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History of Coshocton
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its past and present, 1740-1881
Newark, Ohio: A.A. Graham & Co., 1881
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FRANK
KANE, was born in Herkimer county, New York, July 18,
1828; lived on a farm, and went to Fairfield academy until the
age of fifteen, and then went to learn the currier trade;
followed it three yeas, then moved to Otsego county, New York,
and followed pattern making for twelve years. After this
he left New York and went to Schenectady City, and resumed his
trade of pattern making for a time, after which he returned to
Otsego and followed the same business for two years; then came
to Coshocton, Ohio, and has worked at pattern making for the
Iron and Steel Co., up to the present time. Mr. Kane
married Julia H., daughter of Philip Baker, of
Ritchfield Springs, Otsego county, New York. This union
has been blessed with two children, viz: Charley B. and
Cora Kane.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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C. KASER,
Jefferson township; was born May 2, 1855, in Jefferson
township, Coshocton county. He lived on a farm until the
age of eighteen, when, after attending school for some time at
Warsaw, he began teaching and taught one year, then went back
to the farm where he remained two years, after which he
attended the Ohio Central Normal school, at Worthington,
Franklin county. He is now engaged in selling hardware
in partnership with R. C. Frederick, at Warsaw, where
they are doing a good business. Mr. Kaser was
married to Miss Louisa Meyers, May 5, 1880, daughter of
Henry an Wilhelmina (Gamertsfelder) Kaser.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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CHRISTIAN KASER,
Jefferson township; postoffice, Warsaw; born in Wurtemberg,
Germany, Nov. 23, 1815; son of Frederick and Johanna (Stumf)
Kaser. In his youth he learned the shoemaker trade,
and, at the age of eighteen, began doing for himself, worked
at promiscuous work for twenty years, then came to America
in 1848, landing in New York after a voyage of eighteen
days. From New York he went to Dutch Bedford, remained
there a short time, then came to Jefferson township,
Coshocton county, where he has resided since. He was
married, Feb. 29, 1949, to Miss Sophia Gamertsfelder,
daughter of Christian and Johanna (Verner) Gamertsfelder.
She was born Nov. 3, 1814, in Stiltzbaugh, Wurtemberg,
Germany; came to America in 1833, landing in Baltimore
after a voyage of eighty-one days, on the vessels
Elizabeth. They are the parents of two children -
John and Christian. John was born
in Mill Creek township May 25, 1851. He attended
district school and assisted his father until age of
twenty-one, since which time he has farmed for himself.
He is an energetic young man, respected by all who know him.
He was married Jan. 1, 1875, to Miss Anna E. Miller,
daughter of John W. and Caroline Miller, who was born
June, 3, 1852, in Jefferson township, died May 31, 1879.
This union was blessed with one child (Samuel), born
Sept. 29, 1875..
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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JOHN
C. KASER, Jefferson
township; farmer; postoffice, Warsaw, Ohio; son of
Christian and Sophia F. (Gamertsfelder) Kaser; was born
May 25, 1851, in this county. He was raised on the farm,
and has always followed that occupation. He was married
December 31, 1865 to Miss Annie E. Miller, of this
county. They became the parents of one child, viz.:
Samuel, born September 29, 1866. His wife died May
30, 1879. Mr. Kaser's second marriage was on
February 24, 1881, to Miss Maggie Fisher, of this
county. He is farming his father's place at present.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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MICHAEL
KEISER, Clark township; miller; postoffice, Clarks;
born in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Mar. 15, 1844; son of
John and Louisa (Kerstetter) Keiser, and grandson of
Daniel and Mary Keiser and Michael Kerstetter.
He learned his trade with Daniel Schaef, of
Bakersville, and, in 1874, the became proprietor of the
Bloomfield mills, where he is at present, doing a very fair
business. He was married, Apr. 5, 1868, to Miss
Sarah Beck, and is father of three children: Benjamin,
born Feb. 16, 1869; Sarah, born Jan. 2, 1874, and
Almira, born Oct. 6, 1876. Mr. Keiser
served three years in the late war, in company E, One
Hundred and Twenty-sixth O. V. I.
Source:
History of
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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WILLIAM
C. KEIST, Linton township; farmer; born in Linton
township, Nov. 5, 1837; son of Nathan Elizabeth B.
