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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 23 December 2004 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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JOHN N. OSWALD, furniture dealer and undertaker, Lebanon, whose portrait appears on another page, was born in—Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen, Prussia, May 12, 1826, and came to America May 12, 1853, landing in New York; he is the son of Peter and Apolonia (Wetz) Oswald, natives of the above place. The family originally came from Switzerland, but lived for three generations in Prussia. Our subject is one of a family of two children, both boys. The father died in September, 1831, aged 44 years, and the mother died in October, 1845, aged 47 years. Our subject received all his education in the old country, and, for nine years, traveled through Germany, spending seven years in Vienna. He learned furniture-making in his native country, having served an apprenticeship with the dealer who did the work for the royal family. After coming to this country, he worked for a furniture firm in New York, |
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and, in 1854, came to Cincinnati, where he remained a short time. He then moved to Fosters, Warren Co., Ohio, where he lived about nine years and then came to Lebanon, where he commenced the furniture business in which he has since continued. He was married, May 9, 1866, to Miss Fredricka Bobe, daughter of Philip and Mariah (Weisenbacher) Bobe, natives of Wurtemberg, Germany. They have had five children, two boys and three girls, viz., Maurice H., Louisa F., Marietta, Lena and Lorenz, all now living. In 1868, Mr. Oswald commenced the business of undertaker, and has since then buried 1,700 people, mostly citizens of "Old Warren." He was the first in the county to introduce the new styles of caskets and the processes of preserving bodies. He has conducted his business with much success, and, by his untiring energy is constantly increasing his extensive establishment. |
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