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Portrait and Biographical Album of
Huron County, Michigan
Pub. Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1884

           [412]

           REUBEN G. SCHLUCHTER, blacksmith at Sebewaing, was born Feb. 18,
        1858, in  Huron County, Ont. His father, JACOB G. SCHLUCHTER, was a
        German by birth and emigrated to Canada, where he married ELLEN
        GRAY. The wife was born in Canada. After their marriage settled in
        Ontario, where she died, in 1869. They became the parents of 10
        children.
           The subject of this sketch is the fifth in order of birth of the
        children of his parents, and attended school until he was 16 years
        of age, when he was apprenticed to a blacksmith and served three
        years in obtaining a knowledge of his trade.  In the spring of 1880
        he came to the township of Sebewaing, removing to the village of
        the same name in the spring of 1884. He at once entered upon a
        successful and steady business. He is a Democrat in political
        connection.
           He was married Aug. 19,1881, to MARY L. RUCHTY, and they are the
        parents of three children, — GENEVIEVE S., EDMUND G. and AMELIA A.
        Their mother was born in Canada. Her father, GEORGE RUCHTY, is a
        native of Switzerland, and was born in 1821.  EVA RUCHTY, her
        mother, was born in Poland, in 1841.  MR. SCHLUCHTER is a member of
        the Arbeiter Association.

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