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Source:
A Centennial
Biographical History
of
Crawford
County, Ohio
- ILLUSTRATED -
"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote
ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride
by remote generations."
- MACAULAY
Publ. Chicago:
The Lewis Publishing Company
1902
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DAVID KALB. One
of the leading farmers and stock-raisers of Crawford county is
David Kalb, who resides in Chatfield township, where he owns and
operates four hundred and eighty acres of valuable land. This
constitutes one of the fine farms of this portion of the state.
It is splendidly improved with substantial and commodious
buildings, having three houses upon it, in addition to the
residence of our subject. The barns and outbuildings are large,
furnishing ample shelter for grain and stock, and fine grades of
horses, cattle and sheep are seen in the pastures, while the
rich fields give promise of golden harvests. The owner is
numbered among the most prosperous and enterprising
agriculturists of the county and well deserves his success.
Mr. Kalb was. born on the farm where he now
lives, March 21, 1844. His father, William Kalb, was a
native of Wittenberg, Germany, born in 1800, and after arriving
at years of maturity he was there married to; Sevina Haynes.
In the year 1832 they emigrated to America, making the voyage on
a sailing vessel, which was sixty days between port and port.
Mr. Kalb first located near Wooster, Ohio, where he
purchased eighty acres of land, but after three years came to
Crawford county, settling in Chatfield township. Here he bought
one hundred and ten acres of wild land, of which only three
acres had been cleared, the remainder being covered with a heavy
growth of timber. A log house of one room was almost the only
improvement on the place. Throughout the remainder of his life
the father carried on farming here. He passed away at the age of
ninety-one, his wife when eighty-nine years of age. They were
both members of the Pietist church and were people of the
highest respectability, honored as worthy pioneer settlers, who
had aided in laying broad and deep the foundation for the
present prosperity and progress of the county. He owned
considerable real estate, including three hundred and sixty
acres of land in Chatfield township. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Kalb
were born eight children, namely: Sylvania, deceased wife
of Michael Lutz; G. William, a retired farmer of
Chatfield township; John, Jacob, Catherine,
Redenia and Caroline, all of whom are now
deceased; and David.
The last named, born and reared on the old homestead,
pursued his education in the common schools and when twenty-one
years of age assumed the management of the home farm, which he
has since cultivated. His practical experience in the fields of
his youth well qualified him for the responsibility which he
assumed, and as the years have passed he has increased his
operations, becoming one of the most extensive farmers of the
county. In connection with the raising of grain best adapted to
this climate, he is extensively engaged in raising horses,
cattle, sheep and hogs, and keeps on hand good grades of stock.
In addition to his farm here he also owns six hundred and forty
acres of land in Texas, near Fort Worth.
In March, 1869, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kalb
and Miss Catherine Beigle, and unto them were born the
following: Sarah, deceased; Emma, wife of
General Wallymire, of Chatfield township; Lucy E.,
wife of George Quick, of Chatfield township; Clara,
at home; William H., a schoolteacher in Chatfield
township; John, David T. and Frederick, who are
upon the farm; Lizzie, deceased; and one that died in
infancy. The mother of the above children was called to her
final rest April 24, 1901, and many friends were left to mourn
her loss. The family attend the Lutheran church, of which Mr.
Kalb is an earnest member. In his political views he is a
stalwart Democrat and has served as school director, while for
twelve years he has filled the position of trustee of Chatfield
township, his long retention in office being ample proof of his
fidelity to duty. He is a man who is ever found faithful to all
the obligations of life, who is honorable in his dealing,
straightforward in contract, and his many estimable qualities
make his example well worthy of emulation.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 865 |
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E. R. KEARSLEY |
MAJOR EDMUND ROBERTS KEARSLEY
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 348 |
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WEBB
J. KELLY. The world instinctively pays deference to
the man whose success has been worthily achieved, who has
attained wealth by honorable business methods, acquired the
highest reputation is his chosen calling by merit, and whose
social prominence is not less the result of an irreproachable
life than of recognized natural gifts. We pay the highest
tribute to the heroes who on bloody battlefields win victories
and display a valor that is the admiration of the world; why
should the tribute be withheld from those who wage the bloodless
battles of civil life, who are conquerors in the world of
business? Greater than in almost any line of work is the
responsibility that rests upon the physician. The issues
of life and death are in his hands. A false prescription,
an unskilled operation, may take from man that which he prizes
above all else - life. The physician's power must be his
own; not by purchase, by gift or by influence can he gain it.
