New Cleveland, Ohio

Mr. Mersman was married on April 21, 1875, to Anna M. Halker, whO' was born in Glandorf, Putnam county, Ohio, and is the daughter of William and Louise (Vogeding) Halker. Her parents were both natives of Germany, came to Glandorf, Ohio, early in its history, and located in the midst of a dense forest. Her father was a life-long farmer. Mr. aiyl Mrs. Mersman were the parents of three children, two of whom, Louise and John, died in infancy. Anna E. is the wife of Anthony Kohls. Mr. Kohls was born at Glandorf and reared at New Cleveland, this county. He is a son of Tony and Theresa (Klinkhammer) Kohls. Mr. and Mrs. Kohls have four children, Anna, Linus, Clarence and Louisa. Mr. Kohls and Mr. Mersman areoperating this business together.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

Theodore Deters, the son of Frank William and Mary (Redecker) Deters was born on May 13, 1858, in Glandorf, near the present location of the tile factoiy. His father was a native of Oldenburg, Germany, his birth having occurred there on April 14, 1814, coming to America at the age of nine, having previously lost both of his parents. Upon coming to America he' became a sailor and, from the age of seventeen until he was twenty-six years of age, he traveled over much of the world in a sailing vessel. He then left the sea and, for seven years, worked in a pottery factory at Cincinnati. It was while living there he married Mary Redecker. His wife was born in Hanover, Germany, and came to America in 1833, with her parents, Henry and Mary Redecker. The Redecker family located in Putnam county, Ohio, south of Ottawa, where the father bought a farm and lived the remainder of his days. Frank W. Deters and his wife moved to Glandorf, in Putnam county, in 1841, where he bought forty acres and settled down to the life of a farmer. Later he bought one hundred and twenty acres north of New Cleveland, but spent all of his life in the village of Glandorf, where he died, in 1887. He served as land appraiser on two dififerent occasions and for many years was assessor of Ottawa township, filling this office for more than eighteen years, from 1856 to 1874. He and his family were loyal members of the Catholic church. His widow died on August 26, 19 10. Ten children were born to Frank W. Deters and wife, only three of whom are now living, Theodore, of Glandorf ; Frank,, of Hamler, Henry county, Ohio, and William, a farmer living three miles north of Glandorf.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

Mr. Deters and his wife are the parents of six children, Frank, a painter who married Magdalene Lehman, and has two children, LenOra and Edna: Mary, the wife of Edward Gerdig, of Ottawa; Magdalene, who is still living with her parents; Frances, who married Charles Ellerbrock, a farmer of Glandorf, and has three children, Carolos, Mildred and Bertha; Joseph, who is now teaching in the public schools at New Cleveland, Ohio ; Henry, who is still living at home with his parents.

Passage source: History of Putnam County, Ohio : Its Peoples, Industries, and Institutions, published 1915.

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Read the whole chapter on Ottawa Township - it names this place 16 more 16 times.