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DAVID S. BRETZ was born in Marion County, Ohio, December 30, 1837. He is a son of Samuel and Catharine (Bibler)
Bretz, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio respectively. His grandfather Bretz was drafted in the war of 1812, his
son John taking his place as a substitute. His parents settled in Marion County in 1828, purchasing 320 acres of
school land, afterward increasing this number to 500. Their children were Anna, Andrew D., Elizabeth B., Fanny
M., Rebecca V., David S., Mahala, Amanda and Mary P., the two latter deceased. The father died in 1875, aged seventy
five years; the mother still living on the homestead in her eightieth year. David S. Bretz resided with his parents
till twenty two years of age; he then began dealing in stock, and has since engaged quite extensively in that business.
In 1862, he purchased his first farm of 147 acres in Antrim Township, selling this a few years later and purchasing
403 acres on the Sandusky River, where he resided four years. Later, he disposed of this farm, and resided two
years in Upper Sandusky, purchasing his present farm of 356 acres soon after, and adding to this till he now owns
531 acres, valued at $75 per acre. Mr. Bretz was married, September 1, 1859, to Jane A. Coon, daughter of Jacob
and Susanna (Harmon) Coon, early settlers of this county. Four children have been born to this union, Fannie J.,
Stanton E., Cora B. and Sarah E. Mr. Bretz is a Republican; he was the first Mayor of Little Sandusky, and, with
his wife is a member of the Free Will Baptist Church.
From:
The History of Wyandot County, Ohio
Liggett, Canaway & Co.,
Chicago 1884
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