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Ezra E. Lautzenheiser, section 9, Franklin Township, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, May 5, 1845. In 1862 his parents moved to De Kalb County and settled in Franklin Township, where they have since resided. He remained at home till man- hood, and then began farming for himself. He has been success- ful and owns a fine farm of 186 acres, with a good residence and farm buildings. He was married March 23, 1871, to Elizabeth Richmond, a native of Williams County, Ohio, born Nov. 2, 1852, a daughter of Samuel Richmond, a native of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, but a resident of Atchison, Kan., since 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Lautzenheiser have six children- Minnie M., John, Frank, Ora, Effie and Edward. Mr. Lautzen- heiser is one of the representative men of Franklin Township. He is a courteous, free-hearted gentleman, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is universally respected by his associates for his fine manly qualities, and strict business integ- rity. In January, 1881, while attempting to lead a horse across a ditch the animal jumped on him, and broke a bone in his right leg, split the cap bone of his right ankle and badly injured his left leg. Fear was entertained for some time that he was crippled for life, but he has now nearly recovered his former strength.
Jacob H. Lautzenheiser was born in Stark County, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1809, a son of Ezra Lautzenheiser. He came to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Franklin Township. He was mar- ried in 1835, to Catherine Reese, daughter of John Reese. Of their five children three are living-Isaac, Ezra and Hannah. Mrs. Lautzenheiser died in November, 1874. Mr. Lautzenheiser now makes his home with his daughter. He is an honored member of the United Brethren church.
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Fere Lewis, farmer, section 35, Franklin Township, was born in Carroll County, Ohio, Jan. 10, 1830, a son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Masters) Lewis, his father a native of West- moreland County, Pa., and his mother of Yorkshire, England. His grandfather, Jonathan Lewis, was a native of Germany. His father was an early settler of Carroll County, Ohio, and later of Tuscarawas County. He died Jan. 6, 1873. Our sub- ject was reared and educated in Ohio, attending when a child, a school taught by an Irishman named Peter Conoly. Their school-house was a rude log structure and the black snakes, which were abundant in that country, often stuck their heads through the cracks of the floor and roof. The teacher kept his gun by his side, and occasionally shot one, which if overhead would drop to the floor, much to the discomfort of the terrified pupils. March 10, 1855, Mr. Lewis came to Indiana and settled on the farm in Franklin Township where he now lives. He owns 200 acres of fine land with good improvements. From 1863 till 1866 he was employed by Russell & Co., of Massillon, Ohio, manufacturers of agricultural implements, his farm being carried on by hired help. Mr. Lewis was married March 16, IS51, to Martha A. Henderson. To them were born four chil- dren, but three are living-Charles H. V., Calvin McM., and Addie. Mrs. Lewis died Jan. 25, 1873. Jan. 22, 1874, Mr. Lewis married Bell, daughter of Andrew Reed, who died Sept. 5, 1879. Their two children are also deceased. Mr. Lewis then marrried Mrs. Jennie Graham, widow of John E. Graham, by whom she had two children ; but one is living-John E. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
George W. Newcomer, section 29, Franklin Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, April 15, 1845, a son of Christian Newcomer, a native of Pennsylvania and an early settler of Columbiana County. In 1847 his parents moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 29, Franklin Township, where he was reared. At the time of their settle- ment in the county it was heavily timbered, and the trees had to be cut before a house could be built. A tree in front of their cabin was cut into shingles, and the stump was used as a table. They were in limited circumstances, but possessed a de- gree of ambition and energy which overcomes all obstacles and wins the victory over every battle in life, being undaunted by hardship, but seemingly strengthened with renewed vigor by
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each privation. Our subject was early inured to the lite of a frontier farmer, and initiated into the mysteries of clearing and breaking land. His education consisted mainly of the rules of agriculture, as his services were required at home, and his at- tendance even at the early district school was limited to a few weeks in the winter. After reaching manhood he began life for himself, and by following the lessons of industry and appli- cation learned in his youth, has been successful and now owns eighty acres of valuable land. Mr. Newcomer is one of the representative men of the township, and has always contributed of his time and means for the advancement of every laudable enterprise. He was married Aug. 4, 1872, to Barbara Van Horn, daughter of John Van Horn, of Greenville, Mich. They have five children-Charles E., Mary M., Luna L., Arna O., and Elmer G. In religious faith Mr. and Mrs. Newcomer are Mennonites.
