Powell Liberty Historical Society

Preserving the past of Powell and Liberty Township, inspiring our future

Members of the MULZER Family

Herman September 6, 1841 in Germany - January 19, 1906
wife, Anna Katharine ; daughters; Anna Catherine ,married William Peter , son George, married Ophelia GRANGER, Matilda Henriette Christiana (nickname TIllie) married Harry HUDSON, Flora, married George NEWKIRK and Herminnie (Minnie) married Frank BOWER.

Oak Grove in Delaware

Owned sawmill and grist mill on banks of the Olentangy River South of Powell Road; came to America at the age of 17 years old to escape the conscription by the German Army, born in Village Labhasten at the foothills of Harz Mts. PLHS has many family heirlooms
Anna Katharina January 26, 1844 - June 13, 1926
wife to Herman; had seven children, Father, Frederick , born in Germany, Mother, Anna Emmert, born in Ohio

Oak Grove

Anna was born in Marysville, Ohio, married Herman September 27, 1866.
George J. Mulzer September 11, 1867 - August 23, 1918
son of Herman and Katharina; married Ophelia May GRANGER; three children; Walter Herman, Brig. Gen. Leslie Granger and Marie M.

Sunbury Memorial Park

George J. ran the H. & Son Mill after father's death, in above Family Photo, Rear are Ophelia and George, their son Walter is being held by Herman

George Mulzer Rental Agreement
Ida Barbara Mulzer March 30, 1870 - March 26, 1944
daughter to Herman and Katharina; married the brother to Ophelia, Rev. William Harris GRANGER; had two children; Florence and Ruth

Fort Parker Memorial ;Groesbeck, TX

Ida and Rev. William had a share in the H. Mulzer Mill, but lived in Texas, not pictured in above family photo
Edith Mulzer
daughter,

Family Search shows deceased March 30, 1870, unknown about twins, Ida shows the same birth date, no indication of burial
Flora J. Mulzer April 6, 1873 - March 23, 1971
daughter; married George NEWKIRK, two children; PVT. Maynard Cyrus and Mildred Margaret

Oak Grove Delaware, Ohio

lived in Orange Township, family photo -Flora in the rear right second to the end.
Herminnie Margaret Mulzer June 12, 1877 - January 11, 1968
daughter; married John Franklin BOWER, four children; Franklin, Count, Alma, and Frances.

Dublin Cemetery

nickname "Minnie"; family photo Minnie is in the rear right at the end.
Anna Katharine Case June 22,1880 - December 31,1966
Daughter of Herman; married Wm. Peter ; October 18, 1905, two children Lulua Selma and Emily Jane(married name )

Union Cemetery

See ; William Peter Case's father; Miles S. and Mother -Emily Jane ; daughter Lula wrote in a letter her mother Anna spelled her middle name with a "K" not a "C".
Matilda C. Mulzer September 4, 1883 - September 22, 1963
daughter; married Harry John HUDSON, June 13, 1905; one child; Anna Louise

Walnut Grove Cemetery

Walter Herman Mulzer September 8, 1893 - June 14, 1990
Grandson to Herman and Katharina, son to George J. and Ophelia

Ivy Lawn Memorial, Calif.

family photo Walter is being held by his Grandfather Herman.
Brig. Gen. Leslie Granger Mulzer March 14, 1897 - June 13, 1993
grandson of Herman and Katherine married Florence E. MARRIOTT, had daughter Jeanne Sammons

Greenwood Cemetery Montgomery Alabama

Enlisted WWI in 1917; Mulzer Flying Service; recalled 1940 to serve WWII, base engineering officer MacDill AFB, commanding officer Maxwell AFB; served in Korean War before retiring in 1957. When retired Lesle was Brigadier General .