Myriam LUTZ. Parents: Charles E. LUTZ and Ida MARKEL.
Spouse: BLAKER.
Nellie B. LUTZ was born in Feb 1873 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16353 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16354 Parents: George W. LUTZ and Matilda HOFFMAN.
Nelson LUTZ was born about 1839 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Circleville Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16355 Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Elizabeth WOLFLEY.
Nelson L. LUTZ was born about 1833 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16356 Parents: Jacob D. LUTZ and Polly BRAUCHER.
Nettie LUTZ was born about 1864 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Tarlton, Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16357 Parents: Henry LUTZ and Minerva J. DUGHMAN.
Norman LUTZ was born about 1851 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16275 Parents: Samuel G. LUTZ and Polly REICHELDERFER.
Ollie D. LUTZ was born about 1874 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16358 Parents: Wilbur LUTZ and Etta Howard (Ettie) RAYMOND.
Ora Helen LUTZ was born about 1875 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16359 She died on 8 Apr 1954 in Ohio. She was buried in Apr 1954 in Adelphi, Ross Co., Ohio. Parents: George C. LUTZ and Sarah Elizabeth CRITES.
Spouse: Jacob Melvin ROLL. Jacob Melvin ROLL and Ora Helen LUTZ were married on 25 May 1898 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.16360
Orlo E. LUTZ was born on 30 Jul 1877. Parents: Samuel LUTZ and Catherine ALEXANDER.
Oscar B. LUTZ was born in Oct 1863 in Ohio. He appeared in the census on 8 Jun 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16361 He appeared in the census on 7 Jun 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16362 Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Lydia ROUCK.
Otis LUTZ was born about 1856 in Ohio. He appeared in the census on 29 Jun 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16363 He appeared in the census on 8 Jun 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16364 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16365 Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Lydia ROUCK.
Spouse: Louisa J. GRIMES. Otis LUTZ and Louisa J. GRIMES were married on 22 Dec 1878 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.11893 Children were: Edith A. LUTZ.
Ovid LUTZ was born about 1821 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16366 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16367 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16172 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16368 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16369
Spouse: Catharine LUTZ. Ovid LUTZ and Catharine LUTZ were married on 11 Sep 1841 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.1094 Children were: Martha C. LUTZ, Samuel L. LUTZ, George W. LUTZ.
Peter LUTZ. Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Elizabeth DEMUTH.
Peter LUTZ was born on 2 Feb 1823 in Ohio. His birthdate has been calculated. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16370 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16371 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16372 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16373 He died on 28 Feb 1887 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was buried in Mar 1887 in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio.16301 Age 64y 26d Col of 155 OH NG.
Spouse: Lydia LUTZ. Peter LUTZ and Lydia LUTZ were married on 26 Sep 1849 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.1094 Peter and Lydia were married by Elijah Kuhns. Children were: John Wesley LUTZ, Mary J. LUTZ, Elisabeth R. LUTZ, Millard E. LUTZ, Chester L. LUTZ, Cyrus A. LUTZ, S. P. LUTZ.
Peter S. LUTZ was born on 12 Sep 1827 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16374 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16375 He died on 13 Dec 1899 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was buried in Dec 1899 in Imler Cemetery, Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16376
Spouse: Lydia DRESBACH. Children were: Jonathan H. LUTZ, Henry E. LUTZ, Ellen F. LUTZ.
Phyllis Lucille LUTZ was born about 1929 in Ohio. Had no children. Parents: Irwin Henry LUTZ and Ethel L. (LUTZ).
Spouse: Bob Gale BOYER.
R. J. H. LUTZ was born about 1855 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1860 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16377 Parents: Lewis LUTZ and Susan HITLER.
Rachel LUTZ was born about 1837 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1850 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16378 Parents: Samuel LUTZ and Elizabeth FETHEROLF.
Spouse: Christopher PATRICK. Christopher PATRICK and Rachel LUTZ were married on 4 Mar 1858 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.2599
Ralph LUTZ.
Spouse: Mabel MOSS. Children were: Laura Belle LUTZ.
Robert LUTZ was born about 1950. Twin of Rodger Lutz. Parents: William G. LUTZ and Icyle A. GRUBB.
Rodger LUTZ was born about 1950. Twin of Robert Lutz. Parents: William G. LUTZ and Icyle A. GRUBB.
Roy Tansill LUTZ was born on 10 Jan 1891 in Amanda, Amanda Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.47 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Clearcreek Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.16379 He died on 7 Aug 1972 in Chillicothe, Ross Co., Ohio.47 He was buried on 11 Aug 1972 in Amanda Township Cemetery, Amanda Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.47,1331 His Ancestral File Number is 1ZKL-1F. Parents: Edmond Granvill LUTZ and Carrie Jane PUGH.
Spouse: Mildred Caroline RITCHIE. Roy Tansill LUTZ and Mildred Caroline RITCHIE were married on 29 Jul 1917 in Amanda, Amanda Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.47 Children were: Betty Jane LUTZ.
Ruth R. LUTZ was born in May 1899 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1900 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16380 She appeared in the census in 1910 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16381 Parents: Frederick (Jud) LUTZ and Minola C. (Minnie) DEFENBAUGH.
Spouse: Ralph R. CLAGETT.
