Fifty years ago, October 22, 1863, Lewis H. Zehring and Miss Elizabeth Gebhart, daughter of Emanuel Gebhart, were united in marriage by Rev. C. Albrecht. For a half century they have resided in Miamisburg, excepting a brief period, when they resided in the country near town.
Squire Zehring is one of the best known men in the county, and has always been active in the life of the community. For over thirty years he served as justice of the peace, and for over forty years has been a notary public. He served three years as county commissioner. He is still a director in the Mutal Building Association, in which he was secretary. For ten years he was mayor of Miamisburg, and is now a member of the Board of Education, and a cemetery trustee. Industrious, genial and faithful, Squire Zehring counts his friends by hundreds, and though past three score and ten, is still a young man in thought and action.
Handsome invitations have been issued to many friends for a reception at the Zehring home on Linden Avenue this afternoon and evening, when an opportunity will be afforded to extend congratulations and best wishes to the happy couple, who have enjoyed fifty years of life in unbroken wedlock.
Their two daughters, Dr. Blanche Zehring of Wells College New York, and Mrs. Laura Zehring Dosch of Elizabeth, N. J., are both at home visiting with their parents for the happy anniversary.
*Miamisburg (Ohio) News, Thursday, 23 OCT 1913, Front Page
