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Chicago: Inter-State
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1884
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JOHN KAPS was born near
Baden, Germany, Nov. 2, 1836. His parents came to the United
States when he was an infant, and located in Portsmouth. He
spent the earlier years of his life in a brick-yard, and learned the
bricklayer's trade. In 1857-'58 he was in the grocery
business, and since then has been contracting and building.
April 16, 1861, he enlisted in Company G, First Ohio Infantry, and
served three months. In June, 1862, he was appointed First
Lieutenant, and helped recruit Company C, Ninety-first Ohio
Infantry. He was subsequently promoted to Captain. He
participated in fourteen hard-fought battles and many skirmishes.
Among the more important battles were, first Bull Run, Fayetteville,
Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar
Creek. He served over three years, and was honorably
discharged. Feb. 13, 1873, he married Jennie McIntyre,
a native of Portsmouth, and a daughter of Daniel McIntyre,
who came from Ireland to Portsmouth when twenty-one years of age.
They have two sons - John and Harry. Mr. Kaps
is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
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PETER KAPS was
born in Bavaria, Germany, May 19, 1833, a son of Casper Kaps.
His parents came to the United States in 1836, locating in
Portsmouth. His father died in 1857, aged sixty-one years.
They had a family of four children - Caroline, now the wife
of Christian G. Leiberherr, a teacher, of Quincy, Ill.;
Elizabeth, now Mrs. Leopold Kessler; Peter and
John. Peter is the eldest son. When twenty
years of age he began to learn the bricklayer's trade, and, with the
exception of his term of service in the army, has followed that
vocation. He enlisted in 1861 in Company K, Fifteenth Kentucky
Infantry, and served three years and three months. He
participated in the battles of Perryville, Stone River, Chickamauga,
Dallas, Resaca, Jonesboro. At Chattanooga by James B.
Steadman. He enlisted as a private, and was promoted
several times, and was discharged First Lieutenant. In
business he is associated with his brother, and together they
have had the contract for building some of the best residences and
public buildings in the valley. They are now at work on the
sewer running from Chillicothe to Union streets - distance 3,000
feet, four feet in diameter - and will cost $16,000. Mr.
Kaps was married Jan. 1, 1871, to Elizabeth Evans, of
Portsmouth. They have three children living - James E.,
George P. and Henry H. Casper died Nov. 29,
1882, aged two years. Mr. Kaps is a member of the I. O.
O. F. fraternity.
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FRANK B. KEHOE was born in
Portsmouth, Ohio, Sept. 27, 1852, a son of Murlaugh Kehoe, a
boot and shoe merchant, who died in 1874, aged seventy-seven years.
From 1870 till 1876 he was engaged in the drug business in
Manhattan, Riley Co., Kan. He was afterward engaged in the
grocery business five years and a half in Portsmouth. In the
early part of 1883 he purchased a wharfboat of J. O. Murfin's
estate. It was built in 1879, and has a tax valuation of
$2,500. July 22, 1879, Mr. Kehoe married Mary
McClain, a native of Ohio, Clermont Co., Ohio. He is a
member of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias fraternities.
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PHILIP H. KELLEY,
son of Timothy Kelley, was born in Ireland, April 9, 1823.
He came to the United States in 1848, and lived one year at Auburn,
N. Y. In 1849, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and engaged in
stone-cutting two years, after which he worked on the railroad two
years. In 1853 he began contracting on railroads, etc.
In 1857 he came to Portsmouth and built the Suspension Bridge across
the Scioto River, and also helped build the city water-works.
He was married in 1855 to Anna Hayes. They have had ten
children.
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HIRAM
KELLOGG was born near Franklin Furnace, Scioto Co., Ohio,
July 28, 1816, a son of Wm. W. and Nancy (Lamb) Kellogg,
natives of Vermont, who came to Ohio in 1815, where his father died
in 1844, and his mother at the age of eighty-eight years. Of
their nine children eight are still living. Hiram was
reared on a farm, receiving a limited education in the subscription
school. He was married in the spring of 1841 to Luna,
daughter of Andes and Lucy Jones, and a native of Kentucky.