S. P. LUTZ was born on 3 Aug 1870 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He died on 20 Mar 1871 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was buried in Mar 1871 in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio.16301 Age 7m 17d s/o Peter and Lydia Lutz. Parents: Peter LUTZ and Lydia LUTZ.
Samuel LUTZ
was born on 13 Mar 1789 in Upper Saucon Twp., Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania.
He was Surveyer. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Saltcreek
Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16382
He appeared in the census in 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16383 He appeared in the census
in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16384 He was mentioned in a biography in 1880 in the History
of Franklin and Pickaway Counties, Ohio pages 258-261. To live ninety
years on earth is the lot of very few human beings. To find one's self, at ninety,
with all one's physical senses and mental faculties unimpaired, and with an almost
youthful vigor, both of body and mind, is an occurrence so rare and exceptional
as properly to be considered a phenomenon. Yet this, without exaggeration, is
the lot of Samuel Lutz. And the ninety years which he has lived, and for seventy-five
of which he has been an interested student and observer of human affairs, have
been among the most eventful the world has ever seen. It is doubtful if, even
in the civil and political history of the world, any previous era of equal length
has been marked by so many important changes as those which have characterized
the past ninety years. And, certain it is, that the discoveries and inventions
in science and the useful arts, which have been made during the same period,
exceed in number and magnitude those of any previous century. A bare enumeration
of the great historical events and scientific discoveries which have passed under
Mr. Lutz's careful, intelligent and studious observation, would occupy more space
in these pages than that which the limits of our space necessarily prescribe
for his biography.
Samuel Lutz was born March 13, 1789, in Upper Saucon township, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania. His parents were Jacob and Elizabeth (Demuth) Lutz, his mother being a native of Bucks county, and his father of Newton. They were married about the year 1787. His grandfather, Ulrich Lutz (also a native of Pennsylvania), died about 1790; his great-grandfather (and first-known ancestor) emigrated from Germany to the same German-American State, near the year 1730. Notwithstanding their remote connection with the Father-land, the family have persevered in the use of the German language, down to the present generation.
At a family reunion held at the residence of Samuel Lutz, in Salt Creek township, October 15, 1877, to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the settlement of the family in that locality, John A. Lutz, one of the sons of Samuel Lutz, the only lawyer and professional writer thus far produced by the family, this spoke of the family name and first-known progenitor:
"The name seems to be purely arbitrary, without any known significance, and, possibly, may have been obtained from the place of nativity, as there is a town in Germany called Lutzen [Luetzen in German], noted in history as the place where the great battle was fought during the thirty years' war, in which the brave Gustavus Adolphus, king of Sweden, was killed. The name being quite common, both in Germany and in this country, is doubtless of remote antiquity, dating back, perhaps to the days of Herman, or even Julius Caesar."
We would remind our friend Lutz, that there is a German provincial word, luetzel, meaning the same as the English adjective, "little," and doubtless only another form of that and the common German, leitel. Luetzel might easily have been contracted into luetz, and that transformed (by a slight change of spelling, frequently met with in German) into lutz--thus furnishing the family name. This etymology derives a singular plausibility from the diminutive size which is said to be a striking characteristic of the Lutzes.
He proceeds in the following pleasant vein:
Baron Von Lutz, the minister of education of Austria, may be a descendant of the same ancestor, and simply had the title of nobility cast upon him or his immediate ancestors, by some play of fortune, during some of the revolutions and political upheavals, which have taken place in Germany, in the last few centuries; for the venerable dame is somewhat capricious in the bestowment of her favors, and has been known to make noblemen out of plowmen. But if he is of the same ancestry, his lineage is so remote that, like a distant planet, the light reflected by him does not affect us in the least, either for good or evil.
Tradition has it, and we have accepted it as a true history, that about the year 1730, a little old bachelor, by the name of Michael Lutz, came from Germany and settled in Northampton county, Pennsylvania. It is not known what part of Germany he came from, and it has been suggested that, perhaps, he was a natural [illegitimate] son, and was silent as to his ancestry, or had not sense enough to tell where he came from.
He soon found that a different stat of things obtained in this country. In the densely populated Sates of Germany, he might have been permitted to remain an old bachelor, and to waste his sweetness on the desert air; but here, where immense forests were to be cleared and the land brought into cultivation, towns and cities, to be built, the increase of population was a very important item in political economy; and the policy of the colonies was not unlike that of Brigham Young--to utilize all propagating elements. He was admonished that no such moral and social delinquency as bachelorhood could be tolerated. For some reason, he seemed to be unsuccessful in his efforts to obtain a wife, and therefore the elders of the church to which he belonged came to his relief, either from motives of brotherly kindness, or of public policy, and soon procured for him a wife. The issue of this union was two sons, and perhaps one or two daughters.
He purchased a small tract of land in Northampton county, on the south side of the Lehigh river, and not far from its mouth, upon which he lived the remainder of his days, and which is said to be still owned by one of his descendants. Of his history, only these few fragments have escaped oblivion. What became of his daughters, if they, or either of them, lived to years of maturity, and left any children, we do not know. His elder son was named Benedict, and the younger, Ulrich. Upon the death of the father, Benedict inherited, by laws which obtained in Pennsylvania, twice as much of his father's estate as Ulrich; and although the estate was small, there seems to have been enough to create a coldness between the brothers; and in consequence of this, the families separated, and but little intercourse passed between them.
