Townsend L. Newton

Townsend L. Newton died on Friday morning about half past three in his residence No. 707 Division street after an almost one year long illness at the age of 55 years and 26 days. He was born in the state of New York but came as a three year old boy with his parents to Defiance and then made his permanent residence here. on the 20th of February 1890 he married Miss Enella Moon, who with the following children survives him: Mrs. Lillie Ort in Richland township, Miss Luella Newton and Orlando, who are still in the parental residence. Until his illness and for many years before, Townsend L. Newton was an office worker at the Defiance Machine Works. His remains were buried Sunday afternoon under the direction of Pastor P. A. Crow from the former residence in the Riverside Cemetery. The office workers of the machine works gave their fellow worker an escort to the grave.

[birth: 20 Jun 1859 New York]
[death: 17 Jul 1914 Detiance, Detiance, OhioJ
[burial: 19 Jul 1914 Riverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio]
[parents: Wm. Newton,? Martha Loball]
[spouse: Estilla or Estella Moon]

Leonhard Mauntz

Leonhard Mauntz, whose mortal remains were laid to rest last Friday afternoon here in the Riverside Cemetery, first saw the light of day on the 10th of January 1837 in Gerolsheim bei Frankenthal, Rhenish Bavaria, where he was also baptized and confirmed and in the year 1864 married to Anna Maria Schreiber. Soon thereafter he came to America and settled in New York. From there he moved nine years later to Defiance and had his home here until the year 1899. Here in the year 1888 his faithful life's companion died. Fifteen years ago he moved to Toledo to his children and there on Tuesday of the previous week after a five week long severe illness he passed from belief to vision. of the nine children whom his wife presented to him, the following five are still alive: Mrs. J. A. Beitel in Detroit, Mrs. Wm. Peters in Toledo, Deaconess Katie Mauntz in Philadelphia, Mrs. Karl Fessel of here and Peter P. Mauntz in Kansas City. The time of his pilgrimage here he had brought to 77 years, 6 months and 4 days.

His remains were brought hither Thursday morning to the residence of his son-in-law Karl Fessel and on Friday afternoon from there and the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church buried. Pastor Theo. Klinksick from the Salem Evangelical Lutheran congregation in Toledo officiated. Pallbearers were the Mr's Christoph and Wilhelm Dürk, August Wahl, Jakob Schneider, Friedrich Hoffert and Helmuth Jäger. Mourners attending the burial from outside the area were Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Beitel from Detroit, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Peters and their children Charlotte and Harold from Toledo and Miss Katie Mauntz from Philadelphia.

[birth: 10 Jan 1837 Gerolsheim bei Frankenthal, Rhenish Bavaria]
[death: 14 Jul 1914 Toledo, Lucas, Ohio]
[burial: 16 Jul 1914 Defiance, Ohio]

Friedrich H. Krull

Lost his life in an automobile accident

On the road running along the north bank of the Maumee, on Monday morning about half past seven an accident occurred in which the plumber Friedrich H. Krull was a fatality. He and Jay Horsey, who both worked for the hardware dealer Frank B. Diehl, were in his Ford automobile on the way to a farm near Jewell, where there was a job in progress. Horsey drove the machine, which on a small stretch east of the so-called Evans Farm suddenly and unexpectedly left the road, turned completely over and came to rest on its side. Horsey held tight in the machine and came away with light scratches; Krull on the other hand crashed into the right shoulder and was thrown a short distance from the machine. He was lifted up and put at first in the buggy of Mr. Ulrich Ball, who happened to come that way, to ride with him to town. Later the victim was put into an automobile which with John Compo, Elda Allen and Frank Schweitzer had rushed to the accident scene, and brought him rapidly to Defiance to Doctor Ury's office, where at eight minutes after eight he passed away, without once having completely regained consciousness. In the crash he had broken the right shoulder blade and this had pierced the lung and caused an absolutely fatal injury.

Friedrich H. Krull was born on the 6th of May 1878 in Defiance as the son of the married couple Hermann and Charlotte Krull, both of whom died before him. He grew to manhood here and learned from his father the craft of tinsmithing, with which he fed himself honestly until the end of his life. On the 7th of November 1907 in Toledo he married Miss Anna Tabbert, who died in December of the year 1911. Surviving are the orphaned daughter Charlotte, the sisters Mrs. Heinrich Goller in south Richland and Misses Olivia and Anna Krull of here, as well as the brothers Christ. Krull in Traverse County, Mich., Theodor Krull in St. Paul, Minn., and Julius G. Krull of here. The unfortunate was an industrious and upstanding young man, whose premature death is mourned by a large circle of friends along with the family.

The burial took place Wednesday afternoon from the former residence, No. 816 Jefferson street, and the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in the Riverside Cemetery. Pastor H. Schult from Adams Township officiated.

[birth: 06 or 10 May 1878 Defiance, Ohio]
[death: 28 Sep 1914 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[burial: 30 Sep 1914 Riverside cemetery, Defiance, Oh]
[parents: Herman Krull, Charlotte Yacke]