The Steiner Families of Allen County, Ohio

ADAM STEINER, who is engaged in carrying on agricultural operations on his farm in Richland township, in section 35, was born on this farm September 16, 1854, and has always lived in Richland township. He is a son of John S. and Katherine (Steiner) Steiner. The grandfather, John Steiner, was a native of Alsace, France, where John S. Steiner, the father of our subject, was born in 1816. Three years later the family removed to Switzerland, and in 1826 came to the United States. They took up their residence in Wayne County, Ohio, and for many years struggled with pioneer conditions.

At the age of 21 years John S. Steiner was married to Katherine Steiner, a second cousin, and the young people at once located in Allen County, where they entered a tract of 160 acres, which has been the homestead since. Later Mr. Steiner bought 80 acres more and still later another 80, a great part of which was cleared and put under cultivation. Mrs. Steiner was born in Switzerland, which was also the birthplace of her parents, Ulrich and Barbara Steiner, and she was a child of three years when her parents came to America. The children of John S. Steiner and wife were as follows: Levy, deceased; Joseph, of Richland township; Emanuel, deceased; Aaron, deceased; Emma, deceased; Adam; Regina, of Richland township; Leah, of Hancock County; Magdalene, of Richland township; Barbara, deceased; Fannie, deceased; and one that died in infancy. John S. Steiner was a Democrat and a consistent member of. the Mennonite Church. He died in the spring of 1900, having rounded out a useful and honorable life. His widow still resides on the home farm and is tenderly cherished by her children.

Adam Steiner has always resided on the old farm, assisted in clearing and improving it and now owns 80 acres in sections 30 and 35. He also cultivates 80 acres for his mother and sisters. Part of the land is pasture, as he raises large numbers of cattle; the remainder of his land is devoted to the raising of corn and wheat. He was married in March, 1877, to Anna Spollinger, a native of Richland township, Allen County, Ohio, and a daughter of Ulrich and Barbara (Geiger) Spollinger, who came to this country from Switzerland. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Steiner are as follows: Josephine, deceased; Albert; Lena; Edwin, deceased; Jesse; Fannie; Aldine; Bertha; Cyrus; Sarah; and Ella. None of the children have left the parental roof. Mr. Steiner is a Democrat.

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REV. C. P. STEINER, farmer and minister, P. O. Cranberry, was born in Wayne County, Ohio, August 19, 1832, son of Peter D. and Fannie (Steiner) Steiner. His parents, natives of France, moved to Wayne County, Ohio, in 1824, and settled on a farm. His father, who was a minister of the Mennonite society (the family history shows that there has been a minister in the family for the past five generations), started in the world a poor boy and when he died, in 1854, owned 650 acres of land. Our subject, who is the third in a family of eleven children, came to this county in 1855, and settled on the farm where he now resides. He was married, in 1855, to Magdalena Glosser, who was born in Virginia, of German parents, and died in 1856. Mr. Steiner then married, in 1861, Barbara, daughter of Rev. John Thut, and to this union were born Paulina, Meno S., Jennie, Nancy, Josiah, Sarah, Aaron (deceased), Albert, Reuben and Elvina. They are members of the Mennonite Church. Mr. Steiner was ordained a minister of the American Mennonite Church in 1871. In politics he is a Prohibitionist.

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H. C. STEINER, butcher, Bluffton, was born in Baton Rouge, La., April 24, 1850, son of John J. and Margaret (Kloetze) Steiner, natives of Switzerland, former of whom, a commission merchant and importer of foreign wines and liquors, became very wealthy. Our subject, the eldest of a family of four children, received a classical education in Switzerland, graduating from Neuchatel College in 1866. His father then sent him to England, where he studied the English language at college in the city of Hull, till his father’s failure and death. In 1867 he came to New Orleans, La., where his uncle lived, intending to continue the study of the English language, but this uncle died the same year, of yellow fever, and H. C. was thus thrown on his own resources when but seventeen years of age. He then went to Canada, and there learned the butcher’s trade in Toronto. Mr. Steiner was married, in 1878, to Estella, daughter of Theophilus Charpie, now farming in this county. Her parents were born in France. Mr. Steiner moved from Toronto to Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked at his trade till 1868, when he came to Allen County, Ohio, went into business on his own account, butchering and buying and shipping livestock, and has been successful, financially. A Democrat in politics, he has been sent to county and State delegations, and has served as a member of the advisory committee of his party. He has served as, and is now, a member of the town council, and has been township trustee of Richland. He is a member of the I. O. O. F.

