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BIOGRAPHIES
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Commemorative Biographical Records
of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896
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HENRY KAHLER.
Among the early pioneers who fought their way through
the many dangers and hardships incident to a pioneer's
life, none are deserving of more prominent mention than
the parents of this gentleman - Otto and Rachel
(Nails) Kahler, both natives of Germany, who
emigrated to America and settled in Danbury township,
Ottawa Co., Ohio, at an early date, there residing for
many years. The father's death occurred in Carroll
township May 2, 1891, the mother dying in Danbury
township on Sept. 17, 1880.
The subject of this sketch was born in Mecklenburg,
Germany, Dec. 4, 1846. His boyhood days were spent
partly about the farm, partly in the public schools of
his native land, and since his arrival in America he has
been actively engaged in agricultural pursuits. On
Nov. 20, 1872, Mr. Kahler located in Danbury
township, where he remained some five years. In
1880 he removed to Carroll township, where he has since
continued to reside, ranking to-day among the prominent
and successful farmers of that county. Mr.
Kahler was married in Germany in 1870 to Mary
Kulow, who was born Feb. 25, 1853, daughter of
John and Dora (Daunk) Kulow, both natives of
Germany, the former of whom passed away in Germany June
24, 1867; the mother is still living at the advanced age
of seventy-three years, and resides with her son-in-law,
Mr. Kahler. To this union were born nine
children, as follows: Minnie, Sept. 7, 1871
(died Aug. 23, 1874); Charles A., Dec. 24, 1874;
George, Mar. 28, 1875 (died in infancy);
Edward, May 2, 1876; Habbetta M., Jan. 29,
1878; John H., Jan. 26, 1879; William T.,
July 17, 1882; Herman T., Oct. 30, 1885; Cora
J., Aug. 21, 1894. Politically Mr. Kahler
is a strong and active supporter of the Democratic party
The family are devout adherents of the Lutheran Church,
and enjoy the respect and esteem of the community in
which they reside.
* Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 509 |
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WILLIAM
KING. This prominent agriculturist, who is
closely identified with the interests of Allen township,
Ottawa county, of which he has been a resident for the
past twenty-eight years, is a native of New York, having
been born in Niagara county, that State, January 11,
1837. His parents were Sherman and Rebecca
(Benedict) King, the former a native of Connecticut,
and the latter of Massachusetts, of English descent.
Mr. King was brought up on a farm in the State
of his birth, receiving his education in the district
schools. In 1856 he came to Ohio, and locating
near Fremont was for some time employed by Mr. Samuel
King, a farmer of Sandusky county. For ten
years he remained in that county, engaged in farm work,
and in 1867 came to Clay township, Ottawa county,
settling in that part which has since been set off and
named Allen township. Here he has continuously
carried on agricultural pursuits, and has done much
toward the improvement and upbuilding of his community.
Mr. King was married January 11, 1858, to Mary
daughter of George and Sarah (Lones) Roberts,
both of whom were natives of Perry county, Ohio, and of
German ancestry. The father was born Mar. 22,
1807, and passed away July 7, 1880; the mother was born
Feb. 1, 1810, near Rushville, Perry county, and died at
her home in Sandusky county, Aug. 10, 1887. Their
marriage took place in February, 1834, and for nearly
half a century they fought life's battle together.
They were among the very earliest settlers of Sandusky
county, having come there when that section of the
county was a vast wilderness. They cleared away
the forests and planted orchards, sowed the grains,
tilled the soil, made tor themselves and children a
comfortable home, and lived to see towns spring up
around them, churches and schoolhouses built, and all he
comforts and conveniences of civilization brought within
their reach. For forty-seven years they were
valued members of their community and they died honored
and respected by all.
Mrs. King, the wife of our subject, was born in
Sandusky county Aug. 24, 1840, and to her and her
husband seven children have come, namely: S. Ervin,
born Aug. 21, 1859, resides in Saunders county, Neb.;
Sarah P., born Jan. 17, 1861, is the wife of
Herman Bunte, and resides at Curtice, Allen
township, Ottawa county; Rosie E. married
William Gerkensmyer and also lives at Curtice;
Solomon P. resides in Allen township; Viola R.
is the wife of Robert Oberst, and lives in
Jackson township, Sandusky county; Mary M. and
Cynthia Edna live at home with their parents.
Mr. Kinghas always been a firm adherent of the
Democratic party, and is looked upon as one of the
intelligent, reliable men of the county. His
family are faithful attendants at the Methodist
Protestant Church in Curtice.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 658 |
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JOSEPH KINGHAM, M. D.
