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BIOGRAPHIES
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Source:
The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
By Henry Holcomb Bennett
Published by S. A. Brant, Madison, Wis.,
1902
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BERNARD H. KATHE,
one of the most prominent and prosperous farmers of
Scioto township, has long been favorably known in the
agricultural circles of Ross county. Like so many
other settlers in that part of Ohio, he is a German
immigrant of the class so highly prized all over the
Union for their energy, industry, integrity and other
elements of good citizenship. His parents,
Joseph and Lena (Wilkins) Kathe, were natives of
Hanover, Germany, who died at comparatively early ages
leaving two children, Bernard H. and Anna,
the latter dying in infancy. Bernard H. was
born in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 29, 1856, and was seven
years old when he lost both father and mother by death.
He was taken charge of by an uncle, who cared for him
until his fourteenth year, and after the former's death
found a home with an aunt. When seventeen years
old he entered one of the German agricultural colleges
where he received valuable industrial training and was
given a certificate of graduation at the end of two
years. About a year subsequent to this he enlisted
as a cavalryman in one of the Uhlan regiments of the
German army with which he served three years. In
1881, when about twenty-five yeas old Mr. Kathe
joined the tide of emigration then running so strongly
westward and abandoned the fatherland for a permanent
abode in America. Immediately after reaching
Castle Garden he made his way to Circleville, Ohio, and
for two years worked on a farm near that place during
the summer, assisting his uncle in a furniture store
when the weather was unsuited to out-door work. In
1883, Mr. Kathe came to Ross county and Jan. 11,
of that year he was married to Mary M. D., a
daughter of Phelix and Julia Miller, the former
of Germany and the latter of Ross county. For a
short time after marriage he resided in Chillicothe and
then located on the farm in Scioto township, where he
now resides. Some years later he purchased the 160
acres which constitute his home tract, besides 200 acres
in Union township. Mr. Kathe is a breeder
of shorthorn cattle and other fine stock, operates a
public corn-grinder and is in every way an up-to-date
and progressive farmer, yielding to none in his
understanding of the business. The fact that he
was elected in 1901 as a Democrat by 232 majority in a
county usually Republican by five or six hundred, to
serve as a member of the board of infirmary directors,
fully attests Mr. Kathe's personal and political
popularity. Mr. and Mrs. Kathe have had
twelve children, of whom the following named are living:
Alfonso, Otto, Leo, Phelix, Columbus, Bernardo and
Colista; the dead are Bernard, Sylvester, Roman,
Bruno and an infant unnamed. The family is
Roman Catholic in religion and Mr. Kathe is a
member of the Knights of St. George.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 544 |
JOSEPH KELLHOFER, merchant and mill owner of
Chillicothe and long prominently connected with the
painting department of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
shops, is a worthy exponent of Ross county's citizenship
of German descent. His father, Leopold
Kellhofer, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1809, of a
family of tradesmen. In youth he was apprenticed
to learn the weaver's trade and after mastering its
details followed it as a means of livelihood for some
years. In 1834 he married Martha Fisher and
five years later came with her to the United States,
landing at New York after a wearisome sea journey of
sixty-four days. The immigrants hastened as
rapidly as possible to their point of destination, which
was Chillicothe, Ohio, and on arriving there, Leopold
worked for a while as a common laborer and then embarked
in the business of gardening. To this occupation
he adhered with more or less success until his death,
which occurred in 189, at the age of sixty-nine.
Of his nine children, three died in infancy unnamed.
The others, in order of birth, are as follows:
Mary, wife of Frank Konzen, of Henry county,
Ohio; Joseph; Tressa, wife of Conrad Richard,
of Circleville, Ohio; Leopold, Edward and Albert
deceased. Joseph Kellhofer was born in
Chillicothe, Ohio, Feb. 4, 1844, and when nineteen years
old entered the shops of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
company as an apprentice in the painting department.
In two years by close application he became qualified as
a journeyman and accompanied his foreman to
Indianapolis, where he was engaged a short time in the
line of his trade. From that point he went to
Litchfield, Ill., and during his two years' residence
there was married to Mary T., daughter of
Marcus and Cathrine F. Miller, of Ross county, Ohio.