John Matson, a son of Elijah Matson, was born near Rutland, Vt., Feb. 3, 1806, where he lived until he was about twenty-one years of age, when he went to Onondaga County, N. Y. In 1835 he came to Indiana and entered 160 acres of wild land in De Kalb County, had a cabin built on section 30, Franklin Township, and the following year with his family moved there, reaching Hamilton Sept. 30, 1836. He was very energetic and ambitious, working all day clearing his land of timber and pre- paring it for cultivation, after which he worked several hours each night at the carpenter's trade, making doors and window frames for the new settlers, taking his pay in work on his land. In this way he soon had 100 acres under cultivation. He be- came a successful farmer, and owned, at the time of his death, a pleasant home and 213 acres of valuable land. He was high- ly esteemed by all who knew him. He was public spirited, and contributed liberally toward the advancement of any laudable enterprise. He was a kind and obliging neighbor, and a bene- volent and considerate friend of the poor. He was married Sept. 10, 1833, to Margaret Waterman, daughter of Elijah Wa- terman, and sister of Hon. Miles Waterman. To them were born ten children-Cordelia, Alvin, Chloe, James, Lewis, Lydia, George and Ophelia. Two died in infancy. Cordelia married Chester Taft, and lives at Waterloo, Iowa. Chloe married Alonzo Collin, of Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and has two children- Ruth and Margaret. James, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, married
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Frances Taylor, and has two children-Lillian and Abbie. Lewis, of Pleasant Lake, Ind., married Orcelia Clarke, and has four children-Clarke, James, Mabel and John. Lydia married J. B. Albrook, of Iowa, and died in her twenty-seventh year, leaving one child-Luella. George married Matilda Ridge, and has one child-Merritt. Ophelia married Merritt A. Goodell, of Iowa, and has four children-Willard, Alonzo, George and Ed- ward. Mr. Matson died Nov. 4, 1876. Mrs. Matson lives with George on the homestead, and is one of the few old settlers of the county now living, and has witnessed all the varied changes which have brought the country from a wild state to one of ad- vanced cultivation.
Robert McCurdy, section 25, Franklin Township, was born in Holmes County, Ohio, Oct. 12, 1838, a son of John McCurdy, now of Butler Township, De Kalb County. His parents came to this county in 1843, and settled on a tract of heavily timbered land, at a time when wild animals were their most familiar neighbors. Our subject remained at home till the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in Company G, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, and served ten months. He participated in the battle of Kingston and several minor en- gagements. He was married Oct. 8, 1863, to Sarah A. Ken- nedy, who died three months later. July 20, 1865, he married Celinda Mumma, daughter of George Mumma, of Troy Town- ship. To them have been born five children ; but three are liv- ing-Inez, Elsie and Sarah. Mr. McCurdy was reared a farmer, and since attaining manhood has followed the vocation for him- self. He has been successful, and now owns eighty acres of valuable land, with a good residence and farm buildings. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
James C. Myers, section 23, Franklin Township, was born in Ashland County, Ohio, April 18, 1826, a son of Jacob and Susan (Doughnut) Myers. In 1828 his parents moved to Crawford County, Ohio, and in September, 1837, to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 22, Franklin Township. Their nearest neighbor was five miles distant. On account of the wild ani- mals, they built their log cabin without a door, and entered the house by a hole in the roof. His father was a great hunter, be- ing very fond of the sport, and one morning before ten o'clock killed six deer. James C.'s playmates were Indian boys. His
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father died in November, 1881. Of a family of ten children, seven are living-George, Amos, James, Nancy, Jacob, Amzi, and John C. John C. Myers was reared a farmer, and has al- ways followed that vocation. He now owns seventy acres of land, well cultivated, with good buildings. He was married Aug. 12, 1851, to Sarah Slentz, daughter of Henry Slentz. They have four children-Nancy Jane, Hannah, Benjamin and Ellen. Nancy married Charles Culbertson, of Otsego Town- ship, Steuben County, and has three children-James H., Ella D. and Sarah E. Hannah married Peter Dirrim and has three children-Cyrus B., Franklin E. and Berton. Benjamin mar- ried Martha Dirrim and has three children-Eva, Isaac and Sarah E. Ellen married Robert C. Platt and has one child- Byron. Mr. Myers enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in Company A, One Hundred and Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Dalton, Buzzard's Roost, Resaca, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, Kingston, and many others.
