A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 139

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612

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Louis Frederick Korth

was born in 1844, at Stettin, the largest seaport of Prussia. His father's name was Fred W. Korth and his mother's name was Amelia Gesleau. His mother was descended from French Huguenots, who had located in Pomerania in 1687. He was educated at the Ecole Francaise in Stettin and learned the French language as well as his mother tongue. At nine years, he attended the City Gymnasium and at fifteen years of age the Nautical Academy at Stettin, until he was seventeen years old when he came to the United States, having fixed on Cincinnati as his destination. In Germany he had learned the English language. His father was a ship chandler at Stettin and many English and American sea captains did business there. Our subject is the only one of his family of six brothers and a sister who ever emigrated, though his brothers have visited this country. He landed in New York in May, 1861, and took up newspaper work.

He enlisted in the 8th N. Y. Vol. Infantry, July 6, 1861 for two years. His regiment was then in Virginia and he joined it at Arlington Heights some time in August. In a month after, he was detailed for topographical work and served in that capacity in Washington until his regiment, which was in Blenker's division of Sumner's corps, was sent across the mountains into West Virginia to join Fremont. He was in Fremont's campaign in Western Vir- ginia and at the battle of Cross Keys on June 8, 1862. He went through the first Rappahannock campaign under Pope and Sigel and was in the second battle of Bull Run on the 29 and 30 of August, 1862. He was in Hooker's Rappahan- nock campaign and at Chancellorsville on May 24, 1863, on division staff service.

At Gettysburg, his command fought along the Mummasburg road on the first day of July, 1863, and captured forty men of Rhodes' division. He was sent back with a guard detail in the afternoon, but the rebel prisoners got away in the melee in the town and he rejoined his command that evening at the cem- etery gate. During Early's attack on the Federal right center late on the after- noon of the second day his command went to the support of Rickett's and Wiedrick's Batteries. During the night of the same day, they were rushed to the right of Culp's Hill to the support of Gen. Green against Johnson's attack on the Federal extreme right. In the afternoon of the third day, his command was subjected to the terrific concentrated fire of the entire Rebel artillery on Cemetery Hill during Pickett's charge. Mr. Korth's two-years' time expired on July 8, 1863, but he remained with the command during the pursuit of Lee as far as Warrenton, Va.

He then concluded to go to Cincinnati and remained there until Kirby's raid when he assisted in laying out one of the redoubts south of Covington, Ky. He fell in with the 16 New York Artillery and enlisted in Company G for three years. Soon after he was sent to Gloucester Point at the mouth of York river. In the spring of 1864, his Battery joined the army of the James in the active campaign on Richmond under Butler. He was at Drury's Bluff, Dutch Gap Canal, Fort Harrison, Fort Brady, Darleytown, etc. In December, 1864, he was attached to the staff of Gen. Weitzel as topographer and served in this capacity until Grant's finishing campaign against Richmond. He went into Richmond with Battery C, 3rd R. I. Artillery on the morning of the 3rd of April. He was discharged late in July, 1865.

In October, 1865, he went with his former captain, who was appointed Indian Agent, to Fort Smith, Arkansas. In the fall of 1866, he located at Quin- cy, Ill., and later took up the editorial charge of The Daily German "Tribune." He remained there seven years, and in St. Louis one year, where he worked on both English and German dailies with Carl Schurz and Joseph Pulitzer.

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In 1873, he visited Germany and resided there and in Liverpool England, about one year. In the fall of 1875 he returned to the United States for the Centennial Exposition, and took an editorial position on the Philadelphia "Daily Demo- crat," where he remained ten years. In 1885, he was called to Cleveland where he edited the German Daily "Waechter" four years. In 1889, he went to Springfield, Ohio, and started the "Adler," Republican. In 1895, he returned to Cleveland and took charge of the Cleveland German "Post and Press," (Repub- lican), and published and edited it until 1899, when he came to Portsmouth and purchased the "Correspondent."

Mr. Korth was married the first time in 1870, to Rose Lambur of Quincy, Ill. He had two sons by this marriage; Frederick, at Tacoma, Washington, and George, connected with a New York Publishing House. His first wife died in 1878, and he was married again in 1886 to Caroline Raff, at Cleveland.

Mr. Korth is a valuable addition to any community. As his sketch indi- cates, he comes of good German stock. With all his acquirements and ex- perience, he is a gentleman of modest demeanor. His education fits him well for the position he holds.

