DARKE COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: NEWBAUER, JOHN A. (published 1887)
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORD OF JAY AND BLACKFORD COUNTIES, INDIANA
The Lewis Publishing Company 1887 - Page 785-786

        JOHN A. NEWBAUER, proprietor of the city meat market and a
prominent business man of Hartford City, was born in Greenville, Darke
County, Ohio, October 17, 1847, a son of Jacob and Elizabeth Newbauer. He
was reared on a farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and then learned
his present trade, which he worked at for two years. In 1870 he engaged in
contracting at Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, where he was very successful,
remaining there two years. In 1870 he engaged in contracting at Sidney,
Shelby County, Ohio, where he was very successful, remaining there two
years. In 1873 he came to Hartford City and established his present
business, being the pioneer meat market of the place. He keeps on hand both
fresh and salted meats of the best quality, which he serves to his
customers in good style, and everything about the place is clean and neat.
By his strict attention to the wants of his customers, accommodating
manners and reasonable prices he has established a good business, his
annual sales amounting to about $12,000. He also deals largely in lime and
stucco, making a specialty of Huntington lime and all kinds of building
material. He is the leading ice dealer in Hartford City, selling 300 tons
per annum, the ice being procured from a pond of pure spring water. Besides
his business Mr. Newbauer owns three houses and lots in Hartford City and a
tract of very valuable land adjoining the town. He was married December 23,
1875, to Miss Elizabeth Bolner, of Blackford County, and they are the
parents of three children, whose names are -Altha, George and Robert.
Politically Mr. Newbauer is a Democrat. He has served as a member of the
city council. He is a member of the Odd Fellows order, belonging to
Hartford City Lodge No. 262, of Hartford City.


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