BIOGRAPHIES

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History of Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY
Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888.
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	JAMES S. KAHLE, Dover, Tedrow p. o., a farmer, lumber manufacturer and sorghum manufacturer, was born in Butler county, Pa., and was a son of James and Mary (Gates) Kahle.  He was born in Alsace, Germany, and she was born in Center county, Pa., where they were married.  They settled in Dover, Fulton county, in 1865, where they purchased a farm of 135 acres.  Mary died in Amboy, in 1887.  They had eleven children, ten of whom are now living: Catharine A., Daniel, William, George, Rosa A., James S., David Milton, Miles A., John and Samuel; Henry died leaving two daughters. James S. was married in 1872 to Eveline Horton.  They have had four children; James Byron, Roscoe Romeo, Stella Thirza, and Frankie Folsom.  Mr. Kahle has a steam custom and merchant saw-mill. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	WILLIAM KAUFMAN, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., a pioneer of Holgate, was born in Prussia Germany in 1841, and emigrated to America with his parents in 1859.  He was a son of John M. and Catharine Kaufman, who had a family of four children: Lorene, William, Catharine E., and Anna P. John M. was born in 1813.  His wife died in 1868. William was married in 1868 to Catharine Bauer, of Flat Rock.  They have had three sons, John, William and Charles. Lorene and William enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. B, 100th Ohio Regiment, and served to the close of the war, being discharged in June, 1865.  William purchased a farm of 80 acres of heavily timbered land in 1866, and where the village of Holgate now stands. He became engaged in the drug business but retired from the same in 1882.  He was appointed postmaster in September, 1885, and has been mayor, councilman and trustee of the infirmary of the corporation.  He is now engaged in farming and manufacturing ash salts.  His brother Lorene was taken prisoner, and died in Libby Prison, in 1864. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	ADAM KANAUER, Gorham, Fayette p. o., an enterprising and leading citizen of Gorham township, was born in Richland county, O., in 1840, and was a son of Andrew and Rebecca Kanauer, who settled in Williams county in 1848.  They had a family of six children, five of whom are now living: Franklin, John, Adam, Andrew, Barbara and Harriet.  The four sons enlisted in the army of the Rebellion.  Andrew died from wounds received, in the Nashville hospital; Adam enlisted in Co. F, 182d Ohio Regiment, under Colonel Bradley, in 1864. and was  discharged July 5, 1865, at Nashville; his brother, Franklin, served in the same regiment; John enlisted in 1861 in the 38th Ohio Regiment and was discharged in 1863.  The father, Andrew, died in Fulton county, in 1881, aged seventy-six years, and his wife died in Williams county, in 1885, aged seventy-six years.  Adam was married in 1862 to Leoline Rebecca Beilharz, who was born in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1844.  They have had one son, Martin Andrew, born in 1876.  Leoline was a daughter of Martin and Mary (Rouch) Bielharz.  Martin was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, December 3, 1807, and his wife, Mary, was born in 1807.  They were married in 1832, and emigrated to America via Baltimore, being eighty-one days on the passage over, in 1833, and settled in Seneca county, N. Y., and in 1845 settled in Gorham township, and purchased a farm of 160 acres.  Martin died in 1879, leaving a widow and one daughter, Leoline R. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	JOHN KEINATH, JR., Napoleon, manufacturer of wagons, carriages, sleighs, cutters, and doing general repair business, was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1846, and emigrated to America, and settled in Richland county, O., in 1866, and in 1867 came to Napoleon. where he settled as a journeyman.  In 1870 he embarked in his present business.  He was married that same year to Louisa Grau, of Wurtemburg.  They have had a family of six children: John, Maggie, Charles, W'illiam, Emma, and Hattie. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	PETER A. KELLER, Gorham, Fayette p. o., one of the leading and successful farmers of Gorham, was born in Plymouth, Richland county, Ohio, in July, 1846, and was a son of Peter and Mary M. (Weiser) Keller.  Mary was born in Pennsylvania in 1815 and Peter was born at Harper’s Ferry, Maryland, in 1793.  They were married at Richland county in 1835 and Peter died in 1850 leaving a widow and four children: John, George A., Mary E. and Peter A.   George A. enlisted in Company K., 128th Ohio Regiment, on December 31, 1863 and served to the close of the war. John was drafted but furnished a substitute.  The father, Peter, was a blacksmith by trade.  