Justus Romshe
Justus Romshe came from Germany to this township in 1838, and purchased seventy-five acres of land from J. C. Bothe for $100. After the payment of the land he had but $15 left as his year's capital. He first secured work on the canal at Troy, and continued at this work while the canal was constructing through this county. Mrs. Romshe did a large portion of the farm work at home, often carrying grain to the Wapakoneta mills upon her head. She met her death Sept. 1, 1854, by falling from a load of ashes on the home farm. Mr. Romshe died Oct. 12, 1879.
From History of Auglaize County, Ohio, with the Indian History of Wapakoneta, and the First Settlement of the County, Robert Sutton, Publishers, Wapakoneta, 1880