Hancock County OhArchives Biographies.....Altman, John 1837 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1886)

   JOHN ALTMAN, builder and contractor, Findlay, was born in Marion Township,
this county, March 6, 1837; son of John and Delilah (Young) Altman, natives of
Pennsylvania and Virginia, respectively, and, who came of worthy pioneer
ancestry in their respective States. They settled in this county in 1832. Of
their nine children seven are residents of this county. One son resides in Allen
County, Ohio, and one, Henry, lost his life in the army during the war of the
Rebellion. John Altman, the subject of this sketch, was reared a fanner, but at
the age of twenty-four years he engaged in contracting and building, and has
taken a leading part in that industry in this county, both in private building
and public improvements. In 1857 he was united in marriage with Elizabeth
Wingate, who died in 1864, in full communion with the United Brethren Church. Of
her three daughters and one son, only one daughter survives: Eliza, wife of
Henry Dillman, a saddler, in Findlay. The deceased are John Wilbur, who died at
the age of twenty-four years; Ida May and Lillie, both of whom died young. For
his second wife John Altman married, in 1870, Amanda, daughter of William and
Harriet Burns, and by her he has four children: Orpha Caroline. Edward Orrin,
Augusta Millard and an infant daughter. Our subject and wife attend the services
of the Evangelical Union Church. He has, in company with William Presnell, Esq.,
an extensive stone quarry in addition to his large building interests, and gives
employment to a goodly number of skilled workmen. Mr. Altman is a
public-spirited man and contributes liberally to all measures calculated to
benefit his county.



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Book Title: History Of Hancock County
Findlay Township and Village




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