He purchased the homestead, on his settlement in this county, of eighty acres for which he paid $300.  Peter A. Keller was married in 1870 to Catharine O. Ely, who was born in Fulton county in 1849.  They have had a family of three children: Walter L., born 1872; Cassius E., born 1874 and Edna L., born 1878.  Mrs. Catharine was a daughter of Joseph and Susan (Struble) Ely, who had a family of nine children, eight of whom are now living.  Joseph Ely was born in Northumberland county, March 4, 1814, and died January 5, 1882.  He settled in Fulton county in 1838 and was one of the leading, active public men of the town, and represented all the leading offices of his district, and was prominent in church affairs.  He was county commissioner for fifteen years.  His wife, Susan, died in 1857.  He married for his second wife, Rebecca Ives.  Peter A. Keller now owns the old homestead and has erected some fine buildings. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	WILLIAM C. KELLEY, Esq. For but a little more than two score years was Mr. Kelley a resident of Fulton county; yet, during that time he made a record as a citizen and lawyer second to none within its boundaries. As a lawyer he stood at the head of the bar in the county, and ranked equal with any in Northwestern Ohio. He possessed far more than ordinary legal ability, and was thoroughly successful both in the counsel room, and as an advocate before the court and the jury.      In the political history of the county, during the first ten or twelve years of his residence here, Mr. Kelley was a prominent central figure, and one of the recognized leaders of the Republican party. He fully enjoyed the excitement of a political campaign, and lent his every effort for the success of the candidates of his party, but he would never consent to become its nominee, except for some local office of minor importance. During the latter eight or ten years of his life he cared less for the exciting political issues of parties but interested himself in the ability, honor, integrity and fitness of the candidate for the office. One reason for this was the fact that his professional duties required his careful attention, for he was as true to his client as he was to his friends. This was one of the marked and striking characteristics of the man, and one that always kept him high in the esteem of his professional associates and fellow-men. In a trial of a case he was entirely devoted to the interests of his client, yet equally watchful and careful of his client's conscience. He had true moral courage, and if at times aggressive, he never carried personal feeling beyond the doors of the court room. He could, and he did look an antagonist squarely in the face and express his sentiments, uncomplimentary or otherwise, as forcibly as if out of his presence. He was also singularly free from professional jealousy. He desired consideration for himself, he demanded it, and obtained it too, but he never sought it at the expense of another. He wished his light to flame high, but he never thought it necessary for that end that other lights should be dimmed.      He won his position and success by sturdy and sterling qualities of mind, by undaunted courage, by mental readiness, by untiring industry, and unflagging patience, by self-denial, and setting his face against temptations to idleness and frivolity.      By nature he was free from cant, and impatient of shams, and always gave more heed and attention to the substance than the form of anything, and thus, though not pretending to be polished in manner, was powerful and thorough in his work, holding with an unyielding grip every step he won in his business or profession. Possessing a thorough understanding of the law, he was not given to misconstruction of doubtful cases, and before the jury he was a logical, influential advocate.      William Clay Kelley, of whom these things are said by his associates at the bar, was born in Liberty township, Hancock County, O., on the 24th day of March, 1838. His father, Daniel R. Kelley, was a carpenter and joiner, but our subject, at an early age, showed a strong inclination for professional life. This was a determination more easy to arrive tat than to perform. His father was a man in quite modest circumstances, and whatever young Kelley might accomplish must be the result of his own personal effort and perseverance. He was not wanting in any of the essential elements that make success possible, and he had, moreover, an unusually bright mind and an abundance of perseverance. His early education was received at the Findlay High School, but prior to that time he had attended school only about twenty months. At the age of fifteen years he began teaching. During these years of study, and in those that followed, he supported himself by such work as he could find to do. In the month of December, 1859, he entered the law office of Hon. Henry Brown, of Findlay, for a course of study, having fully determined to enter the legal profession. He continued his studies until the month of July, 1861, when he dropped them for a time, and helped to recruit, and took a commission as second lieutenant of Company D, 99th O. V. I. With this command he served until November, 1862, when his resignation was accepted because of impaired health.      