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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 8 December 2004 |
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The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992) |
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WILLIAM F. GUNTHER, merchant tailor; was born in Alsace, Germany, April 27, 1837; he is the fourth of six children born to Christopher F. and Salome (Burgenneister) Gunther, natives of Alsace. He emigrated to America Sept 1, 1864, and landed in New York, where he remained one year. He afterward went to Atlanta, Ga., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Muncie, Ind., remaining a short time in each place. In March, 1869, he came to Lebanon, and, after working in the tailor shop of L. E. Schwartz for four years, he commenced business for himself, and has since continued in it He was married in Muncie, Ind., in 1868, to Miss Caroline Krieger, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Smith) Krieger, natives of Alsace, and by her had five children, three boys and two girls, all now living. Mr. Gunther is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Knights of Pythias. His trade, in which he is proficient, was acquired principally in the old country. |
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