J. R. Waltz
J. R. Waltz was born in November, 1813, in Jefferson County. He is a son of Samuel and Barbara Waltz, who have eight children--Sophia, Keziah, Bazelen, Samuel, Jacob, Mahala, Elias and Barbara. Mr. Waltz married Delila E., daughter of Obadiah and Rebecca Holmes, who came to Allen County from Tuscarawas County, in 1862. Mrs. Waltz was born in Carroll County, July 20, 1816. William, Elijah, Clum and James Holmes are her brothers. She has one sister, Anna. J. R. and Delila E. Waltz have seven children--Elias L., Thomas H., Isaac L., Jacob A., Rebecca E., Joseph M. and Barbara A. Obadiah S. Waltz, member of Company E., 20th O. V. I., died of typhoid fever, at Shiloh, Tennessee, May 31, 1862.
From 1875 Historical Atlas of Allen County, Ohio by H H Hardesty & Co. Publishers, Chicago