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Note: HENRY ADAM LAUTERMILCH (by Otto J. Lautermilch)
Henry Adam Lautermilch was born May 26, 1866 and passed away on June 2, 1946 at 479 Circular Street, Tiffin, Ohio. Henry was married to Mary Magdalena Hergenrather on April 25, 1893 in St. Joseph Church, Tiffin, Ohio by Rev. John Puetz. Mary, his wife, was born on November 16, 1865 to John Hergenrother (B. 1825, D. Feb. 13, 1884) and Mary Magdalena Mehrmann (B. 1829, D. 1907 in Tiffin, Ohio, M. St. Joseph Church on May 15, 1855). Mary M. Lautermilch was the fifth child born to John and Mary (The others were Joseph, John W., Elizabeth, Mary M., and Anna) All are buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Tiffin, Ohio. For record purposes, the parent names of John Hergenrather, who was a Tailor, is not known. Both John H. and his wife, Mary M. Mehrmann, were born in Germany, but her parents, Phillip J. Mehrmann, born in Alsace Lorraine, 1798 and died July 16, 1876, both buried in St. Boniface Cemetery, New Riegal, Ohio. Her maiden name was Nussbaum.
Prior to his marriage, Henry A. and his half brother, Otto L., conducted and were partners in a marble monument business on N. Main Street, Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Both were accomplished marble cutters, and had previously worked for a short time in the marble quarries in Rome, Georgia. At this time, they both took up music, becoming members of the Upper Sandusky Cornet Band. Henry A. took up the French horn and the E flat Alto, Otto L. the saxophone. Henry A. had previously remarked that as a ten year old, he would carry in a cord of wood each Saturday morning for a music teacher named Spiess and for his labor would receive a violin lesson. He was a longtime member of the Second Regiment ONG Band and also Sixth Regiment Band for many years, also the renowned Tiffin Band and Elks Band, in all over 42 years. In the late 1800's the Tiffin Band entered band competitions in other cities, once in Chicago where 16 bands were competing. Finally it was between a Peoria, Ill. and the Tiffin Bands. The two bands were to pass the judges' stand once more and to play a final choice number. A hundred yards from the judges' stand, Prof. H. Roedegerts, the director, changed the number to a very recent and popular piece, "Casey Danced with a Strawberry Blond" and this was such a hit with the crowd and the judges, that the Tiffin Band won the first place.
The year that they were married, Henry A. was appointed a city letter carrier for the Post Office and was the first letter carrier in the city of Tiffin. The postmaster at that time was General William Harvey Gibson, a former Union Army General, having served in the War of the States. Henry was a faithful carrier for 42 years and six months according to the Department Records, retiring in 1938. His delivery route was both business and residential, making two complete full trip deliveries each day, six days per week. On Sunday he made mail collections at six various mail drop boxes in the business district. General Gibson's monument in recognition of his past years is located on the southwest corner of the Sececa County Court House lawn. On his retirement Henry Adam Lautermilch received a personal letter of commendation and recognition from the United States Postmaster General.
To this union were born five boys, all born at 483 Circular Street, the house that Henry and Mary Lautermilch started up housekeeping directly after their marriage in 1873. They were in order of their age, Louis O., Carl Urban, Paul Albert, Otto Joseph, and John Henry.
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