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LEWIS & ANTHONY FRETZ, farmers and saw-millers; P. O. Medina; are among the enterprising and prominent citizens of Montville Township, and have materially assisted in developing and improving this part of the county. They are sons of Samuel and Elizabeth Fretz, both of whom were natives of Bucks Co, Penn., the father being born Jan. 17, 1796; and the mother April 26, 1806. He was a miller by trade, and in 1832 moved to Clinton, N. J., where he lived seventeen years. He then came to Ohio, locating at Wadsworth in Medina Co. The following year, he bought the mill property in Montville, to which he removed, conducting the same in company with his sons until his death, which occurred April 6, 1852. The three sons, Lewis, Anthony and Mahlon S., assumed control; and the following March the mill burned down, being a total loss. They re-built it better than ever and were doing a good business, when the blast of war was heard in the land. Lewis captained the first company raised in Medina Co. The other two entered the 12th Illinois Volunteer Inf., as musicians, and while gone, Mahlon contracted a disease, from which he died soon after his return, leaving one child named Mahlon D. The last company raised in the county, the 166th O. N. G., Co E, also contained the two oldest sons, Anthony as chief musician, and Lewis as 1st Lieutenant, with Captain's duties, that officer being unfit for service. Lewis was born Dec. 26, 1826; has served as Trustee, Township Clerk. and has been Justice of the Peace since 1875; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church and also of the Masonic order. Anthony was born Jan. 5, 1829 : was married in 1855, to Emily, daughter of Chester Hosmer; she died soon after, leaving one child, Ida E., now the wife of Melvin Flickinger. He was again married, Sept. 19. 1862, to Hannah A., daughter of William and Rebecca (Smith) Crawford; she was born Sept. 9, 1841, in Guilford Township. This union has been blessed with one child, Clara W. born Oct. 3, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz are members of the Presbyterian Church. Both Lewis and Anthony are Democrats. ["History of Medina County & Ohio" Illus. Chicago: Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, 1881; Part III, Biographical Sketches : Montville Township, p786].
LEWIS & ANTHONY FRETZ, farmers and saw-millers; P. O. Medina; are among the enterprising and prominent citizens of Montville Township, and have materially assisted in developing and improving this part of the county. They are sons of Samuel and Elizabeth Fretz, both of whom were natives of Bucks Co, Penn., the father being born Jan. 17, 1796; and the mother April 26, 1806. He was a miller by trade, and in 1832 moved to Clinton, N. J., where he lived seventeen years. He then came to Ohio, locating at Wadsworth in Medina Co. The following year, he bought the mill property in Montville, to which he removed, conducting the same in company with his sons until his death, which occurred April 6, 1852. The three sons, Lewis, Anthony and Mahlon S., assumed control; and the following March the mill burned down, being a total loss. They re-built it better than ever and were doing a good business, when the blast of war was heard in the land. Lewis captained the first company raised in Medina Co. The other two entered the 12th Illinois Volunteer Inf., as musicians, and while gone, Mahlon contracted a disease, from which he died soon after his return, leaving one child named Mahlon D. The last company raised in the county, the 166th O. N. G., Co E, also contained the two oldest sons, Anthony as chief musician, and Lewis as 1st Lieutenant, with Captain's duties, that officer being unfit for service. Lewis was born Dec. 26, 1826; has served as Trustee, Township Clerk. and has been Justice of the Peace since 1875; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church and also of the Masonic order. Anthony was born Jan. 5, 1829 : was married in 1855, to Emily, daughter of Chester Hosmer; she died soon after, leaving one child, Ida E., now the wife of Melvin Flickinger. He was again married, Sept. 19. 1862, to Hannah A., daughter of William and Rebecca (Smith) Crawford; she was born Sept. 9, 1841, in Guilford Township. This union has been blessed with one child, Clara W. born Oct. 3, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz are members of the Presbyterian Church. Both Lewis and Anthony are Democrats. ["History of Medina County & Ohio" Illus. Chicago: Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, 1881; Part III, Biographical Sketches : Montville Township, p786].
