Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Mohrbacher, George T. 1876 - living in 1917
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GEORGE T. MOHRBACHER.

    George T. Mohrbacher, junior member of the firm operating the well-known
August Hohn & Sons department store at Marysville, and one of the most
progressive and influential business men in this part of the state, is a native
son of Marshall county and has lived here all his life. He was born on a pioneer
farm in Franklin township, this county, February 22, 1876, son of Christian and
Caroline (Koch) Mohrbacher, pioneers of Marshall county, the former of whom died
at Marysville in 1902 and the latter of whom is still living in that city.

    Christian Mohrbacher was born in the kingdom of Bavaria, Germany, October
31, 1838, and was but a child when his parents, Jacob Mohrbacher and wife, come
to this country. He learned the cooper's trade in Wisconsin and in the winter of
1859-60 came to Kansas, driving through to Marshall county from St. Joseph,
Missouri, then the terminus of the railway, and with his parents settled on a
homestead two and one-half miles south of Marysville; later he purchased a small
farm west of the homestead which lie later sold and bought a four-hundred-acre
farm in section 16 of Franklin township, north of Home City, where he
established his home and soon became recognized as one of the leading farmers
and cattlemen in that part of the county. He was an extensive breeder of Durham
cattle and developed an extensive cattle business. He made his home on that
pioneer farm until he retired from the active labors of the farm and moved to
Home City, where he resided until 1901, when he moved to Marysville, where his
death occurred on January 1, 1902.

    Christian Mohrbacher was twice married. His first marriage was to Martha
Tanner and by that union he had five children, namely: Alexander, who is now
living in Denver, Colorado; Hettie, who married J. E. McMahan and is living at
Marysville: Edwin H., who is living at Denver; Thomas, of Marysville, and
Christopher, deceased. Upon the death of the mother of these children, Christian
Mohrbacher married Caroline Koch, who was born in Milwaukee county, Wisconsin,
October 31, 1846, and who is now living at Marysville, and to that union four
children were born, of whom the subject of this sketch was the second in order
of birth, the others being as follow: Matilda, deceased; Cora E., who married
Carl Lemmer and is living at Denver, Colorado, and Frances, who makes her home
with her mother and is cashier of the August Hohn & Sons department store at
Marysville.

    George T. Mohrbacher was reared on the home farm in Franklin township and
supplemented the schooling received in the district school in that neighborhood
by a course in the high school at Marysville. On October 10, 1892, he then being
sixteen years of age, he began clerking in the August Hohn department store at
Marysville and has ever since been closely identified with the affairs of that
substantial concern. On January 1, 1900, he became a stockholder in the
enterprise and is now the junior member of the firm, giving his active attention
to the management of the extensive interests of the enterprise, long having been
recognized as one of the leading merchants of Marysville. Mr. Mohrbacher gives
his close attention to the general business affairs of the city and is a member
of the publicity committee of the Marysville Commercial Club. He is a Republican
and takes a good citizen's interest in the civic and political affairs of his
home community. Some years ago he was appointed chief of the Marysville fire
department and has given much attention to the affairs of the department as well
as to the general subject of fire prevention, now serving as treasurer of the
Kansas State Firemen's Association and as chairman of the legislative committee
of the same: also vice-president of the Kansas State Association of Fire Chiefs.
Mr. Mohrbacher is an active member of several lodges; is a member of all the
Masonic bodies, a thirty-second-degree Mason and secretary of Marysville Lodge
No. 91, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and Marysville Chapter No. 29, Royal
Arch Masons; a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of the Ancient Order of
United Workmen, of the Knights of Pythias and of the Turnverein, and is manager
of Turner Hall.

    On May 16, 1899, George T. Mohrbacher was united in marriage to Minna A.
Hohn, a graduate of the Marysville high school, who was born at Marysville on
August u, 1878, daughter of August and Minna (Zimmerman) Hohn, further mention
of whom is made in a biographical sketch relating to the former, the veteran
merchant at Marysville, and to this union two children have been born, Arthur,
who was born on October 22, 1900, and Winton, June 13, 1905. The Mohrbachers
have a very pleasant home in Marysville and have ever taken a warm interest in
the general social activities of their home town, helpful in promoting all
worthy movements designed to advance the common welfare hereabout.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)

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