Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . le township, Sandusky county, bywhom she has had four children; Sarah,born November 11, 1852, married Will-iam Helambrecht, a farmer, and they havehad si.\ children; Frederick, born May 5,1855, married Mary Wendler, by whomhe has had two children, and lives inWashington township; Sophia, born De-cember 30, 1857, married Henry Kilgus,and they have had two children, of whomone is deceased; and Louis, born Febru-ary 2, 1862, married Minnie Friar,whose parents, Henry and Rebecca (Sam-sell) Friar, live in Madison towns


Commemorative biographical record of the counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio . le township, Sandusky county, bywhom she has had four children; Sarah,born November 11, 1852, married Will-iam Helambrecht, a farmer, and they havehad si.\ children; Frederick, born May 5,1855, married Mary Wendler, by whomhe has had two children, and lives inWashington township; Sophia, born De-cember 30, 1857, married Henry Kilgus,and they have had two children, of whomone is deceased; and Louis, born Febru-ary 2, 1862, married Minnie Friar,whose parents, Henry and Rebecca (Sam-sell) Friar, live in Madison William Driftmeyers parents livedand died in Germany. Mr. Driftmeyer laid out the roadwhich separates Washington townshipfrom Madison and Woodville first oil well in Madison townshipwas drilled on his land, and on the landupon which he makes his home in thattownship he has six good oil wells thatyield six hundred barrels monthly; and ona thirty-seven-acre tract in Washingtontownship he has two wells that will aver-age two hundred barrels each month. ^ fL^^- COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 151 Driftmeyer is a Republican in has been repeatedly honored withpublic office, having been trustee for twoyears, and road supervisor and schooldirector for many terms. In religiousaffiliation he is a member of the GermanM. E. Church of Elmore. JH. CLAUSS, president and man-ager of the Clauss Shear Company,Fremont, Sandusky county, wasborn in New York City June 4, parents were Henry and Jennette(Flersch) Clauss, natives of Germany,who emigrated to America, sojourned fora time in New York City, finally locatingin Cleveland, Ohio, where they now re-side. J. H. Clauss was reared in Cleveland,where he received somewhat limited schoolprivileges. His business experience fromthe time he was fourteen years old wasthat of apprentice in a German printingoffice, porter in a wnglesale millineryhouse, and bookkeeper for a brass manu-factory. He did not


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