George Engelbert Kricker

was born at Portsmouth, Ohio, December 19, 1858, the son of Matthias Kricker and his wife, Margaret Myers. His father has a spearate sketch herein. He attended school at the parish school of the Holy Redeemer, and the public schools of Portsmouth, Ohio, until 1874, when he began for himself as a clerk in the store of Rudolph Brunner for three years. Then he clerked in a store for J. N. Leedom for a year. In 1879, he went to Waverly and clerked for Em- mitt, Myers & Company. Myers was his uncle. He remained in this employ- ment until 1881 when he clerked in a dry goods house in Springfield. In 1882, he was in Columbus, in the employment of R. G. Dunn & Company. In 1884, he returned to Portsmouth and kept books for Stanton & Balmert. From 1885 to 1887 he was deputy United States Collector under the late James W. Newman. In 1887, he resigned the office to become manager of the Spring Lane Distilling Company. In 1889 he was elected to the City Council of Portsmouth, and served six years. In 1892, he organized the Central Savings Bank and be- gan business with it in 1893. He has been its cashier from the start.

He was married in 1884 to Miss Isabel A. Dunn, daughter of William Dunn, and has eight living children: Helen, Sadie, George, Seva, Louis and Leo, (twins) Edmund, and Paul. He has lost two children, one an infant son and another son, William at five years. He is a communicant of the church of the Holy Redeemer, and a democrat in politics, with the proviso that he is for the gold standard. Mr. Kricker is thin and spare, of a dark complexion and very earnest in his manner. He has been very successful in his management of the Central Savings Bank and has built up an institution of which he may be proud and of which the community is proud. He is one of the best busi- ness men of the city. He has the banker's faculty of taking one look at a man and then telling him what he wants, without the man's ever speaking. He possesses the confidence of the entire business community and has demonstra- ted that he deserves it.

John Kriick

was born in Rhenish Bavaria, near Worms, January 14, 1853. His father was George K. and his mother's maiden name was Ella Andone. His parents had three children: Andrew, John and Barbara. His father was a farmer and died in 1869, at his home in Germany. John learned the cooper's trade, and served as an apprentice for three years. He began his apprenticeship the year his father died, and left Germany on January 14, 1872, and went to Antwerp in Belgium, where he took a ship for this country; he crossed the English Chan- nel, went to Liverpool and then came to New York. The entire voyage from Antwerp occupied fifteen days. He went from New York to Cincinnati, re- mained there two weeks, and then came to Scioto county and located on Dog- wood Ridge, where he had an uncle. He went to work on the B. & O. railroad as a section hand, and worked at it for fifteen months, when he was made a foreman for nine years-near Jackson for two years and near Gephart's, for

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seven years. He then was a farmer on Little Scioto, on the old William Marting farm, until 1890 when he went to Gephart's, and engaged in a general store. He also has a grist mill there.

He was married December 5, 1875 to Mary Marting, daughter of William Marting. His children are: Henry Marting, who lives with his father; Charles engaged in milling at Gephart's; Nellie, Carrie, Katie, and Hilda, at home. He is a democrat in his political views, and is a member of the Methodist Episco- pal church at Gephart's.

Mr. Kriick is a citizen of the most sterling character. He is industrious, energetic, liberal-minded, and of broad and charitable views. He is one of the strong elements in the community where he resides, and would be an important factor in any community where he chose to reside. He makes all enterprises he takes up succeed. He is a prosperous and successful farmer and keeps up with the most advanced notions in farming. He is successful as a country merchant. His neighbors believe in him and he enjoys their confidence to the fullest extent.

William Kugelman

was born September 29, 1856, at Portsmouth near the mouth of Lawson's Run. His father was Jacob Kugelman, a native of Eidenkopen, Bavaria. His mother was Anna Margaret Deinser, a native of Mergnes, Bavaria. He grew up in Portsmouth and went to the city schools until he was twelve years of age, when his father removed to the Hatch farm, now known as the Peebles farm, east of Portsmouth. He lived the life of a farmer there for two years, when his father purchased a farm near Powellsville, Ohio, now owned by William Duis and resided there from 1870 to 1896. Our subject farmed for Dan Harwood on the Marsh farm from November 24, 1878 till May 1, 1880. Then he worked for Milton Buck, on the Damarin farm for awhile. He went to Tex- arkana and came back from there to Illinois and Indiana, where he worked until August 1, 1880. Then he came to Portsmouth and went to working for Gilbert Stewart and worked for him until September 1, 1881. At that time he went into the employment of McFarland, Sanford & Company, as a salesman, and remained with them until August 1, 1885. He was then employed by the Chicago house of Miller, Cissna & Company, and was there until July 1, 1889. He was then employed by Clement, Vane & Company, of Chicago, till Decem- ber 15, 1889, when he came to Portsmouth and was employed by Sanford, Varner & Company, where he remained until February 1, 1900. He then tried the insurance business for one year. On February 10, 1901, he purchased a grocery at 205 East Third street. He later sold out and took employment with Haas, Schwartz & Co.

