History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 138

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co.
Number of Pages: 666

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J. George Schneider, merchant, was born in Hesse- Darmstadt, Germany, May 20, 1820. Here he learned his trade as a tailor, and in 1846 came to America, land- ing in New York city; thence went to Philidelphia, work- ing at his trade until 1847, when he enlisted for five years, or during the war with Mexico, entering as a pri- vate in the Eleventh Pennsylvania. He went with his regiment to Mexico and participated in the engagements with that regiment. He was honorably mustered out at the close of the war and returned to New York, thence to Philadelphia, then to Pittsburgh, where he married, in 1849, Mary Take, of Germany, and soon after came to Cincinnati, arriving here in November of the same year. Here Mr. Schneider began to work at his trade, tailoring, which he has continued ever since. In connection with his tailoring he is in the grocery business. They have five children.

Christian Jahres, superintendent German Protestant orphan asylum, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1826. He came to America in 1857, and located in Kentucky, where he was engaged in farming; thence went to Cincinnati, where he entered the mercantile business, which he followed for a number of years, when he went to Alabama and engaged in farming in that State for some six years, when he returned to Cincinnati. He was for a short period collector for Weber's brewery, when in in 1878 he was appointed to his present place, which he is filling with entire satisfaction.

Rev. Charles Moench, pastor German Protestant church at Mt. Auburn, was born in Germany Janu- ary 30, 1850, and is the son of Charles and Emma (Sack) Moench, both parents natives of Germany. Our subject received a very thorough education in Europe, in the Halle and Leipsic universities. In 1873 Rev. Moench came to America, and in 1876 was ordained as minister at Millersburgh, Ohio, since which time he has been actively engaged in preaching, located at Youngs- town, Cleveland, Kenton, and at his present place, taking charge of this congregation in 1880.

Rev. Alexander Hughes, pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross, was born in Armagh, Ireland, in June, 1845, and came to America in 1865. After receiving a thor- ough education he was ordained as pastor at West Ho- boken, New Jersey, May 25, 1872, since which time he has filled the pulpits of several leading churches in West Hoboken, Baltimore, and Cincinnati. In 1878 he re- ceived his present charge, which he has filled faithfully since.

Rev. Frederick Lang, pastor of the Church of the Im- maculate, North Adams, was born in Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1839, and is the son of Nicholas and Mary Lang, both natives of Germany. Father Lang received a thorough collegiate education in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and then went to Dunkirk, New York, where he entered the Theological college, and was ordained as minister in 1862. His first charge was the St. George church, of Dunkirk, where he was pastor for four years, when he received a call from St. Michael's church, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he filled the pulpit for nine years. October 13, 1875, Father

Lang came to Cincinnati, where he has been actively at work in the pastoral field since.

T. E. Taggart, M. D., was born in Evansville, Rock county, Wisconsin. Having received a collegiate educa- tion in the Hillsdale college, Michigan, in 1867, he came to Cincinnati and graduated with high honors from the Miami Medical college in 1870, when he began the prac- tice of medicine in Fairmount, where he has been suc- cessful in building up a very large and lucrative business, now being the oldest practicing physician located in Fair- mount. Dr. Taggart's preceptor, the late Dr. T. L. Tid- ball, was one of the first physicians to locate in Fair- mount. He was a graduate from Rush Medical college, of Chicago. He enlisted as surgeon in the Thirty-fifth Ohio volunteer infantry, and served there until the close of the war. In 1865 he began his practice in Fairmount, where he, by his knowledge of medicine, built up a large and profitable practice. He died, respected and honored, in 1873. Dr. Taggart, in 1862, during the late civil war, enlisted in company E, Fourth Indiana cavalry, where he served three years, participating in a number of engage- ments. He was on the Wilson raid that captured Jeffer- son Davis, and was honorably mustered out at the close of the war, when he returned home, and has been located at Fairmount since 1870.

Professor Theodore Lobmiller, principal of the St. Bo- naventura Catholic school. Among the most successful teachers of Cincinnati may be mentioned the above- named gentleman, who was born in Germany, November 22, 1828, and came to the United States in 1850, landing in New York city, thence coming direct to Cincinnati. Here he began school-teaching, and has been actively engaged ever since. He taught school in Dayton for several years, and with this exception he taught in Cincin- nati. About nine years ago he took charge of his pres- ent school, then in a poor condition, and only forty scholars in attendance. The school has been very pros- perous, and has between one hundred and sixty and one hundred and seventy scholars.

