SENECA COUNTY OHIO - BIO: ANTHONY SCHALK (1886)

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SENECA COUNTY
HISTORY OF SENECA COUNTY, OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.727
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886

SENECA COUNTY, BIG SPRING TOWNSHIP, OHIO

ANTHONY SCHALK, farmer, P. O. New Riegel, was born near Fostoria, 
Seneca Co., Ohio, February 12, 1852, son of Martin and Amelia 
Schalk, natives of Biron, France, who immigrated to America, and 
were married and first settled near Fostoria, there remaining until 
1858; thence they moved on the farm where our subject now resides, 
where they lived until the death of Martin Schalk, February 2, 1875; 
his widow is a resident of Tiffin, Ohio. Our subject was united in 
marriage, May 11, 1875, with Anna K. Kline, born in Rome, Richland 
Co., Ohio, October 26, 1855, daughter of George and Anna Kline, now 
living in New Riegel, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Schalk are the parents of 
four children,, two living: Mary P., born May 15, 1880; Lewis A., 
born February 7, 1885, and two deceased: Isabella and Florian J. 
Mr. Schalk owns ninety-five acres of improved land, where he and 
his family reside; also has an interest in the Schalk store in New 
Riegel, Ohio. He and his wife are consistent members of the Catholic 
Church.