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father during his declining years. While living upon his own farm he had also continued the operation of the homestead, and in 1874 he purchased the remaining ten acres of the farm. After his mother's death he bought sixty- two acres of the old home place, on which stood the farm buildings, and his sister took possession of the remaining twenty-eight acres. Thus Mr. Scott's property was increased to one hundred and twelve acres, and in 1897 he pur- chased fifty-three and a half acres of the Volney Powers estate. In 1900 he bought the old Volney Powers homestead of eighty acres-one of the most valuable and best improved farms of the county, situated about a mile east of New Washington. During the years of his manhood he has been numbered among the most progressive and energetic agriculturists of his community. His diligence and his labors are directed by sound business judgment and keen sagacity, while his honesty in trade transactions is proverbial.
The home of Mr. and Mrs. Scott has been blessed with thirteen children, of whom twelve are yet living: Fairy B., wife of Dr. E. C. Kimmerline, of Lykens township; Sherman, a drug clerk employed in South Bend, Indiana ; Eva O., the wife of Adelbert Smith, of Seneca county, Ohio; Florence M., Dorcas, Melvin, Russell, Earl, Charles, Walter, Ralph and Mabel, at home. The family is one of prominence in the community, and Mr. Scott realizes the value of education as a preparation for life and has given his children excellent educational privileges. Five of the older members of the family have been successful teachers, and Fairy, Sherman and Dorcas are graduates of the high school of New Washington. The first named taught in the primary, inter- mediate and grammar departments of the New Washington schools and was recognized as a most successful and capable educator. In his political views. David A. Scott is a stanch Democrat, and has served for several years as trus- tee of his township. He also filled the position of school director for eighteen successive years, and his labors were earnest, effective and beneficial in pro- moting the welfare of the schools. He is a member of Hyperion Lodge, K. of P., of New Washington, and not only in fraternal but in all walks of life he enjoys the esteem of his fellow men by reason of his diligence to the obligations. and duties of both public and private life.
MICHAEL MARQUART.
One of the best-known representatives of agricultural pursuits in Craw- ford county that the fatherland has furnished to the new world is Michael Marquart, who was born in Baden, Germany, on the 27th of April, 1817. His.
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parents were Michael and Margaret ( Fechter ) Marquart. He is now the only survivor of their family of five children. His parents were also natives of Germany, where they spent their entire lives. The father was a farmer by occupation, and during the financial panic of 1817 he lost his property and afterward worked for wages as a farm hand. In his parents' home Mr. Mar- quart remained until eighteen years of age, when he apprenticed himself to learn the brick and stone mason's trade. Believing that he could better his financial condition in the new world and that better opportunities could be secured, he started from home accompanied by his sister. They took passage on a steamer down the river Rhine to Havre de Grace and then embarked ou the sailing vessel for America, landing in New York city August 12, 1839, after a voyage of fifty-seven days. On reaching the eastern metropolis he found that he had a capital of but about two dollars. However, he gained the friendship of a fellow passenger who told Mr. Marquart that if he would go to Ohio with him he would loan him the money, which he could repay at a later ·day.
Accordingly our subject and his sister made their way to Tuscarawas county, where Mr. Marquart first found employment in the ore bank near New Philadelphia, and from the wages he there received he was enabled to return the money advanced for his fare to Ohio. Later he worked at his trade and at various other occupations, allowing no opportunity to pass whereby he might gain an honest dollar. In 1843 he came to Crawford county, and, with the money which he had saved from his earnings in Tuscarawas county, he purchased sixty-nine acres of the present home. This was almost entirely virgin forest, only a small portion of the land having been cleared. On this a log cabin had been erected by the original settler and it served him as a home until 1861, when he erected his present substantial farm residence. About 1862 he purchased twenty-seven acres of land adjoining the home farm, and a year or two later added another tract of eighteen acres. Since then he has purchased three other farms, one of seventy-seven acres and another of eighty acres in Cranberry township and a third of thirty-six acres in Seneca county, so that his landed possessions now aggregate three hundred and seven acres. His farm is well improved with all modern accessories and conveniences. In appearance it is neat and thrifty, and the well-tilled fields return him golden harvests.
