George Frank Hoth, who is engaged in the ice trade in Meriden, was born in Stanford [Stamford?], Connecticut, February 4, 1877, a son of Frederick and Catherine (Williams) Hoth. The father was one of the early ice dealers of Stanford, where he resided for about fifty years. He was a native of Germany. He became an American citizen, proving his loyalty to his adopted country by service as a soldier in the Civil war. Going to the front he participated in many battles and eventually became a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, being identified with the post at Stanford, and thus maintaining pleasant relations with “the boys in blue.” He died in the year 1897 and his widow survived until 1904. In the family of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hoth were seven children, the three brothers and three sisters of George Frank Hoth being residents of Stanford. These are, William, Mrs. Annie Klock, Herman, Mrs. Julia Weed, Frederick and Mrs. Ida Garrington.

  George Frank Hoth acquired a public school education and learned the ice business with his father. He afterward embarked in the same line in the state of New York and later was connected with the ice trade in several places in Connecticut. In his young manhood he also worked as a locomotive engineer but through his father’s influence he became again identified with the ice trade, in which he is very successfully engaged. He came to Meriden on the 28th of May, 1914, and established business here at the advice of wholesale ice dealers of Bridgeport. From the beginning the business has prospered and he now employs fourteen men and utilizes five wagons and eleven horses, securing extra men and teams as the business demands.

  On the 19th of July, 1899, Mr. Hoth was united in marriage to Miss Mary Lynch, of Stanford, and they have one child, Edward, who was born November 24, 1909. In his political views Mr. Hoth is independent. He votes with the republican party on national issues but otherwise does not consider party ties. Fraternally he is connected with the Eagles and with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and his religious faith is evidenced by his membership in the Presbyterian church. Those who  know him and have had business or social relations with him entertain for him warm regard, recognizing his sterling traits of character. As a business man he has been actuated by a spirit of enterprise, and his progressiveness and reliability have been the dominant factors in winning for him his present gratifying patronage in the ice trade.