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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 1 : History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 908 |
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 1 : History of Stark County: with an outline sketch of
Ohio - Chicago: Baskin & Battey, 1881 -
Page 909 |
| 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,
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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