LANTZ GENEALOGY by lot a preacher in the Reformed Mennonite Church in which office he remained a faithful minister until his death. He died May 22, 1870. He had nine children: Jacob, see family of Jacob Lantz (F121) ; Samuel, see family of Samuel Lantz (F122); Fanny, see family of Fanny Staman (F123); Abraham, see family of Abraham Staman (F124); Martha, see family of Martha Hout (F125); Francis, mar- ried Electa Wallace, Apr. 11, 1814, resided at Mansfield, O.; born Oct. 11, 1827, lived on old Homestead, no children; Henry, born Jan. 24, 1830, died 1911, unmarried; Esther, born Jan. 24,1830, unmarried; and Mary, see family of Mary Ashton (F129). F13 John Lantz F1 John Lantz, son of John and Christiana Lantz was born Nov. 26, 1792. Upon his mother's death he went to live with his Uncle Jacob Lantz. Here he learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1818, he married Mary Trout. In 1833, they moved to Franklin County, where he bought a farm. He died in 1878. His children: Barbara Frank Lantz, born Nov. 29, 1818, Chambersburg, Pa.; Maria, see family of Maria Miller (F132) ; Elizabeth, see family of Elizabeth Frey (F133) ; Susan, born Oct. 6, 1822, died Apr. 7, 1908, unmar- ried, Winchester, Va.; Martha, born Nov. 25, 1823; John, see family of John Lantz (F136); Catherine, see family of Catherine Hauptman (F137) ; and Anna, born Dec. 22, 1832. F14 Tobias Lantz F1 Tobias Lantz, son of John and Christiana Lantz was born Nov. 25, 1794. Upon his mother's death, he went to Lebanon, Pa., to live with his grandfather, Tobias Kreider. Here he was taught the tailor's trade. In 1820 he married Charlotte Ressley (born 1802-died 1848) and in 1850 he married Catherine Ream. He had five children all by the first wife: Elizabeth, see family of Elizabeth Emrich (F141); Maria, born Mar. 4, 1824, married Frederick Stager, no children; Catherine, see family of Catherine Bleistin (F143); Sarah A., see family of Sarah Benson (F144); and Cyrus Ressley, see family of Cyrus R. Lantz (F145). F15 Jacob Lantz F1 Jacob Lantz, son of John and Regina (Sherrick) Lantz was born in Lancaster County, Pa., April 5, 1797. After his mother's death, he was bound out to a farmer. When he 43