COLUMBIANA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: LOUTHAN, Moses (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF ADAMS COUNTY (INDIANA)
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1887


        MOSES LOUTHAN, an early settler of Adams County, and a prominent
citizen of Monroe, is a native of Ohio, born in Columbiana County, August
14, 1817. He was reared in Wayne County, August 14, 1817. He was reared in
Wayne County, Ohio, after his sixth year, and there learned the
blacksmith's trade from his father. He was married in Wayne County, August
9, 1838, to Mary Nicholas, a native of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, born
July 5, 1812, and to this union were born three children - George W.,
Reason B. (deceased), and Eliza J. After his marriage Mr. Louthan removed
to Greensburgh, Summit County, Ohio, and later settled in Stark County. In
1846 he came to Indiana, arriving at Fort Wayne October 14. From there he
went to Wells County, locating near Lancaster, and from there removed to
Ossian, Wells County, where he engaged in blacksmithing until the fall of
1856. He then went to New Haven, Allen County, and in November, 1857, he
came to Decatur, Adams County, where he worked at the blacksmith's
trade, remaining at that place until the spring of 1871. He then removed to
Monroe Township, where he built a shop and worked at his trade, when he was
elected constable, which office he held for four years. Mr. Louthan lost
his wife by death June 20, 1878, and August 17, 1879, he was married to
Mrs. Sarah J. (Brandeberry) Kanabal, who was born in Hocking County, Ohio,
June 13, 1837, and to them has been born one child, named Howard T. Mrs.
Louthan has been three times married. Her first husband, Lawrence McCune,
died one month after his marriage. Her second husband, Henry Kanabal, died
in Washington Township, Adams County, leaving four children -John A., Mary
E., Edward H. an Effie M. In 1878 Mr. Louthan went to Kansas, remaining one
year, when he returned to Adams County, and has since resided in Monroe
Township with the exception of one year spent at Fort Wayne, and is at
present serving as constable of Monroe Township, being elected to fill that
office in the spring of 1886. Mr. Louthan was a soldier in the war of the
Rebellion, enlisting February 14, 1864, in Company G, Twelfth Indiana
Cavalry, and soon after his enlistment was promoted to Sergeant, serving as
such until his final discharge, September 6, 1865. He participated in
several important engagements, including Franklin, Tennessee, and the
battle of Atlanta. He was placed on detached service doing provost duty six
months. He received his final discharge at Indianapolis, and now draws a
pension of $8 a month, for disability contracted while in the army. He is
now a comrade of Sam Henry Post, No. 63, G.A.R., at Decatur. He has been a
member of the Masonic fraternity since 1857. Both Mr. and Mrs. Louthan are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.