In January, 1863, Mr. Kelley entered the Ohio Union Law College, at Cleveland, and was graduated therefrom in June of the same year, and soon after was admitted to practice in the courts of the State. The next year, in March, 1864, Mr. Kelley came to reside at Wauseon, and became a member of the Fulton county bar. After having been a resident here of some three years, Mr. Kelley was, on the 2d day of November, 1867, married to Minnie L. Ayers, daughter of Eli Ayers, of Kossuth, Iowa. At the time their acquaintance was formed Miss Ayers was a teacher in the schools of Wauseon. Her home had been in Gouveneur, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., her parents having recently moved to Des Moines county, Iowa.      From 1864 until 1885, William C. Kelley, resided and was actively engaged in practice at Wauseon, and during this time his life was one of almost uninterrupted success. But during the latter portion of this period the destroyer was not idle. Mr. Kelley was attacked with a malignant tumor of the throat, which resulted in his death on the 30th day of June, 1885.      In his religious views Mr. Kelley was a radical free thinker, although he never forced his theories upon unwilling listeners. At his burial ceremony remarks were made by prominent members of the bar from Fulton and other counties, and while clergymen were present, they took no part in the services.      In concluding this sketch, no higher, or more fitting tribute of respect to the memory of this man an be written, than is embodied in the record of the Common Pleas of Fulton county, being the action of the bar upon the occasion of his death. The record is as follows:      "The State of Ohio, Fulton county, ss. In the Court of Common Pleas. At a Court of Common Pleas, begun and held at the court-house in the town of Wauseon, in the county of Fulton, and State of Ohio, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. Present, Hon. William H. Handy, judge of said court.       "WHEREAS, It has pleased the Supreme Architect of the universe in His inscrutable wisdom, to remove from earth our esteemed friend and fellow member of the Fulton county bar, the Hon. William C. Kelley; and      "WHEREAS, In his untimely death the community has been deprived of the services of one of its most useful citizens, and the bar of this county one of its most faithful representatives, and his friends and relatives of one who was loved for his virtues and respected for his integrity; therefore be it      "Resolved, That we hereby bear testimony to his acknowledged talents, his public and private worth, uprightness of character, and the many estimable and sterling qualities of mind and heart; that, feeling our own loss we deeply sympathize and condole with the relatives of the deceased in their greatest bereavement.      "Resolved, That these resolutions be ordered spread upon the journal of the court, and a copy thereof be transmitted to the relatives of the deceased." Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 592
	ABRAHAM LINCOLN KENDALL, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a druggist, and prescriptionist, was born in Lenawee county, Mich., in 1855, and was a son of Dr. Amos and Mary (McCrilles) Kendall, who emigrated from New York State and married in Michigan. They had a family of four children: Andrew Jackson, Adelia, Abraham Lincoln and Amos. jr., (twins). Amos was born in 1820 and married in 1837, and died November 15, 1884. He was a son of Dr. John Kendall, of Massachusetts, who settled in Pettisville, Fulton county, in 1836, and died there about 1871, aged eighty years. He had two children, Amos and Adelia. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	MARY KILPATRICK, Harrison, Napoleon p. o., was born in Liberty in 1827 and was a daughter of John and Esther Patrick. Esther was born in Rhode Island in 1800 and died in 1879, and her husband, John, was born in Canaan, Mass, in 1795 and died in 1868. They were married in Oneida county, N. Y., in September, 1823 and had a family of eleven children, four of whom are now living: Mary P., Jane, George E. and Hester H.   John was an early hotel keeper on the river near Napoleon, and one of the leading and successful men of the county. He was a son of Ralph and Esther (Teft) Patrick.  Mary was married in 1852 to David Kilpatrick, who was born in Ireland in 1829, and died October 19, 1803.  He was born in Ireland and emigrated to America with his parents the same year that he was born.  They first settled in Dresden, O., and in l841 came to Henry county.  David enlisted in Company B, 38th Ohio Regiment, in 1801 and was discharged on account of disability resulting from a wound which be received while in service.  He was discharged Dec. 29, 1862. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
