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BIOGRAPHIES
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY of ERIE COUNTY, OHIO
By H. L. Peeke
President of The Firelands Historical Society
Publ. 1925
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Gus Kelley |
GUS KELLEY. The subject
of this sketch tells us that his full name is plain
Gus Kelley. There are no frills to it.
He is not called Gustavus or
Augustus but just Gus.
Perhaps that had something to do with his being one of the
few Democrats elected in 1894 when most of them went down in
the landslide. He was born October First 1882 in Huron
Township, Erie County, Ohio, and has ever since resided in
the county. He is a son of Charles E. and
Charlotte A. Kelley both of whom were born in Huron
Township and were the children of early settlers. He
states his father's people were Irish and his Mother's
English. He received a common school education only
and has always made it his business to farm. He is a
Past Master of Huron Grange and a member of F. W. Stevens
Tent of The Maccabees. this is the limit of his social
adjustments as he has no church affiliations. He was
married Oct. 2, 1901 at Huron, Ohio, to Jane
Margaret Hinde - daughter of George and
Anna Hinde. He has three sons, James
G. Kelley, George H. Kelley and Robert
Emmett Kelley. In the naming of his last son
he shows his respect for the Irish patriots. He is an
independent Democrat. He should be proud of the esteem
in which he is held by his fellow citizens.
Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio Vol. II - 1925 -
Page 697 - Huron Twp. (Photo in Book) |
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AUGUST HENRY KLOTZ
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Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
454 |
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CARL ROSS KNOBLE Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
452 |
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REV. ERNEST KOEHNE was
born April 5, 1860, at Oldenburg, Germany. His father,
John Koehne, was a sailor and later became a pilot.
His mother was Catharine D. Koehne.
When Ernest Koehne started in life he took
up the printing profession. He left home when he was
about eighteen years of age, and worked in the southern part
of Germany. When twenty-one years oaf age he came to
America. In Germany he attended Technical High School
and a Seminary for ministers of America.
At the time of this sketch he has been forty-two years
in ministry. His first church was at Lorain, Ohio.
He then served in Altoona, Pa. For eighteen years he
was in several congregations in Pittsburg. He then
went to Dunkirk, N. Y., Erie, Pa., Cleveland, O., and for
eight years was Presiding Elder in the Erie Conference.
For four years, until now, he is on Kelleys Island, Ohio.
He is proud of the fact that he founded two new
missions and helped to build a new church at Erie, Pa.
He is minister at The Evangelical Church, Headquarters
in Cleveland, Ohio.
He was first married in Cleveland in 1883. His
first wife departed life in 1915. He married the
second time in 1916, and this wife passed away in 1919.
In Sandusky in 1921 he married his third and present wife,
whose maiden name was Mayme Rohrs. She was born
in Napoleon, Ohio, and was the widow of John Schaedler
of Kelleys Island, a well-known and prominent citizen of
Erie County.
Mr. Krohne has had one daughter, Dorothy,
who departed this life at the age of twenty-two in 1906.
Source: Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio Vol. II
- 1925 |
Earl C. Krueger |
Biographical and Family Record of
Earl Carl Krueger, 2223 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky,
Ohio.
EARL C. KRUEGER
was born on a farm in
Hartland Township, near Clarksfield, Huron County, Ohio, on
Oct. 27th, 1889, and at the age of four years was taken by
his parents to a farm near Berlin Heights, in Erie County,
Ohio, and has been a resident of Erie County since said
time.
He is the son of Max C. and Clara (Weichel) Krueger,
who are still residing on a farm near Berlin Heights in Erie
County, Ohio. He has three brothers: Everette
H. Krueger, a lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio; Clarence M.
Krueger, a farmer occupying the farm with his father and
mother, and Lee J. Krueger, the owner and operator of
The Fidelity Agency Company, at Cleveland, Ohio, dealing in
insurance; and one sister, Hilda C. Krueger
associated with the State Employment Bureau at Cleveland,
Ohio.
The parents of Mr. Krueger exerted considerable
influence upon him in his early youth by requiring
attendance at Sunday School and lecturing on living a clean,
honest and Christian life. It was necessary to walk or
drive a horse over a ile each Sunday to attend Sunday School
but attendance was insisted on with marked regularity.
This disciplining has reflected itself as a credit to Mr.
Krueger in his chosen profession. He is a lawyer,
following his profession in the City of Sandusky, Ohio,
being the senior member of the law firm of Krueger &
Rosino, organized in April, 1919, after both returned
from services in the World War. He feels a lawyer
should be first to set an example for honesty and clean
living.
He attended the public schools at Berlin Heights, Ohio
and graduated from the high school in 1908. He worked
on the farm from 1908 until some time in 1910 at which time
he was employed as a traveling salesman for a company which
was organized by himself and his elder brother, dealing in
wholesale granite and memorials. This took Mr.
Krueger into nearly every city and town in the state of
New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and part of
West Virginia. One of the experiences which occurred
during the travels was quite impressive. A salesman
for a competitor was stopping at the same hotel in Cortland,
New York on a Sunday and he was about 35 years old while
Mr. Krueger was about 20 years of age. The
salesman for the competitor after a little discussion said
that "if you met yourself as you now are, when you are 35
years of age, you would not shake hands with yourself, as
that has been my experience." This made a very deep
and lasting impression upon him. It made him think,
and he thus became more insistent upon acquiring a college
education. It was necessary to arrange financial
matters before this could be accomplished.