Benedict Lutz lived to a great age, and died about the year 1818, in Pennsylvania. Some of his descendants are still living in Pennsylvania, but further than this we have no knowledge of them.
Ulrich Lutz married Elizabeth Dice, about the year 1760. Her parents came from Dupont, Germany, and she possessed considerable native intellect, with a liberal endowment of common sense, and the improvement in intellect which the family exhibited subsequent to this, was doubtless inherited from her. Though herself of medium stature, she was descended from a family noted for their size. Two of her uncles, about seven feet in height, served in Frederick William of Prussia's celebrated regiment of giants. Though most of us are mere pigmies in stature, it would seem we have some of the blood of the giants in our veins. They lived in Springfield township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania, till about the year 1790, when they, with their sons and families, moved to Shamokin Valley, Northumberland county, where Ulrich Lutz died, the same year.
In 1794, Jacob Lutz, the father of Samuel Lutz, moved from Shamokin valley, Northumberland county, Pennsylvania, to Buffalo valley, a beautiful and fertile portion of the same county. Here he resided until September, 1802, when, with his wife, five sons and his mother, he emigrated to Ohio, and, on the fifteenth day of the same month, settled on the premises where his son, Samuel Lutz, now resides.
His sons were Samuel, Jacob D., John D., Joseph, and Peter. The last two died in their boyhood; the other three grew up to manhood, and, being trained to the occupation of farming, became leading farmers of this county. There were then no public schools in this State, but their father, appreciating the importance of an education, provided his sons with books, and encouraged them to study at home; and, in this way, they acquired a good practical education.
Samuel Lutz married Elizabeth Fetherolf on the fifteenth day of October, 1811. His father set off to him one hundred and eighty-five acres of land, from the west side of his home tract, as part of his patrimony. Upon this he erected a cabin to live in, near the site of his present fine residence, and commenced the work of felling the native forest and bringing the land under cultivation. This was no easy task at that day, for there was very little money in circulation, and hired labor was scarce; and the following year our country became involved in a war with Great Britain, and many of the able bodied men in the new settlement were called to the defence of the frontier, which made it still more difficult to obtain hired labor. He served, himself, a short campaign, under the general call, and he was once drafted for a thirty-days' term, for which he furnished a substitute. The financial depression, which followed the war, produced stringent times and seriously checked every form of improvement in the new States. But, notwithstanding these obstacles, he toiled on, and, after ten years or more of hard labor and self-denial, he had the pleasure of seeing himself the owner of a well-improved farm, with fair prospects of enjoying some of its comforts. He be came the owner, in the meantime, of other lands, and united with farming the business of raising and dealing in live stock, which subsequently became a prominent part of his business. he was one of the pioneers in driving live stock form the Scioto valley to the eastern cities, having driven cattle to Baltimore as early as the year 1822. The business in which he was engaged was well adapted to his habits and taste, and he took considerable interest in live stock, being never in better spirits than when he had his farms well stocked with cattle. Though his principal business was as just stated, yet he managed to devote considerable time to surveying, which was rather a favorite pursuit with him, and one in which he acquired quite a reputation for accuracy and skill. In most of the litigated cases of disputed lines or overlapping surveys in the Virginia military district in this county, he was employed to make surveys, and his opinions had great weight with the court and jury in deciding them.
He has always been a man of decided political convictions, and the exercise of the right of suffrage, with him, has been a sacred duty; and it is doubtful whether he ever failed to vote at a political election. His first vote for president was cast for James Madison, and the last for General Hayes. In the days of the old Whig party he was one of its leaders in this county, and Henry Clay was his ideal of a statesman; and, perhaps, no one suffered more keenly than he the mortification of Clay's defeat for the presidency, in 1844. As a Whig, he was elected four times to represent this county in the legislature: the first time in 1830, and the last in 1849. He held many minor offices, and it can be said, with truth, that he performed the duties of every public trust, to which he was called, with fidelity. Upon the repeal of the Missouri compromise and the organization of the Republican party, he united with it, and became a radical anti-slavery man. He supported Lincoln for the presidency, and, when the South seceded, he was in favor of coercion, and he heartily endorsed the war measures of his administration. Though more than three-score-and-ten, when the Rebellion began, yet he took a deep interest in the efforts of the government to suppress it, and contributed money liberally to encourage enlistment. And, perhaps, no events which have occurred in his life were more joyful to him than the abolition of slavery, and the final triumph of our arms in the suppression of the Rebellion.
Naturally inclined to be studious, in early life he provided himself with a good library, and his leisure moments were devoted to reading and to the study of mathematics, in which he became well versed.
Endowed with a good share of common sense and a generous nature, and having acquired extensive practical knowledge and a readiness with the pen, he made himself very useful to his neighbors and to the community in which he lives.
His manner of living was plain and simple, and his habits strictly temperate. His life, in some respects, has been a success, having raised a family of nine children and accumulated an estate of three thousand acres of land in Pickaway and Ross counties, which he distributed among his children as they arrived at full age or married.
