BIOGRAPHIES Source:
A History and Biographical Cyclopædia
of
Butler County, Ohio
with
ILLUSTRATIONS AND SKETCHES
of Its
Representative Men and Pioneers
Western Biographical Publishing Co.
Cincinnati, O
1882
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GEORGE WASHINGTON KEELY, D. D. S.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 539, Oxford Twp. |
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ISAAC IDDINGS KEELY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 540,
Oxford Twp. |
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CHARLES A. KELLER, jeweler, of Middletown, was
born in Hamilton, Apr. 17, 1854. He is the son of Frank and
Mary Keller. At the age of sixteen he began learning the
jeweler's trade with S. W. Brock, of Hamilton, going into the
business himself in Middletown in 1875, now doing excellently. He
is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and also of the Masons. He
was married in Newport, Kentucky, on the 22d of October, 1879, to
Louisa M. Sebald, daughter of William and Mary Sebald.
They came to Hamilton in 1851, where their daughter was born May 23,
1861.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 653, Lemon Twp. |
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JOHN
KELLY, son of Jacob Kelly and Morris Brooks, was born in
Butler County, Ohio, May 6, 1855. His parents had come here two
years prior to this event. He was married Apr. 7, 1880, to
Elizabeth Gardner, daughter of Peter Gardner and Elizabeth
Gardner. Her parents came here in 1851,and she was born in
1861. Mr. Kelly is a farmer, and has served one term as
supervisor.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 448 - Hanover Twp. |
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AMOS KEMP
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 606, Madison Twp. |
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ROBERT KENNEDY
belonged to one of the
oldest and largest families of the Ohio Valley. His immediate
ancestors came from the vicinity of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and were
among the first settlers of Covington, Kentucky. The grandfather
of Robert, Mr. Thomas Kennedy, when he came West, purchased and
owned for a number of years the entire tract of land upon which
Covington, Kentucky, now stands. At an early day he removed to
this place and erected a dwelling and other buildings upon it, among
them what is now known as the "Old Stone House," which is still standing
in Covington, on the bluff overlooking the Ohio and Licking Rivers, and
is the oldest house in that city, having been built in 1790.
Mr. Thomas Kennedy, who may be considered the head of the Kennedy
family in the West, brought with him his family, consisting of four sons
and one daughter. They were Joseph, both Jan. 13, 1768;
Samuel, born May 19, 1770; Thomas, Jr., born Aug. 21, 1775;
Robert, born May 4, 1777, and Hannah, born Apr. 15, 1773.
Mr. Samuel Kennedy was married to Miss Jane Richardson,
Feb. 10, 1796, and these were the parents of twelve children, among them
Robert Kennedy, the subject of this sketch. They were
Dinah and Betsy, born Jan. 15, 1797; Hannah, born Feb.
1, 1799; Rebecca, born Oct. 26, 1801; Robert, born Jan.
18, 1804; Edmund and Thomas, born July, 1806; Eliza,
born Oct. 5, 1808; Nancy, born Feb. 11, 1811; Samuel, born
Oct. 16, 1813; Porter, born Aug. 18, 1816; and Jane, born
November, 1819.
Mr.
SAMUEL KENNEDY, the father of Robert, in the year 1796 purchased from Jonathan
Dayton, an associate of John Cleves Symmes, a tract of two
hundred and sixteen acres in Section 21, in Fairfield Township, Butler
County, Ohio, and soon after settled upon it. At that time the
entire tract was covered with heavy timber, and is now part of the
homestead farm owned by the Kennedy family. Upon this farm,
in 1804, when but few white settlers had established themselves in this
section, and the Indians were yet occasionally seen, at the very
beginning of the county, Robert Kennedy began life, and amid
scenes of hardship incident to pioneer life grew to manhood.
While a young man Robert removed with his father
to Covington, Kentucky, and dwelt in the "Old Stone House" for about
three years, and then returned to the farm in Butler County, and
remained there until after his father's death, which occurred in 1834;
after which Robert purchased the old homestead and lived upon it
until 1849, when by changes in his family he was required to move to
Covington, and take charge of the Cincinnati and Covington Ferry, which
had been in their hands for two generations. Mr. Kennedy,
during his fourteen years' management of the ferry, a time of great
activity and growth in business a population in Cincinnati and
Covington, and prior to the building of any bridges, so conducted that
interest as to accommodate the public and make but few enemies.
Especially did he manage the ferry with great discretion during the
trying times of the Rebellion, from 1861 to 1863, and when he left it to
return to his farm in 1863 it was with the sincere regret of both
employes and the public.