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DAVID W. STEINER, M. D., who is associated with his two brothers, Dr. Isaac F. and Dr. Oliver S. Steiner, in the practice of medicine and surgery, at Lima, is one of the eminent men in his profession in this section of the State. He was born near Bluffton, in Putnam County, Ohio, and is a son of Rev. Isaac and Mary Paulina (Rothen) Steiner.

The mother of Dr. Steiner was a daughter of Rev. David Rothen. Rev. Isaac Steiner, the father, was a minister of the Church of God and was actively engaged in ministerial work until his death. He owned a farm in Putnam County, where his children were reared.

Dr. David W. Steiner was educated primarily in the district schools and later entered the Northern Ohio University, where he was graduated with the degree of M. A., in 1880. Pie then became a student in the medical department of the University of Michigan, graduating in 1883. and becoming assistant professor of physiology and also an interne in the university hospital, where he remained until 1886. On January 10, 1887, he located for practice at Lima, where he has become one of the leading men of his profession. In 1897, a brother. Dr. Isaac Franklin Steiner, became associated with him, and in 1901 a second brother. Dr. Oliver S. Steiner, became a member of the firm. They are located in the Steiner Building at No. 123 North Elizabeth street, which they built in 1903. It was erected mainly as an office building and the Drs. Steiner occupy the first floor. The upper stories arc rented as apartments. The structure is one of the finest in Lima, four stories high, with

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Dr. David W. Steiner is consulting physician in the Lima Hospital and also controls a large and lucrative practice. He is examiner for a number of the leading insurance companies, these including the New York Mutual Life, Michigan Mutual Life, Home Life, of New York, and John Hancock Mutual Life. He is a member of the Ohio State and the Allen County medical societies and of the Northwestern Ohio and the American medical associations. His portrait accompanies this sketch.

Isaac Franklin Steiner, M. D., who is associated with his two brothers, Dr. David W. and Dr. Oliver S. Steiner, in the practice of medicine at Lima, was born November 3, 1867, near Bluffton, Ohio. He spent his youth and boyhood on his father’s farm in Putnam County, obtained his early education in the local schools and later taught school for, several terms. He then entered Findlay College, at Findlay, Ohio, where he remained through the junior year, and next entered the University of Michigan, at Ann Arbor, where he spent one year taking a special course in pharmacy and chemistry and then complete*! the regular medical course, receiving his degree in 1897. Coming to Lima after his graduation in medicine, he became associated in practice with his brother, Dr. David W. Steiner.

Dr. Isaac F., Steiner was married October 19,:9°3- to Elizabeth Keil, who is a daughter of Philip and Elizabeth Keil. Dr. Steiner is a member of the Allen County Medical Society, and of the Northwestern Ohio and the American medical associations. He is medical examiner for the Masachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company; Michigan Mutual Life Insurance Company; Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; Knights of the Maccabees and other organizations. Pie is also visiting physician at the Lima Hospital.

Oliver S. Steiner, M. D., physician and surgeon at Lima, associated in practice with his brothers, Dr. David W. and Dr. Isaac F. Steiner, is the youngest member of the firm. Dr. Steiner was born near Bluffton, Ohio, January 21, 1874, and his youth was passed on his father’s farm. From the public schools he went to Findlay College until the senior year, and then by examination for the senior year entered Wooster University at Wooster, Ohio, where he was graduated with the degree of Ph. B. He then entered the medical department of the University of Michigan, where he was graduated in 1901. Since then he has been associated with his brothers in the practice of his profession at Lima. In May, 1904, he received the appointment of surgeon for the C., H. & D. Railway. In November, 1905, he was elected to the office of coroner of Allen County on the Republican ticket.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.