They had a family of seven children, four still living.
Mrs. Kellogg died in 1873. In 1877 Mr. Kellogg
married Mary Collins, a native of Lawrence County, Ohio.
Mr. Kellogg owns a fine farm of 121 acres, with a good
dwelling and comfortable farm buildings. He takes great
interest in the breeding of Holstein cattle.
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WILLIAM KELLOGG was
born in Scioto County, Ohio, in 1828. He spent his early life
on a farm and in attending the district schools. He was
married in 1852 to Thuza, daughter of William Story,
of Scioto County. They have eight children - George,
Leonard, Scott, Emma, William, Lincoln, Effa and Nellie.
Mr. Kellogg has a farm of 108 acres, mostly lying in the Ohio
bottoms. In 1875 his house and is contents were destroyed by
fire, but he has since erected a fine two-story frame dwelling.
He has held the office of Township Trustee. He and his wife
are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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REZIN R. KENNEDY
was born in Massac County, Ill., Oct. 5, 1852, a son of John and
Catharine (Oaks) Kennedy, his father a native of Scioto County,
Ohio, born in 1818, and his mother a native of Marietta, Ohio.
His parents were married in Illinois and resided there till 1859,
when they came to Scioto County and settled on the farm where
Rezin R. now lives. In 1875 they removed to Wheelersburg
where they still reside. His grandfather, Robert Kennedy,
came to Ohio from New York in 1816 and died here in 1873.
Rezin R. received a common school education and afterward taught
six years. In 1875 he began farming and is now regarding as
one of the most intelligent and enterprising farmers of the
township. He was married in 1875 to Caroline, daughter
of George and Margaret B. Smith. Three children have
been born to them - John R., George O., and Maggie M.
Mr. Kennedy has served as Trustee of his township. He and
his wife are members of the Methodist church.
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JAMES KEYES was born'in
Albemarle County, Va., March 22, 1801, and died in Portsmouth, Ohio,
June 30, 1883. His father was of the old Massachusetts Puritan
stock, and after the Revolutionary war went to Virginia, where he
married, and where all of his children were born. In 1810 the
family removed to Ohio and settled on a farm where East Portsmouth
now stands. Our subject had the advantage of a good education,
and always made the best of his advantages, being possessed of a
strong and philosophical mind. In politics he was originally a
Jeffersonian Democrat, and fought vigorously for that party while it
represented his views; but when the slavery question and other vital
issues pushed themselves to the front, he promptly allied himself
with what seemed to him the right party, and remained with it to the
last. In religion he had no special views, but had a great
respect for Christians and Christianity. He lived a pure and
upright life, anything like profanity being intolerable to him.
He wrote the “Pioneers of Scioto County,” which first appeared in
the Portsmouth newspapers, and afterward in book form. Up to a
short time before his death he was engaged in writing “Reminiscences
of Scioto County,” the unfinished MS. of which is now in the hands
of his son. The compilers of the “History of Lower Scioto
Valley” are indebted to his “ Pioneers of Scioto County” for
valuable information. Mr. Keyes’s habits were
most simple, and he attributed his long life and health to his mode
of living. He had a paralytic stroke the first of March previous to
his death, and was looking for the second, but it never came, death
being caused by a stomach and bowel trouble. He never fully
regained his vigor after his first attack, though the last four
months of his life were passed in comparative comfort. In his
death Scioto County lost one of her most prominent pioneers, and one
who was always alive to the interests of the county and State.
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WILLIAM H. KINKER
was born Dec. 10, 1838, in Germany and came to America with his
parents Harmon and Melissa Kinker, in 1849. He was
reared principally in and about Jackson Furnace and resided at home
till his marriage in 1863 with Mary J. Coyer, a native of
Lawrence County, Ohio, and daughter of John Coyer.
