Lewis Barney Fretz

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Husband Lewis Barney Fretz ¹

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           Born: 4 Mar 1868 - Greene Co, IN 1
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         Father: John Fretz (1838-      ) 1
         Mother: Sarah A. Johnson (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Lewis Barney Fretz

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His parents lived for a number of years after his birth in Greene County, Indiana, from which locality they moved to Taylor County, Kentucky, remaining there about eighteen months, after which his home was located in DeKalb County, Indiana. In early life he worked on the farm and attended the District school. In September, 1883, his parents established a home in the town of Auburn, the County Seat of DeKalb County, where for several years he attended the Graded School, and graduated from the Grammar Department in 1887. In 1885 he entered the painting department of the Snyder Wagon Works, as an apprentice, under the tutelage of J. C. Day, and mastered the trade in 1887. Finding that painting was detrimental to his health, he abandoned it, and in November, 1888 entered as apprentice the Publishing House of the Auburn Courier. He gradually rose from the lowest to one of the advanced positions of the establishment, that of a "Local Reporter." In addition to being a first class Typo, he was an orator of superior talent, possessing a powerful voice, good articulation, and an easy command of language. He was converted in February, 1890, after which time he occupied the pulpit alternately with the resident pastor of the Church of God.

1 Rev. A. J. Fretz, A Brief History of John and Christian Fretz (Elkhart, IN: Mennonite Publishing Co., 1890), Pg 462.