MARY KILPATRICK	MRS. MARY I. KILPATRICK.  The subject of this sketch, whose maiden name was Mary Isabelle Patrick, is a daughter of one of the pioneers of the Maumee Valley, John Patrick, who made a settlement in this county in 1825.  John Patrick was a native of Canaan, Mass, and his wife Esther (Tift) Patrick, was born in Providence, in the State of Rhode Island.  They were married in Oneida county, New York State, whither their parents had removed before the happening of that event. Soon after the young couple left for the then western country, intending to locate in Indiana, near Vincennes, to which place the wife’s parents had emigrated. John Patrick and his wife lived here some three or four years, after which they went to Michigan, but on account of the severity of the winter months, they returned to Ohio, and on the 17th of October, 1825, settled upon a tract of land in the Maumee Valley, in what is now Liberty township, this county, the same land now owned by George E. Patrick.      On this farm Mary Isabelle Patrick was born, on the 4th day of November, in the year 1827. She lived with her parents until October 28, 1852, when she was united in marriage to David Kilpatrick, a native of Ireland, but who came to Ohio in or about 1840,  After their marriage they moved to the farm the first below that now occupied by our subject in Harrison township, and opposite to the place first settled by her father. Of this marriage one child, Ralph, was born, but died in infancy.      David Kilpatrick was a soldier in the army, and served early in the war, but died on the 19th of October, 1863, from diseases contracted in the South.      The struggles, hardships and privations of early life in the valley are so fully recorded through various portions of this work, that it is not important to recite all of those endured by the Patrick family. John, the pioneer, died on the 15th day of December, 1868, aged seventy-three years; his wife, Esther, died on the 1st day of January, 1879, aged seventy-nine years.  In their family was a number of children, viz.: Sarah, who died in infancy; Kennath, who died in infancy; Ralph, who died in November, 1848; Mary Isabelle, the subject of this sketch, now a widow, and living in Harrison township; Asenath, who died May 15, 1851; Jane, who married George W. Hoskinson, and who died at Napoleon, July 20, 1887; George E., now residing on the old home farm in Liberty township; Hester Ann, who married Samuel C. Hanna, and lives in Indianapolis, Ind.; Almira, who died in infancy; Mahala, who died in infancy; and Augusta, who died in infancy. It will be seen from this record that of a family of eleven children, but three are now living, and one of these is a resident of Indiana. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 628
	LEVI KING, Damascus, Texas p. o., was born in Fairfield county, O., in 1847, was a son of Peter and Mary (Shoemaker) King.  Peter died in 1880, leaving a widow and nine children.  Levi was married in 1869 to Lucy Weitmau, of Sandusky, O. They have had one daughter, Minerva H. Lucy was a daughter of John and Eve King.  Levi settled in Damascus in [870, and purchased his homestead in 1872 and in 1882 erected his present tine brick residence and now has about 120 acres of highly cultivated land, and is now engaged in stock raising and farming.  He was supervisor in 18— and was trustee of the town in 1883. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	THOMAS KINNEY, Napoleon, a successful farmer of Napoleon, was born in Longford, Ireland, in 1811 and was a son of Thomas Kinney.  He was married in 1835 to Bridget Sheriden, of Ireland.  They emigrated to America and settled in Chester county in 1835 and in 1830 came to Napoleon, where he became engaged as a laborer on the W. and E. Canal, where he worked until 1855, when he purchased his homestead farm of 244 acres which is new highly cultivated and one of the best farms in the township.  Mrs. Kinney died in 1874 leaving three children:  John, Ellen (who married Joel Laughlin), and Catharine (who married Albert T. Barnes, the present sheriff' elect of Henry county). Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	WILLIAM R. KINNEY, Damascus, McClure p. o., was born in Stark county, in 1826 and was a son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Rex) Kinney, who had a family of three children: William R., Mary A. and Isaac.  They came from Wyandotte county to Damascus, Henry county, in 1854. Isaac died in Michigan.  Jacob died in 1886 at the age of eighty-four years.  Mary A. married Nathan Weaks and they have a family of four children.  William R. was married in 1862 to Susan Sell, of Crawford county. They had a family of four children, two of whom are now living:  William F. McClellan and Ashford Sherman.  William R. purchased his present homestead of  240 acres in 1851 and settled in 1854 on the timber land which is now one of the finest farms in the-county.  