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21.
Jacob F.
LEHMILLER
- History of Stark
County, Ohio -
page 793
. . . Jacob F.
LehMiller: The
careers of few
merchants in Stark
County present
more interesting
and instructive
features than that
of Jacob F.
LehMiller, who
many years ago
started to sell
from a small stock
of goods at North
Industry and by
one enlargement
after another, by
working constantly
to supply the need
of the community
in which his store
is a center, he
has built up an
enterprise which
now constitutes
the largest
general store
outside the cities
of the county.
His family was
established in
Stark County many
years ago, but Mr.
LehMiller himself
was born on a farm
in Whitley County,
Indiana, November
04, 1859, a son of
Anthony and Mary
(Salesman)
LehMiller. Anthony
Lehmiller was born
in a district of
France, but when
about four years
of age was brought
by his father,
John Lehmiller, to
the United States.
The family settled
in Magnolia, Sandy
Township of Stark
County, where John
Lehmiller was a
farmer until his
death. Anthony
LehMiller grew up
in Sandy Township
and in early
manhood moved out
to Indiana, and
located in Whitley
County, where he
was a progressive
farmer until
shortly after the
close of the Civil
War, when he
returned to Stark
County.
Following
the death of his
wife, (Mary Salesman) in 1876 Anthony
again left Stark
County, and spent
the rest of his
years in Iowa
where he died in
1914. His wife was
a native of
Switzerland, and
came when a young
girl with her
parents to the
United States.
They settled in
Dayton and later
in Cincinnati,
Ohio, and finally
moved to Whitney
County, Indiana,
where she married
Anthony LehMiller.
Her death occurred
in 1876 at North
Industry in Canton
Township. (Notes
by DelC - Census records indicate
his wife May Salesman was born in H.
DARMS, France / Germany, as were her
parents)
Six years of age
when the family
returned to Stark
County, Jacob F.
LehMiller was soon
introduced to the
practical
responsibilities
of life. He did
what he could on
the home farm,
attended school at
limited intervals,
and had a thorough
experience as a
coal miner, having
been employed for
the greater part
of twelve years in
the local mines,
beginning when he
was about nine
years of age. At
the age of
twenty-two he
married and soon
afterward
established a
small retail
grocery store at
North Industry.
The value of his
first stock was
only $200 or $300,
and it was housed
in a store 16x20
feet, the building
being situated
across the street
from his present
large emporium.
Probably the
primary factor in
his success has
been his close and
strict attention
to business. His
trade increased
from year to year
until by 1881 it
was necessary to
secure larger
quarters. At that
time he built a
portion of his
present store, a
building on a
foundation 18x30
feet.
Subsequently he
added another room
40x52 feet, and
the next step in
the expansion was
the construction
of a building
24x36 feet in the
rear of the other
store room. Still
later he
constructed an
addition 18x30
feet in the rear
of the first
store. Besides
these large
building additions
he was from time
to time enlarging
his stock, which
was at first
groceries, but he
now handles a
large and varied
assortment of
general
merchandise, and
also feed
supplies, lime and
cement. For
several years his
annual trade
represents a
volume of $40,000,
and in 1915 the
aggregate sales
will probably
reach $60,000. He
employs four . . .
36.
Hazel E.
LEHMILLER
In the 1920
census, 33 year
old Hazel
Lehmiller lived
with the family of
her widowed
brother Jay (30).
Hazel was employed
as a housekeeper
in a private home.
Also living in the
house were Jay's
three children,
Hazel's father,
Jacob, and her
siblings Ruth and
Karl.
26.
Dora Bell
LEHMILLER
Funeral For Mrs.
Emil (LehMiller)
Miller To be Today
(Walnut Grove,
Redwood County,
Minnesota)
Funeral
services will be
held this Thursday
afternoon for Mrs.
Emil Miller at 2
o’clock at the
Methodist Church
in Walnut Grove,
and interment will
be made in the
Walnut Grove
cemetery. Dora
died Monday. Sept
24, 1945
The
pallbearers will
be Anton Janssen,
Peter Goss,
Clarence Munson,
Henry Flesner,
Hugho Dallenbach,
and Frank Nelson.
Mrs. Dora
Miller, a resident
of this county for
the past 22 years,
died at the
University
Hospital at 8:45
a. m. Monday.
Oscar A. Hanson
drove to
Minneapolis Monday
for the body.
Dora Bell
Lahmiller was born
on March 20th,
1878, in Wright
County, Indiana.
In July of the
same year her
parents moved to
Eureka Center,
Adair County,
Iowa. In August,
1895, her mother
and the children
moved to Anita,
Cass County, Iowa.
On Apr11 28,
1897, she was
married to Emil A.
Miller at Anita,
Iowa. Six children
were born to them,
four sons and two
daughters. One
daughter died at
birth, and one
son, Claire Orvill
Miller, passed
away on June 2O,
1939.
On March 1,
1915, the family
moved to Madison
county, Iowa, and
on March 1, 1923,
the family came to
Walnut Grove,
Redwood county,
Minnesota.
Her father
was Anthony
Lahmiller, who was
born in France.
Her mother’s
maiden name was
Frances A.
Griffith or
Grifferty, who was
born In Indiana.
Mrs. Miller
is survived by one
daughter, Mrs.
Benjamin M. Trout,
and by three sons,
Fred, Elmore and
George Miller; and
by 17
grandchildren and
six
great-grandchildren.
Mr. Miller
died on June 26,
1943, at his home
in Gales twp
Betty CLARK
Betty's first
husband, Harold,
was her first
cousin, son of
Dora (Lehmiller)
Miller. He died of
T.B. in 1955.
