Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Schwartz, Frank 1839 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

   FRANK SCHWARTZ, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Bavaria, Germany, October
20, 1839. He is a son of Frank A. and Barbara Schwartz. In 1847, when seven
years of age, he emigrated with his parents to America, and the following year
settled three and a half miles north of Kenton, Ohio. Our subject is the eldest
of four living children; was reared on the homestead from his seventh vear until
he reached his majority, and was educated at the common schools. He learned the
alphabet in the log schoolhouse with slab seats and puncheon floors. He aided
his father in clearing up the land, and in 1863 went across the plains to
Nevada, where he spent four years in mining and other work. In 1867, He returned
to Hardin County, and on September 22, was married to Margaret Bishop, born in
Hesse, Germany, March 31, 1843, a daughter of John G. and Catherine E. Bishop,
who came to Hardin County in 1850. Nine children were born, seven living--Frank
A., George H., William F., Gustave O., Carl A., Edward J. and Margaret E. John
L. and an infant are deceased. In August, 1868, Mr. Schwartz bought 100 acres of
land, which he has since cleared, and has got half of it well under cultivation.
In 1877, he erected his residence at a cost of $1,500. He is engaged in farming
and stock-raising, and is generally successful. Mr. Schwartz is a member of the
Roman Catholic Church, and his wife of the Lutheran Church. He is, politically,
a Democrat, and has served one term as Township Trustee.

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

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