Since 1869 Mr. Kinker has, with the exception of three
years, devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. His farm
contains 220 acres of fine land, and of late he has turned his
attention to the raising of stock and is regarded as one of the
successful stock raisers of the township. He has served his
township as Trustee one term. His parents both died during the
year 1882.
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B. F. KINNEAR,
manufacturer of chair stock, Portsmouth, Ohio, established this
business in August, 1882. He employes about twenty hands, and
ships his stock in car-load lots to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New
York City, Boston, and other points in the East. He ships
three car loads a week, and consumes annually 1,000,000 feet of
lumber. He was born in Williamsport, Pickaway Co., Ohio, in
1844. His father, Joseph Kinnear, was an early settler,
and helped lay out the town of Circleville, Ohio. He was a son
of Judge David Kinnear. His father being a merchant, he
clerked for him till 1861, when he spent two years in school.
In 1863, he enlisted in a Mississippi squadron in the gunboat
service and served during the rest of the war. Subsequently he
spent five years in Tennessee, dealing in cattle and running a
shingle-mill. He afterward traveled eight years for Wood
& Welter, of Mansfield, Ohio, and five years for Hood,
Bonbright & Co., of Philadelphia. In 1868 he married
Harriet Cheny of Joliet, Ill., but a native of New York City.
Mr. Kinnear is a member of the Masonic fraternity. He
is one of the leading and enterprising business men of Portsmouth.
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CHARLES KINNEY,
Treasurer-elect of Scioto County, was born in Springville, Ky., July
7, 1850, eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth (Cox) Kinney.
His father dying in 1861, he removed with his mother to Columbus,
Ind., where he resided until 1872. He was educated in the
public schools, and graduated at the Columbus High School in the
class of 1866. He learned the trade of printer while in
Columbus, which he followed until 1872, when he came to Portsmouth,
and was employed in the Valley Book Store. About January,
1876, he again entered the printing office and worked at his trade
until November, 1877, when he was appointed Deputy County Treasurer
by B. R. Miles, and re-appointed by Alfred Boyer in
September, 1880. In June, 1883, he was nominated by the
Republican County Convention for Treasurer, and elected. Oct.
8, 1879, he married Letitia H., daughter of Jno.
Yoakley of Portsmouth. Mr. Kinney is a member of
Aurora Lodge, No. 48, F. and A. M.; Scioto Lodge, No. 5, I. O. M.,
and Dionysius Lodge, No. 115, K. of P., of which he is District
Deputy, Grand Chancellor and Representative in this Grand Lodge of
Ohio.
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E. J. KIRBY, merchant and
Postmaster at Dry Run, Ohio, was born in Scioto County, Ohio, in
1854, a son of Isaac Kirby. In 1878 he became
established in business at Dry Run, and in the fall of 1882 located
at his present place. He carries a full line of goods, having
a stock valued at $2,000, and doing an annual business of $5,000.
He was appointed Postmaster under President Hayes’s
administration. He was reared on a farm and educated in the
district schools, receiving a practical education. July 4,
1883, he married Miss Lizzie E. Arnold. His father,
Isaac Kirby, was born in Baltimore, Md., in 1802, and
when twenty years of age shipped as a sailor on the ocean; a part of
the time was Captain of the Antelope. He was cast away during
a storm, but was rescued. He then abandoned the sea, and in
1836 located in Portsmouth, Ohio, where he engaged in the grocery
business. He served as Justice of the Peace fifteen years.
He afterward removed to the farm now owned by Mr. Salladay,
where he died in 1865. He married Rhozinna Dole,
and to him were born six children—John R., Charles H., William
E., James A., Edward J. and Ida M. Y. Charles
enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Seventy-eighth Ohio Infantry,
in 1864, and served till the close of the war. He contracted
disease while in the army which resulted in his death in 1869, aged
twenty-two years. Mrs. Kirby married James
Keys in 1866. They have no children.
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LEVI KIRKENDALL
was born in Jefferson, now Valley, Township, Scioto Co., Ohio, Oct.
19, 1818, a son of Daniel and Sarah (Campbell) Kirkendall.
