingdom of Hanover, Jan. 31, 1845, at two and a half years
of age removing with parents to Cleveland, Ohio; attended
Cleveland parochial schools until confirmed, in 1858, when
he entered Concordia College, at Fort Wayne, Ind.,
graduating therefrom in 1862; then entered Concordia
University, at St. Louis, Mo., from which he was graduated
in June, 1866; August 19, of that year, ordained into the
ministry, preaching in the German Lutheran Church, of
Elyria, Lorain County and Liverpool, Medina County, on
alternate Sabbaths, six years; in August, 1872, became
pastor of Zion's Lutheran Church in Akron a fine new church
edifice, and a commodious parish school building having been
erected by the society during his pastorate. The
sketch of the church here given will show the success of his
nearly twenty years' pastorate in Akron. June 20,
1867, he was married to Miss Betty Husmann, daughter
of Rev. F. W. Husmann, of Euclid, Ohio, who has borne
him six children - Emma,. Lydia, Ida, Edwin, Gertrude,
and Clara, all still living at home. August
19, 1891, the silver anniversary of Mr. Lothman's
ministry was duly celebrated by his parishioners, a number
of his brother ministers from Cleveland and other points
participating.
Source: Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County,
by Ex-Sheriff Samuel A. Lane - Publ. Akron, Ohio: Beacon Job
Department - 1892~ Page 204 |
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