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* Source 1 : History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio
Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881
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Source 2:
Portrait &
Biographical Record of Stark County, Ohio
Chicago - Chapman Bros. - 1892
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JOHN
NETZLY, farmer; P. O. Navarre; born Sept. 4, 1812, in
Lancaster Co., Pa.; is the eldest of a family of four.
His parents were John and Susan (Mellinger) Netzly,
both natives of Lancaster Co. The Netzlys are
of Swiss descent, and two brothers Netzly served in
the Revolutionary War. The father of our subject,
dying when his son was a mere lad, and his mother marrying a
second time, the boy was raised among strangers. In
September, 1835, he came to Sugar Creek Twp., Ohio, partly
on foot, and on April 28 of the following year he married
Mary Hege, born May 8, 1816, in Franklin Co., Pa.,
daughter of Henry and Sarah (Zent) Hege, who came to
Ohio several years previous. Mr. Netzly located
on 64 acres, bought in the fall of 1835 for $1,200.
Since that time he has been a constant resident of the
township, and has now 104 acres of land well situated.
He has six children - Jacob, Hannah A., Samuel, George
W., Jeremiah, and Mary. A son, John,
was killed by a boiler explosion, near Buena Vista, Ind.
Jacob resides in Martinsville, Ill. Mr.
Netzlyis a member of the United Brethren, and in
politics is Liberal.
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JACOB
NEWSTETTER, farmer; P. O. Massillon; was born April
9, 1830, in this township, on Sec. 12; son of Henry and
Susan (Voris) Newstetter. Jacob remained under the
parental roof until 23 years of age; in June, 1853, he was
married to Amanda Kurtz, who was born Feb. 18, 1846,
in Lawrence Township[, daughter of Adam Kurtz and
Rebecca Steele; in the fall of 1854, he moved to
Lawrence Township, where he lived nine years on the Kurtz
farm; returned to this township in the fall of 1865,
locating on the Grattz farm, situated on the
northeast quarter of Sec. 21, where he has since lived; has
121 acres; has had three children born him, two living -
David F., married, and resides in Greenville; Menetty,
at home. The Newstetter family are all loyal
Republicans from the ancestors down to the last generation.
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