Christian Boettler
Christian Boettler, farmer, P. O. Kent, was born in Greene Township, Summit Co., Ohio, March 14. 1836; son of Frederick and Margaretta (Zimmerman) Boettler, natives of Germany, who settled in Greene Township, Summit Co., Ohio., in 1834, and who were the parents of nine children: Jacob; Mary A., wife of F. Krumroy; Margretta, wife of George Humbert; Diana, wife of Adam Fulmer; Elizabeth, wife of Peter C. Frisch; Catherine, wife of Adam Kroehley; Frederick; Christian and Daniel. Frederick Boettler died in 1849, his widow in May, 1883. Our subject was reared in his native township, where he resided until he was twenty-four years of age, when he located in Greene Township, Summit Co., Ohio, for four years, after that in Brimfield, Portage Co., Ohio, and there lived eight years. He then resided in Canton, Ohio, one year, and returned to Brimfield Township, this county, where he resided until 1870, when he located in Franklin Township, and has here resided ever since. Mr. Boettler has always been engaged in farming and is owner of the well-known Arvin Olin farm, but resides in one of the finest suburban residences of Kent. He was married, December 14, 1860, to Ann M., daughter of Peter and Catherine (Essick) Pontius, of Stark County, Ohio, by whom he has one child—Charley A. Boettler. Mr. and Mrs. Boettler are members of the German Reformed Church. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885