A. J. Sturm

A. J. Sturm, who was born May 21,1830, in Shelby county, Ohio, is the son of Henry and Catherine (Dalrymple) Sturm, the former born in Mason county, Ky., January 29, 1791, the latter in South Carolina, February 5, 1795, where her people were among the Quaker farmers. The Sturms were of Dutch origin. Henry and his family of five sons and six daughters settled in Elmira Township in 1838, on lands which he located in 1835. There his wife died in 1862, and himself in 1864. Of their five sons and six daughters, all the sons and five daughters survive. A. J. Sturm, the eighth child and youngest son, grew to manhood here, followed farming successfully until 1875, when he engaged in other business. On February 25, 1856, he married Miss Harriet Leason, who died February 7, 1868. Their children were, William H., Mary E., Eliza H., Ella A., Curtiss A., Charles Oscar, and an adopted son of grandmother Leason. On September 26, 1863, he married Miss Flora A. Mix, who passed away in February, 18T9, leaving two sons and one daughter—Hubert E., Bessie I., and Wilbur L. The Sturm family, of which he has been and is a useful member, occupy a large place in the economy of the county. A. J. in earlier years was officially connected with. Elmira Township, and later with Osceola, as related in the sketches of these divisions of the county. He joined the Odd Fellows in 1860, and since has been a member of the lodge. (Vide Elmira and Toulon History.)