He was married to Kate A. Buck, daughter of Milton Buck, March 8, 1882. He has a son, Charles Wynn, born May 18, 1883. His daughter Alice Stewart, was born February 25, 1886, and died January 31, 1889. He has a son, J. Emerson, born June 8, 1889. He is a member of Bigelow M. E. church. Prior to 1880, he was a democrat; since that time he has been a republican. He is a member of the United Commercial Travelers. Mr. Kugelman is one of the most active and energetic business men of his age. He found his true ca- reer as a salesman and if he cannot sell goods, no one can.

Simon Labold

was born in Covington, Kentucky, December 20, 1855. His father was Henry Labold, a resident of Portsmouth, and his mother's maiden name was Fannie Rosenfeld, a native of Bavaria. His father was a native of the same place. Our subject attended school in Covington, Ky., and Cincinnati. At the age of fourteen he was in the High School of Covington, and his father wished him to continue going to school and get a good education; but the former having met with reverses, Simon determined to do something for himself and to go into business. He quit school and engaged in buying wool, hides, country produce and anything to which he could turn his hands. His very first venture was to buy $500 worth of goods on credit, when he had but $30. He followed this business in and about Covington and Cincinnati until 1875. From 1875 to 1884 he traveled continuously in the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee, buying

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produce. the summer be bought country produce and in the winter he bought furs. When he was at the age of seventeen, he clerked for a year at Vincennes, Indiana.

He came to Portsmouth in 1884. He then began to carry on the business of S. Labold & Co., buying hides, wool, etc., and is still a member of that firm. In 1894, he became a director in the First National Bank of Portsmouth; and in 1896 he was elected its cashier, and has been that ever since. He was married June 23rd 1886 to Miss Lena Riesman, daughter of David Riesman. They have one child Leona, a daughter. Mr. Labold is president of the Chicago Fire Brick Co., Chicago, Ill., a director of the Portsmouth and Kentucky Fire Brick Co., of Oak Hill, O .; of the Davis Fire Brick Co., at the same place; and of the Davis Drug Co., of the Excelsior Shoe Company and of the First National Bank, all of Portsmouth, Onio. He is president of the Star Fire Brick Works and di- rector and treasurer of the Portsmouth Savings and Loan Association. He is a director of the Board of Trade, and of the Commercial Club. He was a mem- ber of the City Council for two years, from 1895 to 1897. He was chairman of the Finance Committee during the time that the debt was reduced by $35,000, when the city built the new engine house and paved Market street without bor- rowing money. He is also a Director of the Black Fork Coal Co., which is de- veloping coal mines in the vicinity of Washington Switch.

Mr. Labold is a gentleman of wonderful executive, administrative and financial ability. He knows what to touch and what to let alone and he knows it instinctively. His judgment is made up instanter on a case being presented to him, and like the Rothchilds, he makes no mistakes. If he backs an undertaking, it will be accomplished. If he declines to endorse a measure, it is because it has the element of failure. In all he has undertaken, he has been successful. It is nis labors which have largely contributed to make the First National Bank of Portsmouth, Ohio, the strong, financial institution it is, and his skill and judgment have been of great benefit to all other businesses with which he is connected.

Professor John Powers Lacroix

was born near Haverhill, Ohio, February 20, 1833. His father was Alexander Lacroix, son of the French emigrant, Andrew Lacroix, who has a sketch herein. He attended the common schools of his vicinity until the age of eigh- teen when he entered the preparatory department of the Ohio Wesleyan Uni- versity at Delaware, Ohio. Two years later he entered the college. In 1857, he graduated, one of a class of twelve. He was a member of the Athenian So- ciety and was noted for his literary productions. During his college course, he was very fond of Chaucer and Spencer and the early English authors. He composed many poems which were published in the Cincinnati papers. In the winter of 1857, he went to New Orleans and for two years was engaged in teaching, and spent much of his time in the study of the French language and literature. Some of his correspondence with his college friends was in Latin. In 1860, he returned to the North and was made a minister of the Methodist church, and preached for three years. In 1863, he was elected tutor of Modern Languages in the Ohio Wesleyan University and was later made assistant pro- fessor.

