Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Ahrens, Hein 1831 - 1879
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Hein Ahrens (deceased), Attica, was born in Hanover, December 5, 1831. His
father was a farmer, and he was reared to the same pursuit. In 1849 he came to
America on a visit, and was so pleased with the country, and the advantages it
afforded to people to rise in the world, that he decided to remain. He stopped
in Ohio and learned the trade of stone-cutting at Little Falls, between Piqua
and Dayton. When the Wabash railroad was built to Attica he was employed to put
up the piers for the bridge across the Wabash, and during his short residence
conceived such a liking for the place that he settled here. He was engaged in
stone-cutting and bridge-building as long as he lived; he did work on buildings
and country bridges, but was chiefly employed by the railroad company. Mr.
Barnhart, of Attica, who has succeeded to the extensive business which both of
them carried on, learned his trade with him and was his partner the last fifteen
or eighteen years of his life. They owned in company seventy-five acres of land
on the west side of the river, on which was situated their quarry, from which
was taken the best stone in this section of the country. Mr. Ahrens was married
December 4, 1859, to Miss Augusta Kemper, formerly of Ohio. The following
children, were born to them: John W., October 11, 1860; Frederick, May 6, 1863,
died in infancy; Henry Otto, June 20, 1864; Charles L., November 28, 1866; Anna
Matta, August 12, 1869; Kemper Crist, March 17, 18731 and Hein Rudolf, December
3, 1875. Mr. Ahrens was a consistent and devoted member of the Baptist church.
His widow also belongs to the same society. He died very suddenly of brain
disease, on January 13, 1879. He had provided well for his household and left
his family in good circumstances. His life was insured in the Odd-Fellows
Association for $2,500. He was an industrious, trustworthy, and highly respected
citizen.

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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