Rev. Jacobus Menchen, pastor of St. Bonavetura Catho- lic church, was born in France September 2, 1841, and is the son of Matthias and Theresa (Von Hatten) Menchen, both parents having been born in France. Our subject, with his parents, came to America in 1846, and located in Cincinnati, which has since been his home. He grad- uated with high honors from St. Francis college in 1864, and was ordained by the Right Reverend Bishop Rose- crans September 10, 1864. He was located at St. Fran- cis church until 1866, when he was pastor of St. John's church, then of the congregation at Oldenburgh for two years. In 1868 he returned and began his work in the present charge, which has been faithful, building the church up to a large and flourishing congregation.

Carl Kline, saloonist, was born in Nasau, Germany, January 8, 1831. He came to the United States, land- ing in New York April 28, 1854; thence he went to San- dusky, Ohio, where he remained some two months, and in the latter part of 1854 came to Cincinnati. He is a cab- inet-maker by trade, which trade he had learned in Germany. Arriving in Cincinnati in meagre circumstan-

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ces he continued to work at his trade until 1867, when he entered his present business, moving to Cumminsville in 1874. Mr. Kline was in the late civil war, enlisting in company G, One Hundred and Thirty-eight Ohio vol- unteer infantry, as sergeant, where he served to the expi- ration of his service, four months, and was honorably discharged.

Henry Godelman was born in Camp Washington in 1846. His father came to Cincinnati from Germany about the year 1839. He afterwards moved to Camp Washington, and in 1849 moved to a gardening farm near Cumminsville, where he carried on business as a gardener up to the time of his death. In 1849 our sub- ject moved to Cumminsville with his parents. About twelve years ago he entered his present business, which he has carried on ever since. Mr. Godelman was a sol- dier in the late war, having enlisted in company L, Thir- teenth Ohio volunteer infantry, where he served his full time and was honorably mustered out.

George C. Scheffel, saloonist, is another of the pio- neers. He was born in the province of Saxony, Germany, October 11, 1824. He came to the United States in 1844. He came direct to Cincinnati, arriving here Sep- tember 14, of the same year. He came here with only five dollars in money and went to work at his trade as a shoemaker, which he followed up to the year 1850, when he entered the grocery business on Vine street, Cicinnati, in which he continued for about thirteen years. In 1864 he moved to Cumminsville, where he was engaged in the grocery business until 1875 when he entered his pres- ent occupation. Mr. Scheffel was married in Cincinnati in 1846 to Amelia Wollenhaupt. She came to Cincin- nati in 1844. Her father is eighty years of age, and is a noted musician, residing in Chicago. By this marriage they have seven children, six sons and one daughter ; all natives of Cincinnati. Mr. Scheffel is a member of the Protestant church and an active member of the German Pioneer association.

G. H. Rabe was born in Germany in 1816. At about the age of seventeen he went to sea and followed the life of a sailor for some twelve years, visiting almost every region of the globe. In 1846 he came to Cincinnati, and was, for a number of years, steamboating on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. In 1850 Mr. Rabe went to Califor- nia, and remained there until 1854, when he returned to Cincinnati. He then engaged in farming for about eight years in Delhi township. In 1873 he began his present business, locating in Cumminsville, and has been en- gaged in the distillery business ever since.

J. W. Streng, butcher, was born in Bavaria, Germany, May 13, 1821. He came to the United States, landing in New York July 4, 1849; thence he came direct to Cincinnati. Here he entered the butcher business, in which he has continued ever since. In 1853 he moved to Cumminsville, where he still resides. He is the oldest butcher in Cumminsville. For several years Mr. Streng has been engaged, in connection with his butcher business, in keeping a boarding house in Cum- minsville. Mr. Streng was married in Cincinnati to Miss Barbara Gensendoefer, a native of Germany, having

come to Cincinnati in 1849. By.this marriage they have four children.

Joseph Glins, grocer, was born December 24, 1819, in Hanover, Germany. He came to America and landed in New Orleans in 1842, coming to Cincinnati the same year. Being very poor, he began work as a laborer at fifty cents per day. Accumulating some capital, he be- gan the manufacture of soap, which he continued about five years. In 1853 he moved to Cumminsville and invested in real estate. In 1861 he opened a grocery, and is now the oldest grocer in this vicinity. Mr. Glins married Miss Tracey Morman in 1847, who came to the city at an early day. By this marriage they have seven children, all natives of Cincinnati.