In August, 1863, he was married to Corintha A. Irwin. She was born near Irwin station, Union county, Ohio, September 19, 1837 and died October 5, 1878. She translated "Gustavus Adolphus" from the French of L. Abelous. She was the mother of five children, four of whom survive her.

In 1865, he made a trip to Europe and studied at Berlin and Halle. He returned in the fall of 1866 and was elected Professor of Modern Languages and History, which chair he held until his death, September 22, 1879. He was a constant contributor to the Western, Pittsburg, Northern, Central and Cal- ifornia Advocates; and he wrote occasionally for the Transcript, Independent, Zion's Herald, Methodist Recorder, Ladies' Repository, Southern Quarterly, Bibliotheca Sacra and the Methodist Quarterly Review. A list of his books will be found under "Bibliography of Scioto County."

Physically, he was a man of weak constitution, but he performed a wonderful amount of labor. He was all mind and no body. It is said not a day

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passed that he did not write something for publication. He was a constant con- tributor to the papers of the Methodist Episcopal church. It was a favorite work of his to review French and German books of great length. President Payne said of him: "No man ever wrote more or better. He was one of the most productive writers of the day. I never met from his pen a weak or puerile sentence." He maintained an extensive correspondence with men of learning and letters, in German and French.

Doctor Merrick said of him: "As a scholar his learning was various and correct; as a thinker, he was independent and profound; as a writer, ready and forcible; as a preacher, eminently instructive; as a teacher, successful; as a Christian, profoundly devout and sincerely pious. He believed the Bible to be God's word-God's teaching to him. His religion was not a mere form, but a life; that life .had its roots in God and was nourished by communion with God. His addresses before God's throne were peculiarly impressive. He was re- markably conscientious. As a friend he was open and frank; no scheming about him. He was what he seemed to be, perfectly open. a friend. a true friend. Many of us found him such."

While a student at Delaware in his Junior year, he prepared a number of articles on the early French inhabitants of southern Ohio. To do this he traveled over Scioto, Lawrence and Gallia counties and interviewed all the old French settlers then living. From the material he gathered he prepared a series of sketches which appeared in the Ironton Register in the fall of 1855. These sketches were republished afterwards by James Keyes in his pioneer record, herein noted. and all of them have been used in this work as the basis of the sketches of the French settlers. The Editor desires to say that in his researches he has been able to find but very little to add to what Professor La- croix prepared and found in his investigations that he had exhausted the ma- terial accessible.

Frank B. Lair

was born in Harrison township, Scioto county, Ohio, June 5, 1866. Iiis father was William Lair, and his mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Welch. They had five sons and five daughters, of whom Frank was the second child. His father enlisted in Company F, 56th O. V. I., November 20, 1861, at the age of twenty-five years. He was transferred to Company A, January 26, 1864, hav- ing re-enlisted for three years. He was captured April 8, 1864, at Sabine Cross Roads, and mustered out June 30, 1865.

Frank, his son, obtained his education in the common schools of his vicinity, and at South Webster. He has been a farmer all his life, excepting in 1898, when he was a clerk at Hoskinson Furnace in Logan county. He is not married and makes his home with his father. He has been a member of the Township and County Republican Committee many times. He has always taken an active interest in the Republican party, of which he is a member. He is connected with the Free-Will Baptist church at Bloom township, and is highly esteemed by all his neighbors.

Constant Lake

was born May 29, 1849, at Wooster, Ohio. His parents were Constant Lake and Eleanor Jones, his wife. His grandfather was Constant Lake. The name "Constant," as a baptisimal name, was constant in the family for seven genera- tions back. The family came from England to the United States in 1638. In that year, William George Lake settled in Massachusetts from England. His wife was Mary Gardner. They had two sons. Elijah and James, and a daugh- ter Mary. In 1679, Elijah married Rebecca Ellerton. They had five children: Constant, Ellerton, Jane, Elizabeth, Annabell and Marty. In 1703, Constant Ellerton Lake settled on the eastern shore of Maryland, and in 1709, married Eliza Willis. Their children were: Chloe, Winnifred, Constant. Eliza, Mary, Martha and Norton. Constant married Mildred E. Mont, of Annapolis. This Constant was a Major of the Maryland state troops in the Revolution. He served in Carolina with General Greene. Their children were: Mary, Ann, Hannah, Joseph and Constant. In 1756. Constant. son of the Revolutionary Major, married Anna Weir. Their children were: Contsant and Joseph. This Constant settled in the Shenandoah Valley. In 1796, he moved to Penn Yan,

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New York, where he married Anna Straughn. He removed to Trumbull county, Ohio, and then to Wayne county, Chio. His children were: Joseph Straughn, Mary, Elijah W., and Constant, the father of our subject. Later he went to Wooster.

