Biography of Albert L. Shultz, pages 660/661/662.  History 
of DeKalb County, Indiana; B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., 
Indianapolis, 1914.



It was once remarked by a celebrated moralist and 
biographer that "there has scarcely passed a life of which 
a judicious and faithful narrative would not have been 
useful." Believing in the truth of this opinion, expressed 
by one of the greatest and best of men, the writer of this 
review takes pleasure in presenting a few fact in the 
career of a gentleman who,  by industry, perseverance, 
temperance and integrity, has worked himself from an humble 
station to a successful place in life and won an honorable 
position among the well known and highly esteemed men of 
the locality in which he resides. Albert L. Shultz, who for 
many years was known as one of the most successful teachers 
in DeKalb county, Indiana, and who is now the owner of a 
fine farm in Franklin township,  was born in 1870, on the 
old homestead about a quarter of a mile from where he now 
resides, and is a son of C. S. and Christena (Lybolt) 
Shultz. The father, who was born in Ashland county, Ohio, 
in 1845, was a life-long farmer, and on December 25, 1868, 
was married to Christena Lybolt, who was a native of 
Germany, having come to this county when but six years old. 
In the spring of 1869, Mr. and Mrs.  Shultz came to DeKalb 
county, and here he was employed at day labor. Though he 
employment was but humble, he was a man of sterling 
qualities of character, sober, steady and industrious, and 
by persistent energy he accumulated thirty acres of good 
land and two valuable residence properties in Waterloo, one 
of which he resides in. He is also a stockholder in the 
First National Bank of Butler. He was never active in 
politics and is inclined to be reserved in disposition. To 
him and his wife were born three children: Albert L. and 
Alice and Alonzo, who are deceased. The subject received 
his elementary education in the common schools and remained 
at home helping his father up until the time of his 
marriage. He is entirely self made and upon attaining young 
manhood's years he determined to follow the profession of 
teaching and to this end, in the spring of 1889 and 1890, 
he attended the normal school at Angola, Indiana.  Having 
received a license to teach, he then became so engaged in 
the schools of Franklin township, this county, where he was 
employed continuously for a period of twenty-two years, 
having taught in every district in the township save one.  
All that he has accomplished in life has been done entirely 
by his own efforts, for when he began attending the normal 
school, he was compelled to borrow money with which to pay 
his expensed. However, during the period in which he was 
engaged as a teacher he carefully conserved his financial 
resources and eventually purchased forty acres of good land 
across from where he now lives and in 1903 bought an 
additional forty acres where he now lives, making 
altogether eighty acres of splendid land, none of which is 
worth less than one hundred dollars per acres.  To the 
improvement of this land Mr. Shultz has given strict 
attention and today few places in this section of the state 
are better improved or more calculated to attract the 
attention of the passerby. The splendid and attractive 
house, the large and commodious barn and well kept fences 
reflect great credit on the owner, while that other modern 
and up-to-date conveniences  around the place indicate Mr. 
Shultz to be a man of modern ideas and determined to be 
behind no one as far as his ability will permit. The house 
is heated by a furnace and lighted by an acetylene gas 
plant and in other ways he has shown a progressive spirit 
commendable in him. He is a stockholder in the First 
National Bank of Butler. And in many ways has shown a 
disposition to take an interest in and help to advance the 
best  interests of the community in which he resides. Mr. 
Shultz is agent for the DeKalb County Mutual Insurance 
Company of Franklin township and also storm inspector for 
the Indiana Mutual Insurance Company. On June 24, 1903, at 
the home of the bride's parents near Hamilton, Mr. Shultz 
was married to Effie Lautzenheiser, the daughter of Ezra E. 
Lautzenheiser, her birth having occurred in 1879 in DeKalb 
county. They are the parents of one child, Ruby, who was 
born on October 26, 1904.  Religiously, Mr. and Mrs. Shultz 
are earnest and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal 

church, to the success of which they contribute of their 
means. Mr. Shultz's industry and energy have become 
proverbial and though deeply immersed in his own affairs he 
finds time to discharge the duties of citizenship and may 
properly be termed the leader in the circles in which he 
moves.

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