Nicholas and Maria Johantgen
Nicholas Johantgen
Occupation: Blacksmith Church Affiliation: Catholic Born: 15 Nov 1826 Wadern, Germany Died: 30 Jan 1895 Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio Married: Mary "Maria" Steffen in 1850 Born: 26 Aug 1831 Prussia, Germany Died: 03 Mar 1907 Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Montgomery Co, Ohio Children: 1. Joseph "Joe" Johantgen Occupation: Carriage Maker in Dayton Born: 28 Dec 1851 Dayton, Montgomery Co, Ohio Died: 28 Jan 1920 Bellefontaine, Logan Co, Ohio Married: Idola Leister "Dot" on 29 Jul 1875 d/o James Leister & Lucinda Marquis Born: 29 Jul 1857 Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio Died: 24 Dec 1933 Bellefontaine, Logan Co., Ohio Children of Joseph and Idola Johantgen: Mary Leigh Johantgen, music teacher; she married Leroy Blessing, a newspaper editor; no children; Olaf Leister Johantgen "Leister", a carriage maker & president of Building & Loan; he married Lena May Colton; one daughter; Gretchen Swift Johantgen, who died as a child. 2. Francis N. Johantgen "Frank" Occupation: Blacksmith Born: 24 Jan 1855 Died: 14 June 1928 Inglewood, California Buried: in California Married: Fannie F. Fairfield on 24 Jan 1890 in Meeker, Rio Blanco Co., Colorado, d/o Freeman Fairfield & Matilda Tasse Born: 18 Mar 1872 in Wisconsin Biography of Frank N. JoHantgen (see below) 3. William P. "Will" Johantgen Occupation: Stonecutter Born: 23 Mar 1863 Ohio Died: 30 Nov 1926 Dayton, Montgomery Co., Ohio Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio Married: Mary Kastle Born: 25 Jul 1863 Montgomery Co, OH Died: 08 Oct 1939 Harrison, Montgomery Co, Ohio Children: Edna JoHantgen b. Oct 1887 m. RobertTaft, b. 1887 Rosa JoHantgen b. ca. 1888 4. Clara Johantgen Born: ca. 1865 Ohio and probably died young 5. Rose S. Johantgen Born: 11867 Ohio Died: 1934 Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, OH Sec. 27, lot 71 Married: John H. FAULSTICK ca. 1888 Children: Elmer Faulstick, 1892-1911; Lulu M. Faulstick, b. ca. 1893; Wm. F. Faulstick, 1900-1918 6. Emma Matilda Johantgen Born:17 Sep 1871 Ohio Died: 1956 Buried Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, OH on parent's lot Married: Charles Dawson Children: Leona m. Glenn Cromes; child died young 7. There was possibly a 7th child named Frances (1857 - ?) who died as a teenager. Frank N. JoHantgen was a native of Dayton, Ohio, son of Nicholas and Mary (Steffen) JoHantgen who were born and raised in Prussia, and who settled in Dayton in 1846. Frank was born there January 24, 1855. His father was a blacksmith and from him Frank learned the trade with special training in the craft devoted to service in the manufacture of carriages. He followed this trade there until 1879 when he came West to Leadville (Colorado). He tried prospecting as well as blacksmithing and served three years as foreman of the shops of the Iron Silver mines. In 1886 he came to Meeker (Colorado) and opened his business, The Pioneer Wagon and Blacksmithing Works, which he conducted until he was appointed Postmaster of Meeker by President Cleveland in 1892. He went into partnership with Henry Hayes in a drugstore and helped conduct this business until 1899 when it was sold to Strehlke and Edwards. Retiring from the drug store, Mr. JoHantgen devoted his time and energy to developing the ranch in Powell Park that he had bought in 1892. He married Miss Fannie F. Fairfield, a native of Wisconsin, on January 24, 1890. He built the house now owned by Frank Ferrens. In May, 1904, the Harp-JoHantgen Manufacturing and Blacksmith Company was incorporated with a capital stock of five thousand dollars, which included the consolidation of the JoHantgen Pioneer shop and the business of the Harp and Riley Blacksmith Company. He served as manager and secretary of the corporation. Mr. JoHantgen was always community-minded. He helped organize the National Guard of the State and served under the command of General Bell during the trouble with the miners in Cripple Creek, in 1903, and later as a bodyguard for Governor Peabody in Denver. Locally, he was a stockholder in the Highland Cemetery Association, and was in charge of the Odd Fellows building for many years. He was a leader in getting a suitable building for the Episcopal Church organization and one of the main supporters of the Church, which was built in 1899. He served on the School Board and the Town Council. Mr. JoHantgen died and was buried in California in June, 1928. A Memorial Tablet in St. James Episcopal Church was dedicated November 17, 1929. written by Dorothy H. Kehrberger |
Maria Steffen was the daughter of Mathias Steffen 1800-1878 and his first wife, Barbara Glaser. She and her family sailed from LeHavre on the ship Cotton Planter arriving in New York on 07 Aug 1840. Mathias Steffen, Nicolas and Michael Steffen were all brothers to Peter Steffen who sailed on the Chevalier in 1837 with the JoHantgen family.
(information courtesy of Paul Weisenberger, great- great-great grandson of Peter Steffen; 05 Dec 2014) |
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