History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 492.
[Bourbon County]  [Paris City and Precinct]

A. SHIRE, jeweler; P. O. Paris; is a native of Germany, born in 1842, in
Stadt-Langefedt, Saxony.  He emigrated to this country when a lad, coming
to Cincinnati, where he was educated and began learning his trade at the
age of thirteen, continuing until sixteen, at the completion of which he
started in business for himself, at Cincinnati, and continued there until
1862, when he moved to Western Virginia, and engaged in business about two
years; the war being in progress, the country in confusion.  Mr. Shire
resolved to come to Kentucky and arrived in March 1865, and set up
business, first on "Bank Row" where he remained until 1869, when he located
on the South side, where L. Frank now is; remained here until 1877, when he
moved to his present place of business, where he is doing an excellent
business, keeping everything in his line at prices reasonable.  He is a
self-made man, having begun with nothing in the commencement of his
business.  March 4, 1873, he married Carrie Price, daughter of John S.
Price, and Mary Ann Cohn; have four children: William, Nettie, Julius and
Samuel.  He is a member of the A.F. and A.M. and of the R.A. Chapter,
and Secretary of each since 1876; also President and Secretary of the
Gas Company.

Shire Frank Price Cohn
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VA Germany

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