A. BOBEL, proprietor Central House, Boscobel; born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany. In 1853, came to Ohio, the following year to Milwaukee; was clerk in a stove store; from 1856 to 1861, in the wholesale grocery business; then came to Boscobel and started a saloon, afterward opened a small tavern; he enlarged the house from time to time; he then built his hotel known as the Central House, the finest in the county; it was burned Jan. 7, 1881, but was immediately rebuilt. All of this property Mr. Bobel has acquired since coming to the State. Married March 3, 1856. Mrs. Bobel was born in Germany. They have six children, three sons and three daughters.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.