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HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY, OHIO
A History of the County; Its Townships, Towns, Churches,
Schools, Etc.; General and Local Statistics; Portraits of
Early Settlers and Prominent Men; History of the
Northwest Territory; History of Ohio; Map of
Brown County; Constitution of the
United States, Miscellaneous
Matters, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
Published: Chicago: W. H. Beers & Co.
1883
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Pleasant Twp. -
CAPT. F. R. KAUTZ, farmer, P. O.
Higginsport. Prominent among the enterprising farmers of
Pleasant Township is Capt. F. R. Kautz. He was born
in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 6, 1829. He is the son of George and
Doratha (Lalwing) Kautz. His parents were natives of
Germany, and emigrated to America two years before our subject
was born. He is the second of a family of six children,
and had four brothers and one sister. The boys of the
family were all of a military turn. His oldest brother is
Maj. Gen. A. V. Kautz, of the regular service. He
is a graduate of West Point. George, another
brother, was in the war of 1861 as a volunteer from Illinois.
Albert, the youngest, is a commissioned officer in the naval
service. Capt. Kautz, in 1862, volunteered
in the Fifty-ninth Ohio Infantry, Company G. He raised the
Company, was elected Captain, and was discharged in 1864 at the
expiration of his term of service. F. R. Kautz
received a common school education in Georgetown, Brown Co.,
Ohio. He began traveling in 1850, going to California.
He also was through Oregon and Washington Territory, and
returned in 1859. The same year, he was married to
Lucinda Hill, a native of Brown County. They
have two children — Louisa and Phillip Sheridan.
Mrs. Kautz is a member of the Christian Church.
In business, Mr. K., has been eminently successful.
He is the owner of 163 acres in this township, and a farm in
Lewis Township. He is an extensive tobacco raiser, and
deals in it somewhat. He is a Republican in politics, and
has been for two terms Trustee of Pleasant Township. He
does not desire office, but prefers giving his attention to
business.
Source: The History
of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page
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Union Twp. -
GEORGE KAUTZ, vine grower, Ripley, was
born on the Rhine, in Germany, in 1800. In 1828, he, with
his wife and one son, embarked for America. Her maiden
name was Dority Lewing, who was born in Hesse-Cassel,
Germany in 1800. He had but $10 in money when he reached
the free land, but had served his time at cabinet-making.
After a residence of three years in Baltimore, Md., he removed
to Cincinnati, and in the spring of 1833 located at Germantown,
Brown County, where, for eleven years, he was engaged in
carpentering. In 1844, he moved to Union Township, and was
the second man engaged in grape-raising in the county.
From this production, he was enabled to purchase thirty-six
acres of land, which he has converted into fields of vineyards.
He ha an immense wine cellar, where he keeps constantly on hand
wine of all ages. In this business, Mr. Kautz has
been eminently successful, and although past his three-score and
ten, is strong and vigorous. Of the seven children born to
this aged couple six are living. The eldest, August V.,
is a graduate of West Point, and has risen to the rank of
Colonel of the Eighth United States Infantry, at this time
located near San Francisco, Cal. The second, Frederick
R., is a farmer residing in this county. George A.
is a banker in Christian County, Ill. Louis T. is
in the lumber business at Cincinnati, Ohio. Albert,
a graduate of Annapolis United States Navy Academy is at this
time Commander of the United States War Steamer Michigan.
Sophia L. is wife of A. Schafer, residing at home.
They have one child, Bessie. Mr. Kautz was
the first German resident that settled in Ripley, and throughout
the county he is widely and favorably known.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio -
Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. - 1883 - Page 70 |
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Union Twp. -
VEARNER KERR (deceased) was born in Allegheny County,
Penn., Dec. 1, 1809. His parents, David and Elizabeth (Pangburn)
Kerr, were natives of Pennsylvania. He was reared to manhood on a
farm. In 1833, he came to Brown County with Samuel Pangburn and
located near Red Oak. Jan. 3, 1840, he was united in marriage with
Miss Margaret Thompson, daughter of William and Agnes (Kerr) Thompson,
the former a native of Ireland and the latter of Allegheny County, Penn.
