from "A Standard History of Lorain County"
by Geo Frederick Wright-1916;
A. E. Stiwald. For half a century A. E. Stiwald has been one of the sterling and useful citizens of Lorain County, and his activities and service have covered a varied field. When a boy his public spirit was manifested by his service in the Union army during the Civil war, and more or less ever since he has shared his time with the public welfare.
At the present time Mr. Stiwald gives all his time and energies to the administration of the Amherst postoffice. He was appointed postmaster October 21. 1915, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the patronage of the local office.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1842. His parents, Michael George and Marie (Fox) Stiwald, were both born in Bavaria, Germany. His father died in 1846. His mother, who was bor n in 1798, died in 1883. They were married in Germany, but in 1836 emigrated to America and settled in Cleveland. The father, a miller by trade, followed that line in Cleveland until his death. He came to the United States with nothing, and made excellent use of his opportunities and provided well for his family before he died. He was the son of a prom'inent German land owner, miller and hotel proprietor, who also served as mayor or burgomaster of his home town. Though he accumulated considerable wealth, he lost it all by the dishonesty of a son-in-law, and thus it was that his son, Michael George, had to come to America to build up his individual fortune without any capital to start with. The family were members of the Catholic Church. A. E. Stiwald was one of six children and the only other one still living is his brother Conrad, who lives on a farm in Lorain County.
Owing to the fact that his father died when A. E. Stiwald was four years of age, he had limited advantages in the way of schooling and early contributed his labors to the support of his widowed mother and the household. He was just twenty years of age when, on August 15, 1862. he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later with the Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He was with that regiment in all its campaigns, marches and engagements, until honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, July, 1865, with the rank of first duty sergeant. Most of his service was in the East in the army of the Potomac, and a complete record of his military service would include many of the notable engagements of that army. He was slightly wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville, and he aiso participated in the great and decisive three days' battle at Gettysburg. Mr. Stiwald has always been a popular member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and served as commander of his local
post for six years.
After the war he returned to Ohio and went on a little farm with his mother near Avon for four years. He then moved to Amherst, and in January, 1870, with his brother, Conrad, engaged in the cigar and tobacco business both as retailers and as cigar manufacturers. He continued in that line until 1880, when desiring a business less confining he sold his interests and took a more active outdoor life. Mr. Stiwald now owns some land within the city corporation of Amherst.
Few men in that part of the county have been more frequently honored with public offices of trust and responsibility. He served as township trustee fourteen years, was assessor three years, was village clerk fourteen years, justice of the peace ten years, clerk of the school board and for almost nineteen years filled the post of mayor in Amherst. He has held chairs in the lodges of Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a democrat in politics and he and his family attend the local churches, though they are not regular members.
In 1865 Mr. Stiwald married Sarah Ann Jaycox. She was born in Lorain County, and died in 1869. In August, 1878, Mr. Stiwald married Maria White, who was born in England. To their union were born six children, all of whom are living but one: Florence E., who died in 1910; Earl C., a painter at Amherst; Maria G., wife of M. B. Schaffer, who lives at Amherst, but is employed in the steel plant at Lorain; Grace E., wife of Harry Nicholl, with the Guardian Savings & Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Allen G., a contractor at Amherst; and A. J. Stiwahl, who is connected with an industry at Elyria but resides in Amherst.
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by Geo Frederick Wright-1916;
A. E. Stiwald. For half a century A. E. Stiwald has been one of the sterling and useful citizens of Lorain County, and his activities and service have covered a varied field. When a boy his public spirit was manifested by his service in the Union army during the Civil war, and more or less ever since he has shared his time with the public welfare.
At the present time Mr. Stiwald gives all his time and energies to the administration of the Amherst postoffice. He was appointed postmaster October 21. 1915, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the patronage of the local office.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1842. His parents, Michael George and Marie (Fox) Stiwald, were both born in Bavaria, Germany. His father died in 1846. His mother, who was bor n in 1798, died in 1883. They were married in Germany, but in 1836 emigrated to America and settled in Cleveland. The father, a miller by trade, followed that line in Cleveland until his death. He came to the United States with nothing, and made excellent use of his opportunities and provided well for his family before he died. He was the son of a prom'inent German land owner, miller and hotel proprietor, who also served as mayor or burgomaster of his home town. Though he accumulated considerable wealth, he lost it all by the dishonesty of a son-in-law, and thus it was that his son, Michael George, had to come to America to build up his individual fortune without any capital to start with. The family were members of the Catholic Church. A. E. Stiwald was one of six children and the only other one still living is his brother Conrad, who lives on a farm in Lorain County.
