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Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 25 September 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Deerfield Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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JOHN KOHL, carriage manufacturer, Mason; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in the year 1837; his trade was learned in his native country under his father, Lewis Kohl. He followed his trade in Germany until 1865, when he emigrated to America and located in Cincinnati, where he worked for four years. In 1869, he came to Mason, and, for three years, he worked at his trade for J. Bursk, after which he started a business with two other gentlemen, whom he afterward bought out, and now owns and controls the entire business. He gives employment to about ten hands, who turn out from about thirty-five to forty first-class new jobs every year. By honest work, he has built up a business which reaches out over the surrounding country. He is master of his business in every particular, and keeps only skillful men, who turn out the best of work. He was married, in 1871, to Mena Webber, who has borne him four children, viz., John L., Frederick W., John H. and Anna L. Mr. K. belongs to the I. O. O. F., Mason Lodge, No |
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209, and is also a charter member of the Knights of Pythias, Favorite Lodge, No. 118. He and his wife are members of the German Protestant Church. to which they have belonged since childhood. For six years, he was connected with the German army. |
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