(Clark) Keist, grandson of William R. and Catherine
(Williams) Clark, and of Philip and Nancy (Holt)
Keist; His grandfather Keist was born in Germany,
and settled in Loudon county, Virginia. His
grandfather Clark, during the war of 1812, emigrated
from Washington county, Maryland, to Franklin township, and
worked a short time on the Miller section, then enlisted in
the army, and participated in the battle of the Thames;
returning, he settled in Linton township, where Mr. Keist's
mother was born. His father was born in Loudon county,
Virginia, and about 1833, came to Muskingum county, and two
years later to Linton township. Mr. Keist, Apr.
14, 1859, married Alcinda Gale Ingraham born in
Harrison county, Virginia, daughter of Jacob and Maria (Modisette)
Ingraham. Their children are James B., born
Feb. 22, 1860; Clark, deceased, born Jan. 22, 1862;
Ella V., July 22, 1864; Benjamin F., Dec. 31,
1866; Arthur G., deceased, Feb. 13, 1868; Olivia
R., May 24, 1871; Mary L., Mar. 2, 1875, and
Louis M., Mar. 13, 1880.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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W. P. KERNS,
Adams township; postoffice, Bakersville; wagonmaker; born in
Holmes county, Ohio, May 3, 1851; son of John and Sarah
(Snider) Kerns, and grandson of Mary Snider.
He began his trade at the age of fifteen, with his father,
remained seven years, after which he took charge of the shop
himself and continued it for some time. He then worked
at carpentering for about three years, after which he came
to Bakersville and resumed his former occupation, where he
has a very flattering trade. He is a first-class
mechanic, and manufactures wagons, buggies and everything in
his line in the very best style. Mr. Kerns was
married in 1875, to Miss Emma Hixon, daughter of
Jonathan and Susan Hixon, and granddaughter of
Abraham Hixon. She died Apr. 10, 1878. They
have two children viz: Harden W. and Orlando C.
He was married Nov. 5, 1880, to Miss Ella Steward.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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SAMUEL
KETCHUM, deceased; the only son of Abner and
Clarinda (Belcher) Ketchum; was born in Monroe
Orange county, New York, November 8, 1827, and came here with
his parents in May, 1840; was married February 24, 1851, to
Eleanor L. Lowry, of Linton township. They had four
children, as follows: Abner, Laura, Robert and
Hattie. Mr. Ketchum died June 29, 1871.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
JOSEPH
KIME, Oxford township; farmer; Evansburgh
postoffice; son of Daniel and Catherine (Canel) Kime;
was born in 1830, and came from Knox county to this county in
1851; was married in 1854, to Miss Sarah Wolf, of this
township, and they have one child, George P. who has
been great sufferer for the past five years. Mr. Kime
was county commissioner from 1863 to 1869 and is one of the
leading citizens of the township. He and his wife are
members of the Baptist Church.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
W. H.
KING, Coshocton, Ohio; of the firm of King & Ferrell,
foundrymen, North Fifth street. Mr. King was
born Feb. 1, 1841, in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania; son of
William King. W. H. enlisted in 1861 in Company
F, Fifty-first O. V. I., and re-enlisted as a veteran, in
1864, and served to the close of the war. He was
wounded in the hip, at the battle of Chickamauga, which
disabled him for a few days. He was in every
engagement of his corps (twenty battles), besides many
skirmishes. He was discharged at Galveston, Texas, but
was not mustered out until he returned as far as Columbus.
At the close of the war, he engaged in the foundry business,
at Roscoe, with the following successive partners, viz:
Hiram Taylor, James Hay and James Mirise.
In the winter of 1881, Mr. King established business,
alone, at his present place, and, Apr. 25, of the same year,
the present firm was formed. This firm starts under
very favorable auspices, both members of the firm being
skilled workmen, and having large experience in their
business Mr. King was married, Dec. 25, 1855,
to Miss Margaret, daughter of Daniel King, of
Crawford township. They are the parents of seven
children.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
717 |
J. L.
KINSEY, Monroe township; was born December 18, 1839, in
Tiverton township, Coshocton county; son of Samuel and
Susannah (Beam) Kinsey, and grandson of Jacob
Beam. He was brought up on a farm, and at the age of
twenty-one he began farming for himself, and followed it for
ten years. Sine that time he has followed huckstering,
and has acquired wealth enough to keep him and his family
comfortably. He was married to Miss Harriet Lanning,
in April, 1865, daughter of Israel and Susannah (McCoy)
Lanning, and granddaughter of Jacob and Margaret Moore,
and of William and Harriet (Walraven) McCoy.
Their children are Alberta, born February 12, 1866;
Blanche, May 7, 1872, and Clare, August 8, 1875.
