OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 338 *********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 00 : Issue 338 Today's Topics: #1 Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffi [Betty Ralph ] #2 bios: Hamilton Co (belding, eckman [christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <2.2.32.20001115213220.0070a7b4@HiWAAY.net> Subject: Bio - 1885 - Portage Co, OH, Suffield # 3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by clmboh1-smtp2.columbus.rr.com id SAA28869 Bios: Kline, Kurtz, Luley, Lutz, Martin, Memmer, Mishler - Portage County, Ohio, from "History of Portage County, Ohio" published by Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net JOHN C. KLINE, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born July 31, 1837, in Suffield Township, this county; son of George and Elizabeth (Yager) Kline, natives of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, who immigrated to America and were married at Canton, Ohio, immediately settling in Suffield Township, this county, were Mr. Kline died in August, 1872. His widow still lives in the township. Our subject, October 16, 1860, was married to Miss Gertrude Kemmery, who has borne him the following children: Katie, Barbara, Mary, George H., William B., John J. and Gertrude. Mr. Kline owns a farm of fifty-seven acres; a citizen of enterprise and integrity. He and his family are communicants of the Roman Catholic Church. ABRAHAM KURTZ, farmer, P.O. Lake, Stark Co., Ohio, was born June 26, 1829, in Lebanon County, Penn., son of Jacob and Catharine Kurtz, former of whom died June 25, 1883, aged eighty-two years; they removed to this county in 1854, where they lived and died. They were the parents of Lydia, Mrs. Royer; Abraham; John; Elias; Mary, Mrs. Carber; Jacob; Elizabeth, Mrs. Bollinger, in Michigan; Samuel and Isaiah. Our subject was married, March 6, 1859, to Anna Mishler, and they settled on the old homestead farm, where they have since resided and have enlarged its dimensions to 182 BD acres. Mr. Kurtz is a leading and highly respected farmer. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. NICHOLAS LULEY, manufacturer, P.O. Suffield, was born April 28, 1854, in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and when seventeen years of age immigrated to America, locating in Cleveland, Ohio, where he remained nine months, and then came to Ravenna. After a three years' residence in the latter city, following his trade, that of a blacksmith, he removed to Fort Wayne, Ind., thence to Indianapolis, residing at both places an aggregate of ten months. He was married July 6, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Dauber, of Ravenna Township, this county, and established himself in Bellevue, Ohio, where he remained two years, finally returning to this county, and settling in Suffield Township, carrying on the blacksmith and wagon trade, a portion of the time as partner of John McLone. He now has an extensive establishment and conducts a large business, turning out about thirty vehicles annually. Mr. and Mrs. Luley are the parents of four children: Mary, Lizzie, Josephine and Clement. He is an accomplished mechanic, a Democrat in politics. He and his wife and family are members of the Catholic Church. EZRA LUTZ, farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in 1835, in Lancaster County, Penn., son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz, who came to Suffield Township, this county, in 1839, where the former died in August, 1876, aged seventy-two years. He was an old-line Whig, one of the first Republicans, and an upright man, leaving an honorable name to posterity. His widow still lives on the old homestead. Their children are Margaret (Mrs. Montz), Henry, Susanna (Mrs. Crouse), George, Elizabeth (Mrs. Mishler), William, Maria (Mrs. Woodring), Nancy (Mrs. Roudebush), Joseph and Ezra. Our subject, December 10, 1854, married Miss Elizabeth J. Ruble, born in Center County, Penn., September 29, 1836, daughter of John and Julia Ann Ruble, and who was raised in Jo Daviess County, Ill., where her parents resided temporarily and to this union have been born the following children: Lizzie L., Cora J., Julia Ann, Sophia and Maud. Mr. and Mrs. Lutz have a well-improved farm of sixty-two acres. Mrs. Lutz is a member of the German Baptist Church. In politics he is a Republican. WILLIAM LUTZ, farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Suffield Township, this county, February 7, 1842, son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz. He was educated at the common schools of the district wherein his parents resided, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpenter's trade. During the war he was in the Government employ, building bridges on the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and at its close returned home where he settled down. Our subject was married October 26, 1861, to Miss Catharine Wilson, of Suffield Township, this county, born February 10, 1844, daughter of Samuel Wilson, and by her he has had three children: Mrs. Meritta Alice Yerrick, in Trumbull County, Ohio; Arthur James, deceased; and Jennie Grace. Our subject has built many of the houses and most of the improved barns in the vicinity of his home, and is esteemed a skilled and successful mechanic. