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BIOGRAPHIES
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County of Williams, Ohio.
Historical & Biographical
with An outline Sketch of the Northwest Territory, of the State, and
Miscellaneous Matters.
ILLUSTRATED
Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical
Editor
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO., PUBLISHERS -
1882
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E. B. KAUKE, one of the
oldest merchants of Bryan, is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, where he
was born May 11, 1830. His father, Frederick Kauke, was a
native of Amsterdam, Holland, and was educated by the Dutch Government,
receiving good, practical instruction, for which he gave his services
about three years. He studied navigation and spoke eight different
languages. He came to America at the age of eighteen years, and
for some time was at Philadelphia engaged in morocco dressing, afterward
going to Wilkes Barre, Penn., where he married
Mrs. Elizabeth (Blaine) Inman a widow with two children. He
remained there for some time and moved to Wayne County, Ohio, at a very
early day, where he assisted in laying out the county seat - Wooster.
In 1850, he went to California, and after remaining there that season
returned to the States, and while on his way home took sick and died in
New Orleans in the fall of 1850. To his marriage with Mrs.
Inman, there were born nine children, two of whom are yet living.
E. B. Kauke, of Bryan, is the youngest of this family. He
remained in Wooster until the age of eighteen, when he began learning
the tinner's trade. In 1848, he went to Medina County, finishing
his trade and working at the same there about six years. He
married there, in 1851, Jane I. Pardee, and in the spring of 1854
moved to Bryan, then a village of about five hundred inhabitants.
He began working at tinning alone, afterward putting in stores, and in
about 1870 added hardware. He carries a full line of hardware,
tinware, etc., and is doing a good business. His wife died in
1856, leaving one son - Walter E. His second and present
wife, Sallie E. Caldwell, to whom he was married the fall of
1856, has borne him three daughters - Evelyn E., Cora A. and
Emma L. Mr. Kauke began as a poor man, but has succeeded in
acquiring a comfortable home and a lucrative business. He is a
member of the I. O. O. F. of Bryan, and in politics is a Prohibitionist.
G. W. KEISER, D. D. S., is a native
of Richland County, Ohio; was born Aug. 20, 1845, and is one of the
twelve children of Jacob and Elizabeth Keiser. His early
life was passed on the home farm, and at the age of twenty-one he began
the study of dentistry under Dr. William Mitchell, of Mansfield.
After reading for two years, he began practice for himself, and in 1870,
located in Shelby, Ohio, where he practiced three years, attending,
meanwhile, the Philadelphia Dental College, from which he graduated in
the spring of 1873. The fall of the same year, he located in
Bryan, and has here remained in practice ever since. He was
married in December, 1870, to Miss Hettie W. Duffee, of Shelby,
and by her is the father of three children - Gertie B., Zula S.
and Bessie E. The Doctor is a Democrat, and a member of the
German Baptist Church. Keiser Brothers have been very
successful in their practice, which has from the first rapidly
increased, and now extends over Northwestern Ohio, Northeastern Indiana,
and Southeastern Michigan.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 564 |
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KEISER BROTHERS.
Dr. E. A. Keiser was born in Richland County, Ohio, Apr. 4, 1838,
and was there reared to manhood, receiving such education as the county
schools afforded. He is one of a family of twelve children, nine
of whom are yet living, born to Jacob and Elizabeth (Worst) Keiser,
who were natives of Pennsylvania and of German descent. Jacob
Keiser was reared in Somerset County, Penn., and at the age of about
twenty-three moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he married and engaged
in farming. He moved from there to Richland County, Ohio, in about
1833, and was among the old settlers of that county. He continued
farming there until 1875, when he moved to Williams County, where his
sons were then living, and here Mr. Keiser died in 1876, followed
by his widow in Hillsdale County, Mich., in 1878. The parents of
the Doctors Keiser were honest, respected and industrious people,
beginning poor and acquiring, only through hard and continuous labor, a
comfortable fortune. Dr. E. A. Keiser came to Williams
County, Ohio, in 1860, and began the study of medicine with Dr. A.
Netz, of Primrose, remaining here two years. He then returned
to Richland County and completed his studies in 1863, under Dr.
