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| death_date = {{death date and age |1948|2|16 |1870|4|29 |mf=yes}} <ref> ''Wooster Cemetery'' The Wayne County Genealogical Society, 2004. pp. 348 </ref>

| death_date = {{death date and age |1948|2|16 |1870|4|29 |mf=yes}} <ref> ''Wooster Cemetery'' The Wayne County Genealogical Society, 2004. pp. 348 </ref>

| resting_place = Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio

| resting_place = Wooster Cemetery, Wooster, Ohio

| occupation = Military, Pharmaceuticals, Postmaster  

| occupation = Military, Pharmaceuticals, Former Postmaster,  Former Superintendent of the Boys' Industrial School

| nationality = American

| nationality = American

| ethnicity = German

| ethnicity = German

| citizenship = United States of America

| citizenship = United States of America

| alma_mater = Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

| alma_mater = Philadelphia College of Pharmacy

| spouse = Florence May ({{Surname|McClarran}}) Gerlach (1872-1954) <ref> Find A Grave, Bill Miller, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70260895/florence-m-gerlach </ref>

| spouse = Florence May (McClarran) Gerlach (1872-1954) <ref> Find A Grave, Bill Miller, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70260895/florence-m-gerlach </ref>

| children = Mary Frances {{Surname|Gerlach}} (1904-1972) <ref> Ancestry.com, Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wooster, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03168; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 85-47, https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=34257434 </ref>, Harry Mcclarran {{Surname|Gerlach}} (1908-2002) <ref> Ancestry, 1930 Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wooster, Wayne, Ohio; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 2341622, https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=68628589 </ref>

| children = Mary Frances Gerlach (1904-1972) <ref> Ancestry.com, Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Wooster, Wayne, Ohio; Roll: m-t0627-03168; Page: 14B; Enumeration District: 85-47, https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&indiv=try&h=34257434 </ref>, Harry Mcclarran Gerlach (1908-2002) <ref> Ancestry, 1930 Federal Census, Year: 1930; Census Place: Wooster, Wayne, Ohio; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0036; FHL microfilm: 2341622, https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&indiv=try&h=68628589 </ref>

| awards = French Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de Guerre, American Distinguished Service Medal

| awards = French Croix de Guerre, Belgian Croix de Guerre, American Distinguished Service Medal

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Col. Frank C. {{Surname|Gerlach}} served in the Spanish-American War and in World War I. Most information regarding Col. Gerlach comes from the Frank C. Gerlach File, a collection of documents from Col. Gerlach's personal records. The file was donated to the Wayne County Public Library by Mr. Harry S. {{Surname|McClarran}} in 1989, and is currently housed in the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Wooster branch of the Wayne County Public Library. More information regarding Col. Gerlach, as well as other servicemen mentioned in this file, can be found on the [[Wayne County in the Spanish American War]] and [[Wayne County in World War I]] pages. <br>

Col. Frank C. Gerlach served in the Spanish-American War and in World War I. Most information regarding Col. Gerlach comes from the Frank C. Gerlach File, a collection of documents from Col. Gerlach's personal records. The file was donated to the Wayne County Public Library by Mr. Harry S. McClarran in 1989, and is currently housed in the Genealogy and Local History Department of the Wooster branch of the Wayne County Public Library. More information regarding Col. Gerlach, as well as other servicemen mentioned in this file, can be found on the [[Wayne County in the Spanish American War]] and [[Wayne County in World War I]] pages.  

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. <br>

 

Col. Gerlach is the son of Frank C. and Johanna M. (Kaltwasser) 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 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.

   

   

=====[[Company D, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry]]=====

=====Company D, Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry=====

*[[1898 Order for Company Assembly]]

*[[1898 Order for Company Assembly]]

*[[1901 Program of First Reunion]]

*[[1901 Program of First Reunion]]