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. HUGH K. MARTIN, retired farmer, P.O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born January 17, 1803, in Jefferson County, Ohio, son of Thomas and Catharine Martin, natives of York County, Penn., whence they moved to Ohio. They lived a brief period in Jefferson County, then came to Trumbull County, where they resided seven years, finally settling in Suffield Township, this county, in 1810. In the fall of 1812 they moved from their home on Congress Lake to the present family homestead, where they remained permanently and died at an advanced age. Our subject was married September 18, 1834, to Rosanna M. Williams, of Franklin Township, this county, taking up their residence at Mogadore, Summit County, where they remained fourteen years, and where he carried on a carding machine and saw-mill. Mrs. Martin came with her parents from East Granville, Mass., at the age of fourteen. In 1849 our subject erected his present residence on the homestead farm, where they have since resided, and where, September 18, 1884, they celebrated their golden wedding. Upon occasion of the latter event, the attendance numbered nearly 200, including W.E. Williams and daughter, Mrs. Dr. Gregg, and Miss Ada Reisin, a grand-daughter, all of Seneca County, N.Y., Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams, of Minnesota, Mr. and Mrs. Depew, Mr and Mrs. A.B. Wirt, Thomas Martin, and James G.Williams, of Michigan, in addition to neighbors and friends. Mr. and Mrs. Martin have raised a family of five children: Calista (Mrs. Wirt), in Van Buren County, Mich.; Amanda (Mrs. Stutsman), Almeda (Mrs. Creque), Melissa (Mrs. Price), all in Akron and Marshall, Ohio. Our subject is a Democrat in politics. He has served twelve years as Justice of the Peace; a man of influence and a valuable citizen. His son, Marshall O., living on the family homestead, is now serving his third term as Justice of the Peace. LAWRENCE MEMMER, farmer, P.O. Suffield, was born October 16, 1829, in Rhine-Bavaria, Germany; son of David and Margaret (Arehart) Memmer. The family came to America in 1836, and remained in New York until the spring of 1838, when they moved to and settled in this township and county, where the parents died. Mr. and Mrs. David Memmer were parents of the following children: George (deceased), Joseph (deceased), John (of Akron), Lawrence, Margaret (Mrs. Culp), Mary Ann (Mrs. Schulty), Barbara (Mrs. Miller) and Maria (Mrs. Miller). Our subject married, September 29, 1855, Rebecca Wise, born in Stark County September 21, 1832, daughter of Jacob Wise, and by this union there are the following children: John Allen, Sarah (Mrs. Miller), Charles Edward and Joseph Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Memmer settled on their present farm, consisting of eighty-four and a half acres, in 1865. Mr. Memmer is a Democrat in politics. He has taken a deep interest in public affairs of the township. He was elected Township Treasurer in April, 1882, re-elected in 1883 and 1884, and fulfills his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people. JOSEPH MISHLER, farmer, P.O. Mishler, was born in Lancaster County, Penn., November 11, 1811; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Mishler, who came to Ohio in 1833, settling in Springfield Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. In December, 1838, our subject married Magdalene Garl, born May 4, 1817, daughter of Reuben Garl. They are parents of the following children: Isaac; Jacob G., born December 9, 1843, married December 13, 1868, Mrs. Fianah Schrantz, born July 6, 1846, daughter of Jacob and Maria Martin, by whom he has one child - Ellen (Jacob G. was ordained a minister of the Gospel in 1880); Benjamin; Elizabeth (Mrs. Way); Eliza (Mrs. Brumbaugh); Katie (Mrs. Richard) and Joseph, besides five who died in childhood. After residing six years in Springfield Township our subject with his family settled where they have since lived on a farm of ninety acres in Suffield Township. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are members of the German Baptist Church, respected by all who know them. BENJAMIN MISHLER, farmer, P.O. Mishler, was born in Suffield Township, this county, August 27, 1845; son of Joseph and Molly Mishler. He was brought up on his father's farm and received his education at the schools of the home district. He married, February 28, 1869, Nancy Young, born September 9, 1851, in Springfield Township, Summit County, daughter of David and Catharine Young, by whom he has one son - Samuel. After residing with the family of Mr. Young for six years, they removed to their present home. Mr. Mishler is an industrious toiler in the ways of life, a respectable citizen and an honorable man. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church. ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #2 Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:41:09 -0600 From: christina m hursh To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <20001115.172301.