George F. Donnenwirth

As printed in 1912

GEORGE F. DONNENWIRTH, a well known business man of Bucyrus, O., dealing in fine wines and liquors, and a citizen whose public spirit and liberality may be counted on in every emergency, was born in this city, December 6, 1869, and is a son of William and Catherine ( Assenheimer ) Donnenwirth.

William Donnenwirth was born at New Washington, O. The greater portion of his life was spent on his farm in Liberty township but his death occurred at Bucyrus, when in his fifty-eighth year. 1 fc married Catherine Assenheimer, who survives and is a resident of Bucyrus and a member of the German Lutheran church. To William Donnenwirth and wife the following children were born; Carlie; bank L., who is assistant cashier of the Bucyrus City Bank; George Id; Elizabeth; Rose; Charles A., who is with the American

Clay Machinery Company; Mrs. Bertha Darling; and John, who died at the age of two years.

George F. Donnenw irth was educated in the public schools and gave his father assistance on the farm and continued agricultural pursuits until 1896. I11 1900 he became interested in the grocery business, with J. A. Leifer under the firm name of Leifer & Donnenwirth, and continued with that firm until June 1, 1903. On September 8th of that year he embarked in his present business.

Mr. Donnenwirth was married April 4, 1909, to Miss Sue P. Streib, a daughter of M. K. and Kate Streib, residents of Crawford county. In politics Mr. Donnenwirth has always been identified with the Democratic party.

WILLIAM Mr. MADER, a merchant and chief of the fire department of the city of Bucyrus, O., was born on the lot he now uses for business purposes, Nos. 109-1 1 1-1 13 North Sandusky street, April 27, 1865. lie is a son of John George and Christina (Dinkel) Mader.

John George Mader was born in Wertemberg, Germany, in 1839, ank* died at his home at Bucyrus, O., in December, 1907. Lie was a son of John George Mader, who was born and reared in Germany and there married Miss Ploch. In the late forties the father of John George Mader, Jr., accompanied by his two older children, took passage on a sailing vessel for America and after a voyage of forty-seven days, reached New d ork and came on to Bucyrus, O., where he established himself in the hotel business. In 1852 he sent for his wife and the other children and they also crossed the Atlantic ocean in a sailing vessel and came on to Bucyrus, where he was doing a good business, the railroad being then in course of construction and the country opening up in every direction, there being much travel. Some years prior to his death in 1878, he gave up the hotel business and retired to a farm near the city, a large portion of which still belongs to the family. Almost his whole family of ten children grew to maturity and several survive and reside at Bucyrus.

John George Mader, Jr., was the third eldest child ol those who survived infancy and was liv: ri-It rr u j i. I i, ! r i

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At Bucyrus he was married to Christina Dinkel, who was born in this city in 1841 and died here in 1885. She vras a daughter of Ludwig and Christina Dinkel, who were early German settlers in this section and faithful members of the German Lutheran church. They had two children, Mrs. Mader and Louis, the latter of whom lives retired in Bucyrus. Five children were born to the above marriage, the eldest of these being William F., of this record. Antonia, the eldest daughter, was the wife of William A. Blicke, cashier of the Bucyrus City Bank and was survived by one son, Frederick. C. Edward, the second son, is a resident of Brooklyn, N. Y., and is vice president of the firm of Schall & Co., of New York. He married Miss Wilhelmina Schall and they have seven daughters and one son.

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.