Eventually he returned to Chillicothe, where he resumed
his trade, and afterwards became foreman of the painting
department of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad shops at
Zaleski, Ohio. This position, however, he soon
resigned for the purpose of establishing the general
mercantile business in which he has since been engaged.
During recent years Mr. Kellhofer has constructed
a substantial business block and dwelling-house.
Another of his real estate investments was the erection
in 1901 of what is known as the Kellhofer Scioto
Mills, a manufactory of high grade roller-process flour.
Aside from his own business, Mr. Kellhofer's
services are in demand for public use. For nine
years he has been a member of the board of equalization,
one term a councilman from the sixth ward and poll clerk
for several years. He comes of a long line of
Democrats and is strenuous in advocacy of the principles
of that political party. Mr. and Mrs.
Kellhofer have had eleven children: Martha
T. wife of Adolph Paff of Chillicothe;
Jacob J., of the same city; Anna, wife of
Chancey Hollis, of Illinois; Albert Ernest,
of Chillicothe; John, Mary, Rocelia, Clara and
Leo Marcus at home; Paul and Edward
died in infancy.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 545 |
WILLIAM KERNS,
of Lyndon, was born in Pike county, Ohio, in 1831.
His father, Thomas Kerns, also a native of Ohio,
in 1831. His father, Thomas Kerns, also a
native of Ohio, spent his life in agricultural pursuits
and died in Clinton county in 1872. By the first
of his two marriages he left four sons, of whom
William was the second, the others being John,
James and Thomas. In 1845, William
Kerns removed to Buckskin township, Ross county, and
engaged in farm work until he was nineteen years old.
Later he learned the carpenter's trade, but in July,
1862, left work to become a soldier in the Union army.
He enlisted in Company H, Eighty-ninth regiment Ohio
infantry, and with this command saw much arduous
service. Sent first into Kentucky to meet the
advancing Confederate raiders under Morgan and
Smith, the regiment participated in all the
subsequent movements of the year. The first heavy
engagement was at Fort Donelson and the next Stone
River, later on the campaign from Murfreesboro to
Chattanooga, culminating in the great battle of
Chickamauga in September, 1863. On the second day
of that bloody encounter, Mr. Kerns' brigade was
captured and he was one of the unfortunates who failed
to escape. This was a very calamitous event for
himself and comrades as it meant for long detention in
the dismal prisons of the South. They were first
taken to Richmond, Va., then confined for six months at
Danville, and finally landed in that abode of horrors
known as the Andersonville prison pen. Mr.
Kerns passed through the gates of this modern
"Inferno" in April, 1864, and it was not until eleven
months afterward that he obtained his release.
Some notion of the sufferings and cruelties he endured
may be derived from the statement that on the day of his
capture he weighed 170 pounds and when, more dead than
alive, he again reached the Union lines his recorded
weight was only seventy pounds. Owing to his
weakness, Mr. Kearns was compelled to spend three
weeks in the hospital at Vicksburg, after which he was
prostrated over a month with typhoid fever at Jefferson
Barracks. It is needless to say that when at
last he reached home on May 25, 1865, he had enough
prison and hospital experience to last him the rest of
his life. It was still a month later, or June
25th, before he obtained at Camp Chase his final and
honorable discharge from the army of the United States.
As soon as he had rested and recuperated, Mr. Kerns
engaged in the business of contracting, which he
followed until 1897 and then retired to his farm near
South Salem, where he enjoys repose' after a long and
well spent life. In 1854. Mr. Kerns was
married to May J. Pricer, who died in 1894,
leaving three daughters. Sissy Jane, the
eldest of these, became the wife of Albert Warner
of Chillicothe; Sarah Catherine married to
Robert Wallace, of South Salem, and May Frances
is the wife of David Sommers In the spring
of 1897 Mr. Kerns was again married, his second
wife being Eliza Ann Sanders. Mr. Kerns has
long been a member of the Presbyterian church of South
Salem and for sixteen years has served as deacon.
He is a trustee of the Salem academy and member of the
local post of the Grand Army of the Republic.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 547 |
MICHAEL
G. KIRSH, was born in Chillicothe, O., in
the Phoenix hotel, which he now owns, on Oct. 16, 1858.
