"HISTORY OF OWEN COUNTY 1884"
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP IN OWEN CO., IN.
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DANIEL GANTZ, grocer and druggist at Freedom, was born January 29, 1853
in Carroll County, Ohio and is the ninth of the eighteen children of 
Jacob and Christina (Elliott) Gantz, both natives of Ohio and 
respectively of German and English extraction. Daniel Gantz came to 
this county with his parents in the fall of 1865, where he has since
remained. He was reared a farmer with the rudimentary education of the
common schools and one year at the Northern Indiana Normal School at
Valparaiso to prepare himself for the office of teacher and he has
since taught twelve terms of school with flattering success. 
August 24, 1879 he married Mary E, daughter of J.T. and Louisa (Woods)
Howe, which union has been graced with one child--Elizabeth, born April
23, 1881. Mr. Gantz is a prosperous merchant, whole annual sales 
amount to about $6000.00 per year and has made his own way solely by
energy and thrift. He has been a lifelong and uncomprimising Democrat
and is a liberal gentleman and a respected citizen. Mr and Mrs Gantz
are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

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