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Born 1852, Cranberry township
From A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902), History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912)
ADAM G. LEDERER.
Various business interests have claimed the attention of Mr. Lederer, and enterprise and energy have secured his advancement along the path of prosperity. He is now a well known auctioneer and is also proprietor of a livery barn at Xew Washington. He was born in Cranberry township, December 19, 1852, a son of Jacob and Magdalene (Donnenwirth) Lederer, both of whom were natives of Germany the father born in Wurtemberg and the mother in Alsace, and came to America with their respective parents when about five years of age. The father of our subject was reared in Stark county, Ohio, and in his early manhood worked in a livery stable in Wooster, Ohio, for two or three years. He then came to Crawford county and entered from the government eighty acres of land a mile south and a mile west of Xew Washington. Not long afterward he was married, and upon the farm he made his home until his death. In subsequent years he added thirty-seven acres to his place, which then comprised one hundred and seventeen acres, and his labors and energy transformed it into a valuable and attractive farming property. As an auctioneer he won wide fame and cried all of the sales in this portion of the country in his day. He was a man of social nature, genial disposition and unflagging energy, and those qualities made him popular, gaining for him many- friends. Of the Lutheran church he was a most ardent and influential member and was largely instrumental in securing the erection of the house of worship in Xew Washington. He voted with the Democracy. His death occurred August 19, 1857, when he was only thirty-nine years and eleven months old. His wife was born in 1822, and after the death of her husband she cared for her family, residing upon the old homestead until the early '80s. when she removed to Xew Washington, where she has since made her home with her daughter. Although she is now in her eightieth vear she retains possession of her faculties unimpaired and is a most highly esteemed old lady. Her father was George Donnenwirth, who belonged to one of the well known families of Crawford county. Mr. and Mrs. Lederer became the parents of five children, of whom the following are living: John F., who makes his home in Dundee, Michigan; Jacob, who is living on the old homestead in Cranberry township; Adam G.; and Odella, wife of Andrew. Cronenberger, of Xew Washington.
Adam Lederer was reared on the home farm and his early education was acquired in the public schools, was supplemented by study in the Lexington Seminary and in the Fostoria high school. He met the expenses of his education by his own labor, and the resolute will which enabled him to secure this intellectual advancement indicated the elemental strength of his character, which has been developed as the years have passed, making him a self-reliant and energetic man. When eighteen years of age he began work as a farm hand, and the money thus earned paid his tuition in the Lexington Seminary. When twenty years of age he began teaching, and after following that profession for a year he continued his studies in the high school of Fostoria. For fifteen terms he followed the teacher's profession, and during twelve terms of the time was connected with the schools of XTew Washington. In the summer season he and his brother Jacob engaged in farming" in partnership, and in 1878 they began breeding fine short-horn cattle, in which they gained a wide reputation by reason of their success and the splendid stock which they handled. In 1882 they established a livery business in New Washington, and with the exception of two periods of two and a half and three years Mr. Lederer, of this review, has since been connected with the enterprise. In 1895 he and his brother terminated their partnership. Three years previous our subject had purchased the grocery store of J. Bear and conducted the same for eighteen months. In connection with his livery business he is also well known as an auctioneer of Crawford county. He seems to have inherited his father's ability in this direction and has cried sales throughout this portion of the county.
On the 8th of February, 1877, Mr. Lederer married Miss Ella A. Hartupee, a native of Mansfield, Ohio, and a daughter of Thomas Logan and Phebe O. (Patterson) Hartupee, her father born in Richland county. They now have two children and have lost three. The living are: Ora D., who possesses much talent in both vocal and instrumental music; and Estella. Mr. Lederer is independent in politics, supporting the men and measures that he thinks are best adapted to secure good government. He served for four years on the school board, for two years in the city council and was the first man to carry a petition for the building of pikes. In this matter he incurred the ill will of many men opposed to the pike system, but to-day they are among his best friends, for time has demonstrated the great value of good roads. Socially he is connected with Hyperion Lodge, No. 651, K. P. His worth is widely acknowledged, and wherever he is known he has gained many warm friends, who esteem him for his trustworthiness and social qualities.
As printed in A centennial biographical history of Crawford County, Ohio .. (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
A. G. LEDERER, whose fine stock farm of 86 acres lies in section 14, Cranberry township, Crawford county, O., on the south side of the east and west road, one-half mile east of New Washington, O., is one of the progressive, enterprising and successful men of this county. He was born in Cranberry township, Dec. 19, 1852, and is a son of Jacob and Magdalena (Domenwirth) Lederer, a grandson of Charles Lederer and George Domenwirth.
Jacob Lederer was born in Wurtemberg and his wife in Alsace,, Germany, and they about five years old when they accompanied their parents to America. Jacob Lederer was reared in Stark county and before coming to the vicinity of New Washington, was employed in a livery stable at Wooster, O. Here he entered 80 acres of land situated one mile south and one mile east of New Washington, and here he became a well known and highly respected man and his death was felt a loss, when it occurred Aug. 19, 1857. His widow lived to be 81 years and six months.
A. G. Lederer attended school in Cranberry township and afterward at Lexington and Ada, O., following which he engaged in educational work and taught two terms in Chatfield township and 13 terms in Cranberry township, proving to be a very competent and popular teacher. For some 15 years he was engaged in a livery business at New Washington under the firm name of J. & A. G. Lederer. In 1905 he came to his present farm which he purchased from a Mr. Unger and which was formerly known as the Jane Hopkins farm. Here Mr. Lederer has pleased himself in making extensive improvements, erecting modem buildings and installing furnaces for heating and electric light for illumination. He raises Shorthorn cattle and Shropshire sheep and carries on his operations in a scientific manner. For 18 years Mr. Lederer has also been an auctioneer. He is a stockholder in the Toledo Life Insurance company of Toledo, O.
Mr. Lederer was married at Mansfield, O., to Miss Ella A. Hartupee, who died at the age of 55 years. She was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal church and her burial was in the Union cemetery at New Washington. She was the mother of five children, the two survivors being: Ora D., who is the wife of Dr. Sarbo, of New Washington; and Estella A., who is the wife of Fred Assenheimer, a druggist, at Woodville, O. Mr. Lederer was married (second) to Mrs. Emma Barnes, of Toledo, O., who in maiden life was Emma Bell, being the widow of George Barnes, at the time of her marriage to Mr. Lererer. The father of Mr. Lederer was a Democrat as is our subject but he prefers to keep an independent attitude, voting according to his own judgment. He belongs to the Cranberry Grange and is active in the Knights of Pythias. His parents were of the Lutheran faith but he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church.
As printed in History of Crawford County, Ohio, and representative citizens (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: George Donnenwirth (b. 1835) Jacob Lederer (b. 1848)
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