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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Portrait and Biographical Record
of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio.
containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and
Representative Citizens Together with
Biographies and Portraits of the Presidents of the
United States.
Publ. Chicago: Chapman Bros.
1892
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GEORGE L. KALB, D. D., was born in Franklin
County, this State, Sept. 12, 1829, and is the son of
George W. and Margaret (Claybaugh) Kalb, natives
respectively of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The
family is of German origin, the first representative in
this country having emigrated hither prior to the
Revolutionary War and in this conflict many of them
participated.
Grandfather George Kalb took up his abode in
this State as early as 1805, at which time he located in
Franklin County. The maternal grandfather made his
home in Fayette County in 1809, subsequently located in
Franklin County, and died while a resident of Ross
County. George W. Kalb was a farmer by
occupation and died in 1882, at the advanced age of
eighty years.
Of the parental family of eight sons, our subject is
the second in order of birth. He was reared on the
home farm and attended the common schools until reaching
his fifteenth year. He then entered the Freshman
class of the Miami University at Oxford in 1844.
Being compelled by illness to leave college, he pursued
the studies of the Sophomore year at home and in the
fall of 1846 entered the Junior class of the same
university. In the winter of 1847-48, he was
expelled from that institution, with many others, for
rolling snow-balls into the college building.
Being desirous of equipping himself for any position in
life, Mr. Kalb entered Center College at
Danville, Ky., being graduated therefrom June 30, 1848.
After completing his education, he taught Greek and
Latin for one year in the academy of Chillicothe, this
State, and in the fall of the succeeding year attended
the theological seminary at Oxford, Ohio. Spending
one term there, Mr. Kalb next took a
course in the Cincinnati Theological Seminary, which was
afterward removed to Danville, Ky., and from which
institution he was graduated in March, 1852.
The Rev. Mr. Kalb, of this sketch, was licensed
to preach the Gospel by the Presbytery of Columbus, Apr.
16, 1851, and was ordained pastor of the church at
Circleville May 31, 1853. He had taken charge of
the church at the latter-named place in October, 1852,
and was retained by the congregation until September,
1863. He served as Chaplain of the Ninetieth Ohio
Infantry for eight months during the years 1862-63.
In September of the latter year, Mr. Kalb
was given charge over the church at Bellefontaine, by
which congregation he is still engaged. The title
of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him in June,
1875, by the University of Wooster, this State.
Miss Mary E. Bigham became the wife of our
subject Nov. 30, 1853, and to them has been granted a
family of six children, five of whom are living, namely:
Mrs. I. W. Fowle of Leadville, Colo.; Mrs. Lew
Hamilton, residing in Bellefontaine; Edgar W.,
George B. and Mary. Mr. Kalb has
won a host of friends by his interest in public matters
and his willingness to assist in the advancement of all
worthy causes. He has served as a member of the
School Board of Bellefontaine eighteen years and
occupied the position of Clerk seventeen years. He
is a correspondent of several leading religious papers
and stands first in the university among his
fellow-constituents. Both he and his wife possess
genial, sunny temperaments, know well how to enjoy life,
and are social favorites, their pleasant home being the
center of genuine hospitality which attracts a large
circle of friends and acquaintances.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 566 |
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JAMES M. KAUFMAN
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 186
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JOHN KAUTZMAN
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 147
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ROBERT P. KENNEDY
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 362 |
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DANIEL W. KOCH
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 457
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LEWIS KRAMER
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of
Auglaize, Logan and Shelby Counties, Ohio - Publ.
Chicago: Chapman Bros. 1892 - Page 286
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