H. A. Stoffregen, grocer, was born in Hanover, Ger- many, April, 1839; came to the United States and land- ed in Baltimore in 1857. Then he came direct to Cin- cinnati, which has been his home ever since. He was a soldier during the late civil war in company C, Fifth Ohio volunteers, and served three years and three months, participating in a number of. the prominent bat- tles, being wounded three times. He was a brave and efficient soldier, and was honorably mustered out at the expiration of service, he returned to Cincinnati, and in 1870 moved to Cumminsville, where he began in the grocery business. He now has one of the most com- plete family groceries in the town. He married Jose- phine Meyers, by whom he had five children. After her dcease, he married Amelia Leppelman, and by her has one child.

Aloys Walz, florist, was born in Baden, Germany, in 1817. He commenced to learn the florist business at the age of sixteen, and worked in some of the leading places of the old country, spending three years in Switz- erland. In 1865 Mr. Walz came to the United States, and went into his present business at Cincinnati. He now owns one of the most complete green-houses in Hamilton county, having some five thousand feet under glass, and employing three hands. He has taken several premiums for displays of cut flowers at the expositions, and in 1880 took the bronze medal.

Herman Haerline, florist and landscape gardener, was born in Germany, and after spending many years in Eu- rope at his profession as landscape gardener, he came to Cincinnati. He was first engaged by N. Longworth, where he remained until 1858, when he went to Ken- tucky and was employed in laying out private grounds back of Covington. In 1861 he moved to Cummins- ville, and in 1865 engaged in the florist business. He now has under roof thirteen hot-houses, covering some seven thousand seven hundred square feet of surface. Of late years Mr. Haerline has not given much attention to this part of his business, as he has been employed by the State of Ohio as landscape gardener. He has laid out many yards and parks belonging to the State, and his work is pronounced among the best in the country.

G. W. Mass, furniture dealer, was born in Holland, and came to the United States in 1850, since which time he has been actively engaged in the furniture busi- ness in Cincinnati. . His main store is located at No.

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916 Central avenue, where for eighteen years he has been manufacturing furniture. In 1877 he established a branch store at Cumminsville, which is carried on by his son, Oliver Mass, who is very attentive to business and is gradually building up a good trade, selling furni- ture as rensonable as it can be purchased in the city.

George Gruninger, merchant. Among the most suc- cessful and active business men of Cumminsville, may be mentioned the name of George Gruninger, who was born in Germany in 1825. He learned his trade as a tinner in Germany, and in 1854 he came to the United States, and was a resident of New York city for some eight and a half years, working at the tinner business. In 1864 Mr. Gruninger came to Cincinnati, locating in Cumminsville, where he has been engaged in the hardware and tin business ever since, and is now the oldest merchant in that line in the town. His stock of stoves, tin, and hardware is very complete.

A. M. Streng, merchant tailor, Cumminsville. Among the most successful and enterprising citizens of Cum- minsville we may mention the above-named gentleman, who was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 2, 1826, coming to the United States and landing in New York, July 4, 1849. He then went to Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, where he learned the tailor's trade, and remained until 1852, when he moved to Cincinnati, working at his trade up to 1855, when he removed to Cumminsville, where he has continued at his trade ever since, and is now the oldest active tailor in Cumminsville. Mr. Streng came to Cincinnati in meagre circumstances, but with his hard labor and good management has accumulated a good property. He has continued in his present place of business for the last thirteen years. Mr. Streng has filled several offices of public trust in Cumminsville : Nine years a school-director, two years a member of the council, and two years a member of the school-board of Cincinnati. He was married in Cincinnati to Miss Sophia Schrader, who was born in Germany. By this marriage they have eight children. Mr. Streng has taken a very active part in church matters. He is a member of the German Protestant church, to which society he has donated, and worked hard to organize.