David Oberlin, farmer and stock-raiser, section 18, Franklin Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, April 5, 1818. His father, Frederick Oberlin, was a pioneer of Stark County, mov- ing there from his native State, Pennsylvania, prior to the war of 1812. He was reared on a frontier farm, and atter reaching manhood left his native county, then a thickly populated and prosperous country, and started for the West, to again put in practice the lessons learned in his youth. In October, 1847, he arrived in De Kalb County, Ind., and entered a tract of Gov- ernment land in Franklin Township, at that time heavily tim- bered. He went bravely to work and by spring had enough · land cleared to plant a crop, and in due time by his own labor had cleared sixty acres. In 1870 he moved to the farm where he now lives, and where he owns 106 acres of valuable land. Mr. Oberlin was married March 10, 1841, to Mary Van Horn, daughter of David Van Horn. They have four children- Susan, Mary M., Elizabeth and Josephine. Susan married Baless Boyer, of Smithfield Township, and has four children- Warren, Allen, Minnie and Franklin. Mary married Charles Kelly, of Union Township, and has three children-Alta, Ger- trude and Clyde. Elizabeth married Daniel Lockamire, of Franklin, and has one child-Bertha May. Mr. and Mrs. Ober- lin are members of the Lutheran church.
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Nathan D. Oberlin, farmer, section 15, Franklin Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Feb. 5, 1830. In 1845 his father, John Oberlin, moved his family to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on the northwest quarter of section 28, Frank- lin Township. Nathan D. worked for Samuel Kepler two years at $8 per month, and in the meantime cradled oats in the summer at five shillings a day. In the winter of 1850-'51 he bought forty acres of land, paying $300 for it. In 1850 he began to work at the carpenter's trade with Elisha W. Beard, and remained with him five years, receiving $10 a month for his services. He worked at his trade in connection with at- tending to his farm, and has been successful in all his pursuits. He now owns 160 acres of well-improved land. In 1879 he built a large brick house, the main building two stories 18 x 28 feet, with one two-story wing 17 x 18 feet, and another one-story 16 x 26 feet. Mr. Oberlin was married Feb. 12, 1854, to Sarah Dirrim, daughter of James Dirrim. To them have been born six children, but three of whom are living-Kyrus C., John J., and Isaac C. Kyrus married Nancy Chard and lives in Otsego Township, Steuben County ; has two children-Ora E. and Mertie. John married Lenora Fifer, and resides in this town- ship. Mr. Oberlin has served two years as Township Trustee, and three years as County Commissioner. In the war of the Rebellion he was a member of Company G, Fifty-third Indiana Infantry, and participated in the battle of Kingston or Wise's Forks, N. C. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Re- public, Hamilton Post.
Isaac D. Sawvel, farmer and stock-raiser, section 33, Franklin Township, was born in Stark County, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1836. In 1847 his father, Jacob Sawvel, moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled in Smithfield Township, where our subject grew to manhood and was educated in the log-cabin schools. He was reared a farmer and has made agriculture his vocation, also pay- ing considerable attention to stock-raising, having some of the finest grades of cattle and hogs. He owns 105 acres of valuable land, all well improved, with a pleasant residence and good farm buildings. Mr. Sawvel was married Oct. 21, 1863, to Mary Lutz, daughter of Michael Lutz, who settled in De Kalb County in 1848. They have six children-John, Sadie, Mary, Sher- man, Laura and Sumner.
Reuben Sawvel, section 32, Franklin Township, is one of the
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most successful teachers of De Kalb County. He deyotes his summers to tilling the soil and improving his farm, and during the winter months spends his time in the school-room. He has taught nineteen terms, and by his genial and courteous man- ner wins the confidence of his pupils, at the same time inspir- ing them to diligent study and thoroughness in all their under- takings. Mr. Sawvel was born in Stark County, Ohio, Feb. II, 1847, a son of Jacob Sawvel, who came to De Kalb County the following summer. He was educated in the common school and Auburn High School, where he was under the tuitorship of Profs. McIntosh and Dills. In the spring of 1880 he moved to Franklin Township and settled where he now lives. He owns eighty acres of valuable land, all well improved. He was mar- ried Dec. 24, 1875, to Laura Phillips, a native of Wayne County, Ohio, daughter of John Phillips. Mr. Sawvel served as As- sessor of Smithfield Township one term.
