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BIOGRAPHIES
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History of Stark County:
with an outline sketch of
Ohio
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1881
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City of Alliance -
SAMUEL
KATZENSTEIN, Alliance;
is one of the leading merchants of Alliance. He came
from Europe to the United States when quite young.
Having been engaged in the dry goods trade from early
boyhood, he continued in that business in this country, and
has now established one of the best dry goods houses in
Alliance.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 733 |
Bethlehem Twp. -
MRS. ANNA M. KEEHN, Navarre.
Among the old and respected pioneer women of Stark County,
none are more worthy of special mention than the subject of
this brief sketch. She was born in Canton Township,
this county, Oct. 11, 1807; her parents, Jacob and
Elizabeth (Kaufman) Reed, were natives of the Keystone
State, where they were raised married, and resided until
1806, when they came to this county and located in Canton
Township, where they remained some years, and then came to
Bethlehem Township, which they ever afterward made their
home. At the day when these sturdy people settled
here, the country was a dense wilderness, inhabited by
Indians and all manner of wild beasts; the log cabin,
chinked with mud, with its puncheon floor, greased-paper
windows and mudstick chimney, afforded the best habitation
for these brave adventurers; their furniture was of the
rudest kind, and their clothing was of the coarsest material
- of home-spun flax and wool, warm and durable, and at that
time fashionable. In Mr. and Mrs. Reed's family
were twelve children, eight of whom are yet living, and who
are respected members of the communities in which they live.
Mrs. Anna M. Keehn lived at home until her marriage
with Mr. Jonathan Keehn, which event took place in
1830. Mr. Keehn was a native of Berks Co.,
Penn., where he was born in 1805; in 1810, his father,
George Keehn, came to this county with his family, and
located in Bethlehem Township, on the farm which Mrs.
Keehn now owns and resides upon; it was upon this farm
that Jonathan passed his youth and early manhood,
assisting his father; after his marriage, he took charge of
the farm caring for his parents during their old age, and
until their respective deaths; he was a well-educated man
for that day, and one of more than ordinary intelligence; he
favored and liberally contributed to all enterprises that
had a tendency to build up the community in which he lived
or benefit his family or fellow-man; he held a number of
positions of honor and trust, and was highly esteemed by his
friends and neighbors; he was the father of the following
family of children: Susan, Elizabeth, Sarah, George,
Mary, Melinda and Caroline, living: Catharine,
Magdalena and David, deceased. Mr. Keehn
departed this life July 4, 1868; his widow survives him, at
the advanced age of 74 years; she has always been a true
wife, loving mother, and useful member of society, ever
sharing, with patience and fortitude, all Mr. Keehn's
adversities, and rejoicing with him in his prosperity, to
which she, by her kind co-operation and interest to the
fullest extent contributed. She, with four of her
daughters, resides upon the old homestead, surrounded with
the comforts of a well-earned competency. The
daughters, like their parents before them, are useful
members of society, having the respect of all who know them.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 986 |
Bethlehem Twp. -
JOHN KEEHN, V. S.; Navarre. This
gentleman was born Dec. 6, 1822, in Bethlehem Township, this
county; he is the son of John and Elizabeth (Traul) Keehn,
both of whom were natives of the Keystone State.
George Keehn, grandfather of our subject, was born at
Reading, Penn., May 7, 1766; his wife, Susan Shalter,
was also born at Reading, Aug. 15, 1767; they came with
their family to Stark Co., Ohio, in 1815, landing in
Bethlehem Township on the 20th of September, and settled on
Sec. 9 in that township, where they passed the remainder of
their days. John Keehn, Sr., was born near
Reading, Penn., Mar. 2,1789; his wife, Elizabeth Traul, was
also a native of Pennsylvania, where she was born Feb. 17,
1790; they also came to this county in 1815, and settled on
Sec. 9 in Bethlehem Township; they were hard-working,
intelligent people, and raised a family of five sons and
three daughters. Mrs. Keehn died May 8, 1848,
and her husband Sept. 2, 1853. Our subject was raised
upon a farm, receiving but a very limited education, for,
from a small boy, he was put to hard work, and his chances
for obtaining an education were few. He was united in
marriage to Miss Catharine Gerber Aug. 6, 1848; this
lady was born in Canton Township, this county, Oct. 1, 1827;
their union has been blessed with the following family of
children, viz.: Aaron, Sarah, John, Elizabeth, Christina,
Levi and Catharine. Mr. Keehn now owns the
old home farm of 190 acres, which he has nicely improved,
and which, for most part, he has obtained by his own
exertions. When quite a small boy he began treating
horses and cattle for different diseases; he was so
uniformly successful that he soon had a good practice; he
purchased books, and, by hard study and close observation,
he has become one of the most successful veterinary surgeons
in the county; his practice extends over this, Holmes
and Tuscarawas Counties, and his services are so frequently
sought that he finds it difficult to attend all cases where
his services are required; he is a close student of
pathology, and uses only new and rational remedies,
discarding all the old fogy notions common to the practice.
