Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Mary L. about 1865; children: 8, Edison L., Rosie L. (Ware), Annie G., Hattie B., Mollie, Minnie A. and 2 others
Number of Children:
Background
Education:
attended the schools of Norwalk, OH
Biographical Sketch:
Of German ancestry. Son of Joseph T. and Rosa (Boener?) Locher. He came to this country with his parents in 1849, locating in Norwalk, Huron County, OH. He attended school in that City until the Civil War broke out, when he enlisted in the summer of 1861, in Co. F, 3d Ohio Vol. Co. Upon the expiration of his term he re-enlisted in Co. F, 2d Ohio Vol. Cavalry, bugler, serving until 1865, and was discharged. He returned to Norwalk, worked in the railroad shop for 3 years, and then moved to Michigan, locating in Berlin, Ionia County, on a piece of wild land.
Notable Facts:
Michigan Biographies Volume 2 gives his birth date as November 18, 1844. Find-a-Grave website uses January 21, 1844 as date of birth. The inscription on his tombstone reads Company F 2nd Ohio Cav Note: 77 yrs; The application for Military Headstone gives his date of death as March 6, 1922.
Cause of death: 'natural causes; dropped dead on sidewalk'