Owing to the fact that his father died when A. E. Stiwald was four years of age, he had limited advantages in the way of schooling and early contributed his labors to the support of his widowed mother and the household. He was just twenty years of age when, on August 15, 1862. he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later with the Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He was with that regiment in all its campaigns, marches and engagements, until honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, July, 1865, with the rank of first duty sergeant. Most of his service was in the East in the army of the Potomac, and a complete record of his military service would include many of the notable engagements of that army. He was slightly wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville, and he aiso participated in the great and decisive three days' battle at Gettysburg. Mr. Stiwald has always been a popular member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and served as commander of his local
post for six years.
After the war he returned to Ohio and went on a little farm with his mother near Avon for four years. He then moved to Amherst, and in January, 1870, with his brother, Conrad, engaged in the cigar and tobacco business both as retailers and as cigar manufacturers. He continued in that line until 1880, when desiring a business less confining he sold his interests and took a more active outdoor life. Mr. Stiwald now owns some land within the city corporation of Amherst.
Few men in that part of the county have been more frequently honored with public offices of trust and responsibility. He served as township trustee fourteen years, was assessor three years, was village clerk fourteen years, justice of the peace ten years, clerk of the school board and for almost nineteen years filled the post of mayor in Amherst. He has held chairs in the lodges of Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a democrat in politics and he and his family attend the local churches, though they are not regular members.
In 1865 Mr. Stiwald married Sarah Ann Jaycox. She was born in Lorain County, and died in 1869. In August, 1878, Mr. Stiwald married Maria White, who was born in England. To their union were born six children, all of whom are living but one: Florence E., who died in 1910; Earl C., a painter at Amherst; Maria G., wife of M. B. Schaffer, who lives at Amherst, but is employed in the steel plant at Lorain; Grace E., wife of Harry Nicholl, with the Guardian Savings & Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Allen G., a contractor at Amherst; and A. J. Stiwahl, who is connected with an industry at Elyria but resides in Amherst.
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from "A Standard History of Lorain County"
by Geo Frederick Wright-1916;
A. E. Stiwald. For half a century A. E. Stiwald has been one of the sterling and useful citizens of Lorain County, and his activities and service have covered a varied field. When a boy his public spirit was manifested by his service in the Union army during the Civil war, and more or less ever since he has shared his time with the public welfare.
At the present time Mr. Stiwald gives all his time and energies to the administration of the Amherst postoffice. He was appointed postmaster October 21. 1915, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the patronage of the local office.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1842. His parents, Michael George and Marie (Fox) Stiwald, were both born in Bavaria, Germany. His father died in 1846. His mother, who was bor n in 1798, died in 1883. They were married in Germany, but in 1836 emigrated to America and settled in Cleveland. The father, a miller by trade, followed that line in Cleveland until his death. He came to the United States with nothing, and made excellent use of his opportunities and provided well for his family before he died. He was the son of a prom'inent German land owner, miller and hotel proprietor, who also served as mayor or burgomaster of his home town. Though he accumulated considerable wealth, he lost it all by the dishonesty of a son-in-law, and thus it was that his son, Michael George, had to come to America to build up his individual fortune without any capital to start with. The family were members of the Catholic Church. A. E. Stiwald was one of six children and the only other one still living is his brother Conrad, who lives on a farm in Lorain County.
Owing to the fact that his father died when A. E. Stiwald was four years of age, he had limited advantages in the way of schooling and early contributed his labors to the support of his widowed mother and the household. He was just twenty years of age when, on August 15, 1862. he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later with the Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He was with that regiment in all its campaigns, marches and engagements, until honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, July, 1865, with the rank of first duty sergeant. Most of his service was in the East in the army of the Potomac, and a complete record of his military service would include many of the notable engagements of that army. He was slightly wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville, and he aiso participated in the great and decisive three days' battle at Gettysburg. Mr. Stiwald has always been a popular member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and served as commander of his local
post for six years.
After the war he returned to Ohio and went on a little farm with his mother near Avon for four years. He then moved to Amherst, and in January, 1870, with his brother, Conrad, engaged in the cigar and tobacco business both as retailers and as cigar manufacturers. He continued in that line until 1880, when desiring a business less confining he sold his interests and took a more active outdoor life. Mr. Stiwald now owns some land within the city corporation of Amherst.