He must commence at the very beginning, learn the very rudiments
of medicine and surgery, continually add to his knowledge by
close study and earnest application and gain reputation by
merit. If he would gain the highest prominence it must
come as the result of superior skill, knowledge and ability, and
those qualities are possessed in an eminent degree by Dr.
Kelly. He is known throughout the country as one of
the most eminent members of the profession, and his opinions are
recognized as authority throughout a great portion of America.
The life history of such a man is always of profit as well as
interest.
Dr. Kelly was born in Galion. His father,
Harmon Rockerfeller Kelly, M. D., for many years a prominent
and successful physician in this place, was born in Cumberland
county, Pennsylvania, in 1834, and there spent his boyhood days.
He pursued his education in the Ohio Wesleyan University, making
his own way through college. H thus displayed the
elemental strength of his character, which in later years
developed into a stalwart and resolute manhood, enabling him to
maintain a foremost place in the ranks of his chosen calling.
He was graduated in Starling Medical College, of Columbus, in
the class of 1856, and from that time until 1860 engaged in
practice at West Point, in Morrow county, five miles south of
Galion. For many years he performed all the important
surgical work in this portion of the state. In 1870 he was
appointed surgeon for the Erie Railroad Company, then the
Atlantic & Great Western Railway Company, and did the active
work for that corporation until 1880, when his son, Dr. Webb
J. Kelly, was appointed to the position and the father
became consulting surgeon. For thirty years the
father and son acted as surgeons for the road. Herman
R. Kelly was united in marriage to Miss Mary Keech,
who was the Quaker family and was of Scotch descent. Her
maternal grandfather, Mr. Bebb, was an architect in
Philadelphia, and constructed the first water works there.
He was also the architect for Stephen Girard and was a
Welsh Quaker.
Dr. Kelley, whose name introduces this record,
pursued his education in the schools of Galion and was graduated
in the high school with the class of 1874. He afterward
entered the Wesleyan University at Delaware, Ohio, where he
completed his literary course, and then, determining to make the
practice of medicine his life work, he entered Starling Medical
College, where he was graduated in 1889. Desiring to still
further qualify himself for his chosen calling, he then entered
Bellevue Medical College, of New York, in which he was graduated
in 1880, when in his twenty-first year. In March of that
year he was appointed surgeon for the Cincinnati division of the
Erie Railroad, from Kent to Dayton. Since 1885 he has been
surgeon for the Big Four Railroad Company, being the only
physician to hold that position between Delaware and Cleveland.
His knowledge an anatomy is remarkably comprehensive and
accurate. Added to this is a logical mind, cool nerve and
steady muscles, without which the surgeon never wins success.
His ability in surgical work has advanced him far beyond
mediocrity, and he is today recognized as one of he most capable
representatives of that branch of the profession in the country.
He has performed almost every surgical operation of importance
in Galion county for a number of years and has treated over five
thousand injured railroad men. For seven years prior to
1900 he was one of hte lecturers in the Ohio Medical College, of
College, of Columbus. He is now associate editor of the
New York Medical Legal Journal and is national agent of the New
York Medico-Legal Society. He is a member of the America
Medical Association, also of the American Medical Academy, the
Railway Surgeons and the National Association of Railway
Surgeons.
Mr. Kelly married Miss Kate M. Grandy, a
daughter of Rev. I. B. and Julia (Lee) Grandy. Her
father was a Universalist minister and a representative of the
prominent and distinguished New England family, while her mother
was a granddaughter of General Robert E. Lee. Unto
the Doctor and his wife have been born two children - Rufus
and Dessa The parents hold membership in the
Presbyterian church, and the Doctor is connected with the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the
Masonic fraternity. The Doctor is a social, genial
gentleman, interested in all that pertains to his community, is
charitable and benevolent, and worthy demands of the needy are
seldom made in vain. He has a large circle of warm
friends, and his friendship is best prized by those who know him
best. In his professional capacity Dr. Kelly is
known throughout the country, his reputation extending far
beyond the limits of this state, an honor to the profession, by
which he has been especially distinguished.
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 754 |
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MATTHIAS KIBLER
(father of Samuel J. Kibler) |
SAMUEL J. KIBLER
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 284 |
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W. C. KIESS |
W. C. KIESS
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 38
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C. E. KIMERLINE |
CHARLES E. KIMERLINE
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 408 |
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J. F. KIMERLINE |
JONATHAN F. KIMERLINE
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 368 |
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CHARLES KINNINGER |
CHARLES KINNINGER
Source: A Centennial Biographical History of Crawford County,
Ohio - Chicago: 1902 - Page 44 |
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