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Author: HuntingtonV
Surnames: Stults, Shutt
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From Biographical Memoirs of Huntington County, 1901, pages 581-582
Among the prominent farmers and stock raisers of Clear Creek township, and one of its
representative men, is Uriah H. Stults. Like many of the substantial citizens of
Huntington county, he is a native of Ohio, his birth occurring in Stark county, that
state, February 27, 1856. When in his fourth year he was brought by his parents to
Huntington county, and his early years were spent on a farm in the township of Huntington,
where he attended the district schools at intervals during his minority. At the age of
twenty-one he took charge of the home place and continued to manage the same until his
marriage, which was solemnized February 26, 1880, with Miss Mary Shutt, and in 1881
removed to the farm on which he now lives in Clear Creek township. Previous to his moving
Mr. Stults took possession of his present farm, and made numerous improvements thereon,
among which may be mentioned a large and commodious barn, one of the best buildings of the
kind in the township, besides do!
ing much other work calculated to enhance the value of the place. As a farmer and stock
raiser he readily ranks with the most successful in Huntington county; and as a citizen
none occupy a more commendable standing in the confidence and esteem of their fellow men.
His farm consists of one hundred and thirty acres, of which one hundred are improved,
while his breed of cattle, horses and hogs have been selected with care and return him
each year a lucrative income.
In politics he is a Republican, and as such has rendered efficient service by his counsel
and his personal work in the ranks, although he has never held nor sought public position
of any kind whatever. As a member of the Methodist church he has exemplified his
religious profession by a life singularly free from fault, no one ever having called in
question the rectitude of his actions or intentions.
Mr. and Mrs. Stults have a family of four children, whose names are as follows: Lodema,
Irvin, Marshal and Mildred, all of whom are still under the parental roof.
Such is the record, brief though it may appear, of the life of one of Huntington
county's most estimable men. It has been truthfully said, "Happy is the man with
a brief history. More might well be said of the life of this worthy man, but, doubtless,
sufficient has been given to enable the reader to form a correct estimate of his character
and to teach a useful lesson to all young people with doubtful or uncertain futures. His
life is worthy of imitation, not only as a successful, self-made man in material affairs,
but in the greater matters of character and right living. From the beginning he
endeavored to measure his life by the standard of the true gentleman, and how well he has
succeeded is attested by the profound respect in which he is now held by the community
where he resides. In a quiet way he has accomplished much toward bettering the conditions
of his neighborhood, and it is with pleasure that this tribute to his worth is accorded a
place in this volume.
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