Few men in that part of the county have been more frequently honored with public offices of trust and responsibility. He served as township trustee fourteen years, was assessor three years, was village clerk fourteen years, justice of the peace ten years, clerk of the school board and for almost nineteen years filled the post of mayor in Amherst. He has held chairs in the lodges of Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a democrat in politics and he and his family attend the local churches, though they are not regular members.
In 1865 Mr. Stiwald married Sarah Ann Jaycox. She was born in Lorain County, and died in 1869. In August, 1878, Mr. Stiwald married Maria White, who was born in England. To their union were born six children, all of whom are living but one: Florence E., who died in 1910; Earl C., a painter at Amherst; Maria G., wife of M. B. Schaffer, who lives at Amherst, but is employed in the steel plant at Lorain; Grace E., wife of Harry Nicholl, with the Guardian Savings & Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Allen G., a contractor at Amherst; and A. J. Stiwahl, who is connected with an industry at Elyria but resides in Amherst.
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by Geo Frederick Wright-1916;
A. E. Stiwald. For half a century A. E. Stiwald has been one of the sterling and useful citizens of Lorain County, and his activities and service have covered a varied field. When a boy his public spirit was manifested by his service in the Union army during the Civil war, and more or less ever since he has shared his time with the public welfare.
At the present time Mr. Stiwald gives all his time and energies to the administration of the Amherst postoffice. He was appointed postmaster October 21. 1915, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of the patronage of the local office.
He was born in Cleveland, Ohio, August 15, 1842. His parents, Michael George and Marie (Fox) Stiwald, were both born in Bavaria, Germany. His father died in 1846. His mother, who was bor n in 1798, died in 1883. They were married in Germany, but in 1836 emigrated to America and settled in Cleveland. The father, a miller by trade, followed that line in Cleveland until his death. He came to the United States with nothing, and made excellent use of his opportunities and provided well for his family before he died. He was the son of a prom'inent German land owner, miller and hotel proprietor, who also served as mayor or burgomaster of his home town. Though he accumulated considerable wealth, he lost it all by the dishonesty of a son-in-law, and thus it was that his son, Michael George, had to come to America to build up his individual fortune without any capital to start with. The family were members of the Catholic Church. A. E. Stiwald was one of six children and the only other one still living is his brother Conrad, who lives on a farm in Lorain County.
Owing to the fact that his father died when A. E. Stiwald was four years of age, he had limited advantages in the way of schooling and early contributed his labors to the support of his widowed mother and the household. He was just twenty years of age when, on August 15, 1862. he enlisted in Company G of the One Hundred and Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry and later with the Fourteenth Regiment Veteran Reserve Corps. He was with that regiment in all its campaigns, marches and engagements, until honorably discharged at Washington, D. C, July, 1865, with the rank of first duty sergeant. Most of his service was in the East in the army of the Potomac, and a complete record of his military service would include many of the notable engagements of that army. He was slightly wounded in the battle of Chancellorsville, and he aiso participated in the great and decisive three days' battle at Gettysburg. Mr. Stiwald has always been a popular member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and served as commander of his local
post for six years.
After the war he returned to Ohio and went on a little farm with his mother near Avon for four years. He then moved to Amherst, and in January, 1870, with his brother, Conrad, engaged in the cigar and tobacco business both as retailers and as cigar manufacturers. He continued in that line until 1880, when desiring a business less confining he sold his interests and took a more active outdoor life. Mr. Stiwald now owns some land within the city corporation of Amherst.
Few men in that part of the county have been more frequently honored with public offices of trust and responsibility. He served as township trustee fourteen years, was assessor three years, was village clerk fourteen years, justice of the peace ten years, clerk of the school board and for almost nineteen years filled the post of mayor in Amherst. He has held chairs in the lodges of Knights of Pythias and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a democrat in politics and he and his family attend the local churches, though they are not regular members.
In 1865 Mr. Stiwald married Sarah Ann Jaycox. She was born in Lorain County, and died in 1869. In August, 1878, Mr. Stiwald married Maria White, who was born in England. To their union were born six children, all of whom are living but one: Florence E., who died in 1910; Earl C., a painter at Amherst; Maria G., wife of M. B. Schaffer, who lives at Amherst, but is employed in the steel plant at Lorain; Grace E., wife of Harry Nicholl, with the Guardian Savings & Trust Company of Cleveland, Ohio; Allen G., a contractor at Amherst; and A. J. Stiwahl, who is connected with an industry at Elyria but resides in Amherst.
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