LEONARD DAUM

    The subject of this sketch was born in Germany, in March 1838.  He is a son of Simeon and Catherine Daum.  When eighteen years of age, he emigrated to America, and by way of New York came to Ohio.  In his youth he learned the trade of shoe-making, which he followed several years.  In May, 1858, at Marysville, this county, he married Catherine Hachendorfer(Hegenderfer?) , by whom he had six children, five now living, viz.: Mary M., Barbara M., Peter G., John S. and Elizabeth.  In 1872, with his family he settled in Jackson Township, where he now resides.  He is a member of the German Lutheran Church, and the owner of 224 acres of land.