His tastes in early youth were largely literary and in
1904 he assisted in the organization of what is known as the
Young People's Literary Society consisting of young people
living in and around Berlin Heights. This society
would meet every other week and render a program, either by
way of debates or essays or recitations, or reading and then
telling the things that were read. This society still
exists and opened a field of activity in literary work which
Mr. Krueger greatly enjoyed. About this same
time or a year later, there was organized a Debating Club in
the Village of Berlin Heights sponsored by the
Congregational minister. This Club was composed of all
young men and the activities of this club were largely
responsible for creating a desire on the part of Mr.
Krueger to become a lawyer. He was a member of
these organizations until he left in 1908. His primary
purpose in traveling as a salesman was to obtain means with
which to attend college and the experiences as a salesman
were in his opinion almost equivalent to a years training in
college. this was his school of hard knocks which made
him realize the importance and advantage of a college
education.
In the Fall of 1911 he entered Baldwin University at
Cleveland for the purpose of studying law and after
obtaining matriculation in said university he found it
necessary to get some employment which would unable him to
continue in college and in so doing it was necessary to go
to Cincinnati where he attended McDonald Educational
Institute, which is now a part of the Cincinnati Law School,
from 1912 to 1914. He was admitted to the Bar of Ohio
on June 29th, 1914 and in January, 1915 established an
office with George C. Steineman in the City of
Sandusky, Ohio with Judge Roy H. Williams had been
associated, who at that time became the Judge of the Common
Pleas Court of Erie County, Ohio. Mr.
Krueger continued in the practice of law in the office
of Mr. Steineman until June 27th, 1918, at
which time he enlisted at Cleveland, Ohio, in the United
States Naval Reserve Force for a period of four years.
He took a special course in nautical astronomy, navigation,
ship construction, signal work and mathematics from June to
October, 1918, at Cleveland, Ohio, and on Nov. 9th, 1918 was
called to active duty at Great Lakes, Illinois, at which
place further instructions were given in the branches above
indicated. He was released from active duty Feb. 18,
1919 and received his honorable discharge from active duty
Feb. 18, 1919 and received his honorable discharge on Sept.
30, 1921 by special governmental order affecting all members
of the Naval Reserve Force.
In the Fall of 1920 he was elected Prosecuting Attorney
of Erie County, Ohio, for two years and in the Fall of 1922
was re-elected to another term of two years, which expired
Jan. 5, 1925. During the time that he was Prosecuting
Attorney he observed the need of a detention home and was a
very earnest advocate of the same and was largely
responsible for creating the favorable sentiment which now
exists for the creation of such a home for Erie County.
During his term as Prosecutor he was very active in public
work and was much respected and made an enviable record for
himself.
He was active in the developments of summer home
colonies along the shores of Lake Erie and assisted in the
organization of The Rye Beach Land Company and The
Grand-Forest Realty Company, the former alloting and
developing what is known as Rye Beach and the latter
developing what is known as Grand-Forest Beach. He was
director and secretary of The Rye Beach Land Company from
its inception in 1920 until he resigned in 1923. He is
now engaged in organizing other companies of a similar
nature for the purpose of developing and alloting lake front
property. These activities have considerable increased
the tax duplicate for Erie County and are considered
valuable assets to the community.
He is a member of Grace Episcopal Church and during the
year 1923-1924 was a member of the Victory.
He is a member of the Erie County Automobile Club and
has always been an ardent supporter of its activities, and
is a member of Perseverance Lodge, No. 329, F. & A. M.;
Sandusky City Chapter, No. 76 R. A. M.; Sandusky City
Council No. 26, R. & S. M.; Erie Commandery No. 23, Knights
Templar; The Toledo Consistory S. P. R. S. 32 degrees;
Singara Grotto of Sandusky M. O. V. P. E. R.; The American
Legion, Perry Post No. 83 in the City of Sandusky; Knights
of Pythias, Sandusky Lodge No. 128; Loyal Order of Moose,
Sandusky Lodge No. 471, and Fraternal Order of Eagles
Sandusky Aerie No. 444.
He was married Oct. 27th, 1918 at Mansfield, Ohio to
Bess Florence Root, daughter of Clayton F. and Hattie
(Keeler) Root. Her genealogy dates back to John
Root born in Badby, North Hamptonshire, England, 1608
and a great grandson by the name of Aaron born at
Westfield, Mass. in 1720 was a Lieut. Colonel in the
Revolutionary War serving the Burkshire County,
Massachusetts Regiment in 1776. She is a distant
relative of Attorney Elihu Root of New York City.
Mr. and Mrs. Krueger have two daughters,
Virginia Lenore, born Mar. 7, 1920, and Helen
Lucile, born Nov. 28th, 1922, and now reside at 2223
Columbus Avenue in the City of Sandusky, O.
Source: Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio Vol. II -
1925 - Page 368 |
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CHARLES J. KRUPP Source:
Centennial History of Erie County, Ohio - Publ. 1925 - Page
448 |
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