LANTZ GENEALOGY

                 THE FAMILY OF SAMUEL M. LANTZ

         H514          Samuel M. Lantz           H51

    Samuel M. Lantz, son of George and Christina (Maphis)
Lantz was born Sept. 7, 1820.  Jan. 27, 1848, he married
Rebecca Rinker, daughter of Absolam Rinker.  She was
born Oct. 2, 1826 and died July 26, 1910.  They went to
housekeeping in the great house at Union Forge and he
operated the Forge and the large farms connected with it
for some years.  He went into the Confederate Army and
served throughout the war in Co. K, 12th Virginia Cavalry.
He was wounded by a sabre cut in the head.  He was a pris-
oner at Camp Chase, Ohio, for nine months.
   When the was was over he found the Forge and all the
buildings burned.  After the war, he became one of the
leading farmers of the county, using many improved meth-
ods.  He educated his children in the best schools of that
day.  He died June 14, 1885 and is buried in Cedar Wood
Cemetery, Edinburg, Va.  His children were:
   1. John Robert;
   2. Emma Susan;
   3. Charles Albert;
   4. Ann Elizabeth;
   5. Mary Belle;
   6. Ellen Rebecca;
   7. Effie Martha.

         H5141        John Robert Lantz          H514

    John Robert Lantz, son of Samuel M. and Rebecca
(Rinker) Lantz was born Feb. 6, 1849 at Union Forge.  Nov.
4, 1875, he married Ella Caroline Hammond, who is still
living.  He spent some time in Montana and Texas.  He
taught in the public schools for several years.  In 1902, he
moved his family to Washington, D. C., where he was em-
ployed in the Government Printing Office until he was re-
tired on a pension in 1924.  He died in 1927 and is buried in
Cedar Hill Cemetery, Washington, D. C. His children:

   1. Susie Hammond;
   2. Lizzie Florence;
   3. Robert Raymond;
   4. Harold Holms;
   5. Grace Noel;
   6. Samuel Aaron.

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