Her father emigrated to the United States in 1792, and settled in
Pennsylvania, where he married, and in 1808 removed to Lewis County, Ky.,
where he died. Mrs. Thompson afterward married William
McMichael, who came from Ireland in 1792. In 1818, the family
removed to Mason County, Ky., and in 1839 to Brown County, where Mrs.
McMichael died Aug. 14, 1874. Mr. Kerr removed to Ripley in
1855. In 1850, he purchased an interest in the Franklin Mills and
operated them up to within three years of his death, which occurred Dec. 8,
1866. He was an honored and highly esteemed citizen of Ripley, and was
a man of much enterprise. He was successful in the pursuits of life
and accumulated considerable property. In 1872, Mrs. Kerr
located on her present farm one half mile east of Ripley, where she owns two
hundred and twenty-five acres of excellent land.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 71 |
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Pleasant Twp. -
WILLIAM KERR, farmer, P. O. Georgetown, born in
Pennsylvania, Aug. 2, 1823, the son of David and Elizabeth (Pangburn)
Kerr. His parents were natives of New Jersey and of English
descent. Mr. Kerr received a common school education in his
native State, and in 1849 married Josephine Lytel who is also a
native of Pennsylvania. Their children, five in number, are
Elizabeth (wife of Newton Smith), Martha C. (deceased),
David, Margaret and Samuel In 1859, they emigrated from
Pennsylvania to Ohio, and settled in Brown County. Both are members of
the Methodist Church. Mr. Kerr has made farming his life
occupation, and in it has been moderately successful. He is the owner
of a farm of one hundred and twenty acres of good land, which he has secured
by his own exertions. In politics, he is a Republican.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 23 |
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Eagle Twp. -
MOSES R. KETTERMAN,
farmer, P. O. Fincastle. Zebedee Ketterman, father
of our subject, was born in February, 1820, in Ross County,
Ohio. About the year 1821, his parents, Christopher
and Sarah Ketterman, settled in Eagle Township, Brown
County, near where our subject now resides. On Apr. 22,
1841, he married Nancy Sams, born July 7, 1820. To
them were born five children; two of whom are still living -
Christopher and Moses R. She died Jan. 9, 1849;
he then married Rachel Snider, by whom he had four
children, viz.: Hiram S., Catherine V., Martha E.,
and John C. F. She died Feb. 14, 1863. Mr.
Ketterman served as Justice of the Peace for several terms.
On May 21, 1858, he accidentally met with his death in a saw
mill at Swamp Fox in Washington Township. Moses R.
Ketterman was born in May 1843, in this townshsip, and
received but a limited education. In July, 1865, he
married Sarah E. Parish, by whom he had four children,
three of whom are still living - Nora A., Nettie M. and
Elizabeth G. She died in August, 1875. He
subsequently married Perthana Hays, who still, with him,
shares the sorrows as well as the joys and comforts of married
life. When sixteen years of age, he began to learn
carpentering, which he followed some fourteen years. In
September, 1861, he enlisted in Company B, Sixth Ohio Cavalry,
which subsequently merged into the Eleventh, which operated
principally in the Rocky Mountains against the Indians. He
was engaged in several hotly contested battles, and received an
honorable discharge in April 1865. Mr. Ketterman
is recognized as one of the leading agriculturists of Eagle
Township in the western portion of which township he at present
resides.
Source: The
History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 226 |
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Washington Twp. -
P. R. KINCAID, farmer, stock raiser and dealer, P. O.
Sardinia, was born near the village of his residence, on the old Kincaid
Homestead, Dec. 16, 1823. His father, Matthew Kincaid, was
born in Pennsylvania July 16, 1793, and was a son of Samuel, Matthew
Kincaid, was born in Pennsylvania July 16, 1793, and was a son of
Samuel Kincaid, who removed with his family
to Adams County, Ohio, in 1797. He was killed by the Indians at Fort
Meigs, May 5, 1813. Mr. Kincaid, the father of our subject, was
reared and brought up on a farm. He served in the war of 1812, as
Sergeant, and, in 1817, came to Brown County, and located near Sardinia,
where he purchased fifty acres. He was a tanner by trade, and erected
a tanning establishment, which he operated for about twenty years, then
retired to farming, which he pursued till his death, Jan. 9, 1871.
