William Lutz
William Lutz, farmer, P. O. Mogadore, Summit County, was born in Suffield Township, this county, February 7, 1842, son of Aaron and Elizabeth Lutz. He was educated at the common schools of the district wherein his parents resided, and when eighteen years of age began learning the carpenter's trade. During the war he was in the Government employ, building bridges on the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, Tenn., and at its close returned home, where he settled down. Our subject was married October 26, 1861, to Miss Catharine Wilson, of Suffield Township, this county, born February 10, 1844, daughter of Samuel Wilson, and by her he has had three children: Mrs. Meritta Alice Yerrick, in Trumbull County, Ohio; Arthur James, deceased; and Jennie Grace. Our subject has built many of the houses and most of the improved barns in the vicinity of his home, and is esteemed a skilled and successful mechanic. He and his wife are members of the German Baptist Church.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885