Mr. Kinney is now making a specialty of breeding blooded horses and cattle, which he carries on in connection with his general farming business.  His farm consists of 560 acres of finely cultivated land.  His mother, who was born in 1805, now resides with her son, Ashford S., who married Elmira J. Rusk. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	WENDEL KINSTER, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., was born in Pleasant township, Henry county, in 1857, and was a son of Frederick and Margaret (Okley) Kinstler, who were born in Germany, married in Cuyahoga county, O., and settled in Henry county, about 1845.  They had a family of nine children: Wendel, Fred, John, Joseph, Albert, Michael, Mary, Louisa and Lizzie.  Wendel Kinstler was married in 1881 to Annie Behm, of Seneca county. They have had three children: Estella, Cora and Charles.  Mr. Kinstler purchased his present farm of 40 acres in 1881. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	HENRY KLINE, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., was born in Pleasant township, Henry county, in 1857, and was a son of Frederick and Margaret (Okley) Kinstler, who were born in Germany, married in Cuyahoga county, O., and settled in Henry county, about 1845.  They had a family of nine children: Wendel, Fred, John, Joseph, Albert, Michael, Mary, Louisa and Lizzie. Wendel Kinstler was married in 1881 to Annie Behm, of Seneca county.  They have had three children: Estella, Cora and Charles.  Mr. Kinstler purchased his present farm of 40 acres in 1881. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 676
	HARMAN S. KLINE, Freedom, Ridgeville Corners p. o., an early and successful settler in the township and county, coming here as early as 1838, was born in Sparta, Livingston county, N. Y., in 1827 and was a son of Harman and Catharine (Shipman) Kline.  Catharine was born in New Jersey September 7, 1804, and her husband was born in Mount Pleasant township, Columbia county, Pa., on February 13, 1800. They were married April 25, 1822, and settled in New York State in 1826 and came to Ross county in 1831 and settled in Freedom, Henry county, in 1838, where Mrs. Kline died April 16, 1885. They had a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living: Matthias, Susanna, Harman S., John, Jacob, Lucinda, George and Matilda. Isaac and Ellen died leaving families. Sarah and Catherine died when young women.  Harman S. was married in 1851 to Margaret Lingle, who was born in Seneca county. She died in 1855 leaving three children: Matthias, Charles and Margaret. H. S. then married Phebe Caldwell in 1861. She was born in Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N. Y. They have two children: Abiah and William. Phebe was a daughter of William Caldwell who settled in Henry county in 1818. Phebe was a prominent teacher in the county for thirteen years.  Mr. Kline is largely engaged in the breeding of blooded stock, his herd being the leading one in the county.  He purchased his present homestead in 1855. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 677
	JOHN ERNEST KLINGELHOFER, Flat Rock, Holgate p. o., owner and proprietor of the Florida merchant, and custom flour-mill, was born at Hesse Cassel, Germany, in 1836, and was a son of Christian and Gertrude Klingelhofer, who had a family of six children, all of whom came to America: Lizzie, Catharine, Rheinhard, Louisa, John E. and Mary.  John E. emigrated to America and settled in Baltimore, Md., in 1850, where he learned the baker’s trade and soon became proprietor of the business.  He was married in 1859 to Mary Atwater, who was born in Germany. They have had a family of six children: Lizzie, George, Mary, William, Louis and Emma.  He settled in Flat Rock in 1882 and purchased his mill which was rebuilt in 1862. The first mill built on that site was erected in 1842. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 678
	FREDERICK F. KNIPP, Napoleon, Napoleon p. o., was born in Crawford county, O., in 1842, and was a son of Tobias and Margaret (Kile) Knipp, who were born in Germany.  He was born in Hesse Darmstadt in 1814.  They settled in Crawford county, and were married July 4, 1839, and had a family of five children: Peter, F. F., John, Catharine and Elizabeth.  The grandpa rents, Tobias and Mary (Striansinger) Knipp, emigrated to Pennsylvania and-settled in Franklin county in 1831 and in 1834 settled in Crawford county, where they died.  They had a family of five children. F. F. Knipp was married in February, 1876, to Polina Youch, who was born in Saxony, Germany, in 1845.  They have had three children: Julius William, Charles T. and Lillie May.  Mr. Knipp was an early carpenter and builder, but is now engaged in farming. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 678
