The Emanuel Wesley Shuler Family

Emanuel W. Shuler Family, 1906. Left to right: Grace, Emanuel, Leannah, Mabel, Ollie, Talitha, Mary and Glenn.

Emanuel was the son of Daniel Shuler (1804-1872) and Elizabeth (Gensel) (Mowery) Shuler (1820-1908). Daniel Shuler moved from Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, to Lima, Ohio, in 1833. Emanuel was born in Bath Township, Allen County, in 1863, and passed away in 1941. His birthplace is now the property of the Ohio State University Branch at Lima. The house was built in 1857 and is still standing.

My father told of when he was a young boy, he would ride with his parents in a spring wagon to visit his half-brothers John and Henry Mowery, and a couple of aunts who lived in Harrison Township, Henry County, Ohio.

In many places between Malinta and Lima, the roads were known as "corduroy," and were made by laying logs crosswise in the swampy spots.

Emanuel Shuler married Talitha Growden of Auglaise Township, Allen County, in 1887. Mabel (Shuler) Farison, Glenn Shuler, Grace (Shuler) Cline, and 011ie (Shuler) Howe were born in Bath Township. In 1901, the family moved to their new home in Harrison Township, one mile west of Grelton. Leannah (Shuler) Jones and Mary were born there.

Emanuel was active in community affairs. He was a member of the Bath Township School Board in Allen County, Ohio. After moving to Henry County, he was a Grelton School Board member and trustee of the Methodist Church. He also served as director of the Grelton elevator and vice-president and director of the Farmers & Merchants Bank in Malinta, Ohio.

Warner School was one mile north of the Shuler farm, and in rainy weather, our father would take us to school with the horse and buggy. We never had school cancelled due to bad weather. When the drifts were too high, we would walk the rail fences. One of our teachers, Carl McComb, walked or rode a bicycle from Napoleon every day. He gave us our first treat with the new music box - his Master's Voice phonograph.

Birthplace of Emanuel W. Shuler and four elder children Mabel, Glenn, Grace and 011ie. This house is now the property of Lima Branch Ohio State University

Glenn L. Shuler Family. Left to right: Glenn, Caroline Shuler Kirk, Genevieve Shuler Hemsoth, Miriam Shuler Kercher, Kathleen Shuler Brenner, Florence Shuler Lewis, Doris Shuler Gillilared, Bernice Hallopeter Shuler.

East and West Street in Grelton, farmers elevator and stockyards. Left to right on the fence: John Coulter, Lewis Sloan, two boys, Emanuel Shuler with his cattle in the pen.

Each year a box social was planned to raise money for library books, and we always had a Christmas program. If there was snow on the ground, our horses were hitched to a bob sled or mud boat, and folks along the way rode with us.

There were always plenty of chores and work on the farm to keep everyone busy. Some of the interesting happenings on the farm were hay making, threshing grain, making cider and apple butter, and drying apples and corn. The neighbors helped with the butchering of at least four hogs. Part ofit was made into sausage and lard, but hams, shoulders, and side meat were sugar cured and smoked.

In 1908, a Model T Ford was purchased without doors, but the top could be put up or down and side curtains snapped on in case of rain or cold weather.

About 1914, we had our first electric lights supplied by Delco storage batteries that had to be recharged. It was a big improvement over coal oil lamps.

Up to the present time, among the descendants of Emanuel and Talitha Shuler, there have been twelve grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren, who have graduated from various colleges in the United States.

Submitted by Mrs. Ollie (Shuler) Howe