Hamilton County OhArchives Obituaries.....Gutmann, Louis February 1, 1901
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Feb 1901
Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Feb 1901, Pg.5, Col. 7
Louis Gutmann, Friday, Feb. 1, at 4 a.m., in the 61 year of his age. Funeral from
Mortuary Chapel, Walnut 
Hills, Sunday, 3 p.m.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 2 Feb 1901, Pg. 8, Col. 2
Mr. Louis Gutmann, aged 61, the oldest wholesaler jeweler in this community, died
suddenly at his home, 
187 West North street, about 5 o’clock yesterday morning.  Mr. Gutmann had been in
ill health for some 
months, but visited his store on at Fourth and Walnut streets on each day and on
Thursday evening 
remained at his place of business until quite late.

He was prominent as a wholesale jeweler in this city since 1865.  Many of the
well-known jewelers of this 
city have been in the employ of Mr. Gutmann, among them his brother in law, Mr. A.G.
Schwab.  He was 
born in Germany, but came to this country with his parents when a lad of 10.  Tiring
of the metropolis, he 
journeted to Rochester, and after a few years came here.  He was known as the father
of the wholesale 
jewelry business in the West.  He leaves a wife and six children, two of whom are at
present business 
partners, David J. and Elias Gutmann.  The remainng children are Mrs. Ella Marks and
Mrs. Louis Wellhouse, 
of Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Lillian Gutmann, and Mr. Solomon Gutmann.  The funeral
will take place tomorrow 
afternoon at the house, and will be followed by services at the United Jewish
Cemetery on Walnut Hills.

A meeting has been called of all the members of the Wholesale Jewelers Association
for 10 o’clock this 
morning at the Clinton House, to take action on the death of Mr. Louis Gutmann, one
of the charter 
members.  The association extends a cordial invitation for all jewelers in this
city, both wholesale and 
retail, to attend the meeting.
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Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, 2 Feb 1901, Pg. 9, Col. 4
Louis Gutmann, the wholesale jeweler at East Fourth street, died suddenly yesterday
morning of heart 
failure at his residence, in Ninth street, near Mound, in his sixty-fourth year. 
Mr. Gutmann was born in 
Wurtemburg, Germany, and emigrated to this country while quite a young man.  Shortly
after coming to 
Cincinnati he embarked in the wholesale jewelry business and continued at the
president stand ever since.  
He was considered the pioneer jobbing jeweler, and many of the leading jewelers in
Cincinnati gained their 
experience in his place.  A meeting of the Wholesale Jewelers’ Association will be
held at the Gibson House 
this morning for the purpose of drafting suitable resolutions on his death, as Mr.
Gutmann was one of the 
charter members of the organization.  Mr. Gutmann leaves a widow, three sons and
three daughters.  Dave, 
Eli, and Sol were identified with their father in the business.  The youngest
daughter, Lily, was to have been 
married to a gentleman from Natchez, Miss., three weeks hence, but the death of her
father may cause a 
postponement of the nuptials.  Mr. Gutmann was a member of the congregation at the
Plum Street Temple 
and his funeral will be conducted under the auspices of that church.  The burial
will take place Sunday 
afternoon at the Jewish Cemetery, on Walnut Hills.
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