Samuel Lenhart
Samuel Lenhart, manufacturer of buggies and spring wagons, London, was born in York County, Penn., April 27, 1840. His father, George Lenhart, is a native of Pennsylvania, and a farmer by occupation. He now resides at Dover, Penn., in his sixty-seventh year. He was united in marriage to Elizabeth Gerber, a native of Pennsylvania who became the mother of four children, three sons living. Mrs. Lenhart is still living at about the same age as her husband. The subject of this notice resided in Pennsylvania until twenty years of age. When seventeen years of age, he learned the blacksmith trade, and worked at it three years. He then came to London (in 1860) and worked at his trade for one year. In April, 1861, soon after the call for troops by President Lincoln, he enlisted in Company C. Seventeenth Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served during the three months term of the regiment. He re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Thirtieth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and at the battle of Antietam was wounded through the left arm and body by a rifle ball. He was discharged on that account, and returned to London. He afterward went to Montana Territory, where he worked at his trade till 1863. He returned to London again and in the fall of that year purchased his present shop of a Mr. Knapper, where he has since been engaged in business. Mr. Lenhart is a member of Madison Lodge, No. 70 (I. O. O. F.), Democratic in politics, and has served as Councilman of the village. He was married March 11, 1869, to Isabella Crawford a native of Paint Township. They have three sons – Eddie, Charlie and Samuel Glenn.
From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY - W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]