Allen Shultz, section 21, Franklin Township, was born in Ash- land County, Ohio, April 15, 1846. His father, George Shultz, was a native of Union County, Pa., and settled in Ashland County in 1835 ; thence in the fall of 1853 to De Kalb County. Here our subject was reared and educated. He learned the carpenter's trade in his youth and worked at it several years. From 1869 till 1875 he ran a threshing-machine during harvest. In the spring of 1876 he bought a portable steam saw-mill, which he ran three years. He then sold the mill, keeping the boiler and engine, and bought a new mill, which he ran, in com- pany with his brother, Franklin, three years, when he sold it and bought the Taylor's Corners' mill and moved it to his farm. This mill is of forty-five horse-power, with a capacity of 10,000 feet in ten hours. He cuts 250,000 feet of lumber annually. He owns sixty-four acres of valuable land and carries on farming in addition to running his mill. He was married Jan. 20, 1867, to Amanda Mann, daughter of Philip Mann, Sr., who was a sol- dier in the war of 1812 under General Harrison, and in 1842 settled in De Kalb County. To Mr. and Mrs. Shultz have been born eight children, six of whom are living-Henry, Della, Loma, Burton, Rhoba and Junie. Mr. Shultz has been a mem- ber of the Knights of Honor at Waterloo three years.
George H. Shultz, deceased, was born in Union County, Pa., June 25, 1806, and died in Franklin Township, De Kalb County, Ind., Oct. 26, 1873. He was reared and educated in his native
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county, and when fifteen years of age began to learn the ma- son's trade, at which he worked at intervals all his life. He was married April 9, 1844, to Saloma Walter, a native of Union County, Pa., daughter of Benjamin Walter, who moved to Ni- agara County, N. Y., in the spring of 1828, and to Ashland County, Ohio, in the fall of 1838. To Mr. and Mrs. Shultz were born ten children, eight of whom are living-Curtis, Allen, Shannon, Franklin, Rosanna, Arillie, Lewis and William. In September, 1853, they moved to De Kalb County, and settled on section 21, Franklin Township. A small patch of land was cleared on which was a small log cabin. Mr. Shultz was a hard-working, energetic man, and accumulated a good prop- erty. He was a prominent, influential man, and held several offices of trust and responsibility ; among others was Trustee of the township two terms and Constable three terms. He was a member of the Lutheran church as is also his wife.
John H. Smith, section 23, Franklin Township, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Sept. 20, 1839. In the fall of 1844 his father, Adam Smith, came with his parents to De Kalb County and settled in Franklin Township where he still lives. John H. Smith was reared and educated in this county, attend- ing the log-cabin schools in the winter, when his services were not required on the farm. He early acquired a knowledge of agriculture, and since attaining manhood has devoted his at- tention to that industry, and now owns a good farm of ninety acres. He was married Oct. 7, 1859, to Margaret Slentz, dangh- ter of Henry Slentz, an early settler of Franklin Township. Their only child, Alice Ida, died in the second year of her age. Mr. Smith enlisted in Company F, Forty-fourth Indiana In- fantry and served three years. He participated in the battle of Chickamauga, but soon after was detailed to the Quartermaster's department.
Levi Stoy, farmer, section 1, Franklin Township, was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, April 4, 1819, a son of John Stoy, a native of Stoyestown, Pa., and one of a colony of five families who first settled in Tuscarawas County. Our subject was reared in the wilds of Ohio, his only schooling being nine days to one Hambright Reese. He afterward worked for Thomas Bays, also a teacher, and received $8 a month and two hours tuition every evening. In August, 1844, he moved to Indiana and settled in Stafford Township, De Kalb County. Mr. Stoy
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learned the shoemaker's trade in his early life and worked at it nineteen years, his wife assisting him after he came to De Kalb County. Their means were limited, and after their settlement in this county it was difficult many times to procure food. At one time they lived three months on corn and corn-coffee, ground in a coffee-mill. At another time his wife went to the store of Mr. Cela and bought $11 worth of goods, paying $5 cash. Mr. Cela told her he would trust her husband for the rest till he could make it hunting mink and foxes. This was something he had never done, but nothing daunted he tried, and the first day caught two mink and one fox, for which he received $10.75. In nine and a half days he made $44.33, and by this time con- cluded that hunting was more profitable than shoemaking. One Sunday morning they arose late, and Mr. Stoy remarked, “ If we had any meat I would have been up long ago." His eldest son, then just old enough to talk, replied, "Dad, if you get meetin I'll jump on one leg." That was enough to make him take his gun and go out, and before breakfast he shot a deer. He then looked up and down the road to see if anyone saw him, and hurried home, thinking the report from his gun had never been so loud before: He took a shoulder to his pastor who lived near by, and said, " Brother Olds, would you