Biography of Albert L. Shultz, page 221 / 222.  History of Northeast 
Indiana; LaGrange, Steuben, Noble, and DeKalb Counties, Vol. II, under the 
editorial supervision of Ira Ford, Orville Stevens, William H. McEwen, and 
William H. McIntosh.  The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago and New York, 1920.

   Albert L. Shultz, whose energies for several years past have been 
devoted to the management of his farm of eighty acres in sections 21 and 
28 in Franklin Township of DeKalb County, is a lifelong resident of that 
community and for many years was a teacher in the township schools.  He 
farmed in the intervals of teaching and is now giving all his time to 
agriculture and the varied interests, which affect him as a home owner and 
citizen.
   Mr. Shultz was born September 24, 1870, at the old Shultz place a 
quarter of a mile east of where he now lives.  He is a son of Curtis S. 
and Christina B. (Libolt) Shultz. His father was born in Ashland County, 
Ohio, January 4, 1845. His mother was a native of Wuertenberg, Germany, 
and was six years of age when her parents came to America, and she grew up 
in Ashland County, Ohio.  The Shultz family came to DeKalb County in 1854, 
locating in Franklin Township, where Curtis S. Shultz grew up from the age 
of nine.  On December 23, 1868, he married and brought his wife to 
Franklin Township. For a number years he lived retired at Waterloo, where 
his death occurred July 4, 1915. His widow is still living at Waterloo.  
He was reared in the faith of the German Lutheran Church, but after their 
removal to Waterloo she and her husband became affiliated with the 
Methodist Church.  Curtis Shultz was a democrat in politics, a man of fine 
moral character, and a useful member of his community in Franklin Township 
for many years.  Albert L. Shultz is the only one now living of three 
children, one of whom died at the age of five years. Alice, who died in 
1886, was the wife of A.D. Faucett.
   Albert L. Shultz grew up on the home farm, just east of his present 
place, graduated from the common schools in 1888, and had normal training 
in the Tri-State College at Angola. Altogether he taught school twenty-
three years, and all his work was done in his home Township of Franklin.
   June 24, 1903, he married Effie Lautzenheiser, who was born and reared 
in Franklin Township and finished her education in the Hamilton High 
School. They have one daughter, Ruby P., born October 24, 1904, now 
attending high school.  Mr. and Mrs. Shultz are members of the Methodist 
Church, and he is past chancellor of Butler Lodge No. 154, Knights of 
Pythias, and a member of the Grand Lodge.  He and Mrs. Shultz are members 
of the Pythian Sisters and the Ancient Order of Gleaners.  Politically he 
is a democrat and a member of the Hamilton Co-operative Association.

Submitted by:
Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
Agoodwin@ctlnet.com