His parents were Michael and Annie Maria (Hechinger)
Kirsch, both natives of Germany, the former being
born in Hesse Darmstadt on Mar. 25, 1825.
Michael Kirsch came to America at the age of
fourteen years, and was married in Chillicothe, where he
located in his young manhood and there established the
Phoenix Hotel, which has borne that name for more than
fifty years, having no other owner than the father and
his son. Michael Kirsch was a well known
and honored citizen of Chillicothe for many yeas,
serving the municipality in various capacities, notably
as a member of the city council and as infirmary
director of the county. He died in 1892, much
lamented, and the death of his wife occurred in the same
year only about three months later. The city
council adopted appropriate resolutions of condolence
and sympathy on the death of Mr. Kirsch, a
certified copy of which is now one of the treasured
memorials of the family. Seven children were born
to this esteemed couple, one of whom died at the age of
seven years. Those still living re, Barbara,
now Mrs. Hydell of Chillicothe; John, a
resident of Portsmouth, O.; Mary, wife of
Christian Goeller; Josephine, now Mrs.
List, of Cincinnati; Emily, wife of Jerry
Keefe of Columbus, O. Michael G. Kirsch,
the youngest of the family and the subject of this
sketch, was educated in his native city and has there
spent the most of his life. For four yers he was
in partnership with his brother John in the tin
and stove business at Portsmouth, Ohio, which is still
conducted by the latter. Michael returned
to Chillicothe and accepted a position with Ira
Mosher & Son wholesale and retail grocers, with whom
he remained as an employe for thirteen years.
After the death of the Phoenix Hotel in September of the
same year. In connection with the hotel he
operated a livery business, owning his own barn and
appurtenances. Mr. Kirsch continued to
operate his hotel and livery business until Apr. 14,
1902, when he leased the same to ex-Sheriff A. T.
Swepston, and Mr. Kirsch now devotes
his entire attention to the fire insurance business,
with offices in the Hawson block. He has
the agency for a number of the standard companies of the
country and by devoting his entire attention to it is
building up a fine business. Nov. 16, 1881, Mr.
Kirsch was married to Flora, daughter and
only child of John and Lucy (Marsluff) Bier,
both natives of Ohio of German antecedents.
John Bier, a general merchant in Chillicothe prior
to and during the civil war, died in 1866, when Mrs.
Kirsch was but fifteen months old. His widow,
married a man named Barman, by whom she had four
children: Mrs. Oscar J. Fuchs, Mrs. Matthias Bonner,
Josephine Barman and Clement Barman.
Michael Kirsch and wife have two sons, William C.,
born Feb. 11, 1883, now employed as a clerk in a grocery
store, and Michael, born Jul. 4, 1887, now
clerking in a drug store. Mr. Kirsch is a
member of the order of Elks and Red Men. He and
wife are members of the Catholic church, as were their
parents before them. He is Democratic in politics
but has never been an office-seeker. At one time
he became a candidate for infirmary director and, though
the county went Republican by 600 plurality, was
defeated by only 146 votes. He is a member of the
board of fire commissioners of the city.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 547 |
ARTHUR
D. KLINE, of Salem, is descended from a family of
pioneer millers in Ross county, some of the early
members of which were also connected with the first
canal construction. His father, Daniel Kline,
was a Virginian and son of Peter L. Kline, who
emigrated from Germany to the Old Dominion, but later
removed to Ohio. Settling on Deer creek in Ross
county about 1819, he established a mill which he
conducted fro some time. Afterwards he had charge
for a while of the Lumback mills below
Chillicothe, but subsequently became manager of the
Vandeman mill. Peter Kline and his near
relatives were pioneers in this business along Deer
creek and neighboring streams. They are also
skillful as workmen in other lines, and built one mile
of the old canal hear Chillicothe. Daniel Kline
married Maria, daughter of George Parrett,
after which he engaged in farming and stock-raising,
which he made the exclusive business of his subsequent
life. Daniel and Maria Kline became the
parents of nine children: George A., who
became a member of Company I, Eighty-first regiment Ohio
infantry and was killed in the battle of Atlanta,
July 22, 1864; Ellen, Missouri A. (deceased),
Erskine L., and Arthur D. Kline; Dora, the
wife of John Leib, a Buckskin township farmer;
Allie, wife of Wilbur P. Harper, a farmer of
same locality; Henry, a stock-buyer and breeder;
and Nettie, living in Cincinnati. Arthur
D. Kline was born and bred in Buckskin township and
lives in a brick house which was built over a century
ago by James Dickey, founder of the Salem
academy. It was at this institution that Mr.