In the year 1844 Mr. Marquart was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Streile, a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to America when a young lady. They had five children, but only one is now living. Caroline, the
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wife of William Longyear, of this township. The mother died in 1854, and in. 1855 Mr. Marquart was again married, his second union being with Caroline W. Longyear, a native of Wurtemberg, who came to America with her father, Michael Longyear, when she was twenty-six years of age. Her father spent most of his time with his daughter and died at the home of our subject. By the second marriage there were seven children, of whom five are living, namely : August, a resident farmer of Cranberry township; Jefferson, who is also living in the same township; George, who operates the home farm; Wilhelmina, the wife of William Beckstine, of Cranberry township; and Emma, the wife of Frank Leonhart, of Chatfield township. In 1900 Mr. Marquart was again called to mourn the loss of his wife, who died on the 13th of March, six days before the seventy-second anniversary of her birth. He is a Democrat in his political affiliations and is a member of the German Evangelical Lutheran church, in which he hekl various offices, serving for many years as trustee, as deacon and as elder. His has been a busy, useful and active career. Starting out in life in the new world empty-handed and having the disadvantage of 1111- familiarity with the language and customs of the people, he nevertheless read- ily adapted himself to his new surroundings and with determined purpose and unflagging industry worked his way steadily upward to a place of affluence, being now one of the substantial residents of Crawford county. He has passed the eighty-fourth milestone on the journey of life and is still a hale and hearty old man, well deserving the veneration which should ever be accorded to one of his years and also enjoys the warm regard of young and old, rich and poor.
ADAM ECKSTEIN.
One of the finely developed farms in Cranberry township, supplied with all modern equipments and facilities, is the property of Adam Eckstein. He was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, February 15, 1845, and is the second of the six surviving children of George and Mary ( Simmermaker) Eckstein, who were the parents of six sons and two daughters. The father also was a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, and after arriving at man's estate he was there married. In the year 1848 he came with his wife and three children to the United States, landing in New York, whence he started for Ohio, going first to Albany, thence to Buffalo by way of the canal, on to Sandusky by way of the Great Lakes and from there by rail to Shelby, whence they drove across the country to Vernon township. Crawford county. When Mr. Eckstein arrived in this county his cash capital consisted of but forty dollars. With this he
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purchased a team of oxen and began farming on rented land. A year later he removed to Richland county, and for three years cultivated a rented farm in Sharon township. He made all of his own furniture, which was limited in amount as well as primitive in character. The first year a chest was used as a table. this having been brought from the old country, but the other furniture was largely of his own manufacture. In 1852 he returned to Vernon town- ship and purchased of George Dixon ninety-three acres of land, upon which his son John now resides. About one-half of this had been cleared and a log cabin erected. To the further development and improvement of his land the father devoted his energies throughout his remaining days. He was frugal and thrifty, and in later years was enabled to buy an adjoining tract of eighty acres, so that his farm comprised one hundred and seventy-three acres. In 1866 he built a large bank barn and two years later erected a commodious and substantial frame residence and added other accessories, so that his place be- came one of the best-improved farms in the county. The men and measures of the Democracy received his political support. He belonged to the German Reformed church and for several years was one of its trustees and held various other church offices. His labors were of benefit in the upbuilding and ad- vancement of religious and educational work and in the material development of the community, for he assisted largely in reclaiming the wild lands for purposes of civilization. His death occurred February 7. 1885. His sur- viving children are: Philip, who is living in Huron county, Ohio; Adam ; Peter, of Crestline; Catherine, now the wife of Urias Baublitz, a farmer of Cranberry township; George, who died, leaving six children, Lizzie, William, George, Frank, Minnie and Emma, who are residents of Vernon township: William, who died, leaving four children, Calvin, Albert, Augusta and Nettie, of Crestline; Jolin, who makes his home in Vernon township; and Julia, the wife of Louis Fisher, of Crestline.
