Father: Henry Wilhelm Kolbe
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Heusner
Spouse: Pauline R. Hageman
Spouse: Louisa Norderer
Spouse: Katherine Elizabeth Ruth
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- Born Kalkobes, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
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PROMINANT LOCAL FARMER DIES AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Henry Kolbe, wealthy, and weell known farmer passed away at the age of 70 years at the local hospital at 5:00 Sunday evening. Death was due to Brights disease.
He is survived by his widow, Katherine [Ruth] and seven sons, August of Huntington, George of Huron,Henry Jr, Alvin, John, Oliver & Carl who reside in this community; eight grandchildren, two brothers, Adam Kolbe of the Lake Shore and William of Erie PA, and 3 sisters, Mrs. Spiegelberg, Mrs. John Nieding, and Mres. D. W. Bechtel.
The funeral service was heldt his afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. N. Neumeister of the Stone church and Rev. Herkner of Lorain officiating andf burial was made in the Cleveland Avenue Cemetery.
Mr. Kolbe was a success in the financial world and a very friendly and social man and a large circle of friends. He is the owner of the Kolbe block here, holds an interst in the local telephone company, water works and many other concerns..
He was a regular attendant of the Stone church and contributed heavily to its support. He was a kind husband and a loving father and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Conrad Zilch had charge of the funeral. The deceased formerly resided at the Oak Point where for many years he was engaged in fishing and sand business. He moved onto the Middle Ridge 18 years ago. He was thrice married first to Pauline Hageman and second to Louise Norderer both of whom preceeded him in death.
[Amherst News Times Thursday, March 16 1923]
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Henry Kolbe.—The name of Henry Kolbe represents large financial interests in Lorain County, and he is prominently and widely known as a successful agriculturist, banker, public official and as a citizen. He was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, September 17, 1852, and his parents. Henry W and Elizabeth ( Heussner) Kolbe. were also from that country. Coming to the United States, the family in 1855 became residents of Black River Township, Lorain County, Ohio, where Mr. Kolbe. The father, worked as a laborer for a time and then engaged in the buying of cord-wood and shipping it to Cleveland, while for eight years he worked at teaming. Trading the property which he first purchased for what is now Oak Point, he continued the cultivation of the latter estate until about the year of 1890. when he retired and he died three years later, in 1893. Mrs. Kolbe survived her husband until April 3, 1905. Their family numbered nine: children, three sons and six daughters.
Henry Kolbe, the fifth born in the above family, left the parental home at the age of twenty-one and bought 112 acres adjoining his father's farm. He also became quite prominently identified with fishing interests, employing from four to fifteen men in this work, and he shipped fish to all parts of the United States. The Nickel Plate Railroad ran through his land, and building a switch three quarters of a mile in length he opened a sand pit and shipped large quantities of sand, averaging from 200 to 700 carloads each year, but in January of 1905 he sold his interests there for $45,000 and in March. 1905, bought the John Rilcy farm of ninety-seven acres, on Middle Ridge. Amherst Township. He has since remodeled all of the buildings on his place, has sunk gas wells, planted orchards and otherwise added greatly to the value of his homestead. Mr. Kolbe was at one time a stockholder in the One Hundred Dollar Savings Bank of Lorain. and at the present time holds stock in the Lorain Banking Company. He was one of the organizers of the Amherst German Bank Company and is its vice president, and was one of the organizers and a present director of the Amherst Supply Company. He owns valuable real estate in Amherst.
His first marriage occurred in 1876. Paulina Hageman. of Black River township, by whom he had five sons, two of whom, Frank and Harry, are deceased, the others being. August C. and George W. both Huntington Township farmers; and Henry P.with his father. This wife died in 1888, and in October of 1889 he wedded Louisa Noderer, from Cleveland, and three children were born of that union. Alva R. and John, both at home with their father, and Elizabeth Louisa, who died at the age of three months. The mother of these children died on February 15, 1898, and on August 13, 1903, Mr. Kolbe married for his third wife Katherine Elizabeth Ruth, of Brownhelm Township, a daughter of Peter John and Anna Katherine (Springer) Ruth, from Hesse Cassel, Germany. The two sons of this third union are Oliver Peter and Carl William. Mr. Kolbe is allied with the Republican Party, and he was six years a school director in Black River township. Both he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church.
[Western Reserve Google Book]
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Heusner
Spouse: Pauline R. Hageman
Spouse: Louisa Norderer
Spouse: Katherine Elizabeth Ruth
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- Born Kalkobes, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
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PROMINANT LOCAL FARMER DIES AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Henry Kolbe, wealthy, and weell known farmer passed away at the age of 70 years at the local hospital at 5:00 Sunday evening. Death was due to Brights disease.
He is survived by his widow, Katherine [Ruth] and seven sons, August of Huntington, George of Huron,Henry Jr, Alvin, John, Oliver & Carl who reside in this community; eight grandchildren, two brothers, Adam Kolbe of the Lake Shore and William of Erie PA, and 3 sisters, Mrs. Spiegelberg, Mrs. John Nieding, and Mres. D. W. Bechtel.
The funeral service was heldt his afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. N. Neumeister of the Stone church and Rev. Herkner of Lorain officiating andf burial was made in the Cleveland Avenue Cemetery.
Mr. Kolbe was a success in the financial world and a very friendly and social man and a large circle of friends. He is the owner of the Kolbe block here, holds an interst in the local telephone company, water works and many other concerns..