His grandparents, William and Lavinia Kirkendall, settled in
Portsmouth about the beginning of the present century. They
had a family of five children - Daniel, Levi, Henry, William
and Lavinia. Daniel was married about 1813, in
Portsmouth, to Sarah, daughter of William and Mary (Stricklett)
Campbell. In 1819 he removed to the farm where Levi
now lives. He was a Captain of a rifle company in the old
military days, and served in the war of 1812. After his death
the Government gave his widow warrants for land in Logan County,
Ill. He died in 1853, and his wife in 1857. Eight
children were born to them - William, of California; Levi;
Mary, wife of Thomas Craig; Stephen, on the old
farm; Lavinia, wife of David Dunlap, and John.
Sarah Ann and Henry are deceased. Levi
Kirkendall was married Mar. 16, 1838, to Minerva,
daughter of George and Mary Belloot, and settled on the old
Belloot farm. In 1855 he removed to Jo Daviess
County, Ill., but the next year returned to Ohio. The day
after his return, Aug. 31, his wife died. Of their six
children, George, William, Sarah Alice, Mary, James O. and
Levi, the three latter are deceased. In 1857 Mr.
Kirkendall married Mrs. Sarah Russell, daughter of
George and Elizabeth Heoredth, and removed to Washington
County, Ill. In 1864 he returned to the home farm where he has
since resided. Mr. and Mrs. Kirkendall have had four
children, but two now living - Rhoda E. and Fanny.
James S. and Truss L. are deceased. Politically
Mr. Kirkendall is a Republican. Before the organization of
that party he was a Whig and cast his first vote for William
Henry Harrison for President. He owns a fine farm of 600
acres, well improved. He has been a member of the Baptist
church since 1840. He is a member of Lucasville Lodge, No.
465, A. F. & A. M. His son, George W., enlisted in the
Forty-fourth Illinois Cavalry and served during the war.
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STEPHEN KIRKENDALL,
a son of Daniel Kirkendall, was born in Scioto County, Ohio,
in 1835. In July, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Eighty-first
Ohio Infantry and served till the close of the war. He
participated in thirteen hard-fought battles and a number of the
less important engagements. He received slight wound on the
left arm at Corinth. After the war he lived on the home farm
four years and then went to Kentucky, and ten years and then went to
Kentucky, and ten years later returned to Ohio and is now living at
his old home. He is a member of the Baptist church and of Bear
Creek Post, G. A. R. He has been married four times. His
first wife was Margaret Walk, by whom he had six children,
five now living - John F., William W., Stephen B., George A.
and Robert D. Daniel enlisted in 1861, in Company B,
Seventy-third Ohio Infantry, and at the battle of Resaca, in 1864,
lost a leg, from the effects of which he died at the hospital on
Lookout Mountain. He left a wife, Elizabeth McCleary,
and four children - Andy, Daniel, Sarah J. and Lavinia.
John Kirkendall enlisted in 1861 in the Forty-fourth Illinois
Cavalry and was wounded at Perryville, and was discharged.
After his recovery he enlisted in an Illinois regiment and served
till the close of the war. Mr. Kirkendall's second wife
was Elizabeth Kirkendall. They had one child, Emily
Jane. His third wife was Caroline Purtee.
They had three children - Alla, now Mrs. James McPherson;
Franklin, and an infant. His fourth and present wife
was Rachel Crabtree.
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JOHN KIRSCH was born in
Chillicothe, Ohio, in 1848, a son of Michael Kirsch,
proprietor of the Phoenix House. When eighteen years of age he
began to learn the tinner's trade, serving an apprenticeship of four
years. He then worked as a journeyman till 1874, three years
of the time being foreman for A. W. Buskirk. In 1874,
he became established in business for himself on Second street,
between Court and Washington Streets. He keeps all kinds of
cooking and heating stoves, selling from 250 to 300 annually.
He has the finest cooking stove in the market - the Early Breakfast.