When only about three years of age Adam Eckstein was brought by his parents to the new world, and amid the wild scenes of frontier life in Ohio he was reared. He can remember when great forests stood where cultivated fields are now seen and when many of the thriving towns and cities were mere hamlets. In the district schools, such as the pioneer days afforded, he pursued his education, and in the summer months he took his place in the fields, aiding in the work of plowing, planting and harvesting. He remained at home until his marriage, with the exception of two summer seasons, during which he was employed by neighboring farmers. On the 6th of September. 1868. he wedded Miss Catherine E. Feick, a native of Hesse-Darmstadt and a daughter of
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George and Anna E. Feick, who spent their entire lives in the fatherland. Mrs. Eckstein came to America in 1867 to join her sister Margaret, the wife of Fred Beach, of Crestline, who had come to America the year previous. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Eckstein were born six children, and five of the number are yet living, namely : Catherine, the wife of William Kessler, of Auburn township; John F., who resides on a tract of eighty acres belonging to his father ; George A., a carpenter of Oberlin, Ohio; and William E. and Julia A., at home.
In the spring following his marriage Mr. Eckstein purchased eighty acres of his present farm and began agricultural pursuits on his own account. In 1878 he erected a substantial frame residence and in 1891 built one of the largest barns in the county. In 1883 he purchased an adjoining forty acres of land, and in 1897 bought an additional tract of eighty acres lying just across the road from the home place, so that his landed possessions are now two hun- dred acres. He carries on farming along progressive lines, and upon his place are seen not only substantial buildings but also the latest improved machinery and splendid modern equipments, while the well-tilled fields indicate to the passer-by the careful supervision of an energetic owner. His ballot supports Democratic men and measures, and for three years he served as a member of the school board, but has never been an active politician in the sense of office seeking. He holds membership in the German Evangelical Lutheran church, and for six years was one of its elders., His financial aid and labors have con- tributed to its upbuilding and growth, and in his life he has exemplified its teachings and belief.
EMANUEL L. LUTZ.
Upon the farm in Chatfield township upon which his father now resides Emanuel L. Lutz was born and reared. His birth occurred December 16, 1853. At the usual age he entered school and through the winter months pur- sued his studies, while in the summer season he worked in the fields, aiding in the raising of crops from the time of early spring planting until after the autumn harvests. He did not go out to work, but assisted his father until his marriage, when he began making a home of his own.
In 1874 Mr. Lutz was joined in wedlock to Gertrude Schaffer, a daugli- ter of Jacob and Catherine Schaffer, and their home has been enlivened and brightened by the presence of five children born to them, namely: Manetta, William F., Clara M., David H. and Emma L. Soon after their marriage our
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subject and his wife removed to their present farm. Here he owns one hun- dred and twenty-three acres of land, and, like most of Ohio's farming land, it is a richly productive traet, yielding good harvests for the care and labor be- stowed upon it. Mr. Lutz also owns fifty-eight acres of land elsewhere and is a successful general farmer. He realizes the dignity of labor, and industry has been one of his chief characteristics from his youth. Upon this he has builded his success, his sound judgment and reliable dealing also assisting him in acquiring the comfortable competence and good home which are to-day his.
In his religious views Mr. Lutz is a German Evangelical Lutheran, hold- ing membership in the church in Chatfield. His political support is given the Democratic party, and on that ticket he has been elected to public office, having served as trustee of Chatfield township from 1895 until 1899, his long retention in office well indicating his faithful performance of duty. His friends, and they are many, know him as a man of genuine worth, and as a representative citizen of his township he well deserves mention in the history of Craw- ford county.
PETER DURNWALD.
Peter Durnwald, a resident farmer of Chatfield township, was born in Bo- hemia, Germany, in 1841, and is one of the nine children of Wenzal and Mary Durnwald, the others being: Margaret, who died at the age of ten years; Anna, deceased : Elizabeth : Mary; Magdalena; Martin; Joseph; and Peter. It was in the year 1854 that the father brought his family to the United States, crossing the Atlantic in a sailing vessel, which was sixty-five days between port and port. Coming at once to Crawford county, they set- tled in Cranberry township, where the father purchased a small farm of eight- een aeres and began to carve out a home for his family in the new land.