Mr. Kennedy was a man of sterling qualities in
all the relation of life. As a business man he was prompt, honest,
and fair in his dealings. He was twice married, first to Miss
Harriet Adams, Feb. 8, 1826, by whom he had one daughter, who died
while quite young. His wife died Mar. 24, 1829. On Dec. 6,
1832, Mr. Kennedy was married to Miss Joan Minor Millikin,
daughter of Doctor Daniel Millikin, one of the oldest and most
respectable physicians of Butler County. Of the second marriage
there were seven children, four of whom are living - three sons, John
M., Daniel M., Samuel Porter, and a daughter, Joan M., -
while Mary M., Robert M., and Jane K. are deceased.
Mr. Kennedy united with the Presbyterian Church
of Hamilton, Ohio, in early live, and always maintained the character of
a consistent and faithful Christian, amid all the pressure and
perplexities of business, not a little trying on Christian patience and
principle. He was always in his place when not absolutely required
to be absent; was liberal with his means in advancing every good work,
and endeavored to carry the influence and power of his religion down
into every-day business.
His membership, with that of his excellent wife, was
transferred to the First Presbyterian Church of Covington, Kentucky, in
1851, and in January, 1861, he was elected a ruling elder in that
Church. Accepting the office with great distrust of his fitness
and ability, and only at the earnest solicitation of those who knew him
best, it is the testimony of all who served with him during those
troublesome years of war and excitement that he did his work faithfully
and well, and tried to meet every obligation laid upon him.
Mr. Kennedy had long been sick, and approached
death by slow and measured steps. In all his sickness he was
sustained by that grace he so constantly sought, and when death came he
was ready.
He died at "Oakland Farm," the name given the
Kennedy homestead, near Hamilton, Feb. 9, 1877, being a few days
over seventy-three years of age. His funeral was attended in the
Presbyterian Church at Hamilton by the pastors of the two Churches where
his life had been spent, and his memory honored and departure mourned by
a very large concourse of the oldest citizens from every part of the
county. His remains rest in Greenwood Cemetery, and his memory is
cherished among many who loved him long and well on earth.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 482, Fairfield
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HENRY KESSLING was married in April
1841, to Mary Catherine Werrike, born in Germany in 1816.
They are the parents of six children, of whom only one is living.
Four died in infancy. Mary Elizabeth died November 8, 1878,
aged thirty-six. Mary Catherine is now the wife of
Augustus Soehner. Mrs. Kessling died March 28, 1875.
After marriage Mr. Kessling engaged in farming, in the vicinity
of Hamilton, for some ten years, when he began keeping the hotel known
as the Kessling House. He kept the Schmidtmann
House, now known as the Central House, for some five years, during which
time he also conducted the marble business, employing some twenty or
twenty-five hands, under the firm name of Horssnyder & Kessling.
He sold out to Mr. Horssnyder in 1852, and disposed of his city
property for a farm two miles west of Hamilton, in Hanover Township,
living there some four years. He still owns the same place, which
consists of one hundred and fifty acres, well improved. In 1876 he
retired from business, and with his daughter made a tour of Europe,
being absent four months. He is a member of the Catholic Church.
While in the marble business he furnished the stone work of many of the
principal buildings of Hamilton.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 381 - Hamilton Twp. |
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HIRAM KING,
farmer, is a native of Butler County, and was born in Oxford Township,
in 1832. His parents, Thomas and Nancy King, came from the
State of New York about 1819, and lived a number of years in Cincinnati.
Mr. King was a carpenter, but when work at his trade was scarce
took his ax, in the use of which he was expert, and helped clear a
considerable part of the ground now occupied by the city. He had
many offers of house-building with town-lots for pay; but not foreseeing
that it was destined to be so great a city, he came to the interior to
secure a home, and located in the southern part of Oxford Township,
about 1830. A few years later he removed to the farm upon which
Hiram now resides. Mr. King had a family of eight
children, only two of whom are now living - William S., now a
resident of Pettis County, Missouri, and Hiram, who now owns a
part of the old homestead, upon which he has lived since he was one year
old. Although Mr. King had a very limited education he has
taken an active interest in education, and has been of great use in
promoting the interests of the schools in his district, in which he has
been a director a number of years and until after the building of their
present substantial brick house. Mr. King has been an
authorized exhorter in the Methodist Episcopal Church for over twenty
years past. He has gained his knowledge of books by improving his
spare hours and at great disadvantage, and has accumulated a good rural
library. He is known as a man of good general information, able to
hold his own in ordinary debate, either secular or religious, and has
been the leader in maintaining a Sunday-school in the district
school-house.
He married, in 1859, Ann E. Booth, by whom he
had one child, a daughter, Anna E., who is now a young lady.