He is a Democrat, and a useful and honored citizen.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 987 |
MOSES
KEIM, P. O. Louisville; was born in Somerset Co.,
Penn., in 1810. He is a son of Nicholas and Fanny
(Hostetter) Keim, his mother being the second wife of
his father. The Keim, his mother being the
second wife of his father. The Keims are
of German descent, and Moses was reared in the Omish
faith. His early life was passed at home until he
arrived at 16 years of age, when he went to Maryland to live
with his uncle. In 1833 he came to Holmes Co., Ohio,
where he lived a number of years. Mar. 13, 1834, his
marriage with Lydia Domer was solemnized. To
this union were born six children - Josiah, present
minister of a German Baptist Church near Louisville;
George, who was killed by a fall when 7 years old;
Catharine, now the wife of Jacob Lutz; Jonas, Jacob
and John. Josiah married Sarah Hill;
Jonas married Mary Keim; Jacob married
Jane Campbell; he is a professor in the Ashland College,
at Ashland, Ohio; John married Sophia Klingaman,
and is a resident of Louisville. In 1845 Mr.
Keim moved to near Bolivar, Ohio, and after a residence
there of five years, moved to Osnaburg Twp., Stark Co.,
Ohio, and there remained seventeen years. During the
spring of 1869 he came to Louisville, where his son John
had previously engaged in the hardware trade. In
1875 Mr. Keim and his two sons, Jonas and
John, formed a partnership and erected the present
Keim Block, in which they have one of the largest and
most complete stock of general hardware of any house in
Louisville. In the spring of 1881, this firm opened
the Louisville Deposit Bank, mention of which is made
elsewhere in this work. Since their arrival in
Louisville, the Keims have taken an active leading
part in building up the town, and they are considered among
the most substantial men of the place.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 908 |
City of
Alliance -
PETER D. KEPLINGER, boarding house
keeper; Alliance; was born in Paris Tp., Stark Co., Ohio,
Aug. 6, 1824. His father, Samuel Keplinger was
a tobacconist, and a native of Adams Co., Penn. He
married Miss Sarah Slagle, a native of the same
county. Her father was financially well-to-do, and at
an early date in the settlement of Stark Co., he came here
and entered a large tract of land in what is now Paris Tp.
In 1823 his son-in-law, Mr. Samuel Keplinger, removed
with his young wife to the tract of land already referred
to, with a view of occupy in and improving that portion
which his wife would eventually inherit. When they
came here they were young, and knew little of the hardships
which they would have to encounter in the almost unbroken
forest; their means were limited and only the things
actually necessary were procured. They erected in the
woods a log cabin 10x12 feet, and lived in it without either
floor, except the one formed by nature, or furniture; and
the few rude things made of riven boards, forming bed steads
by driving posts in the ground. Such were the luxuries
of pioneer life! But in a year or so they were able to
erect a more comfortable dwelling. When they once got
a patch of ground cleared, everything grew luxuriantly, but
it was almost impossible to raise even a small sum of money.
When they had been living in their new home over two years,
the entire sum of cash raised in that time by Mr.
Keplinger was $1.50. There was no market or demand
for anything produced in the country, consequently no
circulation of money. The fond memory of other days
and circumstances, with the pleasant associations of her
girlhood, frequently caused the silent tears to trickle down
the young wife's cheek. But these times they outlived,
the settlements increased, the country opened up to the
outer world by the construction of the canal, circumstances
and society changed, and their days of privation gave place
to seasons of plenty. Mrs. Keplinger passed
away in 1847, he in 1849. Peter D. was the
oldest of their six children, and his early life was spent
on the farm. He married Carolina Miller, but
she died, leaving two children - Elmira and Samuel
L. He then married Rachel Scheatzley.
She was born in Germany, and came to Stark Co., with her
parents in 1831, being at that time 8 years old. By
this union three children were born, viz. - Mary L.,
Lyman D., and Frank E. In 1850, Mr.
Keplinger engaged in the mercantile business in
New Franklin, for about four years, thence went to North
Georgetown, where he remained about six years in business.
In 1860 he came to alliance and has engaged in almost every
kind of industry in the place. He is interested in the
manufacture of light steel; also in the wagon and carriage
hub factory, which burned down, causing him considerable
loss; and, unfortunately he was the loser of $5,000 by the
failure of the Fisher, Shalters & Co's.
agricultural works. Nevertheless, he has accumulated a
good property, owning one of the best business rooms on Main
Street, occupied by Mr. Katzenstein, in the dry goods
trade, besides other valuable property.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 731 |
JACOB
KETTERING, deceased; son of Adam and Barbara (Agely)
Kettering, was born in Blair Co., Pa., June 9, 1810.