Peer Durnwald was then a youth of fifteen. His childhood was largely devoted to assisting his father, but at the age of twenty-one he began working for himself, being employed by the month as a farm hand. Thus his time was passed for several years until he had money enough to begin farming on his own account. At the age of twenty-five he purchased the farm upon which le now resides and it has since been his place of abode. A cabin stood on the place when he took possession and fifteen acres of the land had been cleared, but otherwise the place was unimproved. It comprised one hundred and forty-three acres of arable land, and the well-tilled fields now bring him golden
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harvests. Everything about the farm is kept in good condition and the labor of his hands in indicated by this desirable property, all of which he has acquired through his own efforts. For many years he was agent for a harvesting machine company.
Mr. Durnwald was united in marriage to Miss Barbara Deling, and for many years they traveled life's journey happily together, but in 1886 they were separated by the hand of death, the wife being called to her final rest. They had ten children, of whom the eldest, Elizabeth, is now deceased. The others are Martin, Anna, Rosa, Frank, Peter, John, Julia, Matilda ( deceased) and Edward. .
Mr. Durnwald is a stanch Democrat in politics, but has never held office. He and his children are members of the Catholic church. Having improved the opportunities which America offers to her citizens, he has advanced finan- cially, and to-day is accounted one of the substantial farmers of his com- munity.
JACOB BROWN.
For many years Jacob Brown has engaged in dealing in live stock, and his business has been conducted along such safe lines and in such an honorable manner that he has won a very gratifying competence. He resides in the vil- lage of Chatfield, and is there accounted not only a prosperous business man but also a progressive citizen, whose labors have contributed to the upbuilding of the town.
Mr. Brown was born in Lykens township, Crawford county, May 4, 1804 .. and is a son of Gottlieb Brown. a native of Germany. The son spent his child- hood and youth on the family homestead in Lykens township, and in the dis- trict schools of the neighborhood pursued his education. At the early age of fourteen years he began buying and trading horses, a business with which he has since been connected. When eighteen years of age he bought one hun- dred and twenty acres of land, and in connection with farming continuing to deal in horses. At the age of twenty he became connected with J. T. Carbin in a mercantile venture in Lykens, but after a year disposed of his interest there and entered into partnership with G. V. Hare. They established a gen- eral store, which they conducted successfully for four years, and at the same time Mr. Brown engaged in dealing in horses and cattle. On the expiration of that period he came to Chatfield, where he has since been successfully and extensively engaged in buying stock, hogs and sheep. He is an excellent judge
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of farm animals and is thus enabled to make judicious purchases and sell to advantage, thus realizing a good profit. He also owns one hundred and eight acres of desirable land in Chatfield township.
In 1891 Mr. Brown was married to Miss Hannah Kalb, a daughter of John Kalb, and unto them have been born four children: Shannon J., Milton J., Neva O. and Feltus E. The family have a wide acquaintance and their friends in the community are almose equal in number to the number of their acquaintances. Socially Mr. Brown is a member of Wren Lodge, K. of P., of Lykens, and in his political adherency he is a Democrat. He has been cor- poration treasurer of the village of Chatfield since its incorporation, and while residing in Lykens was for two terms assessor, treasurer for six years and postmaster for four years. His official duties have ever been discharged with the same business-like dispatch, fidelity and integrity that has marked his business career and made him one of the valued and respected residents of Chatfield.
AUGUST MUTH.
