Jacob J. Getz
Jacob J. Getz, marble-cutter, Millersburgh, was born in Paint Township, Holmes Co., Ohio, in March, 1851, a son of Jacob and Christine (Schindler) Getz. His parenets were natives of Germany, and emigrated to America in 1847, locating in Holmes County, Ohio, where they spent the latter years of their lives. The mother died in 1856, aged thirty-six years, and the father in 1875, aged fifty-seven years. They were the parents of ten children, but three of whom are now living. The father was a stone-mason and stone-cutter by trade, and also carried on his farm, owning at one time 196 acres of good land.
Jacob J. Getz spent the first years of his life on his father's farm, and until twenty-one years of age assisted his father in its cultivation. He then, in 1872, came to Millersburgh to learn the marble-cutter's trade, serving an apprenticeship, and as soon as his trade was mastered, opened in 1878, a shop of his own. In 1883 a partnership was formed with Mr. Lang, the business was increased, and they now carry on the most extensive works of the kind in the town and county. Mr. Getz was married in 1879
to Rosa, daughter of Frederick and Elizabeth Lang, of this county. Mrs. Getz died leaving three children: Lizette, Esther, and Bertha. Mr. Getz was again married, taking for his second wife Miss Lizzie Shaffer, and they have one child. In politics Mr. Getz is a supporter of the principles of the Republican party.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889