Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Mentzer, Samuel 1806 - 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com November 20, 2005, 10:03 pm Author: Warner, Beers & Co. SAMUEL MENTZER, deceased, was born August 3, 1806. In 1834, he removed to Mansfield, Ohio, where he wintered, and then came to Kenton and engaged in merchandising, following it for two years, and thin took a contract for building the Erie Feeder. This was not successful, and, after a year and a half, he returned to Kenton and built the National Hotel, where now stands the Bank Block. Two years after, he traded the hotel for 100 acres of land, and got $1,000 besides. He then moved on his farm, and, in 1847, was elected Auditor of Hardin County, by a majority of one vote. After serving one term, he was obliged to decline a re-election on account of his ill health, and returned to his farm, which he worked up to within twelve years of his death. He added to his farm until he owns 222 acres, besides sixty acres adjoining, all of which he cleared and improved. He was married to Susan Lipley, by whom he had seven children, three living-Lydia, wife of James Baker; David and John. Mrs. Mentzer died, and he then married Eliza Whiteman, deceased, by whore there was one child, also deceased. For his third wife he took Sophia A. Benjamin, daughter of Nathan and Mary (Nulse) Benjamin, and a native of Athens County, Ohio, born October 1, 1848. Of the six children that blessed this union, four are living-Mary C., wife of Hezekiah Roby; Louisa D., wife of Isaac Cook; M. D. L. and William M. Mrs. Mentzer's maternal grandparents cause from Holland, and were eighteen weeks on the voyage, during which her mother was born. Her paternal grandparents were Rebea Clendenen and John Nulse, her grandfather a native of Scotland, and her grandmother of Ireland. Her grandfather, while holding her father in his arms, was shot by the Indians, who took her grandmother and seven children prisoners, retaining them for eight months, when peace was declared. Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin, grandparents of Mrs. Mentzer, on first coming to this country, located in New Jersey, thence moved to Pennsylvania, and from there came to Muskingum County, Ohio. Mr. Samuel Mentzer and his wife were members of the Lutheran Church. He served several terms as Township Trustee and Township Clerk, and died August 10, 1882. He was a man of great enterprise, and did much for the public improvements of Hardin County. He laid out Mentzer's Addition to Kenton, consisting of five acres. Additional Comments: Bucks Township Excerpt from "The History of Hardin County, Ohio" containing A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY; HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS, ETC., ETC. CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO. 1883 Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/photos/bios/mentzer341bs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hardin/bios/mentzer341bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.5 Kb