BIOGRAPHIES
†Source:
Biographical Record of Wayne & Holmes Co.
Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1889
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ABRAHAM LANCE
is a son of
John and Sarah (Johnson)
Lance, natives of Jefferson County,
Ohio, who came to Wayne County in 1820, and purchased a farm in Milton
Township, where they resided until their
deaths. The grandfather
of Abraham Christopher Lance,
was a native of Germany, who came to this country
prior to the Revolutionary War, and participated in that memorable
struggle.
John Lance was a memorable struggle.
John Lance was a
prominent man in his day, and was a supporter of the old Democratic
principles. He was an
honored member of the Presbyterian Church.
He died in 1852, and his
widow survived him about twenty years.
They had a family of eleven children,
Abraham, the subject of
this sketch, and John, of Medina County, Ohio,
being the only ones now living.
Abraham Lance,
whose name heads this notice, was born in Jefferson county, Ohio, August 25, 1813.
His education was obtained in the old-fashioned log
school-houses, which he was privileged to attend only when his
services were not required on the farm.
He has spent his life at farming, and in 1838 bought the farm
in Milton
Township
where he now lives, which contains 166 areas of well-improved land.
That same year he married
Miss Sarah Lance,
daughter of James Lance.
She died in 1886.
To them were born seven children, four of whom are living:
Peter, of Medina County, married
Adeline Hollowell, and has five children –
Azilpha Ann, Mary L., Cora
L., Andrew J. and Charles
P.; James A., of
Milton
Township, married
Lydia E. Hollowell, and
has ten children – Mary E.,
Martha A., James H., Henry H., Rosa A., Franklin P., Ethel R., Elvie
C., Lydia L. and Weston;
Sarah, wife of Edward
Shook, of Medina County, ahs seven children –
Henry A., Franklin W., Arthur
L., William E., Rosa C., Pearl and
Rebecca; and Elizabeth J.,
wife of Edgar Steele, of
Milton Township, has five children –
Wilson, Arthur, Mary, William
and Floyd.
Mr. Lance married
again in 1888, his present wife being formerly
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Moore.
He is a Democrat in his political views, and in religion is a
prominent member of the Presbyterian Church.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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DAVID Y. LANDIS.
This well-known business man of Wooster is a native of the Keystone
State, born in Lehigh County, Jan. 10, 1840. His father,
William Landis, was also born in the same county, and was of
Swiss extraction, his forefather having come to this country to
escape religious persecution in his native land where two of the
family had been burned at the stake as heretics. They were
believers in the Mennonite faith, and besides being a farmer,
William Landis was until his death a preacher of that
denomination. His wife was Mary Young, daughter of
Peter and Susan Young, all natives of Pennsylvania. Mr.
and Mrs. Wm. Landis were blessed with eight children, of whom
six are still living, three, Peter Y., William Y. and
David Y., in Wayne County, and three, Enos Y., Owen Y.
and Nathan Y., in Philadelphia, Penn. In 1848 the
husband and father was called to his last home, and his widow
continued to live in Pennsylvania until 1858, when she removed to
Wayne County, and is still living here, aged eighty-two years.
David Y. Landis, the subject of this sketch,
received his education in the common schools of his native State,
and at fourteen years of age began life for himself by learning the
trade of cabinet-making and carving at Allentown, Penn. In
1860 he followed his mother to this county, and worked at his trade
in Wooster until 1869, when he formed a partnership, and has ever
since been engaged in business in Wooster. His present partner
is Jacob F. Schmuck, and they carry on the furniture and
undertaking business, having the largest stock of goods in their
line in Wooster.
In 1873 Mr. Landis was united in marriage with
Miss Linnie Schmuck, a sister of his partner, and a native of
Wayne County. Two children have been born to them: Lillie
Belle and Daisy Dell, who still under the parental roof.
Mr. Landis has had to make his own way in the
world, and the success he has achieved is due to his energy and
industry, backed by good judgment, and made more certain by the
reputation he has justly acquired of being a thoroughly honest
business man, whose word can at all times be relied upon. He
is a member of the Masonic fraternity and of the I. O. O. F.
He was a member of Capt. James H. Robinson's Company I, One
Hundred and Second Ohio Volunteer Infantry, enlisting Aug. 5, 1862,
and served for three years. He is now a member of Given Post,
No. 133, G. A. R.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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David Lehman, sen. |
DAVID LEHMAN,
one of the prominent farmers of Wayne Township and who at the time
of his death was one of the oldest citizens of Wayne County, was a
son of Henry Lehman and was born in Berks County, Penn.,
Sept. 18, 1802. Henry Lehman was married to Margaret
Oberlin, by whom he had six children - three sons and three
daughter - David being the second child and eldest son.
In 1823 the family left Berks County and settled in Wayne Township,
Wayne Co., Ohio, where Henry Lehman paid $1,200 for
160 acres of land, which he bought of Dennis Driscoll,
and later David Lehman purchased from his father
previous to the latter's death, thus becoming owner of the tract of
land above referred to. David Lehman followed
farming all his life.