He was the oldest of five children, whose names respectively
are: - Jacob, Catharine, Adam, John and Conrad.
The parents of these moved from Blair to Bedford Co., when
Jacob was but a boy, and lived there the balance of
their lives. They were very poor people, the father
being a farmer and blacksmith, and the mother a weaver.
When Jacob was 21, the family made a sale of all
their possessions, the receipts of that sale amounting to
only $72. After their parents' death, the children
married and separated. Catharine is the wife of
Elijah Binkley, and lives in Missouri. Adam
married Susan Teeter, and lives in Bedford Co., Penn.
John married Martha Harris, is a widower, and
lives in Indiana. Conrad married Catharine
Hoover, and is a resident of Black Hawk Co., Iowa.
Jacob Kettering and Nancy Ann Barnet were
united in marriage in Bedford Co., Penn., Oct. 22, 1836, by
Henry Fluck, Esq. This lady was a daughter of
James and Mary (Finley) Barnet who were natives of
Lancaster Co., Penn., and she was born in Bedford Co., Jan.
27, 1814. Mr. and Mrs. Barnet were parents of a
family of twelve - Eliza, deceased; William,
deceased; Nancy Ann, Jacob, Mary, Rebecca, deceased;
Elizabeth, Sarah, Hetty, deceased; James, George,
deceased; and Ephraim, deceased. James
and Ephraim were soldiers in the late war. The
latter was taken prisoner, conveyed to Andersonville, and
there starved to death - a victim of the traitorous leaders
of the War of the Rebellion. George was killed
in battle with the Indians in Nebraska. Jacob
married Hannah Myers, and lives in Canton Twp.
Mary is the wife of Jonathan Fockler,
and lives in Stark Co. Elizabeth is the
wife of Benjamin Ober, and lives in Indiana.
Sarah is the wife of James Hinton and lives in
Plain Twp.; and James is married and lives in
Iowa. The father of these was a tailor by trade, and
the Barnets are of Irish ancestry, while the
Ketterings are of German descent. To the union of
Jacob Kettering and Nancy Ann Barnet there was born a
family of six children: Maria born Dec. 21, 1838;
Elizabeth, born Feb. 9, 1841, died Feb. 16, 1841;
Caroline, born Feb. 8, 1842; Sarah Ann, born May
24, 1845, died Dec. 31, 1850; William, born Mar. 22,
1848; and Henry, born Apr. 13, 1850. Maria
is the widow of Abram Hoover, who died from
disease contracted in the army. She has two adopted
children - Emma Davis and Eddie Smith;
Caroline the wife of David S. Smith, and has by
him six children - Jacob, Jane, Herbert, Ella, one
that died in infancy, and William H., deceased.
They lived in Nimishillen Twp. William married
Susan Landis and by her had three children -
Minnie, Milton and Anna. Henry is single,
and is in the employ of C. Aultman & Co., of Canton.
In addition to the above, the Kettring family have
reared and adopted one daughter of childhood - Emma
Davis. After his marriage with Miss Barnet, Mr.
Kettring resided in Pennsylvania until he came to Ohio.
The start they had to begin married life with was $300 in
money and a bed and bedstead, one cow, a bureau, and willing
hands. Mr. Kettring was a rough carpenter and
blacksmith. While there he framed twenty-seven barns,
and when they came to Ohio in 1851, they had $3,700.
They came to Stark Co., located in lot 7, where they
purchased a farm for $3,000. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Kettring were hard-working, saving and industrious
people. In a financial way they were very successful
with the start they had to begin with. From poverty
they rose by degrees to a position of wealth and affluence.
Mr. Kettring died Feb. 24, 1880, leaving his heirs
property to the amount of $46,000. His two sons,
William and Henry, have recently purchased one of
the finest farms in Stark Co., in Jackson Twp., for which
they paid $30,800. They also own the old home-farm of
161 acres in Nimishillen Twp. Mr. Kettring left
a good home for his widow, and $10,000, with which to live
in ease and comfort the balance of her days. Mr.
and Mrs. Kettring were members of the United Brethren in
Christ Church; and Mr. Kettring a Republican in
politics, as are also his sons. The Kettrings
are among the leading citizens of Stark Co., where they are
well known and universally respected.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 909 |
City of Alliance -
MARION M. KING, Attorney at Law;
Alliance; was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, May 31, 1852.
He is the eldest of the family of four children of Levi and
Mary (Lower) King, who were likewise natives of the
same county. His education was that afforded by the
common schools and Georgetown Academy, which institution has
been abandoned. When about 17 years of age he began to
teach school in the winter months, and attended Mt. Union
College during the spring and summer. He began the
study of law with A. L. Jones, of Alliance, in 1872,
and was admitted to the bar in the District Court of Stark
Co., Sept. 17, 1874. He opened a law office in
Alliance where he practiced until November, 1880, when his
preceptor, under the firm name of Jones & King.
