Link: https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio01unse_1
What it is and what it says
Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio (Chicago: J. H. Beers, 1889). Biographies supplied by the subjects.
- Solomon K. Plank (pp. 150–151): son of Jephtha and Fanny (Kurtz) Plank, born in Pennsylvania, “the former in Mifflin and the latter in Huntingdon County”. Jephtha m. (1) Barbara Zook (children Hannah 1829, Salome 1830, Samuel and Barbara 1832); (2) Fanny Kurtz, born June 3, 1810, living in 1889 at the old home, who “came to this county with her parents, Abraham and Magdalena Kurtz, when twenty years of age”; her father died there and her mother lived with her afterwards. Married Oct 1832; eight children: Joseph (b. 3 Mar 1834), an infant (1835), Solomon K. (1837), Jonas (1839), Gideon (1841), Lydia (1842, m. Gideon Hartzler), Jacob (1845, killed by a runaway team at 17), Jephtha (1847).
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Record compiled 1 November 2026.
About this research
Supporting documentation is linked throughout. This project is an exercise in AI-assisted research and development, and I haven’t manually verified every link or conclusion. All transcriptions and translations of Swiss parish records were made with AI, and their accuracy should be treated accordingly.