Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Puchta, George 1860 - 
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    George Puchta, one of the substantial business men of Cincinnati, and
president of the Queen City Supply Company of this city, which, during the last
decade, has built up a marvelous business, was born April 8, 1860 on the corner
of Pearl and Pike streets, Cincinnati. He is the son of Lorenz and Barbara K.
(Schmidt) Puchta. After attending the public schools of his native city, he took
a course in Nelson's Business College, and later was a student in the Ohio
Mechanics Institute. Upon the completion of his schooling, he entered the
business world, his first employment being with the J. C. Fuller Company, which
dealt in tanners' supplies and shoe machinery. After two years with this
concern, he went with John V. Nicolai who conducted a cement pipe and building
materials business. In 1881, he severed his connection to find employment with
Post & Company, and in 1890, Mr. Puchta, in association with Mr. F. X. Pund
bought out the supply department of the business of Post & Company, and changed
the name to the Queen City Supply Company. Mr. Puchta and Mr. Pund continued as
partners until 1904, when the latter sold out his interest to Mr. Puchta. This
concern, the present officers of which are: George Puchta, president; J. C.
Richardson, vice-president; and F. D. Snodgrass, treasurer, occupies large
buildings at the corner of Pearl and Elm streets and extending west along Pearl
to include Numbers 201 to 215 inclusive, and 206 and 208 West Second, as well as
the building at the northwest corner of Pearl and Plum streets. The business of
the firm is a peculiar one, being the handling of all kinds of goods used in
machine shops, factories, mills, quarries, railroads, etc., over 5,000 different
articles being dealt in. In the various stories of the very strongly constructed
buildings, belts made of rubber and of leather, bellows, fans, anvils, wire and
manila rope, drills, metals, machinery, nails, spikes and thousands of other
things have been arranged systematically so that orders can be filled in the
shortest possible time. The Queen City Supply Company has business connections
in all parts of the country, and is therefore able to accommodate every one of
its customers promptly. Anything and everything can be purchased from this
concern, from the smallest nail, to the most complicated piece of machinery. In
addition to the multifarious duties which engage his attention as president of
the Supply Company, Mr. Puchta finds time to serve as vice-president of the
Cincinnati Frog and Switch Company, director of the Fifth Third National Bank,
director of the Union Savings Bank & Trust Company, and as treasurer of the
Cincinnati College of Music. He is one of the leading and highly efficient
business men of the city, and has long been identified with worthy civic
movements attracting the attention and enlisting the abilities of enlightened
thought and progressive inclinations. His record of public service is indeed an
enviable one. He was Park Commissioner of Cincinnati from 1909 to 1912,
declining reappointment to this position. In 1911, by appointment of President
William H. Taft, he became United States Assistant Treasurer here, an office of
high trust which he discharged with his usual ability until 1915. He was War
Mayor of the city, having been elected for the term 1916-17 by the largest
majority ever received by any candidate for that office. Owing to his great
business duties, he was compelled to decline the renomination which was pressed
upon him. In 1920, he received a further testimonial of the high regard in which
he is held by the community by being elected Elector of the First District in
Ohio for Warren G. Harding. His social and business connections are numerous, he
being a member and ex-president of the Business Men's Club, is a member of the
Queen City Club and the Commercial Club, and is prominently known in Masonry,
being a member of Norwood Lodge, No. 576, Free and Accepted Masons; Willis
Chapter, No. 131, Royal Arch Masons; and Ohio Consistory, thiry-second degree.
On October 6, 1887, Mr. Puchta married Anna M. Meinhardt, and they became the
parents of two children: Lawrence G. Puchta, in business with his father; and
Mrs. William C. Knight, of Detroit, who died July 11, 1920.

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