John S. Greenler

John S. Greenler, one of the pioneers of Northwest Ohio, died Thursday morning about half past 8 in his residence on east second Street after a lengthy illness at the age of 76 years and almost 2 months from a complicated illness. He was born on the 31st of January 1836 in the Kingdom of Bavaria and came with his parents as a twelve year old boy to America, and right to this area, where he then spent the remainder of his life. Grown to manhood, for many years he practiced agriculture and factory ?work, until the frailties of age forced him into idleness. There was a time when Mr. Greenler was one of the most prominent large landowners in northwest Ohio. The largest part of the real estate, on which Holgate stands, belonged to him; also the largest part of East Defiance, where a large addition now carries his name.

On the 2nd of May 1860 he was married by the late Pastor Adam Detzer to Miss Johanna Hohenberger, who was torn from him by death on the 13th of June 1878 at the age of only 35 years. From this marriage resulted three children, of whom the son George died before his father; left behind are the daughter Mrs. Fannie Frank Ziegler in Ft. Wayne, Ind., and the son Frank Greenler in Lulu, Mich. On the 3rd of July 1879 John S. Greenler went...(truncated)

[birth: 31 Jan 1836 Germany]
[death: 28 Mar 1912 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio]
[burial: 30 Mar 1912]
[parents: Christ Greenler, Marg Helrick]
[marriage: 31 Jul 1879 Defiance,? Ohio spouse: Caroline Spangler]

Johann Friedrich Schultz

Johann Friedrich Schultz on Saturday about a quarter to one in his residence on Wayne Street was taken from this time by death. Born on the 22nd of February 1830 in Börgitz in the Prussian county of Gardelegen, he came in June 1849 to this country and immediately settled in this area. For many years he worked in the summer months for the late Edwin Phelps and helped his father in winter with logging off and clearing on a farm in Adams Township. Then he ran a business in Defiance for many years and in the last few years practiced gardening and wood selling. Many times her served in public offices and was at the time of his passing the assessor of the First ward. Up into a great age Mr Schultz enjoyed exceptional health, which enabled him to overcome some serious illnesses. Only just two years ago he declared on the occasion of his 80th birthday to the author of these pages, who in him has lost one of his best friends: "If I would always be so healthy and content, I wouldn't mind living to 100 years old." Four weeks ago, he caught a severe cold at work, which developed first into bronchitis and then into pneumonia and brain-swelling. These illnesses, as much as he fought against them, were more than the elder could ?defeat. He was one of the founders of the St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran congregation, for which he had made many serious offerings. He also belonged to the Men's League of that same congregation.

Left behind are the widow Elisabeth, a born Dittmer, whom he married on the 11th of May 1855, the daughter Mrs Maria .... (truncated)

[birth: 22 Feb 1830 Germany]
[death: 30 Mar 1912 Defiance, Defiance, Ohio] [burial: 02 Apr 1912]
[marriage: 11 May 1855 Defiance,?ohio spouse: Elisabet Ditmar]