On the fifteenth day of October, 1861, he and his wife had the pleasure of celebrating their golden wedding. His wife died on the fifteenth day of April, 1868, aged seventy-four years and four months. They had fourteen children, five of whom died in infancy. The remaining nine are still living, are married, and have families. The following are the names of these surviving children: Samuel G.; Harriet, wife of Robert Zurwehly; Catharine, wife of Ovid Lutz; Isaac; John A.; Lydia, wife of Peter Lutz; George; Mary, wife of Lewis R. Lesher; and Rachel, wife of Christopher Patrick. The oldest of these is sixty-two, and the youngest forty-two. The living descendants of Samuel Lutz are nine children, forty-nine grandchildren, and thirty-one great-grandchildren.
The Lutzes are a social race, and not interesting anniversary is allowed to pass with being celebrated by its appropriate family reunion. The last of these which has thus far been held, was on the thirteenth of March, 1879, the ninetieth anniversary of Samuel Lutz's birth. The orator of that occasion was Harry E. Lutz, a grandson of "our hero," and a son of John A. Lutz, the lawyer. If it be true, as we have heard it intimated, that he is ambitious to attain a high rank in the honored profession of journalism, we hazard nothing in predicting, that at no distant day, should his life and health be spared, he will fully realize his ambition. His address, on the occasion referred to, was so graceful and felicitious, and, withal, so fine a resume for the life and character of his honored grandfather, that we insert it here:
Nearly seventy-seven years ago two large, canvas-covered wagons plodded slowly westward from Pennsylvania. they passed over hills covered with the majestic trees of the forest; they journeyed through valleys richly mantled with flowers and grass; they crossed peaceful rivulets, angry torrents, and broad rivers. In one of those wagons there was a boy of thirteen summers. He was small in stature, but his bright gray eyes, which shone beneath a broad, high forehead, and lighted up a thoughtful-looking face, betokened a maturity of mind beyond his years. Untutored and in experienced though he was, he had enough of natural-force of mind to overcome the disadvantages of his position. This journey introduced him into a new life, for those wagons finally halted in the valley which has now been his home for seventy-seven years, and we meet today to celebrate the ninetieth birthday of that boy, who is now father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.
In 1807 he studied surveying at Chillicothe, under John G. Macan, and last year, after seventy-one years' service in that profession, he bought a new stock of instruments, expecting to begin life anew. In 1810 he surveyed the first public road which the Pickaway county commissioners ordered, and recently, after an interval of sixty-nine years, he was again appointed to resurvey a portion of that same road.
In 1811 he married Elizabeth Fetherolf, and they, together, shared the joys and the sorrows of life for a full half century.
In 1813 he served a few weeks in the militia, when Ohio received a fright from the British, which has only been equaled by that which John Morgan's raid occasioned in 1863. Although it is a family trait "to snore louder in bed than to shout in battle," our hero was not without glory in this his only campaign, for he confidently affirms that he fired off his gun once, which is more than many of his fellow warriors could say. And for this invaluable service his grateful country has pensioned him and given him one hundred and sixty acres of land. He afterwards served eighteen years as a justice of the peace, and represented his county in four sessions of the Ohio legislature.
Such is the record of his life, as it would be told to a stranger, but it is as inadequate as the boy's note of his daily experiences, that "he got up, washed, and went to bed." Behind this short account there is another, of days of joy and days of sorrow, of weeks of pain and weeks of pleasure, of years of gain and years of loss; and it is this account which truly shows the progress of his mind, but which we have not now time to trace.
We will, therefore, turn from the life to the character of our hero, and we shall find that, in the words of Emerson, the man towers head and shoulders above his deeds. The most prominent characteristic of his mind is force. He puts his whole soul into whatever he undertakes. He is inclined to go over or through, rather than around. You have noticed an ant moving along on the earth, and have noticed that when it comes to an obstacle in its path it immediately turns aside. That is the way with some men; they change their course whenever anything opposes them, without trying to overcome it. But that is not the way with our hero. If it is possible, he will go over, or he will go through. Last summer, while in Adelphi, a man told me an anecdote which fully illustrates this trait in his character. About fifteen or twenty years ago, he was carrying one end of the chain, while surveying a field, and the man was carrying the other, when they came to a large pond. He urged our hero to make a triangle and estimate the distance across, but, with scowls, was answered: "Come on, come on; what are you about? Let's go through!" And in they plunged, up to their waists, and did go through. This same force of mind, however, makes him impatient of slow people, and causes him, also, to get into what has been called a "cast-iron sweat" at trifles.
Another trait of his character is inquisitiveness. He would walk a mile to find out a stranger's name, and think that he was amply repaid for his journey, though he should forget it the next day. He would have made a first-class newspaper reporter, if he had been taken when young, for he could get an interview with the greatest man on earth any day. While we were traveling, he wanted to know the name of every station which we passed, and asked me all sorts of questions about the things which he saw, and not unfrequently compelled me to expose my ignorance, and that was rather rough on my pride, you know. He invariably inquired the price of everything, from a boot-black's outfit to the steel bridge at St. Louis. Macaulay may have had a great memory, but I would be willing to wager a fortune that our hero has forgotten more than he knew. But notwithstanding all the facts that have passed from his mind, his inquisitiveness has not been in vain, for he is well posted in history, and has a wide knowledge of current events.
