David Lozier
David Lozier, one of the pioneers of Holmes County, was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., February 1, 1813, and died September 8, 1885. He was a son of George and Elizabeth Lozier, who were among the earliest settlers in this part of Ohio, former born October 14, 1788, and died November 1, 1848; latter born February 3, 1787, and died November 20, 1871. Their children were Henry, David, Keziah, Elizabeth, Sarah, Lorinda, and Julian.
David Lozier spent his youth and early manhood in Wayne County, and when twenty-eight years old, with his mother and sister, moved to Holmes County, settling in Washington Township. He was in limited circumstances when he came to this county, and his early advantages had been meager; but he was possessed of ambition and perseverance, and accumulated a fine estate of 500 acres. He was married November 15, 1849, to Jane, daughter of Lewis and Lydia Reynolds, and to them were born eight children: George Gilbert, Lewis F., Alonzo G., Mary Z., Amanda J., Jasper N., David Lincoln and Valonie. Lewis F. was married December 31, 1879, to Mary F. Nourse; Alonzo G. was married to Barbara Kiner, June 17, 1879, and David Lincoln was married to Mary Smith, October 10, 1887. The rest of the family are at home with their mother.
George Gilbert Lozier, the eldest son, was born September 27, 1850. For a number of years he was superintending work in the West, but is now carrying on their farms, and is one of the prosperous young men of his township. He was married in March 1877, to Miss Emma Lucetta, daugher of F. B. Orner, and they have five children: Thomas Everett, Bertha Ethel, Jane Elizabeth, George Earl and Charles Edgar. Mr. Lozier has been a member of the Good Templars twenty-three years; he is also a member of the Grange; in politics he is a Republican.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889