Kline received his education, and shortly after
leaving school he married Mary E, daughter of
John C. Duncan. The latter belongs to an old
and well established family of Highland county, his
father being a native of Glasgow, Scotland. Mr.
and Mrs. Kline have three children. Pearl
D., their eldest son, a bright and promising young
man, is a member of the United States regular army now
serving in the Philippines; Arthur S. is at home,
and George C. in school. Mr. Kline
has devoted his adult life to the business of farming
and stock-raising. For the last ten yeas he has
made a specialty of sheep breeding and in his line has
become an expert. He handles different breeds, but
his favorites are the Hampshire downs, and to these he
confines most of his dealing. The entire family
are members of the Presbyterian church at South Salem.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 549 |
JOHN KNECHT,
of the firm of Jacob Knecht & Son, brewers, of
Chillicothe, was born in that city Nov. 9, 1858.
His parents, Jacob and Katherine (Griesheimer) Knecht,
both natives of Hesse Darmsteadt, Germany, where they
were married, came to America in 1852, having with them
three children, a number afterward increased by two.
In his native country, the elder Knecht was a
farmer and he pursued the occupation here until 1875,
when he purchased the Knecht brewery, which he
and his son John have since operated. The plant is
complete in all its appointments and has an annual
capacity of twenty thousand barrels. Fitted
with all the modern machinery and appliances, this
brewery is one of the solid and successful business
enterprises of Chillicothe, with whose growth and
progress they have ever since been prominently
identified. The parents were quite poor on
arrival, indeed they would hardly have been able to
reach these shores without the aid of friends. The
father's first work was on a railroad, but German
thrift, industry and perseverance soon conquered, as
they always do, and the Knechts found themselves
in possession of a fifty-acre farm just north of the
city, which they still own. Of the original five
children, only three are living. Jacob, who
was an iron molder by trade, died at the age of about
forty, leaving one daughter, who is married and living
in Chicago. Christiana is the wife of
John V. Muehlig and lives in Chicago.
Katherine died at the age of seven years; John
is the subject of this sketch and Martin is
operating the home farm. John Knecht was
educated in Chillicothe, he and Martin being the
two children born after arrival in this country.
He has been connected with the brewery business ever
since he was able to do work of any kind. At
present he assumes general management of the entire
business, attending to the sales and collections,
employing help and superintending all the details.
The establishment gives work to an average of ten men,
the product being sold mostly to the local trade.
Mr. Knecht was married in 1878 to Rosa Jacobs,
daughter of business man of Chillicothe, and born and
bred in that city, and they have seven children, whose
names are Mary, Christina, Emma, Bertha, Minnie,
Louisa, and John Jacob. Christina is
the wife of Daniel De Long, a clerk in
Chillicothe, the others being still at home.
Mr. Knecht is a member of the order of Red Men and
the family belong to the German Lutheran Church.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 549 |
JACOB KOCH,
capitalist and man of affairs in various lines of
business, has spent his entire life at Adelphi, Ohio, of
which he has long been a conspicuous citizen. His
parents, Jacob and Mary (Hisler) Koch, were
Pennsylvanians who came to Ross county in 1830 and
located at Adelphi, where the father pursued his trade
as a shoemaker, and both husband and wife became
substantial and respected members of the community,
being members of the Evangelical church and identified
with all movements for the uplifting of the masses.
The senior Jacob Koch died in 1857, his wife surviving
him over thirty years and dying in 1887 at the age of
eighty-two. Of their family of eleven children,
only two sons and one daughter are now living.