Mar. 6, 1877, he married Dora, daughter of Mr. A.
L. Jones. They had one child - Roxy Verne.
Nov. 27, 1826; he is the second in descent from
Samuel Jones, native of New Jersey, who emigrated to
Virginia, and whose son, of same name (Samuel),
emigrated to Ohio, and settled in Columbiana Co., near New
Lisbon, at a very early day. A. L. was the
eighth of ten children, when about 15 years of age he was
apprenticed to the tailor's trade, but abandoned that to
secure a more liberal education, and attended an academy at
Washingtonville and Marlborough. When about 26 years
of age, he began to read law with W. D. Ewing, of New
Lisbon, and in May, 1854 he was admitted to the bar, and in
the fall of the same year was admitted to practice in the
Federal Courts. Oct. 2, 1849, he married Ruth A.
Coffee, daughter of Joseph Coffee, at Columbiana
Co. They had four children - Joseph C., Samuel A.,
Dora, now Mrs. King, and Ruth A. Mrs.
Jones passed from this life Oct. 27, 1878.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 732 |
Sugar Creek Twp. -
MICHAEL KING, farmer; P. O. Justus;
was born in Somerset Co., Pa., Sept. 27, 1805, as was also
his father, David, in 1781. His paternal grandfather,
Michael was a native of York Co., Pa., and by his
marriage with Susan Passmore, had ten children,
Enos, John, George, William, Philip, David, Polly,
Elizabeth, Rebecca and Phoebe. David King
married Sophia, daughter of Casper Ginder, a
native of Germany. Of the children of this union there
grew up John, George, Jacob, Catharine, Barbara,
Elizabeth, Sophia, and Peggy. John was a
soldier in the war of the Revolution. In the spring of
1822 a two-horse wagon brought West by King family
consisting of the father, mother and seven children -
George, Michael, Elias, Jacob,
Enos, Elizabeth and Aaron. They
located in Sugar Creek Tp., near Wilmot, on leased land, and
there the father, an old-time Whig, died in 1862, the mother
having passed away fourteen years before. Both were
members of the Disciples' Church. Michael
assisted his father on the farm till, at the age of 21
years, he struck out for himself. He worked one year
at tanning, then again at farming. Jan. 38, 1838, he
married Susanna Deardorff, born in Tuscarawas
Co., in 1807. Her parents were Isaac and Eva E.
(Zeigler) Deardorff, natives of York Co., Pa., and early
settlers in Tuscarawas. After marriage, Mr.
King remained six years in Sugar Creek Tp., then sold
out and moved to Tuscarawas Co., where he lived forty-eight
years. His wife died July 13, 1880, the mother of
fifteen children, of whom twelve grew up,—of these Hiram
was drowned while serving in the 19th O. V. I.; Irenćous
died of wounds received before Richmond when a member of the
126th O. V. I.; Eva is wife of Isaac
Masters, Ashland Co., Ohio; Sophia, of Wm.
Penix, Tuscarawas Co.; Helen, of
Morris Shisler, insurance agent, Tuscarawas Co.;
Leah, of Wm. Kaldenbauch, Franklin Tp.,
Tuscarawas Co.; Rebecca is Mrs. Jesse
Ward, of Clinton Co. Mo.; David is proprietor
of the Iron Valley Hotel, at Canal Dover; Sarah lives
at the same place; and of three remaining boys - Wilson,
Edward and Alfred, the latter is on the old
homestead, 257 acres, in Franklin Tp., Tuscarawas Co.
In May, 1881, Mr. King took as his second wife,
Mary, widow of John W. Elliott, who died without
issue. She was born Sept. 29, 1818, in Kent Co.,
England; her parents Matthew and Esther (Fleet), Judd,
coming to America in 1830, and locating in Sugar Creek Tp.
Since his marriage to Mrs. Elliott, Mr.