Another characteristic of his mind is studiousness. he sometimes works at a problem during a whole day, which is something that neither love nor money could induce any of his descendants to do. Farm life has very little in it to stimulate one to hard study, but our hero overcame those discouragements, and is now well acquainted with the different branches of mathematics. But this special study did not so bias his mind that he neglected other things, for he has read much of the classical prose and poetry. Last summer, when in his ninetieth year, he bought a volume of poems, and since then has spent many of his leisure moments in reading those stirring Scottish lays of Robert Burns.
The chief characteristic of our hero's old age is vigor. Today, were we to walk a race, he would outstrip one-half of us. Last summer, when strong men were lying under shade-trees, complaining of the heat--when people of all ages and conditions were being stricken down in the great cities--our hero surveyed a field in Ross county. When eighty-six years of age he climbed to the top of Bunker Hill monument, and, a few days afterward, he went up the three hundred and sixty-four steps leading to the dome of the capitol at Washington. In 1876 he passed through that most wearisome of all ordeals, the attending of the Centennial. And that he fully appreciates his vigor, the following anecdote will show: Last summer, while we were at Cincinnati, he started to get into a street-car before it should stop, but I kept him from doing so; and when we were seated in the car the driver passed through and remarked that he was too old a man to get on a car while it was in motion. At that a scowl came over our hero's face, like a thunder-cloud, and, throwing up his arms, he exclaimed, with withering contempt, "That's nothing; I could jump over the whole car." Then seeing the general look of amused incredulity, he added, with emphasis, "Why, yes! why, yes!"
Whatever position in society our hero has attained, it has been entirely owing to his own efforts. No long line of ancestors has given him "title deeds to sloth." Others may boast of their descent, but he can glory in his ascent. As the Swedish epic says:
"Boast not they father's fame--'tis his alone,
A bow that thou canst bend is scarce thine own.
What can a buried glory be to thee?
By its own force the river gains the sea."
We are accustomed to speak of beauty as an exclusive attribute of youth, but we forget that nature has thrown a mantle of grace over old age also. One is the beauty of action; the other, the beauty of repose. One is the beauty of a torrent dashing over rocky precipices; the other is the beauty of still waters, which unchangeably mirror the heavens. The bright green of a forest in spring is beautiful; but so, also, are the golden hues of the trees in autumn. The rosey-faced child and the white-haired old man, alike command our love. And we can think of nothing in which our hero has been more fortunate than in having all the venerableness of age, without its pains and its weaknesses.
I would call him great, not only because he has performed his part in the drama of life well, but also because I think that his natural talents are sufficiently above mediocrity to make him deserving of that name. Great men do not always occupy high places, and the heroes whose names adorn the pages of history are outnumbered by heroes equally great, though unknown to fame. In the story of our family, one of the brightest pages will be the one which records the struggles and triumphs of Samuel Lutz.
The grandmother who accompanied Mr. Lutz to Ohio, died at the home of her son, June 23, 1818, aged about seventy-five. His father died September 4, 1824, at sixty-two, and his mother, January 27, 1842, at eighty-six.
Mr. Lutz was, as we have seen, abut thirteen years of age when he left his native State, having received there only such education as the Pennsylvania common schools afforded. After his arrival here, the only training which he received from a teacher was that obtained during the two months under Professor Macan, studying the elements of surveying. So that, even in his favorite science, it may properly be said that he was self-taught.
At the family re-union (the first one noticed above) held to commemorate the settlement of the Lutz family in Pickaway county, a large stone (after the good old Jewish fashion) was set up and dedicated, as a memento of the event. The formula for the dedication of this stone, pronounced by John A. Lutz at the close of his address on that occasion, will form an appropriate ending for this imperfect sketch. It is as follows:
"To perpetuate the memory of the interesting event which we today celebrate, and as a memorial of the divine goodness to us as a family, I now solemnly dedicate this simple monument, composed of a rude boulder, found upon these premises, and doubtless brought hither by the great northern drifts. Of itself it is a monument of the wonderful changes which have taken place on the surface of the earth in the geologic periods of the past, in the formation and preparation of these picturesque hills and beautiful fertile valleys for the abode, comfort, and happiness of man.
"May no rude hand deface it, nor unrestrained violence destroy it, but may it ever remain to remind the future generations of our children of the event we celebrate, and of the goodness of God and their ancestors. And to this let all the kindred say, Amen."
He appeared in the Lafayette Daily Courier on 26 Mar 1889. AGED ONE HUNDRED YEARS
Sketch of the Life of Hon. Samuel Lutz of Pickaway County, Ohio.
The Courier has already noted the visit of Samuel Lutz, wife and daughters, and Mrs. and Mrs. Nelson Lutz, of this county, to Circleville, Ohio, to celebrate the one hundredth birthday of Hon. Samuel Lutz, of that place. The above is a very good likeness of the venerable gentleman, and in this connection the following facts of his life will be of interest:
Samuel Lutz was born March 13, 1789, amid the foothills of the Lehigh Mountains, in what is now Upper Saucon township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His great-grandfather had landed in New York nearly sixty years before. German was his native language, and the customs of the fatherland were those of his parents and neighbors. His early training was in the Teutonic tongue. Indeed, his second cousin, John Lutz, aged eighty-six, who resides in Hellertown, Pa., converses and reads only in the language their common ancestors employed on the banks of the Neckar. Mr. Lutz came with his parents to the Buffalo Valley, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in 1794, where he imbibed the rudiments of a German education. Following the lead of an uncle who made a trip to Ohio in 1799, the father of Samuel Lutz and his family, September 7, 1802, commenced their long journey in two canvas-covered, four-horse vehicles, through Wheeling to Zanesville "on a course not far from the subsequent line of the National road." The boy was then about fourteen, an intelligent, observing lad, reaching Lancaster, October 9, with their two wagons, the father and uncle started next morning to take an advance survey of the country. The same week they attended an election of delegates to the first Ohio Constitutional Convention, "at McCoy's meeting house at Kingston," which is now in Ross County. The father at once purchased the farm of John Shoemaker, and here the youth became a man, married, became the head of a large family. Young Lutz greatly enjoyed his pioneer surroundings, and had a similar experience with "Other lads who live in the times of old."
