John Stuber
John Stuber is a son of Adam and Eve (Steiman) Stuber, natives of Germany, who emigrated to America in 1839, and located on a farm in Richland Township, Holmes County, where they lived until their death, the father dying in 1853 and the mother in 1854. They were prominent members of the Lutheran Church. Their family consisted of eight children, of whom the living are Philip, in Richland Township; Daniel, in Illinois; Margaret, wife of John Keiser, in Richland Township; Jacob, in Richland Township; Adam, in Kansas; and John.
John Stuber, the subject of our sketch, was born in Germany, July 17, 1831, and came to Holmes County with his parents. He received a common-school education, and has been principally engaged in farming. In 1854 he was united in marriage with Miss Sophia, daughter of Henry Greiner, a native of Germany, who came to America when a young man and settled in Wayne County, Penn., where Mrs. Stuber was born in 1830, and in her girlhood moved with her parents to Killbuck Township, Holmes Co., Ohio. After marriage Mr. Stuber first located in Richland Township, where they lived until 1866, when they purchased their present farm. They have only one child living, Evie Arminnie, wife of Casey C. Purdy, living with our subject. Mr. Stuber has always been a staunch Democrat, and has served in various township offices. He is a member of Spartan Lodge, F. and A. M., No. 126, of Millersburgh, and he and family are members of the Wolf Creek Methodist Episcopal Church.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889