Ashland County OhArchives Biographies.....John Franklin Kettenring June 18 1856 - 
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Author: History of Ashland County, Ohio by A. J. Baughman



J.F. KETTENRING

J.F. Kettenring, who owns and operates a well improved and valuable farm
of one hundred and five acres on section 35, Green township, was born in
Knox township, Holmes county, Ohio, on the 18th of June, 1856. His
parents, Melchor and Christina (Price) Kettenring, were both natives of
Canton Pirmasens, Germany, the father's birth ocurring July 25, 1815,
while the mother first opened her eyes to the light of day on the 10th
of January, 1815. They were married in this country and both passed away
on the farm on which our subject now resides, Melchor Kettenring dying
October 10, 1887, at the age of seventy-two years, while his wife was
called to her final rest on the 14th of April, 1894, when seventy-eight
years of age. The record of their children is as follows: Henry,
deceased; Jacob, a resident of Green township; Katharine, the wife of
John Kaylor, of Wisconsin; Adam, who makes his home in Loudonville;
Lany, the wife of Jacob Wolf, of Viola, Kansas; Elizabeth, the wife of
Jonas Etzweiler, of Green township; John who died in early life; and
J.F., of this review.

In 1869, J.F. Kettenring accompanied his parents on their removal to the
farm on which he has since resided in Green township, the property
comprising one hundred and five acres and being located one and
three-fourths miles northwest of Loudonville on the Perrysville road.
Here he is successfully carrying on general farming and stock raising,
both branches of his business bringing to him a gratifying financial
return, owing to his well directed labor and capable management. In 1906
he built a large bank barn, thirty-six by seventy-two feet, and his
place is lacking in none of the accessories and equipments which go to
make up a model farming property of the twentieth century. He is
likewise a director in the Farmers Telephone Company and is widely
recognized as a most substantial and enterprising citizen of the community.

In 1875 Mr. Kettenring was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Miller, a
native of Washington township, Holmes county, Ohio, her natal day being
April 13, 1856. Her parents, Frederick and Katharine (Swaidner) Miller,
were born in Bavaria, Germany, and Columbiana county, Ohio,
respectively, the father coming to the United States at the age of
seventeen years. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miller passed away in Holmes county,
Ohio, and all of their eleven children, with the exception of one who
died a the age of fourteen years, lived to reach maturity. Unto Mr. and
Mrs. Kettenring have been born the following children: Clara Ida, the
wife of J.S. Barr, of Cleveland, by whom she has three sons, Brick,
Robert E., and Paul; Dora Anna, who is the wife of Frank Carey, of Green
township, and has one child, Vera Margaret; Minnie, who died in infancy;
and Clarence William, at home. He is a graduate of Loudonville high
school and the Fort Wayne Business College of Fort Wayne, Indiana. He
was married June 3, 1908, to Freda B. Lemon of Loudonville.

Politically Mr. Kettenring is a democrat and for four terms capably
served as township trustee. He is now a member of the township board of
education, the cause of public instruction finding in him a stalwart
champion. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the
Evangelical church of Loudonville, in which he has acted as a trustee
for the past twenty years. Having lived in this county for forty years,
he is widely and favorably known within its borders, his life record
having ever been honorable and upright and such as to win for him the
respect and esteem of those with whom he has been associated.



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