Abraham and Mary Ann Kohler Hochstettler Steiner children
Children of Abraham and Mary Ann Kohler Hochstettler Steiner. Seated from left, Paul A. Steiner, Susan Hochstettler Diller and Noah F. Steiner.
Standing from left, Lydia Rupp, Samuel W. Steiner, Mary Ann Lugibill Sumney and Jacob W. Steiner. Not in this photo are Jonathan and Elizabeth Steiner.
This family lived west of Ebenezer Mennonite Church on Grove Road one-quarter mile east of the Hilty school.
In addition to Steiner, Hochstettler, Diller and Sumney, persons in Bluffton today who are related to this family includes many whose last names are Zimmerman, Reichenbach, Neuenschwander, Oyer and Moyer.
Abraham Steiner was born in 1826 to John and Elizabeth Stauffer Steiner. He married Katharina Hubscher, who died of black typhoid fever three months following the marrige.
Abraham then married Mary Ann Kohler Hochstetter, who was recently widowed. Mary Ann had an eight-month-old daugher, Susan, from her first marriage. Susan, oldest person in this photo was born in 1852 and died in 1924.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Public meetings schedule for Village of Bluffton, June 10-29
- Local teen documents Ohio sightings of steam locomotive Big Boy
- Open House at remodeled Bluffton EMS station
- Unforgettable: Marvel Stratton Hilty
- Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis speaks at Bluffton Public Library
- Bus trips with Debbie announced by Senior Center
Monday, June 8, 2026
Sunday, June 7, 2026
Saturday, June 6, 2026
Friday, June 5, 2026
- Stay tuned for Pirate action at OHSSA state track and field coverage
- Ada Icon headlines, June 5
- Wheeler graduates from Ohio Bankers League Bank Leadership Institute
- Ellerbrock awarded Lima Memorial Nursing Alumnae Scholarship
- Pirate speedsters Wright and Miller each advance to 2 state finals
- Golfers, sponsors invited to support American Legion fundraiser
- Letter: Alternatives to Village mosquito fogging