OHIO STATEWIDE FILES OH-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List Issue 85 ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgenwebarchives.org ************************************************************************** OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 85 Today's Topics: #1 Re: OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 #84 [DavidsMum@aol.com] #2 Oh-Lucas-Ottawa Co. Bible (Dietric [Archives ] #3 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Puchta) [Archives ] #4 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Hawke) [Archives ] #5 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Herbsleb) [Archives ] #6 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Leyman) [Archives ] #7 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Condon) [Archives ] #8 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Kreis) [Archives ] #9 Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Schmitt) [Archives ] #10 Oh-Hamilton Co. 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Bible (Dietrich, Frank ) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Lucas-Ottawa County OhArchives Bible Records.....Dietrich, Frank and Adelia Rumery ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynne Wilson lynne227@aircanopy.net July 15, 2005, 4:49 pm William W. Derby, died June 10th, 1901, age 63 yrs Hannah Derby died June 26th, 1910 Sidney Derby married Katie L. Trombly at Ann Arbor (MI), Mar. 27th, 1893. by J.M Bradshau, minister. Sidney Derby, age 40 years and Julia Veler Levi age 50 yrs by Rev._________________ blank. Helen Grace Derby and Julius Max Morgan were married April 26, 1917, at Bay City, Michigan by Rev. James McDonald. Additional Comments: Louise Veler Born Aug. 10th, 1830 (Mary Louise) Louise Veler died May 26th, 1915 at 5:15 pm File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/lucas/bibles/dietrich21bb.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.1 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #3 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:53:10 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160053.j6G0rAT15178@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Puchta) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Puchta, George 1860 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:53 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/puchta7gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #4 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:54:18 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160054.j6G0sIJ15448@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Hawke) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Hawke, George S. 1878 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:54 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. George S. Hawke. Among the strong figures of the day who have boldly stood for reform in our state and national laws, none of the members of the Ohio bar has a larger or more appreciative audience than George S. Hawke, of Cincinnati. Born in this city, October 23, 1878, he is a product of its institutions, having acquired his early education in the graded and high schools, his instruction as to business methods in several commercial colleges and his primary legal training in the law school of the Young Men's Christian Association. Mr. Hawke's youth was one in which he was forced to depend upon himself, largely, not only for his education but for his means of livelihood, and his struggles were numerous although not being of a nature which could permanently discourage him, or to do more than add to his self reliance. He worked at several employments, principally in the banking line for the Ohio Valley and First National Banks, and, even though admitted to the bar in 1903, did not begin practice until 1905. At that time he became a member of the law firm of Smith, Simonton & Hawke, with which he continued to be identified until he became one of the partners in the formation of the firm of Bolsinger & Hawke. This association continued until 1915, since which time Mr. Hawke has been alone in practice. Mr. Hawke has been the representative of large interests in important litigation in the Ohio Supreme Court and the United States District Court, the United States Court of Appeals and the United States Supreme Court, and occupies a position in his profession that is recognized by his fellow-practitioners and a large and growing practice. He is a valued member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, and of the Masonic Blue Lodge, and has a number of important social and civic connections. As to the movements concerned with the civic reform of the state and nation, Mr. Hawke has acted successfully as attorney for the "dry" interests of Cincinnati in a number of cases, notably in the prohibition and woman suffrage Ohio referendum cases in the United States Supreme Court and was organizer for the prohibition movement in Hamilton county for several years. He was always a third party Prohibitionist. Altogether, he is a man who touches and improves life on many sides. