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Elizabeth King Kistler and Samuel Kistler

Samuel Kistler lived on the old, Carroll, Ohio, homestead. He worked as a farmer and miller. He married Elizabeth King, on October 6, 1825, in Lancaster, Ohio. Elizabeth parents came from Lancaster, PA and settled near Carroll.

Mrs. Sprague makes the following description of Samuel Kistler.

I was seven years old when grandfather died, so I can remember little of him save that he was a large man, talked a little broken and always had his buggy loaded with good things for us children when he came to Lancaster. He was well dressed with a bearing of importance suggestive of a well-to-do person. He directed and managed his business but kept hired help to do the work connected with his farms, livestock, and mills. His gristmill was at Carroll and his sawmill was located about one mile N.W. of there. Grandmother was of Irish descent. She was quick of movement, ready of speech, and in her younger days was expert at spinning. She was very religious and both were members of the Lutheran Church. She was killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. Among their descendants were an unusual number of beautiful women. A number of family reunions have been held at Carroll.