	JOHN A. KNIPP, Flat Rock, Napoleon p. o., was born in Crawford county, O., in 1844, and was married March '25, 1869, to Mary Knipp, who was born in Richland county in 1846.  They have had five children: Joseph Milton, Charles Alfred, E. Thomas, Walter Frederick and Martha Netta.  Mary was a daughter of John Knipp and Susan (Brick) Knipp.  John A. has held most of the township offices. He has been trustee for two terms.  He purchased his homestead farm of 120 acres, in 1875 and was a son of Tobias and Margaret (Kile) Knipp. Tobias was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, in 1814 and his wife was also born in Germany.  They were married in Crawford county, O., July 4, 1839, and settled in Flat Rock in 1848.  Tobias was a son of Tobias, sr. and Mary (Striansinger) Knipp who settled in Chambersburg, Pa., in 1831, and came to Crawford county in 1834, where they died.  Three of their sons are now living: Tobias, jr., John and Fred. Tobias, jr., had a family of five children: Peter, Frederick R, John, Catharine and Elizabeth. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 678
	JOSEPH KRETZ, Freedom, Ridgeville p. 0., was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1828 and was a son of Charles and Mary Kretz, who died in Germany.  They had a family of ten children, four of whom are now living: Adam. George, Barbara and Joseph.  Joseph and three others of the family came to America.  Joseph landed at New York, June 7, 1856, and went to Buffalo in 1857, and that same year came to Defiance county, O., where he was engaged in farming until 1878, when he purchased his present farm of 170 acres and settled in Freedom township.  He was married at Buffalo in 1856, to Catharine Creabel, who was born in December, 1835.  They have a family of eight children.  Mr. Kretz has held the offices of school director, trustee and supervisor. He has now cleared about 120 acres of his homestead farm. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 678
	JACOB KRONTZ, Clinton, Pettisville p. o., a pioneer settler in Fulton county, was born in Holmes county in 1830 and was a son of Henry and Catharine (Hay) Krontz.  Henry was born in Bedford county, Pa, and his wife in Holmes county, O. They settled in Clinton  township in 1836 and had a family of six children, three of whom are now living: Jacob, Simon and Mary; Caroline, Lucinda and Emmanuel are deceased.  Emmanuel enlisted and served in the War of the Rebellion.  Henry was born in 1800 and died in 1874; his wife Catharine, died in 1840.   Jacob was married in 1859 to Matilda Peters, who was born on November 27, 1841.  They were married in 1859 and had two children, Ida and Elsie.  Ida married John N. Krauss and Elsie married Paul Mohr.  Mr. Krontz settled on his present homestead farm of 100 acres in 1805, paying therefore $1,500.  His wife, Matilda, was a daughter of Leonard and Margaret (Baker) Peters, of Pennsylvania, who settled in Dover, Fulton county, O., in 1854, and died in Clinton; he died in 1870 and his wife, Margaret, in 1871. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 678
	HARMANN KRULL, Pleasant, Holgate p. o., was born in Prussia, in 1845 and was a son of Christian and Elizabeth Krull, who emigrated to Defiance county, 0., in 1855 where Christian died on July 4, 1885, leaving a widow and four children: Anna, Harman, Emma and Louisa, and one son, William, who died in 1878 at the age of twenty-three years. Harmann Krull was married in 1871 to Lottie Yackee, of Williams county. They have had four children: Losetta, Frederick, Christian, Theodore and Regina.  Harmann learned the tinning and plumbing business and settled in Holgate in March, 1887, and there became engaged in the tinning, plumbing, roofing and house furnishing goods business, and the first of September he removed back to old Defiance again. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 679
	LEVI KUMP, Franklin, Fayette, p. o., was born in Dover township, York county, Pa., in 1832 and was a son of Daniel and Polly (Gross) Kump, who were born and married in York county, Pa., and with a family settled in Trumble county, now Mahoning, in 1833, where they now reside, having a family of twelve children, eight of whom are now living.  One son, John, enlisted and served on the one hundred day call.  Levi was married in May 1855 to Sarah Kime, daughter of Samuel and Esther Kime, of Mahoning. She was born in 1832. They had a family of six children, four of whom are now living: Reuben J., Adah S. (now Mrs. Bowser), Olvier F., Ella D.  Mr. Kump settled in Franklin, Fulton county, in 1860 and purchased a timber farm of 185 acres for which he paid $1,200, 70 acres of which he sold in 1864 for $2,100 and purchased his present homestead in 1873 of thirty-six acres for which he paid $3,000.  He has now 150 acres of highly improved land with fine farm buildings. Reuben J. was married in 1887 to Sarah Punches.  Oliver F. married Ella Ely in 1882.  Adah was fitted for and became a teacher.  She was married to N. W. Bowser in 1880. Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties - by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 679