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/hawke8gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #5 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:55:59 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160055.j6G0txb17646@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Herbsleb) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Herbsleb, August Frederick 1866 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:55 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. August Frederick Herbsleb is one of the prominent Cincinnati lawyers, engaged in the fields of patent and corporation practice, and a native of Cincinnati where he has followed his profession for nearly thirty years. Mr. Herbsleb was born May 22, 1866, at Cincinnati, and after graduating from the graded and high schools, entered Cincinnati University, where he completed the prescribed course in 1886. Having decided upon a career in the domain of law, he enrolled as a student at the Cincinnati Law School, where he was a member of the graduating class of 1889, at that time receiving his cherished degree of Bachelor of Laws. Admitted to the bar shortly after his graduation, Mr. Herbsleb began his career with the firm of Parkinson & Parkinson. Three years later, however, he severed his connection with this concern and since that time has been engaged in patent and corporation practice. Mr. Herbsleb's reputation is high and substantial and his practice is virtually confined to patents, trade marks and copyrights, and corporation matters, carrying him into the Ohio State Courts, the United States Courts, Courts of Appeals, and Supreme Court. He is likewise counsel for several large corporations of Cincinnati and elsewhere. In addition to holding membership in the county, state and federal bar associations, Mr. Herbsleb maintains a number of important social and civic connections. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/herbsleb9gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #6 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:56:58 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160056.j6G0uwa17869@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Leyman) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Leyman, Harry Stoll 1873 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:56 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Harry Stoll Leyman. In the automobile industry as represented by the progressive dealers of Cincinnati, few men are better or more popularly known than Harry Stoll Leyman, the representative of the famous Buick car. Mr. Leyman is an Ohioan by nativity, born at Crestline, Crawford county, February 7, 1873, a son of Henry Templeton and Susan (Fitzsimmons) Leyman. Henry T. Leyman was formerly identified with railroad affairs, and for some years was master mechanic for the T. & A. A. and N. M. railways, residing at various points, particularly Crestline and Columbus, but since 1909 has been a resident of Cincinnati, where he is the owner of a well-equipped automobile salesroom and warehouse and has built up a creditable business of gratifying proportions. The graded schools of Crestline furnished Harry S. Leyman with his early educational training, following which he accompanied his parents to Columbus, in which city he attended high school. Like many other men now identified with the automobile industry, he became connected therewith through the medium of the bicycle business, having been connected, after his school days, with the Lozier Manufacturing Company, builders of the Cleveland bicycle. About this time the automobile industry, then in its infancy, was beginning to make its presence felt, and Mr. Leyman, looking ahead into the future and seeing the changes that were to come about, became secretary and treasurer of the International Motor Car Company, of Toledo, Ohio, and Indianapolis, Ind. Later he was made sales manager for the Pope Motor Car Company, of Toledo, Ohio, a position which he filled for ten years, and in the spring of 1909 located at Cincinnati, where he opened up a salesroom to distribute Buick automobiles. Since that time his business has grown in substantial measure, covering all of Southern Ohio, the entire state of Kentucky and a part of West Virginia, and his salesroom is one of the largest and most beautiful in the city. He is widely known to the automobile trade, being, for several years, President of the Cincinnati Automobile Dealers' Association, and has numerous important connections in the industry. Mr. Leyman is a Republican in his political allegiance. His military experience covers several years as executive officer in the Toledo Battalion of the Ohio Naval Brigade, with the rank of lieutenant As a fraternalist, he is a Knight Templar of the York Rite degree of Masonry, has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, and belongs to the Mystic Shrine; and his other connections are numerous, including membership in the Queen City Club. Business Men's Club, the Hamilton Club, of Hamilton, Ohio; and the Toledo Club and Toledo Yacht Club, of Toledo, Ohio. June 14, 1907, Mr. Leyman was united in marriage with Belle, daughter of Chauncey Peck, of Toledo, and to this union there have been born four children: Grace Templeton, Elizabeth, Susannah, and Harry, Jr., all of whom are attending school. Mr. Leyman is also director of the Gibson Hotel Company, Gibson Realty Company, Burnett Hotel Company and The First National Bank of Cincinnati. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/leyman10gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #7 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:57:48 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160057.j6G0vmG18048@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Condon) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Condon, Randall J. 1862 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:57 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Randall J. Condon, superintendent of schools of the city of Cincinnati, is a man of wide experience and thorough training. He was born at Friendship, Maine, July 10, 1862, and attended the public schools, Coburn Classical Institute, from which he was graduated in 1882, Colby College, from which he was graduated, in 1886, with the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts and Doctor of Laws, and has never ceased to be a student of many subjects. Upon completing his collegiate course he became principal of schools at Richmond, Maine, and was also the youngest member of the Maine Legislature, serving on the committee on education. In 1889 he was made superintendent of the Templeton District of Massachusetts, composed of four towns, remaining in that position from 1889 until 1891. In the latter year he went to Everett, Mass, as superintendent of its schools, and