| Col. Gerlach is the son of Frank C. and Johanna M. ({{Surname|Kaltwasser}}) {{Surname|Gerlach}}, immigrants from Wetzlar, Germany. In addition to his military service in the Spanish-American War and World War I, Col. Gerlach attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and worked in pharmaceuticals, was postmaster of the City of Wooster, Ohio, and was superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School, a juvenile corrections facility near Lancaster, Ohio. | | Col. Gerlach is the son of Frank C. and Johanna M. ({{Surname|Kaltwasser}}) {{Surname|Gerlach}}, immigrants from Wetzlar, Germany. In addition to his military service in the Spanish-American War and World War I, Col. Gerlach attended the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and worked in pharmaceuticals, was postmaster of the City of Wooster, Ohio, and was superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School, a juvenile corrections facility near Lancaster, Ohio. |
− | Col. Frank Gerlach was married to Florence May {{Surname|McClarran}} on June 26th, 1902. <ref> Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?qh=ngeEsZnRYA92eGh8LjHO2Q%3d%3d&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Frank&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Gerlach&gsln_x=0&msypn__ftp=Wooster%2c+Wayne%2c+Ohio%2c+USA&msypn=52937&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&uidh=ih7&pcat=34&h=3772538&dbid=61378&indiv=1&ml_rpos=7</ref> He had two children with Florence, Mary Frances and [[Harry Mcclarran Gerlach]], born in 1904 and 1908 respectively. | + | Col. Frank Gerlach was married to Florence May {{Surname|McClarran}} on June 26th, 1902<ref> Ancestry.com. Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?qh=ngeEsZnRYA92eGh8LjHO2Q%3d%3d&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&gsfn=Frank&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Gerlach&gsln_x=0&msypn__ftp=Wooster%2c+Wayne%2c+Ohio%2c+USA&msypn=52937&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=0&uidh=ih7&pcat=34&h=3772538&dbid=61378&indiv=1&ml_rpos=7</ref>. He had two children with Florence, Mary Frances and [[Harry Mcclarran Gerlach]], born in 1904 and 1908 respectively. |