King has moved to her farm, 84 acres. Mr. King
has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for
forty-six years, and his present wife has a standing of
thirty-six years in the same body. He has been
trustee, steward, class-leader, and superintendent of the
Sunday School. He is a Republican.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 960 |
City of Alliance -
JASON KIRK, the second son, was born Oct. 7, 1840, and
worked on his father's farm until Aug. 12, 1862, when he
enlisted in Co. E, 149, P. V. I., one of the famous "Bucktail"
Regiments of the Army of the Potomac, he was in the
Seven-days' Fight, the Battle of the Wilderness, in the
hottest contested points of the Battle of Gettysburg, and
many others, and served until the close of the war, without
receiving even a scratch. On returning from the army
he learned, and afterward engaged in the photographic art
until 1869, when he came to Alliance to assist his brother
in running the mill, remaining until July, until July, 1873,
when he repaired to the oil-reigons of Pennsylvania,
and engaged in drilling oil-wells until August, 1878, when
he returned to Alliance, and resumed business as practical
miller and business manager. He was married Sept. 9,
1875, to Anna E. Edwards, of Homeworth, Columbiana
Co., Ohio.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 733 |
City of Alliance
-
LEWIS KIRK, miller and general manager of the
Alliance City Flouring Mill; Alliance; was born at Grampian
Hills, Clearfield Co., Pa., Dec. 19, 1844. His father,
Asaph Kirk, was born Feb. 10, 1814, and reared to
agricultural prusuits in Clearfield Co., Pa.
He married Eliza Wall, in 1835, she was born in York
Co., Sept. 9, 1815, and when a little girl moved to
Clearfield Co., with her parents. After their marriage
they settled on a farm near the Grampian Hills P. O., where
they reside to this day, and where their family were all
brought up to farm life, with very limited school
facilities. They have five children - Mary,
Jonathan, Jason, Lewis and Jane, all married.
Lewis was the third son, and when about 21 years old he
learned the art of photography, and followed it until
August, 1868, when he started to Ohio in a one-horse wagon
to seek a new field of labor; toward the close of the first
day's travel, he stopped at a small two and while loitering
around saw two bars of heavy iron nailed to the ground, and
extended as far as he could see; upon enquiry, as to their
use he was told that it was a railroad, "What? a railroad
within one day's drive of Skunk-hollow." He then
concluded to send his horse and wagon home and try the
thing. He had heard of railroads somewhere, but knew
nothing of academies and colleges, and was lost in amazement
at the extent of the country when he got to riding in a big
box with windows in it. He arrived in Ohio several
days ahead of time, but he traveled over the State
considerable, and finally selected Alliance as the most
desirable spot to convert a Keystone boy into a buckeye.
His father and two uncles, Isaac and David Kirk,
purchased the Alliance City Flouring Mills, and he took
charge Jan. 15, 1869, as principal business manager, and
apprentice to the milling trade. At Cleveland, Jan. 7,
1869, he married Hannah Margaret Spencer; they have
three children - Cora V., Elsie F., Raphael S. Mrs.
Kirk was born in Clearfield Co., Pa., Apr. 23, 1850, and
is a daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth (Stugart) Spence,
who were married there in 1840, and in 1868, moved to
Benton, Holmes Co., Ohio, with two sons, Jesse and
Isaac, they are engaged in the milling business; their
eldest son John was killed May 6, 1864, in the battle
of the Wilderness, and Elsie the youngest is with her
parents. In 1873, on the death of his uncles; our
subject's father purchased their joint half interest in the
mill, and the management remains unchanged.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 732 |
Bethlehem Twp. -
WILLIAM
C. KLINE, Navarre; was born in York Co., Penn., Sep.
15, 1829; he is a son of John and Matilda (Haines) Kline,
the former being of German and the latter of English
descent; the father was a blacksmith by trade, but kept a
hotel for some years, in Little York, Penn.; he is yet
living, his occupation being farming. William H.
Kline, our subject is one in a family of eleven
children; having but a few advantages in youth, he received
but a common-school education. When 21 years of age,
he began coopering, and for twelve years followed that
business in his native State. In 1864, he came to
Marietta, Ohio, and began prospecting for oil; after
following this for some time, Mr. Kline failed,
losing his all in the enterprise. In 1866, he came to
Strasburg, Tuscarawas Co., where he purchased a farm and
settled down; after a time he was induced to take charge of
a brewery in Parkersburg, W. Va.; after a few months, he
disposed of his property and then returned to his farm at
Strasburg, where he remained farming until 1868, and, in
connection with farming, carried on a hotel and sawmill
afterward at Dearduff Mills, in Tuscarawas County. In
1873 he came to Navarre and took charge of the Navarre
House, and, after three and a half years, sold out and
engaged in coopering, at which he has extensively engaged
ever since; he now has a force of about fifteen men employed
in his factory, and they make from 1,000 to 1,200 barrels
per week; the past season, he made over forty thousand
barrels. He married Rachel L. Leaming, Feb. 19, 1845,
and she was born in Wakefield, Md., Aug. 2, 1834; they have
had born to them six children, five of whom are now living,
viz.: Sarah, Marian, William, Charles and George.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 988 |
Osnaburg Twp. -
JACOB KLOTZ, dairyman; P. O. Canton.
Jacob Klotz was born in Neiderbrund, Alsace, France,
Jan. 5, 1831. IN 1836, Mr. Klotz, in company
with his parents, Jacob and Christiana (Gutebube) Klotz,
emigrated for America, and located at Magnolia, Carroll Co.