continued there for eleven years. In 1902, he was elected superintendent of schools of Helena, Mont., and while in that state served as secretary and as a member of the State Text Book Commission, and president of the Montana State Teachers' Association. His success in Montana brought him the offer of the superintendency of schools of Providence, R. I., which he accepted in 1910, and held until January, 1913 when he was made superintendent of schools of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Condon has always been associated with educational movements, and has long been a valued member of the National Educational Society, is president of the American School Citizenship League, and a member of the Ohio State Board of Education. During his college days he was made a < member of the Delta Epsilon Fraternity. Since coming to Cincinnati he has associated himself with the Chamber of Commerce, and the Business Men's and Civic clubs. A man of culture and broad vision Mr. Condon is held in the highest esteem by his fellow citizens who rely on his judgment in many matters outside of scholastic subjects, and he is recognized as a constructive force in the community. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/condon11gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.6 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #8 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:58:47 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160058.j6G0wlG18320@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Kreis) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Kreis, Louis Alvin 1875 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:58 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Louis Alvin Kreis, of the firm of Bettinger, Schmitt & Kreis, one of the able lawyers of Cincinnati, is a native of this city, born April 6, 1875, and received his early education in the public schools. After his graduation from high school he entered the University of Michigan, from which he was graduated in 1898 with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. Following this, he entered upon his law course, and was graduated in 1901 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Kreis began practice alone at Cincinnati and continued as a general practitioner for thirteen years, during which time he built up an excellent clientele and established a reputation as a lawyer of skill and resource. In 1914 he joined Albert Bettinger and Walter Schmitt in the formation of the law firm of Bettinger, Schmitt & Kreis, which has since become recognized as one of the formidable legal combinations of the city. Mr. Kreis holds membership in the Hamilton County Bar Association, the Ohio State Bar Association and the American Bar Association, as wel! as the Chamber of Commerce and the Cincinnati Business Men's Club. He is a thirty-second degree Scottish Rite Mason and Noble of the Mystic Shrine, and belongs also to the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, which he joined while a student at the University of Michigan. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/kreis12gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #9 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 20:59:30 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160059.j6G0xUk18515@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Schmitt) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Schmitt, Walter 1884 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 8:59 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. Walter Schmitt, of the law firm of Bettinger, Schmitt & Kreis, is justly accorded a place among the prominent and distinguished citizens of Cincinnati, and Hamilton county, and he is widely known throughout the country as a lawyer of marked ability. He was born in Cincinnati, October 28, 1884, a son of Jacob and Josephine (Wessling) Schmitt, both of whom were natives of Cincinnati. Here he received his early education in the public schools, later attending the Y. M. C. A. Law School from which he was graduated with the class of 1906. Mr. Schmitt was admitted to the Bar and has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in this city. He is also a teacher of the Y. M. C. A. Law School of Cincinnati, and has held this position since 1909, being professor of the Law of Contracts. In politics Mr. Schmitt is a Republican, but has never cared to hold office even though he takes a great interest in the affairs of the state. Fraternally, Mr. Schmitt is a member of the Cincinnati Bar Association, the Knights of Columbus, the Chamber of Commerce, the Lions Club and the Business Men's Club. He affiliates with the Catholic church, and takes an active interest in its affairs. On September 28, 1909, Mr. Schmitt was united in marriage with Miss Josie Kauther, who was born and educated in Cincinnati, a daughter of Philip Kauther, a prominent resident of that city. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/schmitt13gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb ______________________________ ------------------------------ X-Message: #10 Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 21:00:19 -0400 From: Archives To: OH-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <200507160100.j6G10JS20545@genrecords.org> Subject: Oh-Hamilton Co. Bios (Bettinger) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Hamilton County OhArchives Biographies.....Bettinger, Albert 1854 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/oh/ohfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ann Anderson ann.g.anderson@gmail.com July 15, 2005, 9:00 pm Author: John C Hover, et.al. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/oh/hamilton/bios/bettinge14gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ohfiles/ File size: 4.1 Kb -------------------------------- End of OH-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest V05 Issue #85 ******************************************