BIO: CONSTANS, Louis, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: CONSTANS, Louis, Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* 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. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., Campbell Co. LOUIS CONSTANS, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, was born Oct 14, 1842, and is a son of Peter and Charlotte (Blessing) Constans, natives of Alsace, France, now Germany, who immigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1841 and in 1849 moved to Newport where Peter Constans established a brewery. Louis Constans was educated in Newport, and in September, 1861, he entered the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteers as a private, but was mustered out as second lieutenant, having swerved through the entire war. He returned to Newport in 1867, was elected city treasurer, and also served as mayor of Newport ten months, when he resigned. He was elected city treasurer in 1879. In 1864 he married Miss Margaret Schraffenberger, a native of Germany, who bore him eight children. Mr. Constans is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Honor and also of the G. A. R. *******************************************************************************