A list of the well-known citizens of Ottawa county would
be incomplete were the name of this gentleman omitted,
for there are probably few so widely and favorably
known. Not only has he distinguished himself in
his profession, but also as a leader in business
circles, having built up large commercial interests
here; and it is only justice to him to state that if the
town of Rocky Ridge owes its existence and present
prosperity to any one man, it is to the personal efforts
and business ability of Dr. Kingham.
He is a native of the county in whose welfare and
advancement he has borne so prominent a part, born Dec.
5, 1839, at Port Clinton, of English descent. His
boyhood was spent in his native town, and there he
also received his early education, graduating from the
public schools in 1854. In 1855 he entered the
Ohio Wesleyan University, where he remained only one
term thence going to the University at Berea, Ohio,
where he also studied one term. He then commenced
clerking for his father, continuing thus until 1863, and
thereafter for a short time clerked for a firm in
Fremont, Ohio. In the year 1863 he began the study
of medicine at Port Clinton under the direction of Dr.
Steadman, after about six months removing to
Sandusky, Ohio, where he studied under Dr.
Agard until May, 1864, when he was called with the
hundred-days' men of Ohio to service in the army of the
Potomac; he being a member of that body was mustered
into service in Company I, One Hundred and Sixty-ninth
O. N. G. I., and his company at once went to Fort Ethan
Allen to guard the city of Washington. In
September, 1864, he was mustered out of service with his
regiment in Cleveland.
On his return from the army our subject at once entered
the University of Michigan, where he took a thorough
course in medicine, graduating from that institution in
1866 with the degree of M. D. During his
University course he also attended special medical
lectures in the summer vacation at Pittsford, Mass.
Dr. Kingham began the practice of medicine at
Berlin Heights, Ohio, under adverse conditions.
His long medical course had somewhat impaired his
health, so that when ready mentally to enter upon his
chosen profession he was nearly a physical wreck.
By careful attention to his physical condition, however,
he gradually became stronger and thus better able to
attend to the now constantly increasing calls made upon
him. At the end of three months the doctor moved
to Florence, there entering into partnership with Dr.
Lattin, with whom he remained only a short time
when he made another change, this time locating in
Norwalk, Ohio, where he practiced four years.
After leaving Norwalk he went to Bellmore, Ind., and
there remained until May, 1875, the date of his removal
to Port Clinton, where he continued in his professional
duties until 1886. At this time the Doctor came to
Rocky Ridge, to give his attention to his business
interests there, which had been gradually widening
during the passing years, and they have continued to
grow until, at the present time, he is extensively
engaged in numerous enterprises, all of which, under his
able management, have proved profitable to him, and, by
giving employment to others, have contributed in no
small degree to the growth of the community. He is
largely interested in agriculture, owning several farms
in the vicinity of Rocky Ridge. In 1878 he engaged
in the manufacture of lime, and in 1882 erected a
sawmill and invested extensively in the lumber business;
in 1889 he erected a large grain elevator and
flouring-mill in Rock}' Ridge. He is now handling
large quantities of wheat, oats and corn, and the value
of this enterprise to the local farming industry can
hardly be estimated. In 1882, in addition to his
other business, the Doctor purchased a drug store at
Rocky Ridge, which gradually enlarged until, in 1891, it
had become a general store. The Doctor's business
had now become so large and complicated, on account of
the great variety of interests to which he was giving
his attention, that Mrs. Kingham came to
his aid, taking her place in the office, and for the
past five years she has added her business ability to
that of her husband in pushing one of the greatest
business enterprises in Ottawa county. Mrs.
Kingham attends to the books, keeping an accurate
account of all receipts and shipments of grain, and in
every way rendering the greatest assistance in
conducting the extensive business. Nor have we yet
covered the field of the Doctor's business enterprises.
In addition to those already enumerated he invested as a
stockholder in Lake Side, the most elegant summer resort
on Lake Erie; for many years he has been one of the
directors of the company, and at the time of his
marriage to his present wife was president of the Lake
Side Company.
In 1868, Dr. Kingham was married to Miss Mary
Ann Partlow, of Bellmore, Ind. A few years
afterward, while at Norwalk, Ohio, Mrs. Kingham's
health failed, and she gradually became weaker, passing
away in May, 1880, at Port Clinton. On Aug. 30,
1882, the Doctor wedded his present wife, Miss Ella
Simkins, of Washington C. H., Ohio, the marriage
being solemnized at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, by
the Rev. Arthur Edwards, D. D. Mrs. Ella
(Simkins) Kingham was born at Washington C. H.,
Ohio, in 1857, and spent her girlhood days in her native
town, from the high school of which place she graduated
in 1876. For a time after completing her high
school course she attended Wooster University, and
subsequently, for five years, she was a teacher in the
high school from which she graduated. For one year
she was principal of the high school at Muncie, Ind.,
and at the close of her work there she was married to
Dr. Kingham. Mrs. Kingham's father, Richard
Simkins, was born in 1831 in New Jersey, and her
mother, Martha (Kembel) Simkins, was born in
Ohio, in 1833; they are still living at Washington C. H.
