John Loutzenhiser   

JOHN LOUTZENHISER, deceased, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., December 15, 1799, and was a son of John and Margaret (Harnit) Loutzenhiser, who settled in West Salem Township, Mercer County, in 1800. Our subject here grew to manhood, and April 9, 1846, was married to Catharine, daughter of Andrew and Catharine Wade. She was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., October 25, 1811, and her parents settled in Crawford County in 1813, where both spent the balance of their lives. Her husband had previously purchased the land and erected the brick residence still occupied by their son, David, which she took possession of immediately after marriage. Three children were born to John and Catharine Loutzenhiser: David, John A., and Margaret C., wife of John Speir, of West Salem Township.  Mr. Loutzenhiser operated a small distillery for a number of years, which he carried on in connection with farming. Politically he was a life-long Democrat, and was county commissioner one term. He served one term as major of a regiment of militia, and bore the title of major among the pioneers up to his death, which occurred September 19, 1877. His widow resides with her daughter, Mrs. Speir. He was strictly honest and upright in all his dealings, and was recognized as a kind-hearted, generous man. He was industrious and energetic, and accumulated considerable property, which his children inherited at his death.

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History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888, pages 1186-87  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.