John Seitz (abt. 1829 - 1915)

Born about 12 Mar 1829 in Bloom Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Sep 1915 at about age 86 in Melmore, Seneca, Ohio, United States

Biography

^[1]"JOHN SEITZ, farmer, P O. Tiffin, was born March 12, 1829, in Bloom Township, this county; son of Lewis and Barbara (Kagy) Seitz, natives of Fairfield County, Ohio, and Virginia, respectively, and grandson of Lewis Seitz, Sr., and great-grandson of John Seitz, who with his young wife cane to York County, Penn., from Prussian Germany in 1707. He reared a family of nine children—three sons, Lewis, John and Andrew, and six daughters: Catherine. Anna Mary (married Zeller, and Stabler), and the four youngest girls came to Fairfield County, Ohio, and were married to Keller, to Einsel, to Leib and to Swartz, respectively. John lived and died in York County, Penn., after rearing a family of fourteen children; Andrew moved to Maryland. Lewis Seitz, Sr., left York County, Penn,, in 1789, and moved to Buckingham County, Va., where he remained twelve years, and there had ten children. In 1801 he moved to Fairfield County (one of its first settlers). Here four more children were born; fourteen of the family grew to manhood and womanhood and reared families, seven sons and seven daughters. all of whom lived to be over sixty years of age, and of whom two now survive: Lewis (father of our subject) and Rebecca (Mrs. Friesner, of Illinois). Lewis Seitz, Jr., came to Seneca County in 1825. locating on lands his father had entered, and here began as his father had done before him as a pioneer, and like his father he was a minister of the Old School Baptist Church, and labored among the people for many years. Lewis Seitz, now eighty-three years old, was twice married, his children by his first wife numbering fourteen: Catharine, Lydia, Elizabeth, John, Mary, Anna, Daniel, Barbara, Hannah, Abraham, Lewis, Aaron, Lavina and Jonas, eight of whom are living (Daniel and Jonas died in infancy). Our subject was roared on a farm, educated at the common schools and Seneca County Academy, then under Prof. T. W. Harvey. He was married, April 9, 1851, to Miss Celia, daughter of David Hite, a pioneer of Marion County, Ohio, and by her he has had seven children, five now living: Milford K., Omar B. (married to Susie Richardson), Marshal, May (wife of R. W. Thornburg), Nettie, Orin and Jay. The three oldest sons are in Texas, engaged in sheep rearing. Our subject was elected justice of the peace of Bloom Township in 1862, which office he held till 1865, when he removed to Eden Township, where he purchased a farm which is now finely cultivated and improved. He was elected a member of the State Legislature of Ohio in 1869, where he served four years, after which, in the fall of 1873. he was elected to the Senate from the Thirty-first District of Ohio, which position he held two years; was re-elected in 1877, and after serving four years returned to his farm. Mr. Seitz, during his second term in the Ohio Senate introduced a bill which became and is now law: to make it a felony to bribe or intimidate a voter at any general election, or during the canvass of any candidate for "nomination" or election, and makes a guilty candidate ineligible to hold the office, though elected. This statute is now known throughout the State as "the Seitz election law.' Of the legislative record of Mr. Seitz it is said of him in the biographical sketches of the General Assembly of Ohio (63d) and other State officials: "He has made a brave member of the Senate; brave because it requires courage of the highest order for a representative of the people to fearlessly fight the schemes of a powerful and active lobby, which is doing more legislation than the Legislature. Mr. Seitz has been severe in his advocacy of retrenchment in public expenditures, and hits justly earned the title of 'the watch dog of the treasury.'" In 1880 he was a candidate for Congress on the Greenback labor ticket, and in 1881 candidate for governor, on same ticket. He is a leading politician, and in 1882 was before the people as candidate for Congress, making no canvass. In 1883 he was candidate for State Treasurer, and in 1884 was candidate (Greenback labor ticket) as elector at large."

Residence:

Date: 1900

Place: Eden Township, Seneca, Ohio^[2]

Date: 1880

Place: Eden, Seneca, Ohio, United States^[3]

Marriage

Husband: John Seitz

Wife: Cecelia Hite

Child: Mifford K. Seitz

Child: Omar B. Seitz

Child: Marshall Seitz

Child: May Seitz

Child: Oral Seitz

Sources

1. ↑ History of Seneca County, Ohio: Containing a History of the County, Its Townships, Towns, Villages ... Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men; Biographies; History of the Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter, Etc., Etc. United States: Warner, Beers & Company, 1886. pp. 852-853 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/101810
2. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Eden, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: T623_1320; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 104. Birth date: Mar 1829 Birth place: Ohio Marriage date: 1851
3. ↑ 1880; Census Place: Eden, Seneca, Ohio; Roll: 1065; Family History Film: 1255065; Page: 344C; Enumeration District: 210; Image: 0694. Data: Text: Birth date: abt 1829 Birth place: Ohio

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X865-C32 : 10 February 2018), John Seitz and Cecelia Hite, 18 Mar 1851; citing Marriage, Wyandot, Ohio, United States, p 185, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• 1870 United States Census, Ohio, United States; citing p. 14, family 98, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,765. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LP-4MH), John Seitz,
• "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X63N-972), John Seitz in entry for Jay Seitz, 09 Jun 1870; citing Birth, Eden Tp, Seneca, Ohio, United States, county courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 388,631.
• 1880 United States Census,enumeration district ED 210, sheet 344C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1065; FHL microfilm 1,255,065.(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S5-Z96 : 16 July 2017), John Seitz,
• 1900 United States Census, Eden Township, Seneca, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 8B, family 161, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,320. (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMX9-Z95 : accessed 5 May 2019), John Seitz,
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZX-Z6L : 11 March 2018), John Seitz and Anna Pains, 16 Nov 1908; citing registration , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,866.
• "Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLX8-TLZW : 16 August 2017), Mr Seitz in entry for Anna Seitz, 1915; citing Crawford, Ohio, United States, Crawford County Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society, Bucyrus.
• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KS1P-Y4P : 13 March 2018), John Seitz in entry for Orin K Seitz, 01 Jan 1943; citing certificate number 451, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,137,247.

Acknowledgments

WikiTree profile Seitz-105 created through the import of wikiweeks1_2012-01-01.ged on Jan 1, 2012 by Robert Weeks.