It is guaranteed not to contain an ounce of scrap iron, and runs
with less fuel, keeping a regular and steady heat. He
manufactures all kinds of tinware, employing four hands; also makes
a specialty of tin roofing and spouting. He was married in
1870 to Mary R. Leising of Chillicothe, Ohio. They have
five children - Anna, Charles, William, Clara and John.
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G. A. KLEIN, merchant and
jobber in sewing machines, was born in Wirtemberg, Germany, Feb. 25,
1847, a son of Martin and Rosa (Nollenberg) Klein, natives of
Germany, who came to America in 1852, and located in Hamilton
County, Ohio. His father died in January, 1878, and his mother
in July, 1881. Until fourteen years of age Mr. Klein
attended school. He then was employed as bookkeeper in a factory
in Cincinnati. In January, 1868, he came to Buena Vista and
was employed as clerk for the Buena Vista Freestone Company until
1873, when he became established in business for himself. He
was married in 1871 to Anna Kirker. They have
three children—Stella, Rosa, and William.
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HENRY KRESS, deceased,
was born in Germany in 1828, a son of Henry Kress, also a
native of Germany, who came to America when the subject of our
sketch was a child, and settled in Brown County, Ohio. The
latter was reared in Brown County and learned, the trade of a
carpenter, which he always followed for a livelihood. He removed to
Buena Vista in 1865. He was married Nov. 20, 1853, to Julia
A. Crura. Eleven children were born to them, nine now
living—Henry, Charles, Katie, Otto, Mary, Gusta, Lucene,
Frederick and Robert. Elizabeth and John are deceased.
Daring the war Mr. Kress was a member of the Ohio Home
Guards. He was School Trustee several years. He died
Aug. 24, 1877.
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HENRY KUGELMAN,
dry-goods and notions, Chillicothe street, opposite Market
place, was born in Germany in 1842. He came to America in
1848, with his father, William Kugelman, who settled with his
family in Portsmouth, where he remained till his death, at the age
of sixty-three years, in April, 1861. His wife is still
living, at the advanced age of eighty-three years. Our subject
began life by helping his father in the foundry. He learned
the cooper's trade when fifteen years old, at which he worked till
1861, when he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-second Ohio Infantry,
and served three months. He re-enlisted in Company C,
Fifty-sixth Ohio Infantry, and served three and a half years.
He was engaged in the battles of Port Gibson, Champion Hills,
Jackson and Vicksburg. After his return from the army he
worked at his trade one year, after which he clerked in a wholesale
and retail tobacco house in Indianapolis, Ind., three and a half
years. He returned to Portsmouth in 1868, since when he has
been variously engaged till 1880, when he established his present
business. He was married Oct. 19, 1865, to Elizabeth Fuch,
of Portsmouth. There is a family of six children - George
Edward, Harry Richard, Nellie Emma, Albert, Edward and Clara
Louisa. Mrs. Kugelman died Aug. 23, 1883, after giving
birth to twin children; a boy, who died shortly after birth, and a
girl, who died at the age of four and a half weeks. Mr.
Kugelman is an Odd Fellow and a member of the Grand Army of the
Republic. He belongs to the German Evangelical Church.
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GOTTFRIED KUHNER
was born in Konigreich, Wirtemberg, Germany, Sept. 4, 1831, and in
1851 came to the United States. He was first employed in
digging ore at the furnaces, but subsequently purchased the farm of
190 acres where his family now reside. It was in a wild,
unbroken state, but Mr. Kuhner brought it under a good
state of cultivation. He was married Nov. 18, 1866, to
Gertrude Deutschel, a native of Germany. To them
were born six children—Jacob, born June 23, 1867;
Gottfried, June 26, 1869; Catharine, born June l, 1871,
died April 10, 1873; Edward, born March 11, 1873;
Elizabeth, April 6, 1875; Margret, Dec. 4, 1877. Mr.
Kuhner died Nov. 30, 1877. He was a member of the
Lutheran church.
~ Page 384 - History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago:
Inter-state Publishing Co. 1884 |
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