(See Silas
Lanning)|
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
GILBERT
KIRKER, Jackson township, post office, Roscoe;
born in Jackson township, Coshocton county, June 8, 1831; son
of William and Elmoner (Welling) Kirker; married
September 1852, to Miss Rhuellen McCoy, daughter of
Joseph and Sarah McCoy. Mr. Kirker is the father of
Nine children, viz: W. H.; Louisa, deceased;
Sarah; Mary E., deceased; Joseph M., Martin D.,
Charity, Gilbert S., Emma S.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
J. T.
KITCHEN, Coshocton; city marshal; born Mar.
14, 1837, in this city; son of Joel Kitchen, a native
of Virginia, of Irish ancestry. When about twelve
years of age he was employed in the coal works of Jewitt
& Co., and subsequently in another company, making about
twenty-one years. He was elected to the office which
he now holds April 1, 1878. Mr. Kitchen was
married, first, Dec. 27, 1859, to Miss Adeline Uffner,
daughter of John Uffner, of Licking county.
This union was blessed with nine children, one of whom,
Joseph, is deceased. The eight living children
are: Charles T., Clara, Frank,
Milton, Herbert, William, Niona and Harry. Mrs.
Kitchen died June 24, 1877. Marshal Kitchen's
second marriage was on June 19, 1880, to Miss Catharine
Reed, of this city.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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CHRISTIAN
KLEINKNECHT, Crawford township; farmer and carpenter;
postoffice, New Bedford; was born February 27, 1852, in Holmes
county; son of Jacob and Catherine (Baad) Kleinknecht.
When a child he came to Crawford township, in which he has
resided to the present time. At the age of nineteen, he
went to the carpenter's trade, which he has principally
followed to the present. Mr. Kleinknecht was
married December 25, 1873, to Miss Mary Margaret Price.
They are the parents of two children vi: Jonathan
and Mary Alice.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881 -
Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
718 |
CHARLES
KLINE, Crawford township; shoemaker; postoffice, Chili;
born in 1843, in Bavaria, Germany; son of George and
Christina (Shaw) Kline, both natives of Bavaria.
Charles Kline emigrated to America in 1860, located in
Phillipsburgh, Tuscarawas county, Ohio, and apprenticed
himself to a shoemaker there. He worked in shops in
several places in the State until 1868, when he came to Chili
and opened a shop for himself, where he has worked at his
trade up to the present time. In 1868 he married
Elizabeth Miller. Their children are: Mary,
George, Amelia, Elizabeth, Lilly, Christina Margaret and
Charles Frederick. Mr. Kline and family are
members of the Reform church.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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MATHIAS
KLINGLER, Jefferson township; born June 13, 1837, in
Wurtemberg, Germany, son of Mathias and Elizabeth (Spade)
Klingler, and grandson of George and Rosannah
Klingler, and of Christian (Plowfelder) Spade.
Mr. Klingler followed furniture making till the age of
twenty-three, when he learned engineering, and run an engine
on the Minden railroad for three years and six months.
In 1866, he came to the United States, lived in Philadelphia
six months, spent one year in Montgomery, Pennsylvania, then
came to Crawford township, Coshocton county, Ohio, where he
has followed the carpenter trade with good success. He
was married in June, 1866, to Miss Elizabeth Shy,
daughter of Frederick and Catharine (Shoemaker) Shy.
Frederick, Henry, William, Jacob and Catharine
are the names of their children.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881"
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 - Page
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GEORGE
KNIGHT, New Castle township; farmer and tanner; was
born in Harrison county, Ohio, Apr. 6, 1810; son of Peter
and Elizabeth Fivecoat) Knight, who both lived to a
great age. His father was born and raised in the city
of Philadelphia; was a blacksmith by trade, and a member of
the English Protestant church; and his grandfather was a
German Reformed minister. Mr. Knight is one of
six children, three sons and three daughters. His
brothers are both living, one in the city of Baltimore, the
other in Iowa. One sister is also living. His
father died the year that he was born. He has an
English education, such as could be gathered in his time.
He began the tanner trade at the age of sixteen with
William Frost, of St. Clairsville, Belmont county, Ohio,
and worked with him about four years, then went to New
Athens, Harrison county, Ohio, and engaged with Mr.
Hawthorn, from thence to Wooster, Wayne county, and
worked with Mr. David Robison, and from there he went
to Millersburg, Holmes county, and formed a partnership with
Lyman Shafer, which lasted four years.