Frank, one of the sons, is a citizen of
Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Hanna Beaver, the only
daughter, is a resident of Ashville, in Pickaway county.
Jacob Koch, the other son, was born at Adelphi
Dec. 20, 1835, and at an early age was put to work in
his father's shop to learn the trade of shoemaking.
This he mastered very thoroughly and followed for many
years in the place of his nativity. Mr. Koch,
however, did not adhere strictly to the old maxim that
"the shoemaker should stick to his last." He did,
indeed, stick to his trade very closely until 1872, when
he concluded that he had done his share of confining
work and resolved to branch out in other lines. He
had been economical as well as industrious, and as he
saved money made investments in real estate and other
kinds of property. He owns several farms,
amounting to some 400 acres of land, and these are
cultivated in the general way for raising the cereal
crops and stock of different kinds. For about
twenty-five years he has been engaged in fire insurance
and has worked up an extensive business in that line,
and during the same period or longer has been a loaner
of money. He found time also to assist in carrying
on the public affairs of his community, and has served
two terms as justice of the peace, besides being a
member of the school board and council for many years.
He has long been interested in Odd-fellowship and holds
membership in Adelphi lodge, No. 114, Encampment No. 83,
and the Daughters of Rebecca. In 1862, he was
married to Mary A. Patterson of Adelphi, by whom
he had seven children: Josie, Estella, Lizzie, Retta,
Howard, Stanley and Grace (deceased).
The mother died in 1898, and Mr. Koch was married
a second time, to Miss Grace Strous of Pickaway
county. Both he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Koch is
the present organist and has been the chorister for over
fifty years.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 550 |
ADAM KRAMER,
manufacturer of cigars and dealer in tobacco at No. 3,
North Paint street, Chillicothe, was born in
Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Aug. 29, 1833. His
parents, Adam and Anna Marie (Schollmeyer)
Kramer, came from the fatherland to Chillicothe when
he was a lad of fourteen years. The father was an
engineer in a distillery, where he lost his life by
accident, when he was forty years old, and his wife died
at the same age, but eight years later. Adam
was the eldest of their children, and next to him came
Martin, who is now living on a farm in Ross
county. The third born was Jacob, who
joined the Twenty-sixth Ohio during the civil war, was
wounded and captured at Stone River, and being taken to
prison died during his confinement there. John
is employed in his brother Adam's business,
and Elizabeth, the only sister, is now the wife
of George Neal, living in Chillicothe.
Adam Kramer attended school for eight years in his
native country, receiving a good elementary education.
After reaching Chillicothe he became a pupil at private
schools, mostly those held at night, thus increasing his
store of book learning. In Chillicothe he also
learned the cigar-maker's trade with C. C. McCormick,
a business man of the place long since dead. After
a three years' apprenticeship, Mr. Kramer worked
as a journeyman with Mr. McCormick until the
latter's death, when he formed a partnership with Mr.
Hangs and purchased the business. This they
conducted together for about seven years, then the firm
dissolved and each member started out for himself.
Mr. Kramer has been in the business continuously
for more than fifty years, and during all the time but
the first five years he was proprietor. In 1875,
his eldest son, Charles R., became a partner and
since then the firm has been known as A. Kramer &
Son. They have as extensive jobbing trade,
manufacturing about 200,000 cigars per annum, though
they have made as many as a million. Besides this
they handle all kinds of tobaccos and smokers' sundries.
They own a saleswagon which makes regular and continuous
trips through several of the adjacent counties. In
1854, Mr. Kramer was married to Katherine
Reiss, a German lady, who came alone to Chillicothe
in early womanhood, her parents having died in Bavaria.
She became the mother of six children, of whom
Charles R., William H. and David A., are all
are engaged in their father's business.