In 1829 he was married to Susan, daughter of
Jacob and Christiana Kintner, and eleven children have been born
to this union, as follows: Sarah (Mrs. Elias Snyder), born in 1829;
Jacob, born in 1831; Christiana (Mrs. Daniel Keifer),
born in 1833; Elizabeth (Mrs. Victor
Gallagher), born in 1835; David, born in 1837; Henry,
born in 1839; Harriet, born in 1842; Daniel, born in
1844; Mary, born in 1846; Simon, born in 1849, and
Sophia, born in 1851. and died in 1855. Mr.
Lehman had always been a hardworking man, as the result of
which, coupled with his good management, he had been enabled to
retire from active labor, and was living in the village of
Madisonburgh, enjoying the fruits of his former efforts, until death
called him to his final rest, Aug. 10, 1889. In all the
relations of life he had the esteem and respect of his neighbors and
acquaintances. In politics he was a Democrat.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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Ephraim Lehman |
EPHRAIM LEHMAN.
The Lehman family originally came from Germany, where
Martin Lehman was born in 1744, and whence, when two years old,
he accompanied his parents to America. He was reared in Berks
County, Penn., where he was married to F. Christina Speck,
who was born in Alsace, Germany, in 1751; her parents were sold to
pay their passage to this country. Martin Lehman
remained in Berks County until 1796, when, with his wife, he removed
to Lancaster County, in the same State, settling on a small tract of
land, where he died in 1801; his widow survived him many years, her
death occurring in 1822. They had a family of seven children:
Catherine, Henry, Christian, George, Mary, Martin and John,
all of whom reached years of maturity.
John Lehman, the youngest of the family,
was born in Berks County, Penn., in 1790. He lived in his
native State until 1823, when he moved to Wayne County, Ohio, and
purchased of Dennis Driscoll 160 acres of land in
Wayne Township, for which he paid $800. He was a miller by
trade, which he carried on until he moved to Wayne County, Ohio,
from which time he followed farming, and by hard labor and good
management he acquired a competency. Public-spirited and
enterprising, he was not only ambitious to obtain property for his
own use, but was also interested in the material welfare of his
township and county, and always gave liberally of his means to all
enterprises promising to advance, either financially or morally, the
prosperity of the community. He occupied various official
positions of trust and responsibility; was justice of the peace a
number of years; was township clerk, trustee, treasurer and overseer
of the poor. He was twice married, his first wife being
Christina Smith, who bore him five children: Benjamin,
Mary Ann, Catherine, Eliza and Nancy.
His second wife was Nancy Bair, and by her he had a
family of twelve children: Sarah, Ephraim,
Elizabeth, Mary Ann, Susan, John H.,
Caroline, Martin, Maria, Christi Ann.
George D. and Cyrus E. Mr. Lehman
lived to see his land cleared of primeval forest, and the wilderness
become the home of a civilized and prosperous community, being at
the time of his death one of the oldest citizens in Wayne County.
Ephraim Lehman, the second child and eldest son of
John and Nancy (Bair) Lehman, was born Aug. 11, 1826, in Wayne
Township. He has all his life followed farming, and now owns
the land purchased by his father. In 1852 he married Miss
Susan, daughter of Jacob and Saloma (Billman)
Freese, of Wayne Township, and by her has had seven children,
viz.: Luther V., born Nov. 29,1854; Cecelia
Odessa, born in 1856; John E., in 1859; Franklin F.,
in 1861; Cora Bell, in 1864; Herman L., in
1871. and Floyd V., in 1874. Mr. Lehman
has served his township in the varied capacities of trustee, clerk
and treasurer, having held some official position for the past
twenty-two years. He is recognized as one of the most
prominent and public spirited citizens of Wayne County, and is
highly esteemed and cordially liked by all who know him. Like
his father, he is a Democrat.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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SIMON LEHMAN,
the youngest son in the family of David and Susan
(Kintner) Lehman, was born in 1849. He received his
education at Smithville, this county, and when twenty-two years of
age commenced contracting for buildings, teaching school during
winters. He thus continued nine years, and then came to the
old homestead in Wayne Township, where he at present resides; his
aged mother (now seventy-nine years old) making her home with him.
At the age of twenty-two Mr. Lehman married
Emily Speicher who has born him seven children, as follows:
Eldo, Oscar, Stella, Mabel, Boyd, Jessie and Beulah,
all at home. Mr. Lehman is a Prohibition-Democrat, and
is at present township clerk. Both he and his wife are members
of the U. B. Church.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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John Longanecker |
JOHN LONGANECKER Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
County, Ohio – Publ. Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. – 1889 -
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Z. Lovett |
ZEPHANIAH LOVETT Source:
Commemorative Biographical Record of Wayne
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