Francis Stohl. He attended medical school at Cleveland the
winter term of 1863 - 64, and graduated from the same institution
(Homoeopathic Medical College) the spring of 1866. Dr. Keiser
then began the practice of his profession near where he was reared, and
in 1867 came to Bryan, entering into active practice. In this he
has been quite successful, and has by diligence and close attention to
business acquired a first-class practice. He began a poor boy, and
by laboring at odd times, while pursuing his studies, acquired
sufficient means to carry him through college. He was married,
Oct. 10, 1867, to Miss Lydia J. Brown, and to them have been born
two children -
Romeo O. and Forest L.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 565 |
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JACOB KELLER, D. D. S.,
was born in Richland County, Ohio. Jan. 11, 1840, the son of
Jacob and Elizabeth (Worst) Keiser, and there reared till twenty-one
years old, when he engaged in farming on his own account till about
1865, when he moved to Madison Township, this county, purchased eighty
acres of new land, and began clearing up, but was compelled by ill
health to abandon farm life. In the fall of 1874, he began the
study of dentistry, and for two years read under the instruction of his
brother, Dr. G. W. Keiser, of Bryan. He then attended the
Philadelphia Dental College, and graduated in February, 1879, since when
he has been engaged in professional work. He was married in 1863,
to Miss Sarah A. Hall, of Richland County, and to this union have
been born four children - Minnie J., Ora A., Zella M. and
Pearl G. The Doctor is a Democrat, but liberal in his views of
local politics, and he and wife are members of the German Baptist
Church.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 814 |
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JACOB KELLY, was born in
Stark County, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1822, and is the son of John and
Christina (Brothers) Kelly, natives of Delaware and Pennsylvania
respectively. They were married in Stark County, in 1820, moved to
Holmes County in 1830, thence to Wayne in 1839, and to this county in
1854. In 1840, Jacob Kelly began milling in Wayne County,
and for fourteen years followed that business at various points.
In 1850, he made an overland trip to California; returned in 1851, and
purchased seventy-two acres of land in this township, on which he now
has his home. Jan. 2, 1855, he married Miss Elvira J. Shorthill,
a native of Pennsylvania, who has borne him nine children - James
Jeff, John C. Fremont, Maryauzonetta, Lew Wallace, A. Sherman,
Lincoln, Earl, Harry M. and Tina. Of these, Earl
and Tina are dead. In 1872, Mr. Kelly was elected by
the Republicans to the Auditor's office, and re-elected at the
expiration of his first term. In religion, he and wife are
Methodists. In 1861, Mr. Kelly enlisted in Company H,
Thirty-Eighth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, served two years, and re-enlisted
at Defiance, Sept. 10, 1863. On the 7th of August, 1864, he was
shot through the jaw, near Atlanta, Ga., and was discharged at
Cincinnati, Dec. 22, 1864, with rank as Second Lieutenant.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 566 |
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SAMUEL KEMBLE was born
in New Jersey, July 21, 1805, and is the fifth child of a family of
thirteen only two of whom, a daughter and our subject, were also natives
of New Jersey, the father of English and the mother either of Irish or
Scotch descent. They moved from their native State to Columbiana
County, Ohio, near New Lisbon, in the year 1810 and consequently were
among the pioneers of Eastern Ohio. They were farmers, and lived
there until their respective deaths, the father dying in about 1847 and
the mother being drowned by a flood in 1861. Samuel Kemble
was reared in Columbiana County, receiving only such education as the
common schools of that early day afforded. He was married, Feb.
27, 1828, to Miss Jane Hollingsworth, who was born near
Wilmington, Del., Aug. 20, 1809. Succeeding their marriage they
engaged in farming for a number of years in Columbiana County,
afterward moving to Hancock County, where they remained until 1872, when
they concluded to come to Williams County, where their only living son
Seth was then and is yet living. They settled on the place
where they now reside adjoining the corporate city limits of Bryan,
where they have ever since resided. Mr. Kemble
owns 196 acres of good land, and besides this owns town property.
He makes no specialty in active farming as he is too old for that, and
he and wife are really living retired. They are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, and have had born to them a family of ten
children - Cynthiann, now Mrs. Lewis J. Dales; Seth, who
married Thamer Crawford and came to Williams County in 1865;
Err H., who died at home from effects of army life; Phebe,
deceased; Susannah, deceased; John, who served his country
in the late war and died at home from effects of exposure during the
war; Carey, who served in the war, and during the engagement at
Dallas was missed, being either killed or taken prisoner, and has never
been heard of since; Samuel, deceased; Josephine,
deceased, and Emma J., who is single and resides with her
parents. The Kemble family are among the most
respected and esteemed citizens of Pulaski Township.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical & Biographical -
Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical Editor - Charles
Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers
- 1882 - Page 567 |
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SETH KEMBLE, son of
Samuel and Jane Kemble, was born in Columbiana County, Ohio, Dec.
31, 1830, and with his parents removed to Hancock County in the fall of
1851.. He remained with them until he was over twenty-three years
of age, when he returned to Columbiana County and was married, June 8,
1854, to Tamar G. Crawford, who was born in Columbiana County
Apr. 24, 1831. He then came back to Hancock County, where he
purchased property and remained until the spring of 1854, when he came
to Williams County and settled on his present farm, on Section 14, this
township. He was 141 acres of very find land, with a fine brick
residence and other first-class improvements. His wife has borne
him eight children, viz.: Duston, Er. H., Edward C., Victor S.,
John C., Seth W. (deceased), Nancy J.
and Alice L. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and he and family are regarded as useful members of the
Community in which they live.
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 775 |
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FRANCIS
KENNEDY
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 568 |
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A. KENNINGER
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 569 |
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DR. THOMAS KENT
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 570 |
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ANDREW
KUNKLE
Source: County of Williams, Ohio, Historical &
Biographical - Illustrated - Publ. Weston A. Goodspeed, Historical
Editor - Charles Blanchard, Biographical Editor - Chicago: F. A. Battey
& Co., Publishers - 1882 - Page 570 |
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