Deselm Family

James and Elizabeth Deselm had six children. They were full brothers — Alfred, Taylor, and Newton Deselm; and half brothers — Harrison, Alvin and George Deselm.

Newton Deselm was born in Springfield, Pennsylvania, on July 21, 1843. He married Susan Baer, born 1837, in 1868. Newton died on October 25, 1923.

Newton and Susan Deselm had five children: Frank, died in 1897; Lily married Bert Newell, Wauseon; Ida married William Motter, Defiance, had daughter, Ethel Motter Clifton; Mila Deselm Garrett, died 1901; Elmer Deselm, married Blanche Horr, Ridgeville. Blanche Horr Deselm died in 1974.

Frank Deselm, born September 13, 1869, died in February, 1896. He married Nellie Dietz on September 25, 1892. They lived in Ridgeville Township, Henry County. Survivors included one daughter, the widow, and one brother, Elmer Deselm.