Frederick W. Becker, merchant tailor, was born near the Rhine, Germany, February 20, 1827. At thirteen years of age he began to learn his trade as a tailor. In 1848 he enlisted' and served three years in the Gernian army. In 1852 Mr. Becker came to the United States and landed in New York city. He then went to Buffalo, New York, and remained there a short time, and then came to Cincinnati, arriving here in the summer of 1852, he went to work at the tailor's trade. In 1859 he moved to Cumminsville, where he has been engaged in business since. He was married in Cincinnati May 28, 1854, to Miss Margaret Weber, who was born in Germany, com- ing here in 1853. They have three children living. Our subject was the seventh son, for which his father received one hundred dollars, according to the law at that time in Germany.

Joseph C. Tarrant, dealer in boots and shoes, and shoe manufacturer, was born in Welshire, England,

having come to America in 1852, and located in New York, where he learned his trade as a shoemaker. In 1868 he came to Cincinnati and carried on the shoe manufacturing business in the house of refuge; from there he came to his present place of business, which was started in 1871. Tarrant Brothers starting in the business in a small way, employing some ten hands, capacity of manufacturing about sixty pairs of shoes per day ; the business has since gradually improved until to- day he employs between thirty-five and forty hands, with a capacity of manufacturing one hundred and twenty pairs of shoes per day, manufacturing ladies', misses' and children's shoes, occupying three rooms. The salesroom is fourteen by fifty-four feet in size, the two manufacturing rooms are fourteen by fifty-four feet. Mr. J. C. Tarrant became sole owner of the business in 1880.

E. T. C. Woellert, merchant, was born in Germany, in 1828. Came to the United States and landed in New York city in 1854, coming direct to Cincinnati. Here he commenced to work at the cabinet-maker's trade, from this he began working in a picture frame factory, which business he has continued for the last twenty-two years. Mr. Woellert owns a very neat notion store in Cumminsville, keeping on hand a full line of picture frames. He moved to Cumminsville in about 1860, and has been one of its honored citizens ever since.

Elizabeth Riesenberg, wife of the late Barney Riesen- berg, who was born in Masen, Germany, November, 1803. He was married in Germany, in 1846, to Eliza- beth Yelgers, who was born in Germany in 1815. His business in Germany was in making turf, from which he managed to save enough money to bring himself and wife to America, arriving in Baltimore in IS47. He went direct to Cincinnati. After working for a short time in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he returned to Cincinnati, worked by the day in a cooper-shop, stone quarry at teaming, and in a pork house. By hard work and good management he managed to save a little money. In 1854 he came to Cumniinsville and opened a grocery, in which business he was about the first to start there. He was successful in the business, and accumulated a good property. He died, respected and loved by his fellow- men, August 29, 1872, with fever, leaving a wife and five children to mourn his loss. The children's names are Henry, Lizzie, Mary, Caroline and Louisa.

Fred Spaetli, deceased. One of the old pioneers of Cumminsville, was the above-named gentleman, who was born in Bavaria, Germany. He came to the United States and landed in Philadelphia in 1848, thence to Cincinnati in 1851. Coming here very poor, he went to work in Herancourt's brewery, then in a distillery, and then at the cooper trade. He was very active in life, a hard worker, and no matter how small his salary was, he managed to save a portion of it. He came to Cum- minsville about 1851. He commenced the feed store business at an early day, about 1856, at the present homestead, and was one of the first in that line of busi- ness in Cumminsville. He then started a saloon, and conducted a garden on a first-class principle. Being

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very successful in business, he had accumulated a good property. He died December 28, 1871, with small-pox, a man respected and honored, leaving a wife and four children to mourn his loss. Andrew Spaeth is attending to business at the old homestead. He was born in Cum- minsville in 1855.

Lawrence Theobold, retired, of the old and highly re- spected citizens of Cumminsville, may be mentioned. Mr. L. Theobold, was born in Germany, July 5, 1815. He came to the United States, and landed in New York in 1852, coming direct to Cincinnati, May, 1852. His first work was in the garden business, near Cumminsville, which he continued in for some fifteen years, when he had accumulated a little money and invested it in the feed store business, which he continued very successfully up to 1877, when he retired. The business is now car- ried on by his son. Mr. Theobold was married in Ger- many to Miss Barbara Deil. They came to Cincinnati with two children. Mr. Theobold owns three and three- fourths acres of land where he lives, which is very valuable. This he made by hard work and good man- agement, coming here poor in 1852. Since then he has accumulated a good property. He is a member of the German Protestant church.