166 Regt. Oh
LEWIS & ANTHONY FRETZ, farmers and saw-millers; P. O. Medina; are among the enterprising and prominent citizens of Montville Township, and have materially assisted in developing and improving this part of the county. They are sons of Samuel and Elizabeth Fretz, both of whom were natives of Bucks Co, Penn., the father being born Jan. 17, 1796; and the mother April 26, 1806. He was a miller by trade, and in 1832 moved to Clinton, N. J., where he lived seventeen years. He then came to Ohio, locating at Wadsworth in Medina Co. The following year, he bought the mill property in Montville, to which he removed, conducting the same in company with his sons until his death, which occurred April 6, 1852. The three sons, Lewis, Anthony and Mahlon S., assumed control; and the following March the mill burned down, being a total loss. They re-built it better than ever and were doing a good business, when the blast of war was heard in the land. Lewis captained the first company raised in Medina Co. The other two entered the 12th Illinois Volunteer Inf., as musicians, and while gone, Mahlon contracted a disease, from which he died soon after his return, leaving one child named Mahlon D. The last company raised in the county, the 166th O. N. G., Co E, also contained the two oldest sons, Anthony as chief musician, and Lewis as 1st Lieutenant, with Captain's duties, that officer being unfit for service. Lewis was born Dec. 26, 1826; has served as Trustee, Township Clerk. and has been Justice of the Peace since 1875; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church and also of the Masonic order. Anthony was born Jan. 5, 1829 : was married in 1855, to Emily, daughter of Chester Hosmer; she died soon after, leaving one child, Ida E., now the wife of Melvin Flickinger. He was again married, Sept. 19. 1862, to Hannah A., daughter of William and Rebecca (Smith) Crawford; she was born Sept. 9, 1841, in Guilford Township. This union has been blessed with one child, Clara W. born Oct. 3, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz are members of the Presbyterian Church. Both Lewis and Anthony are Democrats. ["History of Medina County & Ohio" Illus. Chicago: Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, 1881; Part III, Biographical Sketches : Montville Township, p786].
LEWIS & ANTHONY FRETZ, farmers and saw-millers; P. O. Medina; are among the enterprising and prominent citizens of Montville Township, and have materially assisted in developing and improving this part of the county. They are sons of Samuel and Elizabeth Fretz, both of whom were natives of Bucks Co, Penn., the father being born Jan. 17, 1796; and the mother April 26, 1806. He was a miller by trade, and in 1832 moved to Clinton, N. J., where he lived seventeen years. He then came to Ohio, locating at Wadsworth in Medina Co. The following year, he bought the mill property in Montville, to which he removed, conducting the same in company with his sons until his death, which occurred April 6, 1852. The three sons, Lewis, Anthony and Mahlon S., assumed control; and the following March the mill burned down, being a total loss. They re-built it better than ever and were doing a good business, when the blast of war was heard in the land. Lewis captained the first company raised in Medina Co. The other two entered the 12th Illinois Volunteer Inf., as musicians, and while gone, Mahlon contracted a disease, from which he died soon after his return, leaving one child named Mahlon D. The last company raised in the county, the 166th O. N. G., Co E, also contained the two oldest sons, Anthony as chief musician, and Lewis as 1st Lieutenant, with Captain's duties, that officer being unfit for service. Lewis was born Dec. 26, 1826; has served as Trustee, Township Clerk. and has been Justice of the Peace since 1875; he is a member of the Presbyterian Church and also of the Masonic order. Anthony was born Jan. 5, 1829 : was married in 1855, to Emily, daughter of Chester Hosmer; she died soon after, leaving one child, Ida E., now the wife of Melvin Flickinger. He was again married, Sept. 19. 1862, to Hannah A., daughter of William and Rebecca (Smith) Crawford; she was born Sept. 9, 1841, in Guilford Township. This union has been blessed with one child, Clara W. born Oct. 3, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Fretz are members of the Presbyterian Church. Both Lewis and Anthony are Democrats. ["History of Medina County & Ohio" Illus. Chicago: Baskin & Battey Historical Publishers, 1881; Part III, Biographical Sketches : Montville Township, p786].
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