Benjamin Mertz ¹

  General Notes:

Benjamin Mertz played the Zion Luthern Church organ from its installation in 1883 until his death in 1898. At that time his son, Walter, then age 15, began playing and served faithfully for 59 years until retiring at age 74. ²

  Noted events in his life were:

• United States Census: Resided, 1860, Fairfield, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA.

Benjamin married Johannah Elizabeth Auman, daughter of Heinrich Christian Wilhelm Auman and Maria Christine Augustine Louise Bruns, on 30 Jan 1876 in Noble County, Indiana, USA. (Johannah Elizabeth Auman was born on 4 Apr 1856 in Madison, Allen County, Indiana, USA,³ died on 25 Jul 1919 in Kendallville, Noble County, Indiana, USA and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Fairfield Center, Dekalb County, Indiana, USA.)