He apprenticed himself to the trade of shoemaking, but not
enjoying the business, he began on the farm, which agreeable
occupation he pursued for sixteen years. In 1871, he
purchased 100 acres in southern Nimishillen, which he sold
at a neat profit; in 1873, he purchased his present dairy
farm, in Section 6, N. W. quarter of Osnaburg Twp., in all a
finely watered tract of 197 acres. In 1876, Mr.
Klotz, began the dairy business that he has so
successfully continued up to the present time. His
market is the city of Canton, which demands seventeen to
twenty cows; in connection with his milk trade, he
cultivates garden vegetables for the spring and summer
markets. In connection with his many farm
improvements, Mr. Klotz, has manifested his
enterprise by erecting a capacious cider-press, which, last
season alone, expressed 1,650 barrels of cider. In
1867, Feb. 19, he was united in marriage to Miss Eva
Mutchler, of Jackson Twp. In politics he casts his
lot with the Democracy; in religion Mr. and Mrs. Klotz,
are members of the Lutheran Church, Canton, Ohio.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
843 |
Washington Twp. -
JACOB B. KNOLL, farmer; P. O. Homeworth, Columbiana
Co.; a native of Lancaster Co., Penn., born Mar. 12, 1814,
and, when 1 year of age, his parents, John and Catharine
(Brill) Knoll, removed with their family to Dauphin
County, where the subject of this sketch was raised and
educated, residing there until his removed to Stark County.
Jacob, during the early years of his life, remained
with his father, then learned the carpenter's trade, which
occupation he followed during the summer time for some
fifteen years in Dauphin County. He was married, Dec.
28, 1837, to Miss Louisa Aldinger, daughter of
Christian Aldinger; she was born in Germany, and came to
this country with her parents when about 5 years of age;
this couple have lived happily together for over forty
years, but they did not commence their married life with the
many comforts they enjoy in their later years; during the
first year after marriage, they resided in an old double log
cabin, one-half of which was occupied by another family,
paying $12 a year for their rude home; in the fall of 1838,
he bought an old log house, with 3 acres of ground, for
$300, and had one third of this sum raised by the next
April, this amount being obtained by hard labor during the
winter, chopping cordwood in the forest at 25 cents per
cord, and boarded himself; although it was extremely cold at
times, he never started a fire in the woods, but worked many
a time when it was so cold that he could not cut the bread
prepared for his dinner with a knife, but was compelled to
slice it off with the ax; during some six winters, he cut
about one thousand cords. About the time he was
married, the crops had been devoured by grasshoppers, and
for the first three bushels of wheat he purchased he was
compelled to pay $3 a bushel, and $1 a bushel for corn; in
after hears, he bought a little stony farm of 60 acres in
Dauphin County, which he occupied until he moved to Stark
County in 1853, when he purchased about 111 acres of
Jacob Kurtz; a few years since, he transferred all but
40 acres of this farm to his son. Mr. Knoll has
at the present time a competency, but this he obtained by
hard labor receiving only $700 from his father's estate.
He is the father of six children; five reached maturity,
viz., Catharine, now Mrs. David Powell, of
Marshall Co., Ind.; Henry died in 1879, aged 37;
Elizabeth, now Mrs. Lemuel Keys, of Alliance;
Jacob, of Washington Township; Sarah, now Mrs.
Stephen Shell, of Columbiana County. Mr. Knoll
has served as Trustee of Washington Township two terms.
Source:
History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 1004 |
Perry Twp. -
DAVID KOONTZ, farmer, Massillon; was
born June 13, 1813, in Huntingdon Co., Penn., the fourth of
a family of thirteen children. His parents were
Jacob and Mary (Obenhour) Koontz. He was a native
of Virginia, son of Peter Koontz, whose birthplace
was England, and had two children Jacob and Polly.
Mary was a daughter of Harmon Obeuhour, a
native of Germany. Jacob Koontz, the
father of David, emigrated to Ohio by wagon, in the
year 1815, and settled in Nimishillen Township, where he
rented land for several years, remaining here until after
the death of his wife, then moved to Plain Township, where
he lived two years, then came to Perry; this continued to be
his residence until his death, which occurred while on a
visit to Indiana, during war times. The children born
him were John, Susie, Jacob, Daniel,
William, Lydia, Mary, Betsy,
Barbara, Frederick, Christina, Sallie
and Harrison, all of whom lived to manhood and
womanhood, except Harrison. Of the number now living,
are John, in Canton Township; William, in
Schuyler Co., Ill.; Frederick, in Minnesota;
Sallie, who married Peter Nunnemaker;
Christina, the wife of B. Smith, now of Michigan,
and David. David was raised to agricultural
pursuits and remained with his father until 23 years of age,
after which time ho engaged in different occupations for
several years. February, 1939, married Annie Essig,
born in Stark County, 1819, daughter of Jacob and
Elizabeth (Weaver) Essig. Afterward lived seven
year's in Pike Township, then resided seven years in
Bethlehem, when he disposed of his land and located in this
township, near Richville, where he lived until 1872, then
located on 50 acres near the city limits, where he has
settled for life. Wife died in 1874; she bore him six
children—Alpheus, Newton, Louisa,
Jacob, Franklin and Calvin.
