Lewis Seitz (1802 - 1890)

Born 21 Oct 1802 in Fairfield, Ohio, United States

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Died 12 Jul 1890 at age 87 in Seneca, Ohio, United States

Biography

^[1]"ELDER LEWIS SEITZ. retired, Bloomville, was born October 21, 1802, in Fairfield County, Ohio. His parents, Lewis and Anna (Beery) Seitz, natives of Lancaster County, Penn., were married in York County, and after living eleven years in Rockingham County, Va., made a permanent settlement in Fairfield County, Ohio, in 180). Ten of their fourteen children were born in Virginia; all were married in Fairfield County, Ohio, and the youngest was over fifty years of age before their rank was broken by death, our subject and his sister, Mrs. Rebecca Friesuer of Shelby County, Ill., being now the only survivors. The others are resting in their life's journey over at various places throughout Ohio and the West.

Our subject married, August 24. 1823. Miss Barbara Kagy, who died September 27, 1848, and of the fourteen children born to this union, six are deceased. Mr. Lewis was baptized by an '"Old School' or Primitive Baptist the year following his marriage (March, 1824); he moved to Bloomville Township, this county, October 17, 1820, and here began life in the wilderness; the Indians, who were quite numerous here at that time, always found in him a warm friend. Elder Seitz, now in his eighty-third year, began preaching at twenty-five years of age, and has labored in the Lord's vineyard almost continuously ever since, and yet preaches one hour or more at a stretch. He has traveled many miles through the dangers of a new country, and asked for no compensation for his time. He was married, on second occasion, January 16, 1849, to Mrs. Martha Hershberger, who died September 22, 1883. Elder Seitz has cleared up and developed a large farm; has led a very active life, and his name will long be honored by the residents of Bloom Township."

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. p. 746 https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/101810

• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZ5Q-BWL : 10 December 2017), Lewis Siles and Barbary Keggy, 24 Aug 1823; citing Marriage, Fairfield, Ohio, United States, bk2p11, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8S5-J4M : 16 July 2017), Lewis Seitz, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 211, sheet 352B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 1066; FHL microfilm 1,255,066.
• "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZX-Z6G : 11 March 2018), Lewis Seitz in entry for John Seitz and Anna Pains, 16 Nov 1908; citing registration , Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,866.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6XR-39D : 9 March 2018), Lewis Seitz in entry for Mary Bretz, 18 Sep 1912; citing Grand Prairie Twp, Marion, Ohio, reference fn 50446; FHL microfilm 1,953,478.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X861-W73 : 9 March 2018), Louis Seitz in entry for Elizabeth Bretz, 29 Dec 1913; citing Sycamore, Wyandot, Ohio, reference fn 72607; FHL microfilm 1,953,823.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8VK-VZP : 9 March 2018), Lewis Seitz in entry for H Aron Seitz, 30 Apr 1918; citing Bloom, Seneca, Ohio, reference fn 29161; FHL microfilm 1,984,349.
• "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X635-WG5 : 8 March 2018), ... Lewis Seitz in entry for Lavina Seitz, 17 Dec 1932; citing Bloomville, Seneca, Ohio, reference fn 74879; FHL microfilm 1,992,774.
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3CRF-H3M : accessed 2017-04-22), entry for LEWIS 1802 /Seitz/.
• Find A Grave memorial page for Elder Lewis Seitz (21 Oct 1802–12 Jul 1890), Find A Grave Memorial no. 91466473, citing Pleasant View Cemetery, Bloomville, Seneca County, Ohio, USA ; https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91466473