BIOGRAPHIES - SHIRE, A., Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: A. SHIRE _________________________________________ Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Carrie PRICE Father: John S. PRICE Mother: Mary COHN Marriage: March 4, 1873 Children: William; Nettie; Julius; Samuel A. SHIRE,1 jeweler; P. 0. Paris; is a native to Germany, born in 1842, in Stadt-Langsfeldt, Saxony. He emigrated to this country when a lad, coming to Cincinnati, where he was educated and began learning his trade at the age of thirteen, continuing until sixteen, at the completion of which he started in business for himself, at Cincinnati, and continued there until 1862, when he in March, 1865, and set up business, first on “Bank Row,” where he remained until 1869, when he located oil the South side, where L. Frank now is; remained here until 1877, when he moved to his present place of business, where he is doing an excellent business, keeping everything in his line at prices reasonable. He is a self-made man, having begun with nothing in the commencement of his business. March 4, 1873, he married Carrie Price, daughter of John S. Price, and Mary Ann Cohn; has four children: William, Nettie, Julius and Samuel. He is a member of the A. F. and A. M. and of the R. A. Chapter, and Secretary of each since 1876; also President and Secretary of the Gas Company. Sources 1. Perrin, pp. 492-493. ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.