Lawrence Memmer
Lawrence Memmer, farmer, P. O. Suffield, was born October 15, 1829, in Rhine-Bavaria, Germany; son of David and Margaret (Arehart) Memmer. The family came to America in 1836, and remained in New York until the spring of 1838, when they moved to and settled in this township and county, where the parents died. Mr. and Mrs. David Memmer were parents of the following children: George (deceased), Joseph (deceased), John (of Akron), Lawrence, Margaret (Mrs. Culp), Mary Ann (Mrs. Schulty), Barbara (Mrs. Miller), and Maria (Mrs. Miller). Our subject married, September 29, 1855, Rebecca Wise, born in Stark County September 21, 1832, daughter of Jacob Wise, and by this union there are the following children: John Allen, Sarah (Mrs. Miller), Charles Edward and Joseph Franklin. Mr. and Mrs. Memmer settled on their present farm, consisting of eighty-four and a half acres, in 1865. Mr. Memmer is a Democrat in politics. He has taken a deep interest in the public affairs of the township. He was elected Township Treasurer in April, 1882, re-elected in 1883 and 1884, and fulfills his duties faithfully and to the satisfaction of the people.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885