Georg Balthasar Stech

  General Notes:

Settled in Louisville, KY when he came to America. His Father died there soon
after they arrived. George then moved to Indiana, where for the first three
years he was employed as a farm laborer. He was able to purchase a team,
time, in the fall of 1866, he came to Huntington County and pruchased eighty
acres of land in section 36, Lancaster twp.

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GEORGE B. STECH, one of the enterprising and self-made men of Lancaster
Township, was born in Baden, Germany, May 18, 1829, and is the eldest son of
William and Catherine (Zeigler) Stech, who came to the United States a number
of years ago and settled in Louisville, Kentucky, where the father soon died.
The family subsequently moved to Indiana, where the first three years George
B. was employed in the capacity of farm laborer. By carefully husbanding his
earnings during that period, he was enabled to purchase a team, after which he
rented land for a period of seven years. At the end of that time, in the fall
of 1866, he came to Huntington County and purchased eigthty acres of land in
Section 36, Lancaster Township, to which he has since added, until now his
farm numbers 173 acres, 113 of which are in cultivation. Mr. Stech is in the
true sense of the word a self-made man, as he was in a destitute condition
when landing in this country, his sole earthly possessions amounting to but 5
cents in cash. Previous to coming to America he was a soldier in the German
Arrmy, and as such served for a period of four years. October 3, 1861, he
married Sarah A. Updyke, of Union County, Ind., where she was born August 6,
1842. The following are the names of the children, viz.; Isaac M., born
February 21, 1864, died February 2, 1887; Frederick W., born June 20, 1867,
and Benjamin F., born August 6, 1869. Mr. Stech is a Republican in politics,
and with his wife and family belongs to the Lutheran Church.

History of Huntington County, Indiana, 1887, published by Brant & Fuller, 1887
in Chicago, reproduced by Walsworth Publishing Company, Inc., p. 726.

Georg married Sara Ann Updike.