George Fritch
George Fritch, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born April 15, 1813, in Suffield Township, this county; son of John and Mary Fntch. He was broufrht up on his father's farm and attended the primitive schools of those early days He was married, November 14, 1839, to Mary Rhodes, who was born January 14, 1821, in Germany, a daughter of Jacob Rhodes. By this union there are the following children: Jacob D., Henry, John (deceased), Lucinda and Catherine (now Mrs. Wegman). Our subject and wife settled where they now reside, after their marriage, and by industry and good management have acquired a fine farm of 229 acres of well-improved land. Mr. Fritch's father gave him 172 acres of land, in consideration of which our subject paid his brother Jacob $34 per annum during his life and $150 to his brother Benjamin. Mrs. George Fritch received from her father, Jacob Rhodes, fifty-five acres of land. Mr. Fritch and his worthy wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is an upright pioneer citizen, highly respected by the community in which he lives. He has ever been a Democrat in polltics.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885