Frederick H. Kantner (b. 5/27/1867, d. after 1923)

Frederick Kantner is my 2nd cousin 4 times removed, being my 4g grandfather's brother's grandson [lost you already, I'm sure]. The book from which I have gleaned much of what I know of this man and his family was published while he was still living, thus I have no death date. The book is, The History of Auglaize County, Vol. 2, edited by William McMurray, and published in 1923. I will quote freely from that book in this post, specifically pages 354-355.

"Frederick Kantner, a well known bachelor farmer of Pusheta township, living on the old Kantner place west of Quaker Run, about midway between Wapakoneta and Freyburg, was born on that place and has lived there all his life, a period of fifty-five years and more. Mr. Kantner was born on May 27, 1867, and is a son of William and Parmelia (Schuler) Kantner."

Frederick's grandparents were George and Le Ann (Oswalt) Kantner who purchased the property described above in 1832, the year the Shawnees signed the treaty and moved to lands to the west. (Le Ann's name has been alternately spelled "Leah" and "Leana" and elsewhere in this same book as "Lena (Oswold)"). "It is narrated that when George Kantner, the pioneer and his family settled there in section 3 of Pusheta township, on lands that had been occupied by followers of the Indian chief, Pusheta, there still were several of the old Indian cabins standing on the place, and that in these were several barrels of maple sugar that had been made by the aboriginals and which was in a good state of preservation."

Frederick's father, William, lived all his days on and farmed that same piece of ground, except for the time he spent as a Union soldier in the Civil war, Company I of the 33rd regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Frederick "received his schooling in the old Kelly school house (district No. 5), in the southwest corner of section 3." My mother says that her father went to that school when he was a child but that he referred to it as the "Keller" school.

"From the days of his boyhood he was attentive to the affairs of the farm, and as he grew to manhood he remained on the home place, farming with his father, and since the latter's death has been in charge, carrying on in his mother's behalf until her death, and now representing also his sister's interest in the place, both co-operating in the management of the farm, which is well improved and profitably cultivated, the family having a very pleasant home on rural mail route No. 5 out of Wapakoneta." The sister referred to here is Libbie, who married Joseph Goedde from St. Louis, MO on 7/12/1921.

"Mr. Kantner and his sister are members of the English Lutheran church at Wapakoneta and are Republicans."

As always, your comments are welcome, and any additional information would be appreciated.