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The letter updates Rhoda, who has recently married, moved to Illinois, and had her first child, on what’s happening on the family farm in in the neighborhood back in Ohio.
An undated hand-written note in the hand of my great-grandmother, Clara Marie Light Schlotman (1905-2001), giving information about her husband’s Daniel Frankling “Dan” Schlotman (1903-1981) ancestors.
To be voted at the Annual Election for Township Officers in the Town of Sheldon, April 3d, 1900.
| REPUBLICAN For Supervisor, 176 – R. B. MYERS For Town Clerk, 246 – A. F. MOORE For Assessor 259 – JOHN E. MORRIS For Collector 277 – WM. WEDGBURY For Commissioner of Highways 228 – JOHN EWEN For School Trustee 244 – J. R. RUSSELL | DEMOCRAT For Supervisor, 288 – A. GILMORE For Town Clerk, 216 – J. R. STRICKLER For Assessor, 201 – H. V. CROSSLAND For Collector, 184 – DAN’L FINLAYSON For Commissioner of Highways, 232 – DAN’L SCHLOTMAN For School Trustee, 216 – CHAS. FLEMING |
The numbers written on the ballot are total votes and difference in votes.
Here’s a little more information on the candidates, including their 1900 occupations
The funeral services of D. F. Schlotman were held at his late home in the country on Friday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock, and were in every respect a fitting tribute to one whose departure was felt as an extreme loss to the community. Rev. J. E. Connor preached a most comforting sermon from the words found in Psalms 90:12.
The floral tributes were many and beautiful and spoke better than words could express the esteem in which the departed was held and the sympathy extended the sorrowing friends in their sad hour of bereavement.
After the services at the house were concluded the remains, followed by a long procession of relatives, neighbors and friends, were taken to Fleming cemetery, where ritual services were held by the Masons, of which order the deceased was a member.
Daniel Franklin Schlotman was born near Tarlton, Pickaway county, Ohio, in February, 1850, and died at his home near Sheldon, Illinois, September 3, 1908.
His childhood and young manhood days were spent in his native state, where his education was received that fitted him to be a successful and competent business man.
In 1875 he was united in marriage to Miss Rhoda E. Julien of Ohio. To this union were born eight children, four of whom, three sons and one daughter, survive.
Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Schlotman came to Sheldon, taking up their residence on the farm south of town, where they have ever since made their home.
Mr. Schlotman, although in failing health since last December, sought to keep his loved ones in ignorance of his true condition lest they should be given unnecessary cause for anxiety. The fact of his illness could not, however, always remain a secret, and after weeks of silent suffering, on the advice of physician, he consulted a specialist who pronounced his case incurable.
His condition thereafter grew steadily worse until, a few days before the end came, he took to his bed and passed away after an agony of intense suffering.
Many of his friends had not even learned of his illness, and the announcement of his death came as a shock and great surprise to these, who had known him for many years as a strong, sturdy type of manhood.
For more than thirty years a resident of the same neighborhood where he was held in the highest esteem by all, there seems little need for words of eulogy, for his life, as known by his friends and acquaintances, will speak in higher terms of the record he left as a good citizen, a kind friend and a devoted member of society.
He leaves, besides his wife and children, three sisters, Mesdames Ashbrook and Herman of Mattoon, Ill., and Mrs. R. C. Todd of this place.
The following relatives from out of town attended the funeral: Lewis Julien of Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Ashbrook of Mattoon, and Mrs. Lucy Taylor of Chicago.
Sheldon Journal, 11 Sep 1908
A carte de visite of D.F. Schlotman and friend Oscar Johnson is by G.W. Shear of Morenci, Lenawee, Michigan. It is undated, but I suspect it was after D.F.’s marriage in 1875 due to his facial hair. The photo attached to a framed marriage certificate shows D.F. with a mustache but no chin hair. The Shear photo shows a goatee.
In an attempt to date the photo, I looked into G.W. Shear and here’s what I found:
His name was George Willard Shear, known as G. Willard Shear, and he was born in New York in about 1851.
He began his photography career in 1874 in Adrian, Michigan, studying under “the highest masters of the art” (Raether, 313). At some point after this, he had his studio in Morenci, about twenty miles from Adrian.
At some point after completing his photography training, Shear studied portrait painting in Detroit. He later became known for his skill in photo enlargements in india ink, crayon, and watercolor. Back then, photo enlargement didn’t result in a good-looking image suitable for display. Photographers would paint or draw over the print to enhance the image. No doubt his training in portrait painting helped him succeed in this area.
A book on Ohio photographers lists Shear as having a studio in Lima from 1879-1888. Later, he was engaged to photograph panoramic views of both banks of the Hudson River from New York City to Albany, which resulted in a book, “Panorama of the Hudson,” published in 1888. Then, Shear became the official photographer for the Florida division of the L&N railroad and, simultaneously, a professor at a photography school there.
In search of health, Shear moved through the Carolinas, Virginia, and then Wisconsin by 1902. In 1910, he was in Texas. By 1920, he was in Fulton County, Ohio.
I have been unsuccessful in finding death information for Shear. I found his name an index for probates in Ohio, but didn’t find the date or location of his death. It was likely before 1930, as I failed to find him in the census for that year.