Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Gildehaus, Henry 1857 - 1910
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    Henry Gildehaus. During a long and honorable career the late Henry Gildehaus
so conducted his actions, that at the time of his death which occurred August
13, 1910, the community of Cincinnati, where he made his home and centered his
activities, felt the sting of a sincere loss. He was an able business man and a
good citizen and at all times a man of the highest integrity. Henry Gildehaus
was born in Hanover, Germany, March 27, 1857, a son of Frederick and Dora
(Gildehaus) Gildehaus, and came to the city of Cincinnati when still a boy. He
received his early education in the public schools of Germany. After laying
aside his text-books, he engaged in making custom-made shoes, and followed this
trade for many years. In 1883 he established the Henry Gildehaus Company,
Funeral Directors, whose history appears upon other pages of these volumes. By
unceasing effort and industry, Mr. Gildehaus soon made the business a great
success and it was but a short time before it was known throughout Cincinnati
and vicinity, and he continued in this until his death. Sometime after Mr.
Gildehaus' death, the business was taken over by his sons and is ably managed by
them at the present time. Fraternally, Mr. Gildehaus was a valued member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and the various Masonic bodies. In politics he
was a stanch Republican, but never cared for office. In religious affiliations
he was a member of the St. Paul's German Evangelists church and was active in
many of its affairs. On the 5th day of February, 1869, Mr. Gildehaus was united
in marriage with Miss Dora Nonweiler of this city. She died here November 27,
1905. To Mr and Mrs. Gildehaus were born five children as follows: Gustav, who
resides in Cincinnati; Sadie, who is the wife of George F. Ahlers, of
Louisville, Ky.; Dora, who is the wife of Gerhardt Engel, of Osnabruck, Germany;
Herbert H., who is the present head of the Henry Gildehaus Company, and resides
in the city, and Carl O., who is the secretary of the Henry Gildehaus Company.
In concluding this review of Mr. Gildehaus' life, it may be said that while he
was not a native of Cincinnati, he was among the most loyal of her adopted sons,
and one whom she was proud to number among her representative men. Mr. Gildehaus
was one of the men who labor not for their own day and generation alone, but for
those who are to come after them in the distant future, and when he died he left
a record of which his family and friends are justly proud.

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