William married Monica L. Battle on 26 Nov 1941 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Monica (daughter of James Andrew Battle and Mary Louvina Muth) was born on 25 Nov 1921 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 10 Sep 2008 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Mary Louvina Muth on 29 Aug 1912 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. Mary (daughter of Anton Joseph Muth and Helena Magdalena Singer) was born on 16 Mar 1884 in Harriettsville, Elk Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA; died in 1972 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Muth & Fox::
Anton Joseph Muth's baptismal sponsors were Anthony and Mary Kress.

The marriage license for Anton Muth and Helena Singer was paid for by Helena's brother John Singer. This is recorded at the Noble Co. Courthouse, Vol. 6, pg 140. Anton and Helena were married at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Fulda, Noble Co., Ohio by Father D.J. Kluber. Witnesses were Anton Kress and Sebastian Singer.

After their marriage, Anton and Helena lived with her parents in Fulda while they saved their money for a farm of their own. With the money Anton earned and the dowry given to Helena by her father, the couple bought a farm on Pawpaw Creek (Elk Twp., Noble Co.) two years later on 3 Apr 1883 from Anton's parents. They paid $1500 for the 76 acre farm. (Vol. 29, pg 254, Noble County records)

The Muth's oldest child, Francis, was born before they purchased the farm. Their remaining five children were all born on the farm on Pawpaw Creek. They joined the old St. Henry's Church in Harriettsville and raised their six children. In the 1890s, Anton Muth and his brother John were two of the men who used their teams to haul stone for the construction of the new St. Henry's Church in Harriettsville. They did this whenever they could for two years. Andy and Lana were baptismal sponsors of Anthony Joseph Singer born 17 Jun 1896, near Harriettsville.

The children attended the one-room schoolhouse at District No. 2, Elk Twp., Noble County, Ohio. The schoolhouse was located on Pawpaw Creek between the John Adam Muth farm and Anton Muth's farm. The schoolteacher was Ed Smithberger. Charles A. Muth, a grandson of Anton, still had the doorknob from the schoolhouse door in 1970.

The Muths lived on the farm on Pawpaw Creek until 28 March 1901. Anton and Helena Muth sold their 76 acre farm to A.G. Parks for $1475 --- $25 less than they had paid for it seventeen years earlier. (Vol. 29, pg 61, Noble Co. records) Andy and Lena auctioned off their farm equipment and animals and made $3000 from the sale. With their neighbors, they stayed up all night to guard the money. The next day, they left for Marietta. They took two days to make the trip; staying the night in their wagon on a covered bridge because of a rainstorm. In Marietta, they bought a home at 730 Seventh St. Andy went to work at the Marietta Chair Factory, which is now part of Marietta College.

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From the 1900 census: 45 year old farmer Anthony J. Muth lived on a farm he owned in Elk Twp., Noble Co., Ohio with his 43 year old wife Halena and their six children: Francis (17), Louvina (16), William H. (14), Ablona M. (12), Rinehart A. (10), and Ervan M (5). Everyone in the household could read and write English.

Anton married Helena Magdalena Singer on 25 Apr 1881 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA. Helena (daughter of Franz Joseph Jakob Singer and Maria Magdalena Zwick) was born on 12 May 1857 in Fulda, Enoch Township, Noble County, Ohio, USA; died on 2 Jan 1939 in Huntington, Cabell County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]