Mrs. Kincaid departed this life in August, 1838. Mr. Kincaid,
the subject of this sketch, is the third son and fourth child of a family of
eight children, of whom three survive. He was reared to manhood on a
farm, and received his training in the common schools of the times. In
1853, he engaged in butchering, which he followed successfully up to 1880.
Nov. 28, 1878, he removed to Sardinia, and, for the last two years, has
dealt in livestock. He was married, Aug. 9, 1847, to Miss Ruhamah
Dunn, a native of Washington Township, where she was born Dec. 27, 1824.
Four sons and four daughters were the fruits of this union - Didama I.,
wife of A. W. Dunn; Thirsa A., wife of Robert Marshall,
of New Richmond, Ohio; George L.; Angeline; William I.;
Elmer M. and Emmett, twins, and Janette. Mrs. Kincaid
is a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and the children of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Kincaid is identified with the
Masonic fraternity of Buford. Politically, he is a Republican.
He has served his township in various official capacities with the utmost
fidelity and ability. In 1874, he was chosen to the office of Justice
of the Peace, and has since served his constituents in that capacity.
He owns a farm of sixty acres in Washington Township, and the Methodist
parsonage in Sardinia, as his residence. Mr. Kincaid is an
honest, upright citizen, and a man of worthy enterprise.
The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. - 1883
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Pleasant Twp. -
GEORGE W. KING, deceased, was born near Gettysburg,
Adams County, Penn., Oct. 15, 1797, and was the sixth of ten children born
to Hugh and Abigail (Voorhees) King. His father was an Ensign
in the Revolutionary war, and, being taken prisoner by the British, was kept
in confinement about four years. George W was reared on his
father's farm and received a classical education in Gettysburg and Dickinson
College. He studied law for a period of three years in Gettysburg; was
admitted to the bar in November, 1817, and in the following December moved
to Ripley, Ohio, where he commenced the practice of his profession, he and
his father-in-law, John S. Wills, being the first resident lawyers of
the newly formed county of Brown. In 1818, he was appointed the first
Prosecuting Attorney of Brown County, and served in that capacity for eight
consecutive yeas, when he resigned. In 1831, he removed to Georgetown,
where he continued to reside until his death. In 1832, he was
appointed Clerk of the Supreme and Common Pleas Courts of Brown County, and
served eight years. He was an able lawyer and a highly respected
citizen; in politics, he was a Republican, and in religion a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1818, he was married to Elizabeth M.
Wills a native of Chillicothe, Ohio; eight children were born to them.
He died in September, 1879.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 23 |
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Sterling Twp. -
SILAS W. KING, farmer, P. O. Mt. Oreb, son of
Robert and Eliza (Robinson) King, was born in Pleasant Township, Brown
Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1836. His father is a native of Virginia, and
came to Ohio when a small boy. His mother is a native of Ohio,
daughter of Silas Robinson. Mr. King was married, Oct. 3, 1865,
to Mary E., daughter of Ephraim and Sarah E. (Berry) Dunn and
a native of Ohio. They have four children - George B., Robert L.,
Etta, Rufus, Wilbur. Mr. King was the fifth man that enlisted in
the three-months service in Washington Township on the breaking-out of the
rebellion. He enlisted in Capt. Foster's Independent Cavalry;
was a Corporal in second company; after about a year's service, broke down
and was discharged for disability. He is a P. G. of White Oak Lodge,
No. 292, I. O. O. F., and served one year as D. D. G. M. He is a
descendant of the most honored of our old pioneers, and an unwavering
Democrat in politics.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 296 |
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Eagle Twp. -
JOACHIM KLEIN, farmer, P. O. Bernard, was born in
July, 1809, in Austria; he was the son of Joseph and H. Klein.
He was raised on a farm and received a fair German education. In
March, 1847, he married Johanna Gart, by whom he had six children -
Maria, Henry, Amel, Charles, Julius, and one deceased.
In 1853, with his family he immigrated to America, and came to Ohio; he
first located at Ripley, where he remained but a short time; from Ripley he
moved to Sardinia, Washington Township, where he remained about fourteen
years. He then located in the southwestern portion of this township,
where he still resides. Mr. Klein contributes liberally to all
enterprisers which prove beneficial to the county. Is the owner of
sixty-seven acres of land.
Source: The History of Brown County Ohio - Chicago - W. H. Beers & Co. -
1883 - Page 227 |
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