Sources are incomplete on date of birth. Researcher Jim Hohman has "29 Sep" (no year). Internet sources such as www.zabasearch.com give "Sep 1917" (no date). Combining these two sources gives a date of 29 Sep 1917. (Note that this is also his wife's date of birth, according to her death certificate and the Social Security Death Index.) James' obituary gives 21 Sep 1917 as his date of birth.
James J. Lang's obituary appeared in The Marietta (OH) Times newpaper on February 23, 2007
BEVERLY — James J. Lang, 89, of Lakeview Drive, Beverly, formerly
of Plum Run Road, Waterford, died at 5:55 p.m. Wednesday (Feb. 21,
2007) at Marietta Memorial Hospital in Marietta. He was born Sept. 21, 1917, at Waterford, a son of Joseph E. and
Mary Arnold Lang. He had been a dedicated farmer most of his life. He
attended the Rainbow schools. He was a member of St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church and N.F.O.; a Watertown Township trustee for 29 years;
a member of the Watertown Volunteer Fire Department and Holy Name
Society at St. John’s; and was a Fourth Degree Knight in the Knights of
Columbus. He is survived by one son, Ed Lang and wife, Ann, of Vincent; three
daughters, Elaine Schott of Waterford, Betty Sherlock and husband, Bob,
of Waterford, and Carole Prawdzik and husband, Tom, of Waukesha, Wis.;
12 grandchildren, Steve Lang, Mitch Lang, Todd Schott, Melanie Fouss, Brad
Schott, Marla Bailey, Kim Drayer, Kristy Harner, Janelle Woodruff, Jim Sher-
lock, Doug Strahler and Deidra Yahn; 21 great-grandchildren; six brothers,
Vincent (Alice) Lang, Harold Lang, Delbert (Norma) Lang, Robert (Edna) Lang,
John (Janet) Lang and Gerald (Martha) Lang; three sisters, Grace (Howard)
Strahler, Evelyn Neill and Shirley (Bob) Oliver; and several nieces and nephews. He married Marie Schaad Lang on June 6, 1939; she died March 18, 1997.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; one son, James V. Lang; four
brothers, Walter, Bernard, Glenn and Joe Lang; one sister, Alice Schilling; a
granddaughter, Dawn Lang; and a son-in-law, Ralph Schott. Services are at 10 a.m. Saturday (Feb. 24, 2007) at St. John the Baptist
Church at Churchtown with Father Frederich Kihm and Monsignor Robert
Kawa officiating. Burial will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery. Visitation is
from 2 to 9 p.m. today at McCurdy Funeral Home in Beverly. There will be a
Christian wake service at 4 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John’s School or Beverly-
Waterford Rescue Squad.
Sources conflict on date of birth:
21 Sep 1917 -- researcher Jim Hohman
29 Sep 1917 -- Social Security Death Index, death certificate
In 1920, 27 year old farmer Joseph Lang and his wife Mary (25) owned a mortgaged farm in Watertown, Washington Co., Ohio where they lived with their children James J. (2 yrs, 2 mos), Walter W. (1 yr 7 mos) and Alice (< 1 mo). Everyone in the household was a native of Ohio, as were their parents. The adjacent farm belonged to Henry J. Schott.
At the time of the 1930 census, J. E. Lang (37) and his wife Mary (35) still owned a farm in Watertown. Living with them were their children James (12), Walter (11), Alice (10), Vincent (8), Harold (6), Grace (4 yrs 11 mos), Delbert (3 yrs 11 mos), Junior (2 yrs 6 mos), and Bernard (8 mos). The oldest five children attended school. The Lang family did not own a radio set. Adjacent farms were owned by Frank Schaad and Henry Schott.
Sources conflict on surname. Obituary of daughter Alice states that her mother's maiden name was Meiser. Obituary of son James gives his mother's maiden name as Arnold. It is possible that Joseph Lang had two wives named Mary, but the first three children in the family (James, Walter, and Alice) were each born about a year apart. It is believed that Alice's obituary is incorrect; Meiser was her mother-in-law's maiden name.
Dawn Lang was a resident of Columbus, Ohio at the time of her death.
Obituary: SOURCE: Marietta Times . . . .Marietta, OH . . . Apr 2002
WATERFORD - Ralph L. "Butch" Schott, 62, of Waterford died at 6:54 p.m. Thursday (April 4, 2002) at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
He was born March 6, 1940, in Waterford to Oscar John and Lucy Sorg Schott. He had worked at Interlake Steel for 24 years and later retired from Heiss Plumbing and Electric on March 1, 2002.
He was a 1958 graduate of Fort Frye High School. He was a member of St. Bernard Catholic Church, where he was involved in several church activities for many years. He was also a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles 3665 at Beverly. He was an avid fisherman and he loved to attend local auctions.
He is survived by his wife, Elaine Lang Schott, whom he married on Aug. 9, 1960; two sons, Todd Schott and his wife, Annette, and Brad Schott and his wife, Hope, both of Waterford; two daughters, Melanie Fouss and her husband, Jeff, of Lowell, and Marla Bailey and her husband, Doug, of Mount Ulla, N.C.; nine grandchildren, Jason and Aaron Schott, Abbey and Emily Fouss, Hannah, Megan and Grayson Schott, and Taylor and Tanner Bailey; one brother, Edward Schott and his wife, Marilyn, of Waterford; one sister, Lillian Arnold and her husband, Jerry, of Beverly; his father-in-law, Jim Lang of Waterford; one sister-in-law, Reta Schott of Waterford; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; and one brother, Wilfred Schott.
Services are at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Bernard Catholic Church with Father Victor Cinson officiating. Burial is in St. Bernard Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Sunday at McCurdy Funeral Home in Beverly, where Christian wake services will be conducted at 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Bernard Building Fund. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
The following birth announcement appeared inThe Zanesville (OH) Signal newspaper on June 24, 1942: Mr. and Mrs. James Lang, of Marietta, are parents of
a daughter born June 16. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Schaad, of Lowell; Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Lang, of Water-
ford. Joseph Lang, Lowell, is the great-grandfather.