11402 State Route 108, Wauseon

11402 State Route 108 Wauseon, Ohio 43567

Fulton County

Research By:

Andrea Batteas

Brief History of Fulton County and the City of Wauseon :

Fulton County was created in 1950 with land from Henry, Lucas, and Williams counties. It is named in honor of Robert Fulton, the inventor of the Steamboat.

Within Fulton County is 1 city, 2 census designated areas, 6 villages, 12 townships and 19 unincorporated communities.

The city of Wauseon holds the county seat and was established 1854 when the railroad was extended to that point. It was named after Wauseon, a Potawatomi Native American who lived in the area before the founding of the state.

The Potawatomi lived mainly in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, and Ontario, Canada at the time of European contact in the early 1600s. They spoke an Algonquian language. The Potawatomi were closely related to the Objibwe and the Ottawa, and allied themselves together in a confederacy called the Council of Three Fires. The Potawatomi did not have a large presence in Ohio and, throughout the late 1700s and early 1800s, signed numerous treaties forsaking any land claims in Ohio. Wauseon, the Indian Chief, died in 1854 in Mississippi. He was a noble Indian and highly respected. He stood six feet three inches in his moccasins, and was of fine form and well proportioned.

Demographics and Crime Statistics:

The population was 7,332 at the 2010 census. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4. 9 square miles (12. 8 km²), all of it land, with no rivers that running through it.

The median income for a household in the city was $39,591, and the median income for a family was $48,981. Males had a median income of $32,645 versus $24,042 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,491. About 3. 9% of families and 5. 2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6. 5% of those under age 18 and 1. 7% of those age 65 or over.

The crime rate in Wauseon is considerably higher than the national average across all communities in America from the largest to the smallest, although at 25 crimes per one thousand residents, it is not among the communities with the very highest crime rate. The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Wauseon is 1 in 40. Based on FBI crime data, Wauseon is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Ohio, Wauseon has a crime rate that is higher than 76% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.

Residential History of 11402 SR 108:

According to the Fulton County, Ohio Property Records, the current residence Parcel number is, 08-017948-00.000.

It was built in 1925. This home resides on 40 acres of land. There was a property improvement in 1975 when a large shed was built on the land. There were no records indicating that a house was torn down and another built in its place between 1925 and 2016.

When looking at the architectural design of this home, it fits with the contemporary style from the 1920’s called Foursquare. The most common Foursquare is a cube with a pyramidal roof. They have a large front porch; the most common expression is the full width of the façade. The main floor comprises the living room, dining room, and kitchen. The stairway leads to the second floor with the bedrooms and a bathroom. Each floor is roughly divided into quarters. The Foursquare was easy to build and provided a plenty of living space for the money.

Current and Past Residents of 11402 SRv 108:

According to the property records available online for parcel number 08-017948-00.000, Richard Buehrer is listed as the current owner of this home. He purchased it on September 8, 2002 from a Gail and Lisa Fether. Gail and Lisa Feather purchased from Hazel Buehrer on September 8, 2002*. Hazel Buehrer purchased the home from an unknown seller in 1994.

According to DiedInHouse.com there are 11 individuals who have or had lived in at this address:

• CLARENCE BUEHRER*
• HAZEL BUEHRER*
• LISA FETHER (owned house for 1 day)
• GAIL FETHER (owned house for 1 day)
• CHRISTOPHER HILTON (lives in Delta)
• DAVID FRISCH (still alive, location was inconclusive.)
• HEATHER JONES (still lives in Wauseon)
• KEVIN BAILEY (still lives in Wauseon
• LISA LEWIS (Lives in Delta?)
• RENATA MEEKER (current resident)
• BENJAMIN MEEKER (current resident)

* CLARENCE BUEHRER died 03/31/1994 but nothing indicates the death was at this address. He was 82.

* HAZEL BUEHRER died 04/05/2001 but nothing indicates the death was at this address. She was 77. (Hazel’s death date is inconsistent with the date that she sold the home. She died in 2001, yet records show that she sold the home in 2002 to Gail and Lisa Fether. Who then sold the home to Richard Buegrer the same day.)

Possible Tragedies Tied to this Home:

1) Suicide of owner's father in the woods behind the house.

There are no public records indicating that there was a suicide on anywhere on the property. Usually stories of self inflicted deaths are mentioned in the paper, local forums, local news websites or even in

Possible Tragedies Tied to this Home (con’t):

the obituary. This does not mean that it did not happen, I was just unable to find supporting documentation that a suicide did take place on that land.

Possible Tragedies Tied to this Home:

2) The death of Daisy in the 1920’s.

According to the 1920 census, there was a Daisy Kling living in Wauseon, Ohio. She was the 17 year old daughter of Samuel and Adeline Kling. However they were not living at 11042 SR 108, but further down the road in another house. The following year Daisy and Lawrence Caskey got married, together they had 2 children. They later divorced (around 1940) and she remarried (around 1940). She remained in Ohio until her death in 1975.

Near by Cemeteries:

The Wauseon Union Cemetery is located 5.89 miles from the residence. The Wauseon Union Cemetery was plotted in 1854 and in 1862, on the death of Nathaniel Leggett, an early village proprietor, a search was made to select a suitable cemetery site. The location is on the old section of the cemetery where the grave marker for Nathaniel Leggett is found, was purchased from E.L. Barber. The newly formed Wauseon Cemetery Association purchased additional land from Alanson and Hannah Pike in 1866. The following year the association passed the nine and one-half acre cemetery to the joint control of the village of Wauseon and Clinton Township.

Fatal Car Accidents:

2.93 miles from the residents, on August 17, 2015, 20-year-old Montana Blosser was killed after a commercial truck slammed into a car on state Route 108 just south of the Turnpike in Wauseon. Blosser was attempting to make a left-hand turn from a gas station onto southbound 108. A northbound commercial truck was a Linde tanker carrying liquid oxygen and was not able to stop in time. The truck did manage to stay upright as it slid into a ditch during the impact. Blosser died at the scene.