Game was abundant, their house was built of logs, and greased paper served for window glass. As he became older he manifested a love of mathematics, and went to Chillicothe as an apprentice to a surveyor. In 1809 he purchased a good compass in Philadelphia-by a Chillicothe merchant-which he has used ever since. It served the purpose in 1810, when David Kinner laid out the town of Circleville; and Mr. Lutz used the same instrument in laying out McArthur, in Vinton County.
Samuel Lutz married Elizabeth Fatherolf October 15, 1811, and his wife survived their golden wedding. Of their fourteen children, nine lived to maturity, and but one has since died.
For the war of 1812 Mr. Lutz enlisted in Colonel James Renick’s mounted militia, which were armed with carbines. The British had been repulsed when the militia reached Upper Sandusky. There, Mr. Lutz’s carbine lock having been displaced, an ensign went with him to General Wm. Henry Harrison, who examined an order for another gun. Nineteen days’ service ended that of the mounted militia.
Mr. Lutz was a pioneer in stall feeding cattle for driving to the Eastern markets, and started February, 1882, on his first trip, taking his bullocks to Baltimore. In 1824, 1825 and 1827 he took cattle to Philadelphia. On each trip he bought books of solid worth with which he increased his store of knowledge during the long winter evening at the old home place.
Samuel Lutz served many years as Justice of the peace, and was elected four times a member of the Ohio House of Representatives. In all his positions he was widely known and esteemed, but he used to say he “took more pride in having been a farmer than he did in being a surveyor, a justice or a member of the Legislature. He always sought to help his neighbors and relatives, and was never charged with having committed a dishonest act. Once, when a witness in court, Judge Bates observed: “Mr. Lutz need not be sworn—his word is sufficient.”
He supported the Union cause in 1861 by financial and tireless personal assistance. His father was a Revolutionary soldier and several of his kindred served in the Mexican war. His old age is singularly pure from the ills of senility. Long ago he provided handsomely for his children, and has since sought his enjoyment in books and travel.
The celebration of his 100th birthday was an event long to be remembered by the residents of that vicinity, over 1,200 people being present. The weather was perfect and the crowd exceeded all expectations. The venerable centenarian is in good health and was delighted to greet his friends. Each guest was given a card containing his autograph in a steady round hand, which would do credit to a youth. His eight children, forty-eight grandchildren, sixty-six great grandchildren and two great great-grandchildren look up to him with loving devotion as a worthy patriarch, a commendable example for all his descendants. His kindred and friends wish him many happy days in his second century.
He was mentioned in a biography History of Pickaway County.16385 He died on 1 Sep 1890 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He was buried in Sep 1890 in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio.10097 Age 101y 5m 18d War 1812.
Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Elizabeth DEMUTH.
Spouse: Elizabeth FETHEROLF. Samuel LUTZ and Elizabeth FETHEROLF were married on 15 Oct 1811 in Ross Co., Ohio. Children were: Samuel G. LUTZ, George C. LUTZ, Mary LUTZ, Rachel LUTZ, John A. LUTZ, Harriet LUTZ, Catharine LUTZ, Isaac LUTZ, Lydia LUTZ.
Samuel LUTZ was born in Jul 1850 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16386 Parents: Samuel G. LUTZ and Polly REICHELDERFER.
Samuel LUTZ was born on 13 Sep 1853. His Ancestral File Number is CND3-58.
Spouse: Catherine ALEXANDER. Samuel LUTZ and Catherine ALEXANDER were married on 21 Nov 1875. Children were: Idetta LUTZ, Orlo E. LUTZ, Harvey A. LUTZ.
Samuel LUTZ was born about 1867 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Circleville Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16387 Parents: John A. LUTZ and Mary H. (LUTZ).
Samuel Elmer LUTZ was born on 27 Jul 1861 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16388 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16389 He appeared in the census in 1900 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16390 He died on 5 Oct 1941 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16391 He was buried on 8 Oct 1941 in Green Summit Cemetery, Adelphi, Ross Co., Ohio. Parents: George C. LUTZ and Sarah Elizabeth CRITES.
Spouse: Julia Adele (Delia) DRAY. Children were: George S. LUTZ.
Samuel G. LUTZ was born about 1817 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16392 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16393 He was buried in Spring Bank Cemetery, Kingston, Ohio. He resided at Yellow Bud, Ohio. Parents: Samuel LUTZ and Elizabeth FETHEROLF.
