Benjamin L. Jauman
Benjamin L. Jauman, senior member of the undertaking firm of Jauman & Weger, funeral directors and embalmers, at Delphos, and one of the city's esteemed citizens, was born August 10, 1876, in Marion township, Allen County, Ohio, and is a son of Anthony and Cresencia (Graf) Jauman.
Anthony Jauman was born in August, 1837, in Germany, and died in Ohio on Thanksgiving Day, 1903, aged 66 years. He was a pioneer of the county and engaged in farming and dairying in Marion township. He came to America shortly after the close of the Civil War and settled in Marion township, Allen County, Ohio, where George Lang's mill and elevator now stand. For 25 years he followed dairying and was one of the best known residents of Marion township, one who was regarded with general esteem, on account of his honest and upright character. His widow, born in 1842, resides at Delphos. Their eight children are all living.
Benjamin L. Jauman was educated in the German union schools at Delphos, and was 15 years old when he became a clerk for Joseph Krift in the furniture business, some years later going to Delfiance, Ohio, where he was employed in the furniture and undertaking lines. He then lived at Lima for two years, engaged in the same business, and while there completed a course in the Cincinnati College of Embalming. Mr. Jauman then came to Delphos and, in partnership with his brother, Joseph Jauman, embarked in a furniture and undertaking business, under the firm name of Jauman Brothers, our subject taking charge of the latter branch of the business.
On September 21, 1905, in partnership with Augustus E. Weger, Mr. Jauman purchased the business of H. J. Burgfelt. The style of the firm is now Jauman & Weger. They have well-equipped quarters on Main street, in the central part of the city. Mr. Weger is also intersted in the photographic business and devotes the greater portion of his time to that branch, while Mr. Jauman is the active member of the firm in the undertaking line.
Mr. Jauman is a member of the Church of St. John the Evangelist at Delphos. He is connected with the Elks and the Knights of Columbus, at Lima, and with the Catholic Knights of Ohio, at Delphos. Both Mr. Jauman and Mr. Weger are young men of irreproachable character and are numbered with the best citizens of Delphos.