J. G. GERLACH, grocer
and dealer in glass, tin, and queen's ware, was born in Green
Township, Scioto, Ohio, Jan. 2, 1850, a son of Conrad Gerlach.
He has made the grocery business his avocation since working for
himself, and has been very successful. He owns the property
where he does business. His store room is 20 x 60 feet,
ceiling thirteen feet high. He occupies the caller and first
and second floors; usually employs two clerks, and delivers goods to
any part of the city free of charge. He was married in 1871 to
Carrie E. Litvogt, of Cincinnati, Ohio. They are
members of the German Presbyterian church. Mr. Gerlach's
father came to America in 1847, and settled in Greene Township,
where he lived till 1865. HE then moved to Portsmouth, where
he died in April, 1868.
- History of Lower Scioto Co., Ohio - Publ. Chicago: Inter-state
Publishing Co. 1884 |
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