To them were born two children, Mrs. Kingham, and
Dr. James Simkins, of Clarksburg, Ohio.
Mrs. Kingham's maternal grandfather,
Nathan Kembel, was born in 1811 in New
Jersey. By his first marriage the Doctor had five
children, two of whom are now living: William and
Bernard, at present with their uncle, Mr.
Jacobs, in California. By his present wife he
has two sons, James Jay and George
Richard, both living with their parents.
Dr. Kingham's parents, James and Lydia Ann
(Knight) Kingham, were born, the father in England
in 1803, on the noted "Farm Colder," in Oxfordshire, the
mother at Rising Sun, Md., in 1818. They were
married in 1836. James Kingham followed
mercantile pursuits the greater part of his life; he
died in 1875, and the mother now lives with her
daughter, Mrs. Jacobs. There were
four children in the family, two of whom are now living,
Dr. Joseph Kingham, and Mrs. Jacobs, of
California.
Source: Commemorative Biographical Records of the
Counties of Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H.
Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 391 |
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SAMUEL
KUESTHARDT, editor of the Ottawa County
Zeitung, published at Port Clinton, Ottawa county,
was born in Arnsburg, Hesse Darmstadt, Germany, February
6, 1855, and is one of the best known and most
highly-respected citizens of the county in which he now
resides.
He is the son of G. C. and Elizabeth (Wollenhaupt)
Kuesthardt. His father was born in Rambach, Hesse
Cassel, Germany, in 1804; was educated in the teachers'
seminary at Beuggen; followed the profession of a
teacher throughout his life, and for many years had
charge of a reform school. He died in April, 1875, a
consistent member of the Lutheran Church. His first wife
was Marie Wollenhaupt, by whom he had one
child, Marie, who lives in California. The second
wife of Mr. Kuesthardt, and the mother of
our subject, was born in Harle, Hesse Cassel, Germany,
in 1826, came to America in 1875, and died in California
April 5, 1894, the mother of seven children, all of whom
lived to manhood and womanhood: Christiana, died
at the age of twenty years; Magdalena, wife of
Rev. Julius Klopsteg, lives at
Henderson, Minn.; Tabitha was married in Germany
to Gustav Brobst; our subject comes next;
Anna is married to Julius Ulber, an
artist, now of California; Hermina is the wife of
Andrew Peterson, and lives in St. Paul,
Minn.; G. W. lives in California, where he
follows the trade of a carpenter, and is also engaged in
fruit raising.
Samuel Kuesthardt
attended school at the theological seminary in Melsungen,
Germany, from which he was a graduate in 1874. He then
came to America and took a practical course at the
schools of Mendota, Ill. He was the assistant minister
for one year in a church in Toledo, Ohio, and in the
fall of 1876 was ordained the pastor of a church at
Custer, Wood Co., this State. At this time he preached
to six different churches. He remained at Custer until
1881, in the fall of which year he received a call to
Fair Haven, Mich., where he remained until 1887. He was
then attacked with inflammatory rheumatism, from which
he suffered greatly, and, being obliged to seek a change
of climate, went to Louisiana and settled in Calcasieu
Parish, where he took up a homestead and timber claim,
325 acres in all. His health rapidly improved, and he
spent a couple of months in that place, while there
preaching at Lake Charles. He then returned to Toledo,
Ohio, and from there came to Rocky Ridge, in Ottawa
county, where he founded a congregation, and built the
first Lutheran church in the place. This was a frame
building, which soon after was burnt down, and they then
erected one of brick. He preached at Rocky Ridge for two
and a half years. In September, 1890, Mr.
Kuesthardt gave up preaching, and the following New
Year (1891) took charge of the Ottawa County Zeitung,
then published at Oak Harbor, and in 1893 he removed the
paper and his family to Port Clinton. In politics he is
a Democrat, and his paper is printed in the German
language. It is a newsy, well-conducted journal, and is
popular with the German citizens.
Mr. Kuesthardt was married in Toledo, Ohio,
April 19, 1877, to Miss Marie Kuehn,
of that city, and they have had nine children (seven of
whom are living): Paul; Martha; Samuel;
Marie; Laura; Ernest, who died in
Louisiana; Lydia, who died when four years old;
Hans and Phyllis.