Frederick B. is employed in the Central National
bank as book-keeper. Thomas died at the age
of twenty-two, and Anna Marie, the eldest child, is the
wife of J. P. Breinieg, who is employed in his
father-in-law's factory. The mother died in 1895
at the age of sixty-one. Mr. Kramer's
politics are Democratic and his religious tendencies are
Presbyterian. Though not a communicant of any
church, he is a cheerful giver in liberal supporter of
all good causes. He has never been a seeker after
office, preferring to devote his time to his business in
which he has been successful.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 551 |
CHARLES KRUGER was born in Jackson county, Ohio, Jan. 14,
1871. His father, William Kruger, a native
of Germany, born about the eyar 1838, when twenty years
old or thereabouts emigrated to the United States and
located in what is now West Virginia but then a
part of the old state. Not liking the prospects in
that section, the young German determined to seek
farther and in due time became a resident of Jackson
county, Ohio. There he became acquainted with
Rebecca Fry, a native of that county, and eventually
made her his wife. In 1873, he removed to Ross
county and settled in Union township, where his death
soon afterwards occurred. During the civil war he
served for three years in the Union army with a West
Virginia regiment. The occupation of his entire
manhood was farming and to this he devoted all his time
and energies. He had two sons, Charles and
William, who live with their mother in Concord
township, near Frankfort, to which place they removed
several years ago. Charles, the eldest of
the children, was educated in the common schools of
Union township, adopted farming as his life occupation
and has steadily followed it during all his working
years. His brother William, who was born
Oct. 3, 1873, is engaged in the same honorable and
independent calling.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 552 |
VALENTINE KUHN, a lately deceased citizen of Chillicothe,
was a good representative of the busy and bustling
German-American element which has contributed so much to
the growth and development of the city. His
parents, John and Johanna Kuhn, were experienced
gardeners and followed that occupation in Chillicothe
after their arrival there from Germany. They had a
family of ten children, four of whom died in youth, the
other six being: Mary, wife of George Geltz;
Kate, wife of H. Hamm; and Lena, wife
of William Wageman, all of Chillicothe; Letta,
wife of F. Kindell, of Portsmouth, Ohio;
Casper, of Chillicothe, and Valentine.
Valentine Kuhn was born in Germany, Dec. 9, 1849,
and accompanied his parents on their trip across the
ocean to New York, and thence to the Ross county
capital. He spent his youth in Chillicothe,
attended the public schools and assisted his parents in
their gardening work during the busy seasons until his
arrival at the age of manhood. He secured
employment as car inspector in the Baltimore& Ohio
Railroad shops at Chillicothe and retained that position
for twenty-one years. Meantime he had married
Katie Wise, by whom he had four children: Emma,
wife of George Hale, of Huntington township;
Johnnie, deceased; Willie, at home, and one
that died in infancy. Their mother died Mar. 20,
1881, and Mr. Kuhn was married Nov. 15, 1881, to
Caroline Hess, a lady of German parentage then
resident in Chillicothe. She was born May 26, 1848,
while her parents, Gottfried and Caroline Hess, were
at the quarantine station in New York harbor.
Later they came on to Ohio and settled in Chillicothe,
where they embarked in gardening and trucking which was
the business to which they had been trained. There
were eight children in this family, of whom Gottleib
is dead, the others being: Susan, wife of
George Smith, of Chillicothe; Caroline, wife
of Valentine Kuhn; Mary wife of James Weekley,
of Portsmouth, Ohio; John, Martin and
Benjamin Hess, of Chillicothe; and Kate, wife
of N. Rheinhart, of Portsmouth, Ohio. After
their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Valentine Kuhn went
to housekeeping on Fifth street in Chillicothe and lived
at that place for twelve years, when they bought the
tract of thirty-six acres where Mrs. Kuhn now
resides. At the time they moved in their residence
was an old stone house, built over one hundred years ago
as a landmark of that neighborhood. This relic of
pioneer days was destroyed by fire in 1898, and later
replaced with a substantial brick house, modern in style
and equipment. Mr. and Mrs. Kuhn had a
family of four children: Carrie, Charles,
KAtie and Frank. Mr. Kuhn died Oct. 9,
1898, since which time his widow has managed, the
business with success. In fact she has shown
herself to be a woman of energy and excellent judgment
and under her direction and personal work everything
goes along with smoothness and regularity. She is
an industrious and good woman, and enjoys the good will
and esteem of all who knew her.
Source: The County of Ross: a history of Ross County, Ohio
by Henry Holcomb Bennett - Published by S. A. Brant, Madison,
Wis., 1902 - Page 553 |
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