Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Kanel, Benedict 1826 - 
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Author: Warner, Beers & Co.

BENEDICT KANEL, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born December 26, 1826, near Berne, in
Switzerland. His parents were John and Elizabeth (Zasenger) Kanel. Benedict
received a common school education at the schools of Switzerland, emigrated July
3, 1852, and came to Kenton, Ohio. He was married, March 28, 1856, to Anna E.,
daughter of Jacob and Mary (Arn) Borne. Mrs. Kanel emigrated from Switzerland in
September, 1851, with a brother, aged thirteen years. She has two sisters, one
living, the wife of William Daniel, of Kenton, and two brothers, one living, a
resident of Switzerland. Mr. Kanel is the father of seven children, three boys
and four girls, viz., Matilda, born June 23, 1857; Antonio, born January 17,
1859, died May 3, 1874; Kossuth, born December 16, 1861; August, born January
19, 1863; Lizzie, born January 26, 1865; Mary, born May 13, 1867, and Edward,
born November 13, 1870. Mr. and Mrs. Kanel are members of the German Reformed
Church. Mr. Kanel had followed farming, and owns 100 acres of land in Section 5,
Dudley Township; has cleared thirty-five acres of woodland, which cost $25, and
is now worth from $65 to $75 per acre. He bought his farm in 1870 and built his
residence in 1874. In the spring of 1881, he visited his home in Switzerland for
the benefit of his health, being troubled with rheumatism, and returned in the
fall fully recovered. Mr. Kanel is a Republican in politics, and is a worthy
citizen of Dudley Township.

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Dudley Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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