Conrad Lautermilch ^{1 2}

   FamilySearch ID: LZLX-XSJ.

  Burial Notes:

85Y, 1M, 25D; h/o Sarah.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Book: Centennial Biographical History of Richland County, Ohio, 1901. ^{1 2}
John H. Lautermilch. In a witty after-dinner speech Chauncey M. Depew once said: "Some men achieve greatness, some are born great and some are born in Ohio." To this last class Mr. Lautermilch belongs, for Ganges, in Blooming Grove township, is the place of this birth, his natal day being August 20, 1844. His parents, Conrad and Sarah (Bucher) Lautermilch, had three children, of whom two are living, John. H. and Elizabeth, now the wife of Reuben St. John, of Franklin township. The father was born in Baden, Germany, in 1808 but when sixteen years of age left the land of his nativity for America, settling in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, where he learned the trade of saddler and harness-maker. In the 30's he removed from the Keystone state to Ohio, taking up his abode in Richland county. He worked for some time at this trade as a journeyman in Shelby and Ganges and then settled in Planktown, where he established a business of his own. While residing there he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Bucher, who was born in Dauphin county, Pennsylvania, about 1811, and came to Richland county with her parents in her childhood. Her father, John Bucher, was a native of Pennsylvania and on his arrival in Ohio purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Blooming Grove township, near the village of Ganges, his remaining days being spent upon his farm. About 1843 Mr. Lautermilch removed from Planktown to Ganges, where he conducted a saddlery and harness shop for a number of years. In 1853, however, he located on a farm of one hundred and sixty acres, which was his wife's patrimony and which is now the home of their son John. There the father resided until 1872, when he purchased forty-five acres in Franklin township, a few miles south of Ganges. He then removed to the new home, leaving our subject upon the old homestead. At his more recently acquired home he continued to reside until his death, which occurred in 1893. [...text continues about Lautermilch...].

Conrad married Sarah Bucher, daughter of John Casper Bucher and Ann Maria Elizabeth Plank. (Sarah Bucher was born on 25 Mar 1815 in Lower Paxton Twp., Dauphin, PA ^{3 4}, christened in Linglestown: Wenrich Church, Dauphin, PA,⁴ died on 18 Jun 1895 in , Richland, OH and was buried in Ganges: Ganges Cemetery, Richland, OH.)