Henry M. Lehman
The ancestors of the above are of German extraction. We cannot learn just when they came to America, but we find that the great-grandfather of Sheriff Lehman was here during the Revolutionary War, and took part in that struggle for independence. He, perhaps, was the first to come to this country. He probably located in Berks County, Pa., for it was here that his son Benjamin was born, married, and lived until 1838, when he moved to Montgomery County, Ohio, and died there in 1872, aged eighty-five years.
Jacob Lehman (a son of Benjamin) was born in Berks County, Pa., June 30, 1813. When a young man he went to Dauphin County, Pa. Here in 1835 he married Sarah Cassel, of the same county. In 1839 they emigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, where they lived until 1859, at which time they came to Shelby County, and located four and one-half miles north of Sidney. Mr. Lehman was a farmer by occupation. Their family consisted of one son only (Henry M.), the present sheriff of the county. He died from paralysis December 16, 1882. His widow sitll survives, and has her home with her son in Sidney.
Henry M., the only son of Jacob Lehman, was born in Dauphin County, Pa., June 14, 1836. He lived with his parents until August, 1862, at which time he enlisted as a soldier in Company H, 99th O. V. I. On the 11th of the following November he was taken prisoner near Lebanon, Tenn., but was parolled two days after his capture by John A. Morgan. He shortly afterward returned home, and remained until March, 1863, then returned to his regiment in Murfreesboro, Tenn. He was with his regiment at the battles of Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and the Atlanta campaign, but never received a wound. He served until the close of the war. In 1867 he married Miss Mary E. Ludlum, a daughter of Esq. Ludlum, of Franklin Township. After marriage he rented a farm for two years, then moved to the village of Botkins, and engaged in hotel-keeping, which he followed up to 1879, with the exception of two years that he was engaged in the mercantile trade. In 1874 his wife died, leaving two children, viz., Clara L. and William S. In 1876 he married Miss Mary C. Stolley, of Shelby County, In May, 1879, he received the nomination for sheriff by the Democracy of Shelby County, and was elected to the office the following October. In 1881 he was re-elected without any opposing candidate, and is filling the office at the present time. By his last marriage he has two children, Viz., Anna M. E. and Francis J. H.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883