Spouse: Polly REICHELDERFER. Samuel G. LUTZ and Polly REICHELDERFER were married on 24 Nov 1836 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.16394 Marriage year may be 1838. Children were: William H. LUTZ, Byron LUTZ, Samuel LUTZ, Norman LUTZ, Mary LUTZ, Ira LUTZ.
Samuel L. LUTZ was born about 1846 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16395 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16396 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16397 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16398 Parents: Ovid LUTZ and Catharine LUTZ.
Spouse: Ellen NEWHOUSE. Samuel L. LUTZ and Ellen NEWHOUSE were married on 13 Nov 1867 in Pickaway Co., Ohio.16399 Children were: Edwin LUTZ, Burton LUTZ, Rev. Harry LUTZ, Lilie LUTZ.
Sarah Ellen LUTZ16240 was born on 28 Nov 1856 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio. She died on 18 Sep 1884 in Fairfield Co., Ohio. She was buried in Sep 1884 in New Conrad Cemetery, Clearcreek Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.16400 Aged 27y 9m 20d. Her Ancestral File Number is 1ZKL-MJ.47 Parents: Levi LUTZ and Hannah MOWERY.
Spouse: Luther VALENTINE. Luther VALENTINE and Sarah Ellen LUTZ were married on 15 Oct 1876 in Fairfield Co., Ohio.
Sarah J. LUTZ was born about 1858 in Ohio. She appeared in the census on 29 Jun 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16401 She appeared in the census on 8 Jun 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16402 Parents: Jacob LUTZ and Lydia ROUCK.
Susan Kay LUTZ. Parents: Walter R. LUTZ.
Susannah LUTZ was born on 31 May 1845 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. She died on 22 Jun 1845 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. She was buried in Jun 1845 in Hitler Ludwig Cemetery, Washington Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.10083 Age 22d d/o E. and C. Lutz.
Parents: Eli LUTZ and Catherine FETHEROLF.
Ulissa C. LUTZ was born on 10 Oct 1872 in Ohio. She appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 in Perry Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio.16403 Parents: Byron LUTZ and Minerva DUNKLE.
Ulrich LUTZ was born in Pennsylvania. He died about 1790. Parents: Michael LUTZ.
Spouse: Elizabeth DICE. Ulrich LUTZ and Elizabeth DICE were married about 1760 in Pennsylvania. Children were: Jacob LUTZ, John LUTZ.
Ulysses Grant LUTZ was born on 10 Oct 1872 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 in Perry Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio.16404 Ulysses was a twin to Grant.
Grant was a twin to Ulysses. Parents: Byron LUTZ and Minerva DUNKLE.
Walter R. LUTZ was born about 1919 in Ohio. Parents: Irwin Henry LUTZ and Ethel L. (LUTZ).
Children were: Janet Lee LUTZ, Susan Kay LUTZ.
Wilbur LUTZ was born on 12 Oct 1851 in Adelphi, Colerain Twp., Ross Co., Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16405 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16406 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Pickaway Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16407 He died on 9 Feb 1942 in Upper Arlington, Franklin Co., Ohio.16408 He was buried on 12 Feb 1942 in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio. Parents: George C. LUTZ and Sarah Elizabeth CRITES.
Spouse: Etta Howard (Ettie) RAYMOND. Wilbur LUTZ and Etta Howard (Ettie) RAYMOND were married. Children were: Ollie D. LUTZ, Dora LUTZ, George LUTZ, Effie LUTZ.
William LUTZ was born about 1841 in Ohio. Parents: Michael LUTZ and Catharine HEAP.
William A. LUTZ was born on 30 Jul 1874 in Pickaway Co., Ohio. He appeared in the census on 22 Jun 1880 in Perry Twp., Hocking Co., Ohio.16409 Parents: Byron LUTZ and Minerva DUNKLE.
William G. LUTZ was born on 8 May 1918 in Ohio. He died on 28 Feb 1986 in Ohio. He was buried in Mar 1986 in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway Co., Ohio.1032
Spouse: Icyle A. GRUBB. Children were: Glenn Eugene LUTZ, Florence Margretta LUTZ, Robert LUTZ, Rodger LUTZ, James Kelly LUTZ.
William H. LUTZ was born about 1841 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16410 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Union Twp., Ross Co., Ohio.16411 Parents: Samuel G. LUTZ and Polly REICHELDERFER.
William Sylvester LUTZ was born on 9 Sep 1859 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1860 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16412 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16413 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16414 He appeared in the census on 11 Jun 1900 in Franklin Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio.16415 He died on 21 May 1930 in Wayne Twp., Auglaize Co., Ohio.16416 Parents: George C. LUTZ and Sarah Elizabeth CRITES.
Spouse: Susana Charlotte (Lottie) STRAUSER. William Sylvester LUTZ and Susana Charlotte (Lottie) STRAUSER were married about 1885 in Ohio. Children were: Audrey C. LUTZ, Irwin Henry LUTZ, Dollie Marie LUTZ.
Willie M. LUTZ was born in Sep 1889 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Clearcreek Twp., Fairfield Co., Ohio.16417 Parents: George Alben LUTZ and Ella KIEFABER.
