Susana Lahman Rummel
Although nearing the century mark in age, Mrs. Susana Lahman Rummel is enjoying excellent health at her home near Lucas. She is one of the oldest women in Richland County, where she has resided for 60 years. Mrs. Rummel was born Aug. 5, 1839; in the primitive forests of Knox County near Mt. Vernon. She grew up in those surroundings and lived there until her marriage to Silas Rummel, a young miller who was operating a flour mill on the Owl Creek. Soon after the wedding ceremony had been performed on Dec. 20th., 1860, she and her husband moved to Richland County, locating at Campbell's mill east of Mansfield which Mr. Rummel acquired through purchase. He sold this mill seven years later and purchased the Lucas Mill together with a large tract of land which he tilled, in the vicinity of Lucas. This mill burned down after Mr. Rummel disposed of it about 25 years ago, and it was never rebuilt. Mrs. Rummel shared the early day hardships of her husband, who died at the age of 83 years. She can read without glasses very well, but requires spectacles to see at a distance. Her hearing is slightly impaired but otherwise she is blessed with the best of health when her age is taken into consideration. She is a member of the Lucas Congregational church. Mrs. Rummel lives in the home with her daughter, Mrs. Lewis Dickes, a home in which she has resided for 36 years. She gets about the house without use of a cane, and delights to talk of old times when she lived among the Knox County forests.
From The Loudonville Times, September 19, 1929