Alpheus and Calvin reside in Albia, Monroe Co.,
Iowa. Newton and Jacob, in Norton Tp.,
Medina Co. Louisa, married Mr. Hoberstock.
He has been a member of the Disciples' Church about forty
years. In former years he was Democratic, Init since
Buchanan's time has been in the Republican
ranks.
Source:
History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey,
1881 - Page 708 |
Sandy Twp. -
JEREMIAH KOONTZ, farmer; P. O.
Magnolia; is a son of John and Rebecca Koontz, who
were married in Pennsylvania, in 1816, and soon after
emigrated to Ohio. They located in Sandy Tp. about
1818, upon a farm in the northern portion of the township,
and about 1835, removed to Rose Tp., Carroll Co., where the
father took up 160 acres of land, and remained a resident
until his death in 1848; his mother survived until 1862,
when she died at the home of her son David, in Hardin
Co., O. They had eleven children, only three of whom
are now living - Jeremiah, Mary, wife of John
Housman, of Hardin Co., O., and Lydia, wife of
Adam Housman, of Tuscarawas Co., O. William
Koontz, a son, deceased, was in the late service, and
died while in service at Nashville, Tenn. Jeremiah
was born in Columbiana Co., O., Sept. 16, 1817, and saw
considerable of the hardships and trials of the pioneer
days. He has been engaged in farming all his life, and
has made it successful in a pecuniary way. His present
location is one of the finest in the township; his land is
fertile and well improved, and he has erected upon it as
fine buildings as can be desired. His residence and
barn are especially noticeable, and are commandingly
situated. Mr. Koontz enlisted in Co. K, 51st O.
V. I., in 1861, and was in the service over three years,
participating in all the battles and engagements of his
regiment. He was married in 1844 to Elizabeth F.
Beatty, daughter of Wybrents and Mary (Filson)
Beatty, early settlers of Rose Tp., Carroll Co.
She was born in 1820; they have five children now living,
two deceased - John and Rebecca Fishley, both
deceased; Robert, Jeremiah, Jr., George, Wm.
Stanley and Ellen (now Mrs. Fish-ley,)
now living in Michigan. Jane Fishley a
grand-daughter, makes her home with them also. Mr.
and Mrs. Koontz are both members of the United Brethren
Church.
Source:
History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio -
Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey,
1881 - Page 827 |
Nimishillen Twp. -
HENRY
KRALL, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Middle Branch;
was born in Lebanon Co., Penn., Feb. 22, 1827. He is a
son of Tobias and Catharine (Werner) Krall, who were
parents of Catharine, Sarah, Joseph, Elizabeth, Jacob,
Henry, Mary Ann and Christiann (twins),
and Fanny. These are the grandchildren of
Leonard Krall, and his gentleman's parents were natives
of Germany. Being poor people Tobias Krall and
family came to Plain Twp., Stark Co., Ohio, in 1829, that he
might obtain more land, and cheaper, so as to give his
children proper advantages when they were ready to start in
life. He was one of the early pioneers of Plain Twp.,
and of him it is said he was a sober, hardworking and
industrious man. He died Aug. 31, 1848, a member of
the United Brethren Church. Mrs. Krall died in
the fall of 1875. Henry Krall passed his youth
and early manhood on the farm, during which time he received
an ordinary education. He was married Oct. 15, 1849,
to Miss Catharine Ringer, and to this union were born
ten children - Carlesta, Mary M. (deceased),
Ephraim, John H., Sarah C., Jennie, Emma J., Ada L., Lydia
and Hattie M. Mrs. Krall was born in
Nimishillen Twp., Sept. 13, 1830. After his father's
death, Mr. Krall took charge of the home far, living
there twenty-one years. He then sold it, and in 1870
purchased the farm he now owns, which consists of 165 acres
of fine farming and grazing land. In politics Mr.
Krall was a Democrat. He and family are well known
and highly esteemed citizens of Plain and Nimishillen Twps.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 908 |
Jackson Twp. -
JOHN J. KRICHBAUM. This
gentleman was born in the township in which he now resides
July 14, 1830; he is the grandson of John Krichbaum,
who came from Pennsylvania with his wife and six sons and
two daughters, and located on Sec. 13, in this township, in
1813. The maternal grandfather of our subject was
Thomas Traul, who came to this county from Pennsylvania
in 1814, and purchased a piece of land adjoining Mr.