She graduated at the Oxford High School. His first wife dying, he
married, in 1861, Martha E., her sister, by whom he had two
children - Thomas L. and Laura B. Mr. King's wife is
a daughter of William Booth, who is a native of England, and an
old resident of Oxford Township, his farm adjoining Mr. King's.
Mr. King's. Mr. King comes from a hardy stock, who were
noted for longevity. His grandfather, Samuel King, was a
soldier of the Revolution, and served during seven years of that
memorable struggle. His great-grand-father King and his
wife lived to pass more than eighty years of wedded life.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 538, Oxford Twp. |
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CHARLES J. KROUSKOPF,
the oldest son of Louis Krouskopf and Catherine Messer was
born in Germany, Mar. 12, 1819. He was brought to this country by
his parents in 1819. He was a pupil at a select school in
Cincinnati for one year, completing his education at the common schools
in Union Township. He was brought up a farmer, remaining at home
until his marriage, Aug. 13, 1843, to Huldah Dalrymple. She
is the daughter of James Dalrymple as early settler in Union
Township, and was born June 16, 1826. Mr. and Mrs. Krouskopf
are the parents of three children. Abbie C. was born Oct.
28, 1844, and is now the wife of Ellison Voorhees, a resident of
Warren County; Martha M. wife of David L. Irwin, a farmer,
resides on the home place; and Loretta A., wife of James N.
Connor of Warren County. Mr. Krouskopf settled upon the
farm where he now resides in 1843. He found upon it a log house,
which he occupied until building his present handsome residence, in
1854. The farm consists of one hundred and ten acres, under
a good state of tillage, with ample buildings and conveniences.
Mrs. Krouskopf is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 586, Union
Twp. |
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FRANCIS KROUSKOPF
was born at Sharonville, Hamilton County, and is the son of Louis
Krouskopf and Cahterine Messer. He was a pupil of the common
schools in Pisgah, where his parents had come during his infancy.
He has always been a farmer, and began his labor thus at a very early
age. He was married Nov. 17, 1852, to Elizabeth Ayers,
daughter of Samuel Ayers an early settler in Butler County.
Mrs. Krouskopf was a native of Union Township. Mr. and
Mrs. Krouskopf are the parents of one son, Lewis, born Sept.
4, 1853, who resides upon the farm and assists his father in its
management. He was married Aug. 3, 1880, to Carrie A. Harris,
born in Delaware County, Ohio, 1861. Mr. Francis Krouskopf,
after the war, was a resident of Hamilton County four years, owning and
controlling a farm there. In the Fall of 1850 he returned to
Butler County, settling upon the old homestead of Samuel Ayers,
and occupying a handsome family residence. It includes one hundred
and twenty-five and a half acres fully improved. He has never held
or desired office, and is an active Republican. Mrs. Krouskopf
inherited considerable property, which has been added to materially
by her husband in later years. She is a member of the Presbyterian
Church.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 586, Union
Twp. |
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FREDERICK KRUCKER, was born in
Germany, coming to this county in 1865 from Hamilton County. He
was twice married. His second wife, whose maiden name was
Louisa Frankhouser, was born in Belmont County, Ohio, Mar. 29, 1838,
and was married in Hamilton County, Nov. 24, 1855. Her parents
were Daniel and Mary Frankhouser, and they live in Belmont
County. She has had five children; William was born Mar.
17, 1859; Mary Mar. 22, 1861; Frederick, Feb. 13, 1863;
Edward, Apr. 23, 1866; John Frank June. 5, 1868; and
Louisa, Oct. 23, 1864. William died Jun. 23, 1864;
Frederick, Jan. 15, 1864; and Louisa, Jan. 13, 1866.
Mr. Krucker was a wagon maker by trade, but carried on a farm the
last three years of his life. He died Apr. 2, 1869.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 448 - Hanover Twp. - |
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THE KUMLER FAMILY
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 618, Wayne
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GILCA L. KUMLER
was born in Hanover Township, Jan. 27, 1853. He is the son of
Michael Kumler and Nancy Beam. He was married Sept. 27,
1879, to Hannah Gillespie, daughter of Robert Gillespie
and Margaret Bigham, who came to this county about 1833.
She was born on the 25th of December, 1855. They have one child,
Leola, born Apr. 2, 1880. Mr. Kumler is a farmer and
stock-raiser, and lives on the farm on which he was born.
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 448 - Hanover Twp. |
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JACOB KUMLER
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 557, St. Clair
Twp. |
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KYLE
Source: A History & Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio -
Cincinnati, O. - 1882 - Page 498,
Liberty
Twp. |
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