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BIOGRAPHIES
(Source: History of Northwestern Ohio & Auglaize County
- by C. W. Williamson - Columbus, Ohio - Press of W. M. Linn &
Sons - 1905)
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FRANK
KOEHL, one of the most widely known business men in
Auglaize county, was born Jan. 30, 1830, in the province of
Alsace Germany. He attended the schools of his native
country until he was fourteen years of age, when he was
apprenticed for two years to a boot and shoemaker. At the
expiration of his apprenticeship he left home and sailed for the
United States. After a voyage of nearly two months, he
landed at New Orleans. Here he pursued his trade for four
months, when he went to Cincinnati, where he worked as a
journeyman until 1851.
He left his home in Alsace in limited circumstances,
but by dint of industry and economy he had, at the end of four
years, accumulated six hundred dollars. In 1851 he moved
to St. Mary's, and two years later established himself in the
grocery business, in which he was more than ordinarily
prosperous for a period of fifty years. He always gave a
cordial support to measures tending to the advancement of the
town and county.
In 1882 he was appointed county treasurer to fill the
unexpired term of defaulting Treasurer Meyers, but declined to
serve. He was elected Mayor of St. Mary's for two years,
and served as member of the City Council for six years. He
also served as township trustee for six years.
During the fifty years that he was engaged in business,
he accumulated a large amount of property, and was identified
with nearly all the public enterprises of St. Mary's.
In 1851 Mr. Koehl was married to Catharine Smith,
who died in 1862. In 1863 he was married to Louisa
Schroeder. Of these marriages nine children were born:
Frank, Emma, Catharine, Louis, Maggie, George (deceased),
Louisa (deceased), Carl and Pearl.
Mr. Koehl died June 7, 1901 |
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J. C.
KUENZEL was born in Marklenthen, Bavaria, September 5th,
1823, where he spent the first fifteen years of his life,
attending school, and receiving there from a thorough knowledge
of those branches of study necessary in the laying of a sure
foundation, upon which to build a permanent structure in after
life. When not in school, he was kept busily engaged in
honest, useful labor, thus, in early youth becoming possessed of
two predominant characteristics, which were plainly observable
by all with whom he came in contact throughout the whole of a
successful business career, viz., an absorbing love of reading,
often into the small hours of the night. Heemigrated to
America in 1838, landing with his father and family in New
Orleans, from whence they came direct to New Bremen, Auglaize
county. Having learned the tanner's trade in the old
country, he engaged in the same business with his father in New
Bremen. He was successful in business, and in 1870 sold
his property to Mr. August Boesel.
Mr. Kuenzel was married in 1839, to Miss Maria
Wunderlich, by whom he had thirteen children, five of whom
survive. He was always closely allied with all interests
for public improvements of the town, having for their real
object the general good. He was for many years a member of
the Board of Education. At the time of his death, Sept.,
1879, he was engaged in the manufacture of flour and woolen
goods, in which business he was succeeded by his son.
(From Sutton's Hist. of Auglaize County)
Source 1: History of Western Ohio & Auglaize County - by
C. W. Williamson - Columbus, Ohio - Press of W. M. Linn & Sons -
1905 - Page 825 |
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