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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
1789 - 1881
History of Cincinnati, Ohio
with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches
Compiled by Henry A. Ford, A. M., and Mrs. Kate B. Ford
L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers
1881
(Transcribed by Sharon Wick)
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JOHN ZEISER,
proprietor of Zeiser’s garden and saloon,
was born in Cincinnati in 1847, and is the son of Leonard
Zeiser, who came to Cincinnati as early as 1847.
He was a stone-mason by trade, being a large contractor and
employing a number of working men. He entered the
saloon business and opened Zeiser’s garden, which he
continued up to his death, which occurred in 1878. He
was a man honored and respected, being a member of the
German Pioneer association. He left a valuable
property, which he had accumulated by hard work and good
management.
Source: 1789 - 1881 History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches - Publ. L. A.
Williams & Co. - Page 527 |
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PETER ZINN
Source: 1789 - 1881 History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches - Publ. L. A.
Williams & Co. - Page 317 |
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MICHAEL ZENNER,
coal dealer, of Columbia, was born in Germany in 1837, and
came to this country in 1852 with his father, who settled
his family first in Albany, New York, but afterwards removed
to Chicago, then to Buffalo, and came to Cincinnati in 1865.
He has been in the coal business ever since, having lived in
California one or two years previous, where he carried on
the same business. In April, 1880, he was elected to
the city council, which position he still holds. In
1868 he was married to Miss Catharine Ich, who came
from Germany.
Source: 1789 - 1881 History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches - Publ. L. A.
Williams & Co. - Page 498 |
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JOHN ZUMSTEIN, a prominent
county commissioner, is a son of Peter Zumstein,
who settled here in 1850, and became a safe builder.
The elder Zumstein was born in Bavaria, and emigrated
to Ohio from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He died here
in September, 1880. Mr. Zumstein has
five brothers and two sisters, all living in Cincinnati.
Source: 1789 - 1881 History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with
Illustrations and Biographical Sketches - Publ. L. A.
Williams & Co. - Page 504 |
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