Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Bettinger, Albert 1854 - 
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    Albert Bettinger. Thoroughly conversant with the details of his profession,
energetic in all his commercial transactions, as well as honorable and high
minded in all the different phases of life, Albert Bettinger occupies an
enviable position among his fellow-citizens, who willingly accord to him a place
in their front ranks, not alone for his many professional and business
qualities, but for every trait that marks a true Christian gentleman and a man
of honor. Albert Bettinger was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 3, 1854, a son of
Michael and Elizabeth (Angst) Bettinger. In 1859, his parents were part of a
colony, formed in Cincinnati, to found the town of Tell City, located on the
Ohio river in Indiana. Here he received his primary education. He also attended
the schools in Cincinnati, for a time, but returned to Indiana to attend the
State University, where he was of the class of 1874, but on account of ill
health, did not complete his course. He began his legal education at the same
institution and was admitted to the bar in Ohio, in September, 1875, when he
began the practice of his profession in Cincinnati, in partnership with C. M.
Lotze. After remaining with him five years, Mr. Bettinger formed a partnership
with Herman P. Goebel, with whom he continued until 1885, when Judge Gpebel was
elected Probate Judge. From then until 1891, Mr. Bettinger practiced alone, at
which time he again formed a partnership with Judge Goebel, continuing with him
until 1903, when he again practiced alone for nine years. In 1912 Mr. Bettinger
formed a partnership with Walter Schmitt and L. Alvin Kreis, who had been
employed in his office for many years, under the firm name of Bettinger, Schmitt
& Kreis, constituting one of the strong and reliable legal organizations of the
city, which has since continued with notable success. Although the scope of his
work in connection with his profession has always been broad, Mr. Bettinger is
also interested in civic and political affairs, and is a strong factor in all
measures tending to the public good. A business man of more than local
reputation, he is president of The Ohio National Life Insurance Company;
vice-president of the National Rivers and Harbors Congress; and vice-president
of the Ohio Valley Improvement Association. He is a member of the County, State
and American Bar Associations and is recognized as a leading factor in the best
element of the profession. He is ex-president and honorary member of the
Business Men's Club; is now, and has for many years, been the legal advisor of
the Chamber of Commerce, and is also a valued member of the Phi Kappa Psi, his
college fraternity. In his political affiliations, Mr. Bettinger is a
Republican, and always takes an active interest in the success of his party,
though he has never aspired to public office. On October 21, 1878, Mr. Bettinger
was united in marriage with Miss Antonia Steinauer, a native of Cincinnati, and
a woman of much beauty of character. Her parents, August and Antonia Steinauer,
were natives of Switzerland, but were pioneers of Cincinnati, and also had a
prominent part in the founding of Tell City, Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Bettinger
have been born three children, of whom only one survives, Alma, who became the
wife of John L. Holzborn, proprietor of the Korb Lithographing Company of
Cincinnati, and they have two children: Virginia and Antoinette. Mr. Bettinger
maintains a fine home on Glenway avenue, Price Hill, where the entire family
reside and are numbered with the valued citizens of that community.

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