Biography of Jacob Lutz, pages 566/567/568. History of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, 1914. The character of a community is determined in a large measure by the lives of a comparatively few of its members. If its moral and intellectual standard be good, if its reputation for the integrity of its citizens has extended into other localities, it will be found that the standard set by the leading men has been high, and their influence such as to mold the characters and shape the lives of those with whom they mingle. Placing the late Jacob Lutz in the front rank with such men, justice is rendered a biographical fact universally recognized throughout the locality long honored by his citizenship. Although a quiet and unassuming man, he contributed greatly to the material and moral advancement of his community, while his admirable qualities of head and heart and the straight forward, upright course of his daily life won for him the esteem and confidence of the circles in which he moved and gave him a reputation of integrity and correct conduct such as few achieve, and, although he is now “sleeping the sleep of the just,” his influence is still living and his memory is still greatly revered. Jacob Lutz was born near Canton, Stark county, Ohio, on January 17, 1829, and was a son of Michael and Magdalena Lutz. In 1828, when about seventeen years of age, he came to DeKalb county with his parents, who located here on a farm. His father died about two years after their arrival here and Jacob and his brother John became assistants to their mother in the clearing, improvement and cultivation of the farm, and in the protection and care of the younger children. Mr. Lutz devoted his entire life to agricultural pursuits and his farm in Grant township became one of the most up-to-date and productive in the county. Progressive and methodical in his business affairs, as well as in the operation of his farm, it was hardly surprising that he should achieve a splendid success, for he possessed to a notable degree those qualities which contribute to prosperity in any undertaking. Mr. Lutz was at all time actuated by the highest motives and so ordered his life as to retain throughout his career here the confidence and good will of all who knew him, and his death, which occurred on September 22, 1900, was considered a distinct loss to the community. Mr. Lutz was an active and earnest member of the Reformed church form boyhood, of which society Mrs. Lutz is also a member, and in everything that affected the moral, civic, material or educational welfare of the community he was active in support of the best measures. On June 29, 1869, Jacob Lutz married Sarah Hamman, who was born at Tappen, Kosciusko county, Indiana, the daughter of Daniel and Sophia (Wolfe) Hamman. Her father formerly lived in Columbiana county, Ohio, but subsequently became a resident for a few years of DeKalb county, Indiana, later moving to Kosciusko. He was married in Ohio to Sophia Wolfe, who was a daughter of Adam and Susan Wolfe. Her father died when she was four months old, and her mother afterward became the wife of George Mull, who lived until about 1872, or until Mrs. Lutz was married. After her husband’s death, which occurred in 1901. Mrs. Lutz came to DeKalb county two years prior to her marriage and lived with her sister, Mrs. Robert N. Crooks. To Mr. and Mrs. Lutz were born four children, namely: Allen, who lives on a farm at Cleveland, Tennessee, married Carrie Barth, and they have four children, Coral, Roy, Ralph and Iva; Laura died at the age of three years; William, who was born in 874, loves on the home place with his mother; Arthur died on April 22, 1900, in his twenty-first year. In addition to these children, Mr. and Mrs. Lutz adopted a little girl at the age of six months, whom they named Dora, and whom they raised the same as they did their own children. She is now the wife of Clarence Bowman and lived on the old Bowman farm two miles east of Waterloo. She is the mother of a daughter, Thelma. The Lutz family have long occupied a high position in the social circles of the community where they live, and are held in high esteem because of their estimable qualities and the part they have played in the development and welfare of their county. Submitted by: Arlene Goodwin Auburn, Indiana Agoodwin@ctlnet.com