BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO

"History of the Upper Ohio Valley" Vol. II, 1890.

Presented by Linda Fluharty from hard copies provided
by Mary Staley & Phyllis Slater.


Page 539.


KOEHNLINE BROS. is one of the very best firms doing business in the
vicinity of Bridgeport. The business was founded by John M. Koehnline,
who was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1816. Coming to America in 1838
he located at Bellaire, Ohio; where he carried on a coal and ice business
for four years, shipping coal to the southern markets. Moving to Marshall
county, W. Va., he remained there until 1863, at the expiration of which
time he went to Bridgeport, Ohio, where he died in 1875. While living at
Bellaire he was united in marriage to Elizabeth Klemm, a native of Baden,
Germany. They were the parents of six children, four of them surviving:
Elizabeth, now the wife of N. Zimmer; Henry, William and John. William,
the subject of this sketch, is the junior member of the firm of
Koehnline Bros. He was born April 4, 1858, in Marshall county, W. Va.
After obtaining a good education in the public schools of, Bridgeport,
he worked for his father in the coal and ice trade until the death of
the latter. In 1878 the firm of Koehnline Bros. was formed, and still
exists, doing a very large coal and ice business at Bridgeport. November
17, 1889, he married Miss Rachel Fox, of the same city. Mr. Koehnline is
a prominent member of Belmont lodge, No. 109, K. of. P., of Bridgeport,
and an acceptable member of the Lutheran church. Three different times
this energetic, successful young business man has been honored by an
election to the Bridgeport council, of which he is a member at the
present time. A thorough republican in politics, yet he has always
conducted himself with such uprightness and wisdom that those of all
parties honor and respect him. John, the senior member of the firm, was
born March 14, 1841, in Marshall county, W. Va. He was educated in
Marshall county schools, and has done his share towards making the
reputation of the firm what it is.