Conral Soellheim, M. D., was born in Bavaria, Ger- many, January 30, 1836. Receiving a high school education in his native country, he, in 1853, came to America, and was for a short time a resident of New Orleans. His father was a prominent physician. Our subject went to Indiana, and for five years was engaged in the practice of medicine in Dubois county. In 1858 he came to Cincinnati, and graduated from the Cincin- nati College of Medicine and Surgery in 1861. At the breaking out of the late civil war, Dr. Soellheim enlisted in the Ninth Ohio volunteer infantry as assistant sur- geon, which position he filled for some eighteen months, when he was appointed surgeon, which he filled with marked ability. During the war he was brigade surgeon, also surgeon in charge of the hospital at Chattanooga, where he did wonderful good work. He participated in a number of the most prominent battles. At the close of the war Dr. Soellheim located in Cumminsville, where he has been established since, being very successful in his practice of medicine. The doctor is the oldest phys- ician in Cumminsville.

Professor John F. Grause, principal of the German Catholic school, Cumminsville, was born in Prussia, Ger- many, in 1843. He received sufficient education in his native country that he taught school there for two years. He is a graduate from the West Farland college. In 1866 Professor Grause came to America, and has been very active in teaching school. He taught five years in Fulton and five years in Ludlow, Kentucky. He has been engaged at his present place for the last three years.

Rev. Charles Schenck, pastor of the German Protes- tant church, was born in Prussia August 13, 1843, com- ing to America and landing in New York in 1847, thence to St. Louis, and from there to California, Missouri, re- maining there for some ten years. In 1873 he gradu-

ated from the Missouri college. Rev. Mr. Schenck was ordained at Cumberland, Indiana. His first appoint- ment was at Linnville, Indiana, where he remained for five years in active work. He came to his present place February 17, 1878, filling the pulpit of the German Prot- estant church of Cumminsville since. Rev. Mr. Schenck was married in Boonville, Indiana, to Miss Louisa Kin- dermann, of Newburgh, Indiana.

Adolph Strauch, superintendent of Spring Grove cem- etery, was born August 30, 1822, at Eckersdorf, near Glatz, in the province of Silesia, Germany. At the age of sixteen he entered zealously upon what has since been his favorite study-the art of landscape gardening. This he pursued in Austria for six years, under prominent mas- ters in the imperial gardens at Vienna, Schoenbrunn and Laxenburg. In 1845 he started on a tour of inspection through Germany, Holland and Belgium. At the con- clusion of this tour he remained about three months in the celebrated horticultural establishment of Louis Van Houtte, near Ghent. Paris was now his objective point; and here he spent three years in the culture and perfec- tion of his professional taste. At the breaking out of the Revolution of 1848 he went to England, and passed three years there, being last employed in the royal botan- ic gardens, Regent's park, London. He then started for America, and landed at Galveston, Texas, November 5, 1851. During the next winter he travelled through that State, and in the spring went north to Cincinnati, where he made an engagement with the late R. B. Bowler, a gentleman of great taste, and an enthusiastic ad- mirer of arboriculture and landscape gardening. During the two years he remained at Clifton he inaugurated the open lawn system, which, continued by others, has made the environs of the Queen City of the west famous throughout the world. In 1854, after making a tour of the United States and Canada, he returned to Cincinnati to take charge of Spring Grove cemetery, where he has continued to reside, and where his genius has enabled him to present the noblest effects of landscape garden- ing as applicable to the adornment of rural cemeteries.

Leopold Mushaben, saloon-keeper, was born in Baden, Germany, March 21, 1840. He came to the United States, and landed in New York city in 1861, coming direct to Cincinnati, where he soon after entered the army in the Fourteenth Independent Ohio battery, enlisting for three years. He was a brave soldier; participating in over fifty battles-Vicksburgh, Atlanta, Pea Ridge, etc. He was wounded at the battle of Pea Ridge in the left leg. He served until the close of the war and was hon- orably mustered out, and returned to Cincinnati. He worked for six months in the Government employ; he then worked as porter in the Spencer House, and after- wards in the grocery business. In 1871 he came to his present place of business here, and has erected a hand- some brick block where he has continued in trade since.

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History of Cincinnati, Ohio, with illustrations and biographical sketches, Part 138

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co. Number of Pages: 666

Author: Ford, Henry A., comp; Ford, Kate B., joint comp
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Cleveland, O., L.A. Williams & co.
Number of Pages: 666