GRETZINGER BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri
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GRETZINGER, George - b: 1859 Tuscarawas Co, OH
source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - 
page: 394
residence: Walker Twp

George Gretzinger. The home place of Mr. and Mrs. George Gretzinger in Walker 
township is one of the truly attractive farmsteads in Henry county, and its 
owners can truthfully say that they have placed every tree, shrub, building and 
all improvements upon the tract upon which they settled in February of 1889. The 
nucleus of the Gretzinger farms was a tract of ninety-six acres which came to 
Mrs. Gretzinger from the Lebold estate upon the death of her mother, Mrs. John 
Barth. Mr. Barth gave them enough additional land to eke out 160 acres, which 
they built up and created into a splendid prairie farm. In addition to this home 
place they own 200 acres in White Oak township which Mr. Gretzinger and his 
sons are cultivating and raising large crops upon. George Gretzinger was born 
December 4, 1859, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, a son of Jacob and Magdalena 
Gretzinger who died in Ohio. George Gretzinger came to Henry County in 1889 and 
on February 24th of that year was married. to Miss Dora Barth, who was born 
June 21, 1867, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. She was six months of age when her 
parents, John and Mary (Lebold) Barth came to Henry County and settled in this 
vicinity. For further particulars regarding the biography of John Barth, who was 
one of the most successful and enterprising of Henry County's departed old 
settlers, the reader is referred to various sketches in this volume. Mr. Barth not 
only accumulated a fine estate, but he reared a splendid family of sons and 
daughters who have attained to positions of honor and affluence in their 
community. All have excellent homes and are prosperous, as well as being leaders 
in their home county. The following children have been born to George and Dora 
(Barth) Gretzinger: Earl, died at the age of three years; Arthur Lee, born December 
9, 1893, at home with his parents; John Ross, born November 8, 1895, lives at 
home, married on September 2, 1917, to Mildred, daughter of Ellis Greenhalge, of 
Walker township. Mr. Gretzinger is a Republican in politics. Mr. and Mrs. 
Gretzinger and the children of the family are members of the Lucas Methodist 
Episcopal Church, excepting Arthur, who belongs to the White Oak Methodist 
Episcopal Church. The Gretzinger's are an industrious family, progressive, 
intelligent, and endeavor to keep abreast of the times in all things.

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