Archibald LYBRAND was born about 1810 in Pennsylvania. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Tarlton, Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16418 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16419 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16420 Living in a Hotel. He appeared in the census in 1880 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16421 He was mentioned in a biography in 1880 in the History of Delaware Co., Ohio. THE DELAWARE CHAIR COMPANY is the largest manufacturing establishment in Delaware, and among the largest in Central Ohio. This corporation was organized and commenced business in 1870, on the present site, in a frame building 32 x 60 feet, two stories high, receiving their power from an adjacent planing mill, through the medium of an endless wire cable. Ten hands were employed, with a monthly payroll of about $200. From this small beginning their business has steadily increased, with a constantly growing demand for their chairs, until they find themselves cramped for room and facilities to meet the volume of orders that is crowding in upon them. This, too, not withstanding the fact that they have increased their capacity until, from the small beginning, they have grown to occupy a building 74 x 100 feet, two and one-half stories high, and employ about one hundred and fifty hands, with a monthly payroll of about $2,500. In 1879, the Company put in their own steam power, and, from the limited variety of fourteen styles of split bottoms, they have grown to the production of 100 different patterns of cane seat chairs. At the Centennial Exhibition in 1876, they were awarded the first grand prize medal and diploma for the utility, strength, comfort, and cheapness of their chairs. The Company is composed of T. E. Powell, A. Lybrand, R. G. Lybrand and S. Lybrand. The latter is general correspondent and financial agent, and R. G. Lybrand business manager. The Company are contemplating a removal to new quarters, the large stone building formerly occupied by the Delaware Manufacturing Company. This will afford room to carry on an immense business, with plenty of power and all the adaptations necessary for the conduct of every department with cheapness and dispatch. However, from the growing popularity of the goods produced by this establishment, it is not improbable that, in the near future, the Company will find a demand for all the space their new quarters will afford. He died on 20 Feb 1886 in Delaware Co., Ohio. He was buried in Feb 1886 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware Co., Ohio. Parents: Samuel LYBRAND and Margaretta (LYBRAND).
Spouse: Jamima GUY. Archibald LYBRAND and Jamima GUY were married on 7 Feb 1833 in Fairfield Co., Ohio.886 Children were: Samuel LYBRAND, Joseph S. LYBRAND, Charles L. LYBRAND, Archibald LYBRAND Jr., Robert Guy LYBRAND, George A. LYBRAND, James LYBRAND, Mary M. LYBRAND, Lewis LYBRAND.
Spouse: Isabella D. DOWNING. Archibald LYBRAND and Isabella D. DOWNING were married before 1860 in Ohio.
Archibald LYBRAND Jr. was born on 23 May 1840 in Ohio. He appeared in the census in 1850 in Tarlton, Saltcreek Twp., Pickaway Co., Ohio.16422 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16423 He appeared in the census in 1870 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16424 He appeared in the census in 1880 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16425 He was mentioned in a biography in 1880 in the History of Delaware County, Ohio. CAPT. A. LYBRAND, JR., attorney at law, Delaware, was born in Pickaway Co., Ohio, May 23, 1840 ; came to Delaware in 1857. At the breaking out of the late civil war, he recruited one of three companies raised in Delaware; upon the completion of his company, finding that the quota of Ohio was filled, he disbanded his command and enlisted as a private in Co. I, 4th O. V . I. ; from this regiment he was transferred to Co. E, 73d O.V.I, and made First Lieutenant.; Mr. Lybrand remained in service with the 73d for three and one-half years. the last two years of which he was Captain of his company, and had participated in the battles of Rich Mountain, Second Bull Run, Cedar Mountain, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and other minor engagements ; while in the East. Capt. Lybrand served a portion of his time as Aid d'camp, Under Gen. Steinwehr, and came West with Gen. Joe Hooker, and took part in the battle of Lookout Mountain, known as Hooker' fight above the clouds: he also participated in other battles around Chattanooga. Tenn., and those of Atlanta, Ga., receiving two slight wounds, one at the battle of Peach Tree Creek, and the other at Dallas, Ga.; in 1865, at the close of the war, he was mustered out, at Washington City, when he returned to Ohio, and engaged in the mercantile business, at La Fayette, where he remained until 1868 ; he then returned to Delaware, where he entered the stove and tinware business. In 1869, he was elected Mayor of Delaware, which office he held for eighteen months, when he resigned and went to Texas, with the intention of locating and engaging in the practice of law, having been admitted to that profession in 1871 ; in 1872, he returned to Delaware, where he has since remained. Capt. Lybrand is a stock owner in the Delaware Chair Company, one of the leading manufactories of Ohio ; in 1877, he returned to the practice of law, under the film name of Poppleton & Lybrand. He is a Republican and was a candidate for Representative before the Republican Convention, in 1879. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16426 He died on 8 Feb 1910 in Delaware Co., Ohio. He was buried in Feb 1910 in Oak Grove Cemetery, Delaware Co., Ohio. Parents: Archibald LYBRAND and Jamima GUY.
Spouse: Martha C. JONES. Archibald LYBRAND Jr. and Martha C. JONES were married about 1883 in Ohio. Children were: Harriet S. LYBRAND.
Blanch L. LYBRAND was born in Aug 1873 in Ohio. She appeared in the census in 1880 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16427 She appeared in the census in 1900 in Delaware, Delaware Twp., Delaware Co., Ohio.16428 Parents: Robert Guy LYBRAND and Mary K. HURBART.
