The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-10-11

Ouhhtfh, Ana no uouON thHN WIN thi'
tide OF emigration our ancestry lefl
home, friends and native land with nc
thoughts OF ever returning, hnd thui
became part and parcel OF the grea'
Keystone State,
GRANDFATHER Lichtenwaltera alliance
with the Lutheran church n eNluenct
that our ancestry belonged 70 that elah.
Of men who, with Luther, ZNingli aud
iiuHa, no longer believed that church
and State we're inpeperable, bat that
like our English irienda, the l'nrltann
man was capable 10 choose from the
bible his manner OF worship,
Having thus briefly alluded 70 the
nationality OF the subject OF this sketch
lot uA now consider him personally
When Major George Washington, lhe
Virginia surveyor, performed MS lrns
great public service IN communicating
TO the French at VenangO tho Demands
Of the English In 1888, grandiathtf
Lichtenwalter was but 4 year old IN
1859 when the last bloody struggle 90
CURED, when on the OF the lath
OF September the British army stood on
the plains OF Abraham, and when later
In the day the great fortress Of the
French fell and with II the brnve Mont
calm and Wolf, which decided whether
France ana Catholicism or England
and Protestants should rule America,
he was boy seven years old lie wan
seventeen when Patrick Henry dehy'
cred his famous speech for liberty, and
twenty.fOur when Thomas Jefferson
penned tho Declaration OF lndepend'
eLce.
He never saw q sewing or moving
machine, reaper or binder, telegraph OF
telenhone, never rode on q railroad or
licked a postage stamp, never ran .
threshing machine, except perhaps ~
school He may have head sweet
strains from q violin, but he never
heard the melOdiOua music OF u piano.
TO treat his best girl 10 u boqpet and
Ice cream nj a church festival, or 70 so
TO the county fairs In q pian0'bOx road
wagon were 10 him alike unknown. lie
never wrote with steel pen, and never
alluded TO his father ~ the "0ld man
or "the governor" He probably never
studied English Grammar, and he never
said "you bet your boots" Petroleum,
gas or electric light 20 him were un.
known, but he read his birth by the aid
of u wax or tallow candle, He prob
ably never was congressman or city
alderman, but being
Far from the maddlng crowds lgnoble strife
Hls sober wishes never learned 10 stray
Along the cool fequeterod vale Of life,
lie Kept Tho nolheleha tenor Of way
Who knows but that he may have
shOuldered his flint lock musket and be-
came heroic brave patriot IN his mem.
orable eight years struggle for civil and
religious liberty, IL 10 not probable that
he may have been al Valley Forge dur.
ing tha. long dreary winter Of misery
and suffering, or perhaps on board the
dreaded prison ship. May we but be.
lleye that he saw the generous hearted
Lafayette or the father OF his country
either leading the column on 10 victory
or skillfully conducting q retreat and
Anally when the struggle had ended
when the stars aud stripes lloated over
thirteen free united and independent
States, he cast his first ballot for George
Washington Ns the first President Of
the United States. This alone IL enough
honor for any man, aud we need not
pride ourselves for living In n wiser
and more enlightened age,
The first authentic record In which
grand.father's name appears Is q court
record Of appointment as guardian
Record OF births OF some Of his chill
dren show that he lived In Northamp.
ton, York and Adams counties, Penn.
sylvania. A deed In possession Of
Jacob Lichtenwalther, Of Milford, Ind,
asserts that he bought q tract OF land
In the State Of New York In 1900,
We have sufficient data 10 warrant us
In stating that he was born September
20, 1859, but where is not definitely
known. lie came 10 Stark county IN
the spring Of 1918, settling on a farm
about three miles east Of Canton, and
died there about u year after on the 18th
day of March, 1874, at the age Of VI
years. He had ten children, nine Of
them living 10 ripe old age The fol.
lowing Is summary of his descendants
this summary, however, Is not complete
rs q few families have not fully report
ed Number of children or the first
generation, 10; number Of children OF
second generation 80, living 80, dead 81 (;
number of children Of third generation
i50. living 326, dead l24 number Of
children Of fourth generation 5l2,
living 4i5, dead 67; number Of children
Of fifth generation 80, living II, dead Id;
number Of children Of sixth generation
2, living 81 total ll40; living, 9O3; dead,
2l6.
The record of the registry clerk
shows that the following named per-
sons were present from Australia;
Mas. Melissa Maston, Harry Maston,
Hobia Tasmania Maston, Ray B. Mas.
ton, Melbourne, Australia. Indiania;--
David Lichtenwalter, Mrs. Sadie Hen.
ry, South Whites. Mr.. and Mrs. j. b.,
Corrinne and William Lichtenwalter Of
Milford, :. NJ, George and w. A.
Lichtenwalter. OF TT. Wayne and MIR.
Mrs. Joseph Colbeck, Of Cromwell.
Illinois-Mr. and Mrs, j. j. Lichten-
walter, Mr. and Mrs. M. Metz, II. IL.
Lichtenwalter, ofIElwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
SchofIner, Joliet, Carrie Lichtenwalter,
Roundstown. IowR-Mr. and Mrs. w.
Lichtenwalter, Upton, Mr.. and
Mrs. s. Lichtenwalter Clarence
Kansas-Frank and Leah Lands, Abb
lene; Mrs. Eta Shearer, White City.
A. LichteDwalter, Trinidad, Colo. Jas.
Liohtenwalter, Hooper, Ga. 0hio--lra
Muse, Clinton; Susan Rohrer, Louden-
vile; y. Byrnes, Cleveland; Mrs. IL. r..
Donaldson, Cleveland; B. II. Bowers,
Van Vert; VIM. and Lizzie Lichten-
walter, Shoby Lichtenwalter, Smith.
vile; Frank Schaffner, John Llchten-
walter, Bucyrus; Q. B. Lichtenwalter,
Sarah LichtenwaIter, Wooster: Samuel
Miller, Bucyrus; Mr.. and Mrs w. A.
Kinney, Grand Rapids; Adam and Ag-
mes Kittenger, Harpesheld; Addle
Schiller, Bucyrus; Mary, Rufus, Ar
thur and Reba Hard, Wooster.
The greatest number Of attendance,
of course came from Stark county, and
they being 80 numerous II would occu-
py too much space 10 enumerate In de-
tail. if
The thanka of the reunion are herabv