Krichbaum's; in his family were three sons and four
daughters. Of the fifteen children in the paternal and
maternal grandparents' famil8ies, but three are now living.
The Krichbaums and Trauls underwent all the
hardships and privations incident to pioneer life, and it is
to such people as these that the people of to-day enjoy the
blessings that surround they; their descendants to-day are
among the most useful and honored citizens of the county,
fully attesting to the morality and wisdom of the original
stock. Our subject's parents, John and
Hannah (Traul) Krichbaum, were raised amid the wild
surroundings of their wilderness homes; they were married in
Stark County, and to them were born a family of six sons and
one daughter, five of whom are now living. The father
died June 28, 1872, and the mother Apr. 30, 1874; it
can truly be said of them that they were among the most
intelligent and progressive people of their day, and that
the country would be much better of had it contained more
such people. John J. Krichbaum received a
common-school education, and remained at home assisting his
father until he was of age; he then learned the carpenter's
trade, which, for most part, he has since followed; he has
built, during his life, over sixty bank barns, besides
numerous dwelling houses and other buildings; he is a
complete master of his trade, and his services are eagerly
sought; perhaps there is not a man in the county who has
built as many barns as Mr. Krichbaum. He was
united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Buchtel Sept.
21, 1854; this lady was born in Bethlehem Township, this
county, in 1832; fro this union there is one child, viz.,
Joseph F. Mr. Krichbaum is a Democrat in politics,
though liberal in his veiws. He is an honored
member of society, and a useful citizen.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
989 |
Washington
Twp. -
JACOB KREIBUELL, farmer; P. O. Maximo;
was born July 6, 1834, in the Department Doubs, of France;
his father, Dhristian Kreibuell, was a farmer in that
country, renting some 160 acres of land, for which he paid
an annual rental of 4,000 francs - nearly $800; he was
married to Miss Catharine Miler, and, in the spring
of 1839, with the view of bettering their condition, they
emigrated with their family from France to America, settling
in Nimishillen Township on 160 acres of land, now owned by
Christ Miller, residing there until he died, Sept.
25, 1875, at the age of 78; his wife is still living; they
were both members of the Omish or Mennonite Church; were the
parents of eight children, viz., Barbara, now the
widow of Peter Klopfenstein, late of Fulton Co.,
Ohio; Peter, of Champaign County; Catharine,
now Mrs. Daniel Conrad, of Nimishillen Township;
Fannie married Christ Miller, now of Washington;
Mary, now Mrs. Jacob Slounegger, of
Washington; Christina, of Nimishillen; Michael,
of Perry; and Jacob, subject of this sketch, the
youngest child, who was raised in Nimishillen Township,
receiving a common-school education. He was married,
June 3, 1857, to Miss Anna Kreibuell, daughter of
Jacob Kreibuell, of Washington Township; for some four
years they remained on Christian's farm in Nimishillen
Township, then removed to Washington Township, having
purchased 78 acres of land; Mr. Kreibuell has since
then made additional purchases of real estate, and now owns
223 acres in Washington Township and some 138 acres in
Tennessee; is engaged in farming, but for some years has run
a cheese factory on his land; by his fine business
management, he enjoys a competency, being one of the
wealthiest farmers of the township. In 1871, he took a
trip to Europe, which tour extended through France, England,
Germany and Switzerland. Mr. and Mrs. Kreibuell
are members of the Omish or Mennonite Church; they are the
parents of seven children, viz., Jacob, Mary (died
age 5), Catharine, Peter, Samuel, Levi, Henry.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page 1003 |
Plain Twp. -
DAVID KUTZNER, farmer; P. O. Cairo; is
the eldest in a family of six children, born to Isaac and
Mary Kutzner, who were natives of Franklin Co., Pa.,
where Isaac was engaged in the distilling business.
In 1823 he came to Stark Co., settling on a farm in Plain
Twp., where he lived until 1852, when he removed to DeKalb
Co., Ind., where he and his wife both live. David,
our subject, was born in Franklin Co., Pa., June, 1821, and
in 1823 came to Plain Twp. with his parents, with whom he
lived until he was 24 years of age. He then purchased
a farm of 160 acres, where he lived 19 years, and in 1868 he
purchased the farm he now lives on. Mr. Kutzner
has been a hard-working man, and by his industry and
economical habits has secured considerable property.
In 1845 he was married to Annie, daughter of Henry
Hoover, of Plain Twp., and from that marriage there have
been four children, three of whom are living, viz.:
Mary widow of J. J. Smith; Calvin, and Ida,
wife of Edward Wise; Calvin, the only son, remains on
the farm with his parents. Mr. and Mrs. K.
are members of the Lutheran Church.
Source: History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 - Page
886 |
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