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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 6 November 2005 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Salem Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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JOHN SCHEER, brewer, Morrow, was born in Baden, Germany, April 17, 1824. He emigrated to America in 1844; landed in New Orleans, where he remained until August, 1845, when he pushed on up the river to Cincinnati, where he lived until 1854, when he removed to Warren Co., Ohio, and built a brewery, having learned to brew while in Cincinnati; is now and has been running the brewery since it was built. Although a brewer, he abhors drunkenness, and will not allow any one about him that will get drunk. He was married June 20, 1850, to Magdalena Sanger, who was born Nov. 4, 1828, in Sorbog, a department of France, but which was afterward ceded to Prussia. She emigrated to America with her parents in 1846, and settled in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. Scheer. Of Mr. and Mrs. John Scheer's eight children but five are living, three boys and two girls. Mr. Scheer's parents came to America in 1851, and located in Morrow, Warren Co., Ohio. His mother died in 1855 and the father in 1861. Mrs. Scheer's father died on the ocean during their voyage to America. Her mother lives with her and is 76 years old. Mr. Scheer is a member of Morrow Chapter, No. 143, R. A. M.; also a member of Morrow Lodge, No. 116, I. O. O. F. He is a generous, wholesouled man, and never turned the cold shoulder in case of charity. |
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