Source: Commemorative
Biographical Records of the Counties of Sandusky and
Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1896 - Page 403 |
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SIMON HENRY KINSTING
is numbered among the pioneer settlers of Ottawa County,
having located within its borders when it was almost an
unbroken wilderness, with few roads laid out and few
settlements made. With the work of development and
progress he has been identified, and has aided in the
improvement of the locality by faithfully performing his
duties of citizenship.
Mr. Kinsting was born in Prussia, December 25,
1832, and is a son of Frederick William Kinsting,
also a native of Prussia, born in 1800, a tailor by trade,
who died at the home of his son, July 28, 1871. In
1849 he emigrated with his wife and two children to
America, after which he followed the occupation of
farming. He was first employed for only fifty cents
per day, and was very well satisfied, but as years passed
his financial resources increased. In the Fatherland
he married Minnie Saack, who was born in
Prussia, April 4, 1804, and died December 13, 1885.
They had two children - Simon Henry, and
Henrietta, wife of William Budky, of
Woodville, Sandusky county. The parents spent their
last years at the home of their son, who tenderly carried
for them in their declining days. Our subject's
paternal grandfather and his wife, were both born in
Germany about October, 1766, and the former died in 1833.
The maternal grandfather was born in Prussia, in 1774, and
his wife's birth occurred there in 1775.
S. H. Kinsting, the subject proper of
this review, spent the first seventeen years of his life
in his native land, and was educated in the public
schools. He then came with his parents to the United
States, and here attended the English schools, so that he
now speaks both languages fluently. In 1858 he was
united in marriage to Miss Frederica Priesing,
a native of Hanover, Germany, born June 6, 1835. She
obtained her education there, and when twenty-two yeas of
age came to America, locating in Toledo, Ohio, where she
met her future husband. The wedding was celebrated
six months later at the old homestead, one mile from
Elmore, where our subject now resides. Her parents,
who were also natives of Hanover, Germany, had a family of
six children, five of whom are now living, one son, Henry,
having died in the hospital in Memphis Tenn., while
serving in the Civil war. The father was a
blacksmith by trade, and died at an early age, leaving a
widow to care for her family. Mrs. Kinsting
was a faithful wife and loving
mother, one who trained her children to habits of industry
and uprightness. A fall occasioned the loss of her
mental faculties to a degree, and on September 2, 1892,
she passed away.
Mr.
and Mrs. Kinstring were the parents of four
children, namely: (1) William, born Aug.
13, 1860, was married Mar. 23, 1881, to Rachel
Ernsthausen, of Elmore, and resides on a
farm one mile from the town; they have three children -
Mary, William and Clara.
(2) Fred, born Sept. 16, 1863, was
married in Aug., 1885, to Cora Netcher,
and lives on a farm in Monroe county, Mich.; their
children are - John and George.
(3) Henry, born Apr. 10, 1867, was
married in November, 1890, to Libbie Wainwright,
and they have one child - Naomi, born
June 25, 1894. (4) Minnie, born
Apr. 25, 1870, was married in October, 1890, to
Frank Dishinger, of Harris township, Ottawa
county, and they had two children - Henry
and Eddie; Mrs. Dishinger
died Aug. 10, 1895, and was buried at Elmore.
During his entire residence in America Mr.
Kinsting has lived on the farm which now belongs
to Frank Dishinger. The first forty
acres of land were purchased in 1849 for $375 and the
first home was a little log cabin. By diligence and
close attention to business our subject and his father and
son cleared and developed the farm, extending its
boundaries by the additional purchase of seventy-three
acres in Sandusky and Ottawa counties, erected good
buildings and secured a nice home. Since his
father's death our subject has purchased eighty acres, for
which he paid $100 per acre. He has succeeded in
business through his own well-directed efforts, and today
is the owner of a valuable property, and the possessor of
a comfortable competence. In March, 1895, he called
his children together, and after a very pleasant family
reunion, gave each of them five thousand dollars. He
has now reached the age of sixty-three years, has ben a
cripple for twenty-two years, but is one of the most
cheerful and happy men in the community, finding great
pleasure in visiting his children, who have for him the
warmest affection, and take great delight in his visits to
them. Since 1858 he has been a member of the German
Methodist Episcopal Church, a consistent and earnest
Christian, enjoying the respect and confidence of all who
known him.
Source:
Commemorative Biographical Records of the Counties of
Sandusky and Ottawa, Ohio: Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co.
1896 - Page 558 |
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