Betty was a
seamstress and
liked to knit and
croquet.
Jesse (Jess)
Grant CLARK
Jesse died as
the result of a
dynamite explosion
while blowing out
tree stumps, which
was witnessed by
two of his son's
Bob and Jim. He
died 13 days later
from his injuries.
(Unofficial
version: He was
dynamiting fish in
the river and the
dynamite had a
fast fuse)
Family
folklore says:
While Jesse and
his family were in
route to relocate,
from Adair County,
IA., to some point
in western NE or
KS, they were
crossing the
Missouri River,
from Aspenswell,
MO. to St. DeRoin
NE., on a ferry
when one of their
two oxen was
pitched into the
river and was
lost. Upon
searching for the
oxen they found it
deceased and
washed up on a
sandy waste bar on
the NE. side of
the river, just
south of the
Indian Cave. Thus,
not being able to
travel any further
with just one ox,
they took up
residence on the
waste bar, which
later became known
as Clark Island.
That waste bar in
2002 is the most
valuable farm land
in the state,
selling upwards of
3K and acre, if it
was for sale.
Census:
1900 Census for
Richardson County,
NE., Barada
Precinct, lists
Jesse Clark as
head of household,
with wife Delia
and son James,
born May 1900 in
NE. Jasper Clark
is listed, next
door as head of
household, 33 yoa,
born Iowa, with
his mother,
Elizabeth, 61 yoa,
born Iowa.
Newspaper
Article:
Anita Tribune
Thursday March 8
1906 - the infant
child Almeda, born
June 3, 1904, d. 1
yr 9 mos daughter
of Mr and Mrs
Jesse Clark died
at the home of J.
P. Jones Sunday
and was buried
Monday in the
Everegreen
Cemetery in Anita
- the services
being held at the
M E Church.
Note by DelC:
Apparently, Jesse
and his family
moved to NE prior
to 1900, moved
back to IA prior
to 1906 and then
moved back to NE
about 1915.
49.
Gladys Luella
CLARK
Gladys was
always a hard
worker and died
while working in
her garden. She
had a large
strawberry and
raspberry patch
till the day she
died. She had ESP
and seemed to
always know when
someone was coming
to visit.
Aramatha, a
sister to Gladys's
husband, had three
sets of twins,
Pearl and Earl,
Lorene and
Geraldine, and
died giving birth
to twins that were
both still born.
Lorene and
Geraldine were
then raised by
Gladys for several
years, until they
returned to live
with there father.
Gladys and her
sister, Annetta,
married Cochran
brothers, Samuel
and Franklin.
Samuel White
COCHRAN
Samuel was a
hard worker all
his life. At 75
years of age, he
could still
outwork his
18-year-old son.
Sammuel and his
brother, Frank,
married Clark
sisters, Gladys
and Annetta.
50.
Russell Grant
CLARK
Russell was an
ironworker for
years, until he
was killed in a
fall from the
Dalles Dam in
1955. When he was
18 yrs old, he was
in on a bank
robbery in Nemaha,
Ne., was caught
and spent time in
prison. Legend has
it, he was
floating down the
Missouri River,
holding onto a
log, while lawmen
were shooting at
him. Don't guess
they hit him. He
later served in
the armed service.
He never married
52.
Frieda CLARK
Freida was an
excellent
seamstress, worked
in Falls City as a
taxi driver, and
in the shipyards
during WWII at
Portland OR. She
never married. She
had a great sense
of humor.
One of her
favorite things
would be to tie a
gunnysack on the
spoke of the tire
rim/wheel of her
Model-T. Then she
would drive down
the country road
and watch the dogs
as they chased her
car and caught
hold of the
gunnysack as it
flopped in the
air. The dog's
would bite at the
gunnysack, their
teeth would get
caught in the sack
and the dogs would
go rolling. (Never
ever hurt any of
the dogs - maybe
weakened some of
their teeth) It
was said, she set
the schoolhouse on
fire in rural
Barada, because
she was expelled
from the sixth
grade.
53.
Robert (Bob) Paul
CLARK Clark
Bob liked to
hunt, especially
bear and deer. He
witnessed a
dynamite explosion
that resulted in
the death of his
father. He was a
well driller, and
supervisor on a
Pile Driving crew
most of his life.
He played the
fiddle, and was
one of a few
remaining square
dance callers.
Pearl May OUSLEY
Pearl was the
twin sister of
Earl Faye Ousley,
who died at birth.
She loved kids and
was always
babysitting. She
liked sewing and
gardening.
55.
Ida Lenora CLARK
Ida, was a
great seamstress &
quilt maker. Her
father wanted a
boy when she was
born, so he nick
named her Mike.
Ida and sister,
Ilah, herded 79
head of cattle
from Barada to
Clark Island on
horseback, a
distance of about
8 miles.
John (Tiny)
William THOMPSON
John, "Tiny",
was a pile driver,
and restaurant
owner. He was a
good cook. He made
up a song called
Old Blue. He
taught pile
driving at
Portland Community
College. He had
typhoid fever as a
child.
56.
Betty CLARK
Betty's first
husband, Harold,
was her first
cousin, son of
Dora (Lehmiller)
Miller. He died of
T.B. in 1955.
Betty was a
seamstress and
liked to knit and
croquet.
59.
Annetta (Blanch)
CLARK
Annetta and her
sister, Gladys,
married Cochran
brothers, Samuel
and Franklin.
Franklin (Frank)
Millard COCHRAN
Franklin and
his brother,
Samuel, married
Clark sisters,
Annetta and
Gladys.
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