In the fall of 1833 he received a new partner,
Andrew McMonagh, and remained partner with him eighteen
months, when he sold his interest and came to New Castle,
and formed a partnership with his old partner, Lyman
Shafer, in a tannery, saddler shop and store, the
partnership lasting about twelve years. He then sold
his interest in these, returned to Millersburg, bought a
tannery, and for eight years did the most successful
business of his life. He then returned to New
Castle, bought a farm, and opened another tannery, and has
been tanning and farming for the past twenty-five years, in
New Castle township. He has been successful throught
life, has never drank any intoxicating liquors from his
boyhood. He and his wife united themselves with the
Presbyterian church when they were about twenty years of
age, and are still faithful, and highly respected by all.
Mr. Knight had an uncle who was a soldier in the war
of the revolution, and another a soldier in the war of 1812.
He was married Mar. 6, 1835, to Miss Keziah Boggs,
daughter of Ezekiel and Mary (Tipton) Boggs,
granddaughter of Alexander and Sarah Boggs, and
Absolam and Keziah (Boran) Tipton. Mrs. Knight was
born in Belmont county, June 26, 1815. They have had
nine children, viz: Margaret A., born Sept. 18, 1837,
the wife of a Presbyterian minister (Rev. M. Belden,
of Centreville, Iowa), she is a graduate of Washington,
Pennsylvania, Female seminary; William S., born Aug.
17, 1839, graduated at Washington College, Pennsylvania, and
at the Western Theological seminary at Alleghany and is a
minister of the Presbyterian church, at Carthage, in Jasper
county, Missouri; Hervey B., born July 20,
1841, also a graduate of Washington college and Western
Theological seminary, at Allegheny, and is a Presbyterian
minister; Lymon S., born Nov. 7, 1843, is a professor
of music and teacher of the higher branches in Congress,
Wayne county, Ohio; Mary E., born Nov. 19, 1845,
graduated at Steubenville Female seminary and is teacher in
the Coshocton schools; Peter B., born Mar. 17, 1848,
graduated in Pittsburgh Business college and is clerking in
a wholesale establishment in Atchison, Kansas; Maria J.,
born Dec. 3, 185_, wife of Dr. Richardson, of
Monravia, Iowa; George L., born July 25, 1853,
attended school at Wooster university, and is at present
reading law with Campbell & Vorhees,
Coshocton, Ohio. they are all members of the
Presbyterian church. Two of Mr. Knight's sons
volunteered in the U. S. service during the rebellion.
Source:
History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present,
1740-1881 - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co.,
1881 - Page 718 |
JOHN
D. KRAUSS, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice,
Willis Creek; born April 16, 1860, in Licking county; son of
Christian and Henrietta (Keller) Krauss, natives of
Germany, who came to America about the year 1842. Mr.
John D. Krauss was married January 10, 1875, to
Miss Eliza Anne, daughter of John G. and Catherine
(Hackney) Kaufman, natives of Germany. They are the
parents of one child, named Clara Ulalah. They
located at their present residence March 8, 1878.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
THOMAS
C. KRAUSS, Franklin township; farmer; postoffice,
Wills Creek; son of Christian and Henrietta (Keller)
Krauss. Mr. Thomas C. Krauss was married Sept. 25,
1875, to Miss Mazie Jane, daughter of Moses and
Martha a. (Stockles) Wilkins, natives of Ohio.
Mrs. Krauss was born on the farm on which she now
resides. They became the parents of three children,
viz.: Henrietta Clemence W. and Lillie
Frances. Mr. Christian Krauss, mentioned above,
was born Nov. 3, 1819, in Wurtemberg, Germany. On
completing his education he learned the shoemaker's trade,
at which he worked in Switzerland and France. His
widowed mother needing his assistance, he returned to her,
with whom he remained the two years previous to his coming
to America, where he landed July 6, 1842, and located at
Newark, Licking county. Here he met his betrothed,
with whom an engagement had been made in Germany, several
years previous, on condition that she would come to America,
which she did in 1841, landing in New Orleans. But
both being true to their plighted troth, they were married
when they met at Newark. They became the parents of
the following children: Annie C. W., deceased;
Elisha, Catherine; Henrietta c., deceased.
Mr. Krauss lived at several places in Coshocton and
Licking counties. In 1862, he enlisted in Company H,
Ninety-seventh O. V. I., and served about six months,
receiving an honorable discharge on account of sickness.
Some years ago, by the imprudence of a railroad conductor,
he was seriously injured, for which the company, after a
long and tedious litigation, was compelled to pay him
$2,200.
Source:
History of
Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881
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Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 |
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