George LEININGER Jr. 6/5 (1854 - 1941)
(George Sr. 5/7, Johan Jacob II 4/1?, Johan Jacob 3/1?, Johan Frederic 2/1?, Johan George 1/1?)
MARRIED: Jeannie SPADE (Oct., 1861 in Ohio - 1926) on August 27, 1879.
Tombstone
CHILDREN:
Amanda LEININGER, 7/1 (abt April 1880 in Ohio - 1953). Tombstone Photo
MARRIED: Will OSTERHOUT (1878 - 1961)
Myrtle LEININGER, 7/2 (b. 1886)
MARRIED: Ervin KIRSHNER
Edward Leininger, 7/3 (1889 - 1960)
MARRIED: Fern SCHAWLEY
Rudolph LEININGER, 7/4 (b. 1891)
MARRIED: Bess TUCKER
Albert LEININGER, 7/5 (1899 - 1901)
Details of the life George LEININGER Jr. 6/5:
BIRTH; June 27, 1854 in Ohio
LIVING: 5 years old & born in Ohio on the 1860 Census in German Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio.
25 years old & born in Ohio on the 1880 Census in German Twp., Fulton Co, Ohio.
45 years old & born in Ohio on the 1900 Census in Swan Creek Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio.
55 years old & born in Ohio on the 1910 Census in Swan Creek Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio.
65 years old & born in Ohio on the 1920 Census in Swan Creek Twp., Fulton Co., Ohio.
75 years old & born in Ohio on the 1930 Census in Defiance, Defiance Co., Ohio.
MARRIAGE: Jeannie SPADE (b. abt 1861 in Ohio), on August 27, 1879.
OCCUPATION: Farmer
DEATH: 1941
BURIAL: 1941 Swanton Cemetery, Swanton, Fulton Co., Ohio
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A Standard History of Fulton County, Ohio
Volume II, 1920
http://books.google.com
Page 238 in the book.
George Leininger. While George Leininger of Swan Creek Township, is a native of German Township, having been born June 27, 1854,
at Archbold, the family name was brought to the United States from Alsace-Lorraine. His father, George Leininger, Sr,. was an emigrant,
although his mother, Nancy (Ditto) Leiniinger, was born in Senca county. His grandfather, Jacob Leininger, came in an early day to
German Township, where he owned forty acres of land near the City of Archbold.
The maternal grandparents, George and Susan (Folk) Dittto, were also early citizens of German Township. While George Ditto
as born in Pennsylvania, his father was born in Ireland. He lived for a time in Seneca county, and later moved with a yoke of oxen to
Fulton county. He entered 320 acres of land where the west half of Archbold is now situated, and he owned it long enough to receive as
much for one acre as he paid for all of it. He entered this land at Archbold when he was forty-two years old, and forty years later he died
there. George Leininger, Sr. and Nancy Ditto were married there. They lived on an eighty acre tract that is now within the town of
Archbold. George Ditto died in 1915, aged eighty-eight years. His wife died in 1895, aged sixty-four years.
The children born to George and Nancy Leininger are: Andrew, of Springdale, Arkansas; Aaron, of Archbold; John, who is
deceased; George, who relates the family history; Amos, of Archbold; Susan, widow of Albert Bergt, of Dodge county, Nebraska;
Rebekah, wife of Emil Chulke, a Lutheran minister; Nancy, who married Charles Heupel of Toledo; Philip, of Stillwater, Oklahoma; and
Henry, of Archbold.
When George Leininger was nineteen years old he began learning the wagon maker's trade in Defiancee, Ohio. After six months
he returned to Archbold and worked for two years with his brother in the wagon making business, when he moved to the Ditto farm
owned by his grandmother. After her death he worked 3 1/2 years in a general store of the L. D. Gotschall Factory. He later worked in a
stave factory and at the carpenter trade.
In 1886 Mr. Leininger purchased an eighty acre timber tract in Swan Creek Township, and two years later he removed to it. He
cleared this land, and it is now all under cultivation but a five acre tract used for pasture land. The farm has modern buildings, and it is
inclosed with excellent wire fences. It is all tiled and under high state of cultivation.
On August 27, 1870, Mr. Leininger married Jeannie C. Spade, of Napoleon. She is a daughter of George and Eliza
(Cunningham) Spade. Her father was an early settler and helped hew the logs used in building the first courthouse in
Henry county. The childen born to Mr. and Mrs. Leininger are: Amanda, wife of William Osterhout, of Swan Creek; Myrtl, wife of Irvin
Kurchner, of York Township; Edward, of Delta; Rudolph, of Pioneer, Ohio.
In his early life Mr. Leininger attended the public school and the parochial school in Archbold. He is a member of the Lutheran
Church and has served as one of its trustees. In politics he is republican. As an incident in the family history it is related that his maternal
grandfather, George Ditto, owned and operated the first grist mill in Fulton county. He bought it from Seneca county. The mill drew
patronage from ten miles around, and it was of great advanage in the pioneer community. Those who had grist to grind brought it to the
mill and others were enabled to purchase the products for less money than they could procure them from distant points. The Leininger-
Ditto history is closely identified with the beginning of things in Fulton county. And, moreover, the work done by the earlier generation has
been worthily continued in the person of Mr. George Leininger, who deserves especial credit for the excellent farm and fine country home
he has developed in Swan Creek Township. While he has always been known as a man who has looked diligently after his own business,
he has always been concerned in a public-spirited way with the welfare and advancement of his commnity and his influence and support
are frequently regarded as necssary to the success of some local enterprise.
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