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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
FREDERICK
J. KLEIN was born in Bavaria, Germany, Mar. 12, 1854, the son of
Joseph and Elizabeth (Deszloch) Klein, also natives of Bavaria,
and is the youngest of a family of ten children. He was left an
orphan when about thirteen years of age, lived with an elder brother, a
farmer, until 1869, and then came to Williams County. He was
employed at ditching for some months, and then engaged with Charles
Nebelong, a barber of Bryan, with whom he remained nearly three
years, and then started business on his own account; ran his shop about
four years then started as an insurance and real estate agent, which he
followed about two years, and then resumed his trade. He was
married, May 25, 1875, to Caroline Arnold, who was born in Bryan,
Nov. 9, 1854, and is now the mother of his two children - Mary L.
and Caroline M. In 1878, Mr. Klein was commissioned
a Notary Public, and again in 1882; he is agent for the Hamburg and
Bremen Steamship line; keeps employed in his shop two barbers, and is
prospering in his three vocations. Mr. Klein is well
educated, both in German and English, and has acquired a thorough
understanding of the laws and business customs of his adopted country.
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 |
BENJAMIN F. KNIFFIN
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 115 |
DAVID KOLLAR, one of the early settlers of Florence Township,
was born in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1812. He is one of
the nine children of George and Susan Kollar, of which number but
four are now living. Our subject remained at home until his
twenty-second year, at which period - May, 1835 - he was married to
Amelia Van Buskirk, who is still living. He followed farming
for a number of years, coming to Williams County in 1846, although
previous to this time he had entered 160 acres of Government land; he
has now 240 acres, with good buildings, one-half of which is under
cultivation. He has had a family of six - Henry, Thomas,
Martha, Hiram, George and Maria; three of his sons are
stock-dealers. Mr. and Mrs. Kollar belong to the Lutheran
Church. Mr. Kollar's life may be said to have been a
successful one. When he located on his present farm it was in an
unbroken forest, and he was obliged to cut roads, through the woods in
order to reach his site. It was late in the fall, but he got a
cabin built, moved in and cleared up as the weather permitted. The
first year after his arrival, he spent twenty-six days in attending
"raisings," and the next year he passed twelve days in assisting his
neighbors.
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 750 |
| 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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