-288623.6.frog158@juno.com> Subject: bios: Hamilton Co (belding, eckman, eberle) Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by clmboh1-smtp2.columbus.rr.com id SAA28869 David Wilson Belding Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 186 - 189 Transcribed by: Kimberly Graman, Dayton, OH The life record of David Wilson Belding is a notable example of brilliant achievement through individual effort and such a history makes the American title of a "self-made man" more to be envied than the inherited and often empty honors of royalty. There came to him the highest honor and respect, paid to him instinctively by those who know aught of his history, recognizing in him a man whose inherent force of character and well developed talents gave him prestige beyond that of the majority of men. Mr. Belding was born at Ashfield, Massachusetts, February 11, 1832, a son of Hiram and Mary (Wilson) Belding, who were of English descent and representatives of early families of New England. The father was a farmer and merchant, thus providing a comfortable living for his family which numbered five sons and a daughter. Removing to the west with his family a location was made in Michigan in an early day, the father becoming the owner of a small farm near Patterson's Mills. Of his children one of the sons Frank Belding, died in early life. The other four, David W., M.M., now of New York, H.H., now deceased and A.N., now of Rockville, Connecticut, traveled about the country selling silks and other goods from peddlers' packs, and in that way established the foundation of a business that was destined to become one of the greatest silk manufacturing enterprises of the country, the plant being comprised of five large factories between Maine and California, in which employment is furnished to over six thousand people. David Wilson Belding pursued his education in the public schools of Ashfield and in an academy at that place, and like his brothers started out in the business world with a peddler's pack selling silk and other goods. He continued in that line of business throughout his entire life, although the modest beginning bore little resemblance to the prominent place which he occupied in his later years when well directed energy, keen business insight and unfaltering perseverance had placed him among the foremost representatives of the silk trade in America. About 1857 he went to Michigan, where he lived for a short time, and for a brief period he was also a resident of Wisconsin. Because of ill health, however, his physicians advised a change of climate and he went upon the road as a traveling salesman, selling silk for about seven years all over the south. He found that this life was beneficial physically as well as financially. In the meantime the brothers had concentrated their energies upon the establishment and upbuilding of a manufactory and about 1864 David W. Belding came to Cincinnati where he took charge of the local factory, then but a small concern and bent his energies toward the extension of the business. He studied the trade from every possible standpoint, watching the sales department as well as the manufacturing end of the business, and in time secured a patronage of such extensive proportions that many traveling salesmen were employed. The name of Belding is synonymous with the silk trade in America and has ever represented the standards of manufacture in that line. It has been claimed that opportunity is always a factor in success but careful consideration will show that opportunity not only comes once but many times. Each day holds for every individual a chance to accomplish something, to take a step forward, and many men fail because they lack perseverance, energy or adaptability. Possessing all these requisite qualities, Mr. Belding gradually worked his way upward and maintained for many years a prominent position among the manufacturers and merchants of America. On the 15th of February 1858, occurred the marriage of Mr. Belding to Miss. Jeanette Kittridge Cooper, a daughter of John and Rebecca (Mathews) Cooper, the wedding being celebrated at Niagara Falls. Mrs. Belding was born at Paris, Maine, January 5, 1836. Her father was a farmer who, born at Plymouth, Massachusetts, removed with his father, Judge Cooper, to Paris when but two years of age. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Belding were born five children: Nettie, the deceased wife of Thomas McGarry, of Florida, by whom she had three children, Frnaces B., Paul D. and Marion, her death occurring on the 24th of September 1910; Milo, who passed away October 19, 1900; Thomas F., a farmer of Morrow, Ohio, who married Mary Cooper and now has one child, Erwin; David C., of Oil City, Pennsylvania, who married Jennie Strong, by whom he has two daughters, Elizabeth and Meneatha; and Marion, the wife of E.O. Black, of Cincinnati. Mrs. Belding still survives her husband and has been a resident of Avondale for over forty-five years, occupying a beautiful home at No. 702 Gholson Avenue. The death of Mr. Belding occurred March 5, 1907, and his remains were interred in Spring Grove Cemetery. In politics he had been a lifelong Republican and took an active interest in political questions in Avondale before the annexation of that suburb to the city. He stood for all that counts for progress and improvement in the city life and while a most successful and capable man in business did not concentrate his energies upon his manufacturing interests to the exclusion of all else. Moreover in business circles he made a record which is most enviable and his example may well serve as an inspiration and encouragement for others. ------ WILLIAM JOSEPH ECKMAN Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 179-180 Transcribed by: Linda Thompson, Wabash, IN For