Sullivan-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....Utz, John Martin 1834 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
  JOHN MARTIN UTZ has for many years been one of the most highly respected and
  valued citizens of Sullivan county. He is of foreign birth, but his duties of
  citizenship have been performed with a loyalty equal to that of a native son of
  America. In early life he was prominently identified with the industrial and
  political interests of this section, but is now practically living retired at
  his present home in Dushore.
  
      Mr. Utz was born August 30, 1834, at Hengestfeld, kingdom of Wurtemberg,
  Germany, and is the eldest of the eleven children born to George Andrew Utz, a
  blacksmith. Our subject was educated in his native place and learned the
  blacksmith's trade with his father. He came to America in August, 1853, and
  located at Towanda, Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where he worked at this trade
  until May of the following year, when he became a resident of Dushore,
  continuing to follow his chosen occupation here until the close of the Civil
  war. During that struggle he served as deputy marshal, and later became
  interested in the stock business with Isaac Reitz, buying horses and cattle for
  the government and also for the city and local markets. After nine years of
  successful business in this line Mr. Reitz retired from the firm, but our
  subject continued operation alone and also engaged in the real-estate business.
  Mr. Utz has ever taken an active and commendable interest in public affairs, and
  entered the field as an independent candidate for sheriff of Sullivan county,
  and was elected by a large majority. Later he was nominated for sheriff on the
  Democratic ticket and was triumphantly elected. He held the office of constable
  many years, was school director for several terms, and has been a member of the
  town council of Dushore. He owns and operates a large and valuable farm in
  Cherry township, Sullivan county, and it has been through his own efforts that
  he has gained a comfortable competence and become of the most substantial
  citizens of his community, as well as one of its most influential and prominent
  men.
  
      On the 1st of May, 1859, Mr. Utz married Miss Mary A. Sacks, who was born in
  Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 12. 1841, and they have become the
  parents of ten children: Adia F., now the wife of George E. Scouten, of Dushore;
  George A., deceased; John E., a resident of Dushore; Emeline E., wife of Charles
  E. Jackson, of Mildred, Sullivan county; Laura B., wife of O. H. Lawrence, of
  Waverly, New York; Mary E., wife of William H. Hill, of Dushore; Ella M., wife
  of Albert Dyer, of Lopez, Pennsylvania; Frederick W., of Dushore; Gertrude R.,
  deceased; and Margaret M., at home. The family are identified with the Lutheran
  church and are quite prominent socially.
  
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  Extracted from: 
              
            History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
            by Thomas J. Ingham
              
                Compendium of Biography
              
            The Lewis Publishing Company
        Chicago: 1899
  
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