The present Constant went to school at Wooster until he was sixteen years of age. He then attended Bethany College, Virginia, for one year. From 1867 until 1872, he was a planter in Yalobusha county, Mississippi. In the year last named he returned to Wooster and was in the livery business until 1887. He spent two years in the Ontario Veterinary College in Canada and graduated there in April, 1888. In May, 1888, he located in Portsmouth, where he has since resided and has practiced the profession of a veterinary surgeon. September 12, 1871, he was married to Anna Nachtrieb, daughter of Jonas and Nancy (Punghes) Nachtrieb. He has three children. One daughter died in infancy. His son Joseph F. is a veterinary surgeon in Ironton, Ohio, and his daughter Ella, is the wife of John Bell Woods. He is a democrat in his polit- ical views, but more inclined to be independent. He lives up to the traditions of his New England ancestry and consequently is a most excellent citizen, highly esteemed for all the civic virtues.

Willard Lamb,

son of Reuben and Lavina (Chaffin) Lamb was born June 28, 1844, on the Lamb farm just below Franklin Furnace. His great-grandfather. Reuben Lamb, emigrated from Massachusetts about 1815, and settled on what has since been known as the Lamb farm. The farm is still in the possession of his de- scendants, one of whom is our subject. One of his sons, Willard, was the grandfather of the subject of this sketch. Reuben Lamb, Sr., died May 10, 1838, in his seventy-second year. Willard Lamb, Sr., died October 2, 1840, aged fifty. Reuben Lamb, Jr., died January 19, 1854, aged thirty-six years, ten months. Persis Lamb. the great-grandmother, died January 17, 1854, at the advanced age of eighty-six. The mother of our subject is still living at the age of eighty- one. Mr. Lamb received his education in the "Ball" school house in Green township. He enlisted August 23, 1864. as a private in Company D. 173d O. V. I., at Nashville, Tennessee, and was honorably discharged June 26, 1865. He has been a merchant for over fifteen years. He is a member of the Wheelers- burg Baptist church, and has been one of its Trustees since 1896. Politically he is a republican. He was president of Green township School Board from 1899 till 1901.

June 18, 1868, he was united in marriage to Rebecca May Stumbaugh, daughter of Jacob and Lucetta (Courtright) Stumbaugh. To them have been born twelve children, only eight of whom are now living. The children are as follows: Emma May, deceased; Reuben Thomas, married Eyle V. Mooney, is now living in Bradford, Pa., and is a train dispatcher; Clara Etta, married John A. Oakes and lives on Pine Creek; Lucinda Oma, married Henry J. Bar- rett, who is principal of the High School at Toronto, Ohio; Hattie Marcie, is a time-keeper for Drew, Selby & Company, Portsmouth, Ohio; William Walter, is studying telegraphy at Bradford, Pa. The others are: Bessie Alice, H. Harrison, Amanda Lois, Mary Lavinia, (deceased). Persis Lena, (died in in- fancy) and Luther Leonard, (deceased).

Winfield Scott Lambert,

son of Jeremiah and Eliza (Bandy) Lambert, was born in Greenfield township. Gallia county, Ohio, December 9, 1849. His father's maternal great-grandfather. John Harper, was born in England, in 1740, and came to America in 1770, and settled in Maryland, near Chesapeake Bay. His father's maternal grandfather, Hamilton Harper, was born in Maryland in 1777, and emigrated to Logan county, Virginia, in 1804. His father's mother Jincy (Harper) Lambert was born in Logan county, Virginia, in 1806, and came with her parents to Green- field township, Gallia county, Ohio, in 1810.

Our subject's paternal great-grandfather, Philip Lambert, was one of the early settlers of Gallia county. His grandfather, Pearsol Lambert, was born in Wythe county, Virginia, in 1805, and came with his parents to Green- field township, Gallia county, Ohio, about 1810.

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A history of Scioto County, Ohio, together with a pioneer record, Part 139

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913 Publication date: 1903 Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Evans, Nelson W. (Nelson Wiley), 1842-1913
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: Portsmouth, O. N. W. Evans
Number of Pages: 1612