eleven years William Joseph Eckman has been connected with the M.B. Farrin Lumber Company, of which he is now the vice resident. When fifteen years of age he was an office boy in the employ of S. H. Parvin's Sons Advertising Agency. It is a far reach to his present position, and yet the steps in his orderly progression are easily discernible. He had not proceeded far on his business career ere he learned that the most effective forces in the attainment of success are industry and honesty. Realizing this, he has employed those agencies in every business transaction and in every position which he has filled, and thus won logical advancement until he is today the second executive officer of one of Cincinnati's important industrial concerns. His birth occurred in this city, October 19, 1867, his parents being William Lind and Elizabeth (Jones) Eckman. While spending his youthful days under the parental roof he attended the public schools. A desire to provide for his own support led him to seek employment when fifteen years of age, and for a year he was office boy with the H. S. Parvin's Sons Advertising Agency. Later he became associated with George William McAlpin & Company, wholesale dealers in dry goods, with whom he served in various office positions until given full charge of the accounting and credit departments for that corporation, then known as The George William McAlpin Company. He continued with the house until the business was taken over by New York interests in 1900, when he became associated with the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company as auditor. Eventually he became secretary and was given charge of the sales. Upon the death of Mr. Farrin he accepted the vice presidency of the company, and at all times his position has balanced up with the principles of truth and honor. In early manhood he showed conspicuously the traits of character that have made his life successful. He performed all the duties that have devolved upon him, however humble and however small the recompense might be, conscientiously and industriously. His strict integrity, business conservatism and judgment has been so uniformly recognized that he was enjoyed public confidence to a notable degree, and naturally this has brought him a lucrative patronage since becoming a partner in the M. B. Farrin Lumber Company. Mr. Eckman belongs to the Business Men's Club and also to the Lumber Men's Club, while in Masonic circles he is connected with McMillan Lodge, A. F. & A. M., Hanselman Commandery, K. T.; and Syrian Temple of the Mystic Shrine. ------ SAMUEL A. EBERLE Cincinnati, The Queen City 1788-1912, Published 1912 Pages 73 -74 Transcribed by: Linda Thompson, Wabash, IN As a young man Samuel A. Eberle turned his attention to the produce commission business, in which his father was successfully engaged, and today is one of the leaders in the wholesale butter and egg business of Cincinnati, having gained this enviable position by an indomitable will and energy that no difficulty could suppress. He was born in Cincinnati, October 11, 1873, a son of Christian and Magdalene Eberle. The father arrived in Cincinnati at the age of eleven years with his brother Charles and, being obliged to depend upon his own exertions for a livelihood, sold matches in the streets. Later he became a pattern maker in a foundry, continuing at this work until 1864 when he entered the produce commission business as a wholesale dealer in butter and eggs on West Sixth street. He was highly successful and as the years passed was known as one of the most popular men in his line of business in the city. He died November 2, 1896, at the age of fifty-seven years, and is buried at Spring Grove cemetery. Mrs. Eberle is still living and makes her home at Denver, Colorado. Samuel A. Eberle attended the primary and intermediate schools in this city, continuing at his books until fourteen years of age. He then entered the Johnson & Jordan Business College in order to prepare for practical affairs, and after leaving this institution was identified with the lithographing business. However, he soon gave up this work to become associated with his father and since 1889 has been actively identified with the development of the produce commission business in this city. He has displayed good judgement as a manager and the firm is now one of the largest in Cincinnati. He is connected with the chamber of commerce, being a member of the board of directors of that body. He has served as president of the Cincinnati Produce Exchange. On the 1st of May, 1903, Mr. Eberle was married to Miss Hilda Bertsch, a daughter of William Bertsch, a well known baker of this city. Mr. and Mrs. Eberle reside at No. 2624 Scioto Street, in the old family homestead where he enjoys the comforts and luxuries of a perfectly regulated household. He also enjoys the peace of mind that is the result of wisely directed activity. He has from youth been of an inquiring disposition and is progressive in his methods, being always found near the head of the line in his undertakings. He is a friend of education, a generous contributor to worthy causes, and is known as a thoroughly substantial citizen whose work and influence are conducive to the best interest of the city and his fellow men. ________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V00 Issue #338 *******************************************