August Muth is a representative example of the German-American citi- zens of Crawford county. The fatherland has furnished to Ohio many men of worth, whose enterprise and industry have not alone promoted their own advancement but have contributed to the general prosperity, and to this class August Muth belongs. He was born in Germany, December 17, 1850, and spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native land, after which he sailed for America, for he had received favorable reports of the opportunities afforded to young men in the new world and therefore resolved to try his fortune here. For three years he was employed as a salesman in a store in Pittsburg, Penn- sylvania, and on the expiration of that period he embarked on an independent business venture. For seven years he ran a huckster's wagon, and then with the capital he had acquired he established a wholesale produce store in Pitts- burg, successfully conducting the enterprise for five years. In 1885 he pur- chased his present store in Chatfield, Crawford county, Ohio, and has since carried on operations as a general merchant. He carries a large and well- selected stock of goods, and his earnest desire to please his pations, his energy and his honorable dealing have brought to him prosperity. He also established the Clear Springs Creamery, which not only is a source of profit to the owner but is of value to the farming community by furnishing a market for the dairy products. He was likewise instrumental in securing the Short Line Railroad
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through Chatfield, and is a progressive citizen deeply interested in everything pertaining to the welfare of his community.
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Mr. Muth has been twice married. He first wedded Louise Voight, and they had five children : Mary, Martin, Walter and two who died in infancy. For his second wife Mr. Muth chose Miss Caroline Mohrhoff, and they had seven children, namely : Clara, who died in infancy, Arnold, Bertha, Annie, Callie, Harry and Amelia. The family attend the German Evangelical Lu- theran church, of which Mr. Muth has been a life member. In his political affiliations he is a Democrat, but has never sought or desired office, preferring to give his time and energies to his business interests, in which he has met with creditable and well-deserved success.
DAVID A. LUTZ.
Among the progressive men of Liberty township, Crawford county, who are well known and respected, none stand higher in public esteem than does David A. Lutz. Mr. Lutz was born in Chatfield township, this county, on September 9, 1867, a son of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Ulmer) Lutz, and was a member of a family of four children, the two survivors being himself and his sister Catherine, the wife of W. E. Green, of Liberty township. Daniel Lutz, the father, was also a native of Chatfield township and was born on December 12, 1837, a son of Gottlieb and Gottlieben ( Kibler) Lutz, both of whom were born in Wurtemberg, Germany. There they married and two of their children were born there before the family emigrated, in 1832, to America. Their voyage covered sixty days, and they came directly from New York to Lisbon, Ohio, where Gottlieb worked for one year at his trade of weaver. In 1833 he removed to Crawford county, settled in Chatfield township, entered forty acres of land and built his cabin in the forest. Later he bought additional land until his farm numbered one hundred and twenty-eight acres. His death took place on his farm when he was seventy-one years old, his faithful wife having passed away in 1850.
At the age of twenty years Daniel Lutz began to learn the carpenter's trade and worked at it for some time In 1865 he was married to Miss Elizabeth Ulmer, and then purchased his father's farm, the latter coming to live with his son, and so continued until his death. In 1882 Mr. Lutz pur- chased one hundred and eight acres of land, and also the Keller farmi of fifty acres which adjoined it on the east, and then removed to his new home, dis- posing of his Chatfield township farm some years later. Mr. Lutz is one of
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the leading members of the Lutheran church, and for twelve years has been a trustee and a member of the building committee that erected the present im- posing brick structure known as the St. Paul German Lutheran church of Liberty township. In his political life he has always been an uncompromising Democrat. His life and character have made him one of the most esteemed citizens of the county. The mother of our subject was born in Liberty town- ship, July 27, 1838, a daughter of Daniel and Barbara Ulmer, both of them natives of Germany. They came to Crawford county the same year as did the Lutz family. The mother passed out of life May 11, 1898.
The early life of our subject, David A. Lutz, was spent upon his father's estate, and he was afforded the best possible opportunities for the attainment of an education. When eighteen years old his father entrusted a portion of the farm to his care, and he operated it on shares. On December 10, 1891, he was married to Miss Mary Luidhardt, a native of this township, a daughter of John and Louisa Luidhardt, the former of whom was born in this township. His father, George Luidhart, came to Crawford county at an early day. Mother Luidhardt was a native of Germany and was brought to this country when she was but a child.
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