be of- fended if I presented you with a piece of veal?" "Not at all, . sir, not at all." Mrs. Olds then said, "Brother Stoy, was that you-" " Elmira," said the minister, "not a word, for we want the meat," and Mrs. Olds never knew whether or not Mr. Stoy was the man who shot on the Sabbath. Mr. Stoy lived in Staf- ford Township till 1870, when he moved to Franklin Township and settled on the farm where he now lives. He owns sixty acres of valuable land, with good farm buildings, his farm being now carried on by his son John. Mr. Stoy was married Sept. 7, 1842, to Rosanna Brown, daughter of Joseph Brown. They have had five children, four of whom are living-William H., Samantha, Susan and John. William H. married Mary Chard and has two children-John and Nancy Rosella. Samantha married Aaron Mills and has two children-Jerome C. and Pearl Maude. Susan married James Ireland, and John married Lydia Robertson and has one child-Ada Elnora. Mr. Stoy enlisted in the war of the Rebellion in Company H, Eighty-eighth In- diana Infantry, and participated in the battles of Perryville, Chickamauga and Mission Ridge. At the latter battle he re-
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ceived wounds from the effects of which he has never recov- ered, and is drawing a pension. He is a member of the Meth- odist Episcopal and his wife of the United Brethren church. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. In the spring of 1845 Mr. Stoy built his first house, the house being 14 X 16; having no doors they used quilts hung over the doorway until the cold winter forced him to build a door, which he did himself, his only tools being an ax, a shaving- knife and shoe-hammer. The same spring Mr. Stoy began work for John Webster, hewing the timber for a grist-mill known as the Webster mills, the agreement being for Mr. Stoy to work nine months for 40 cents per day and board, he walking four miles to and from his work every night and . morning. He then proceeded to plant an orchard, and as he did not have a foot of land cleared, he set out his apple trees among the native trees of the forest. Two years after he cleared the land between his little apple trees, and in time had one of the best orchards in the county. Mr. Stoy soon be- came famous as a hunter, and many were the exciting chases he had with the deer which abounded so plentifully in the (then) unsettled portions of Indiana. On one occasion he had a fight with a wounded buck that knocked him down and tore all the clothes and part of the skin from his body. He was finally res- cued by some of his neighbors, after half an hour's hard fight, in a rather bad state as his clothes were torn off, and the snow was about eight inches deep. He afterward tanned the hide of the deer, and with another one made himself a pair of pants which he wore to church for some time.
Peter Teutsch, farmer, section 36, Franklin Township, was born near Alsace, France, March 22, 1850, a son of Michael Teutsch, who brought his family to America in 1860, and set- tled in Franklin Township, De Kalb Co., Ind., where he has since lived. Our subject was reared a farmer, and has always followed that vocation. He was educated in France and in the common schools of Franklin Township, acquiring a practical business education. He now has a good farm of seventy-three acres, which is well cultivated, and his farm buildings are com- modious and in good repair. Mr. Teutsch was married Jan. 5, IS73, to Artemisia Olds, daughter of Carlisle Olds, an early settler of Franklin Township. To them have been born three children, two of whom are living-Frank B. and Leota E.
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Mr. and Mrs. Teutsch are members of the United Brethren church.
Hon. Miles Waterman, section 17, Franklin Township, was born in Onondago County, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1818, a son of Elijah and Sarah Waterman, natives of Massachusetts, the former of Pittsfield and the latter of Salem. In the spring of 1837 he accompanied his parents to Steuben County, Ind., and the fol- lowing fall to De Kalb County, and settled on section 19, Franklin Township. At that time there was no house between their place of settlement and Auburn, a distance of eight miles. The principal inhabitants were Indians, who often visited them to exchange cranberries and game for corn meal and bread. The father died in 1864, aged seventy-five years, the mother having preceded him several years. Our subject was reared on a farm, receiving a common-school education. After com- ing to De Kalb County he assisted his father in clearing his land and improving a farm, and since attaining manhood has followed agricultural pursuits. He has been successful, and now owns a good farm of 330 acres. He has always taken an interest in the public affairs of the county, and in the fall of I 45 was elected County Auditor, and served ten years. In the fall of 1858 he was elected to the State Legislature, again in 1862, and a third time in 1874, serving in the meantime in two special sessions, aad while there introduced two important bills, which were adopted. He was married in the fall of 1845 to Susan Beard, daughter of George Beard, an early settler of the county. They have had five children-Jasper M., Oliver P. and Olive C. (twins), M. Jefferson and Emma A. Oliver P. is deceased.
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