Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Franzman, Philip April 15, 1847 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Jackson Township
p. 560

Philip Franzman, proprietor of the East Germantown Tile Works, was born in 
Germany, April 15, 1847, and when three years of age his parents, John and 
Mary Franzman, emigrated to the United States. They came immediately to 
Cincinnati, Ohio, then to Franklin County, Ind., locating on a farm, where his 
father died in 1879. His wife is still living on the same farm. Of their eight 
children seven survive. Philip on arriving at maturity followed the 
carpenter's trade several years, and at the same time carried on farming. In 
1873 he was married to Kate Miessemer, a native of Pittsburg, Pa. Mr. Franzman 
came to Wayne County, Ind., and purchased his present farm of eighty acres, 
where he followed agricultural pursuits successfully till 1880, when he 
established his tile works. He is carrying on a large and increasing trade, 
and his tiles are the best manufactured. Mr. Franzman is giving considerable 
attention to the breeding of fine horses. He and wife are members of the 
Lutheran church at East Germantown


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