He was a regular attendant of the Stone church and contributed heavily to its support. He was a kind husband and a loving father and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Conrad Zilch had charge of the funeral. The deceased formerly resided at the Oak Point where for many years he was engaged in fishing and sand business. He moved onto the Middle Ridge 18 years ago. He was thrice married first to Pauline Hageman and second to Louise Norderer both of whom preceeded him in death.
[Amherst News Times Thursday, March 16 1923]
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Henry Kolbe.—The name of Henry Kolbe represents large financial interests in Lorain County, and he is prominently and widely known as a successful agriculturist, banker, public official and as a citizen. He was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, September 17, 1852, and his parents. Henry W and Elizabeth ( Heussner) Kolbe. were also from that country. Coming to the United States, the family in 1855 became residents of Black River Township, Lorain County, Ohio, where Mr. Kolbe. The father, worked as a laborer for a time and then engaged in the buying of cord-wood and shipping it to Cleveland, while for eight years he worked at teaming. Trading the property which he first purchased for what is now Oak Point, he continued the cultivation of the latter estate until about the year of 1890. when he retired and he died three years later, in 1893. Mrs. Kolbe survived her husband until April 3, 1905. Their family numbered nine: children, three sons and six daughters.
Henry Kolbe, the fifth born in the above family, left the parental home at the age of twenty-one and bought 112 acres adjoining his father's farm. He also became quite prominently identified with fishing interests, employing from four to fifteen men in this work, and he shipped fish to all parts of the United States. The Nickel Plate Railroad ran through his land, and building a switch three quarters of a mile in length he opened a sand pit and shipped large quantities of sand, averaging from 200 to 700 carloads each year, but in January of 1905 he sold his interests there for $45,000 and in March. 1905, bought the John Rilcy farm of ninety-seven acres, on Middle Ridge. Amherst Township. He has since remodeled all of the buildings on his place, has sunk gas wells, planted orchards and otherwise added greatly to the value of his homestead. Mr. Kolbe was at one time a stockholder in the One Hundred Dollar Savings Bank of Lorain. and at the present time holds stock in the Lorain Banking Company. He was one of the organizers of the Amherst German Bank Company and is its vice president, and was one of the organizers and a present director of the Amherst Supply Company. He owns valuable real estate in Amherst.
His first marriage occurred in 1876. Paulina Hageman. of Black River township, by whom he had five sons, two of whom, Frank and Harry, are deceased, the others being. August C. and George W. both Huntington Township farmers; and Henry P.with his father. This wife died in 1888, and in October of 1889 he wedded Louisa Noderer, from Cleveland, and three children were born of that union. Alva R. and John, both at home with their father, and Elizabeth Louisa, who died at the age of three months. The mother of these children died on February 15, 1898, and on August 13, 1903, Mr. Kolbe married for his third wife Katherine Elizabeth Ruth, of Brownhelm Township, a daughter of Peter John and Anna Katherine (Springer) Ruth, from Hesse Cassel, Germany. The two sons of this third union are Oliver Peter and Carl William. Mr. Kolbe is allied with the Republican Party, and he was six years a school director in Black River township. Both he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church.
[Western Reserve Google Book]
Father: Henry Wilhelm Kolbe
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Heusner
Spouse: Pauline R. Hageman
Spouse: Louisa Norderer
Spouse: Katherine Elizabeth Ruth
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- Born Kalkobes, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
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PROMINANT LOCAL FARMER DIES AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Henry Kolbe, wealthy, and weell known farmer passed away at the age of 70 years at the local hospital at 5:00 Sunday evening. Death was due to Brights disease.
He is survived by his widow, Katherine [Ruth] and seven sons, August of Huntington, George of Huron,Henry Jr, Alvin, John, Oliver & Carl who reside in this community; eight grandchildren, two brothers, Adam Kolbe of the Lake Shore and William of Erie PA, and 3 sisters, Mrs. Spiegelberg, Mrs. John Nieding, and Mres. D. W. Bechtel.
The funeral service was heldt his afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. N. Neumeister of the Stone church and Rev. Herkner of Lorain officiating andf burial was made in the Cleveland Avenue Cemetery.
Mr. Kolbe was a success in the financial world and a very friendly and social man and a large circle of friends. He is the owner of the Kolbe block here, holds an interst in the local telephone company, water works and many other concerns..
He was a regular attendant of the Stone church and contributed heavily to its support. He was a kind husband and a loving father and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Conrad Zilch had charge of the funeral. The deceased formerly resided at the Oak Point where for many years he was engaged in fishing and sand business. He moved onto the Middle Ridge 18 years ago. He was thrice married first to Pauline Hageman and second to Louise Norderer both of whom preceeded him in death.
[Amherst News Times Thursday, March 16 1923]
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Henry Kolbe.—The name of Henry Kolbe represents large financial interests in Lorain County, and he is prominently and widely known as a successful agriculturist, banker, public official and as a citizen. He was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, September 17, 1852, and his parents. Henry W and Elizabeth ( Heussner) Kolbe. were also from that country. Coming to the United States, the family in 1855 became residents of Black River Township, Lorain County, Ohio, where Mr. Kolbe. The father, worked as a laborer for a time and then engaged in the buying of cord-wood and shipping it to Cleveland, while for eight years he worked at teaming. Trading the property which he first purchased for what is now Oak Point, he continued the cultivation of the latter estate until about the year of 1890. when he retired and he died three years later, in 1893. Mrs. Kolbe survived her husband until April 3, 1905. Their family numbered nine: children, three sons and six daughters.
Henry Kolbe, the fifth born in the above family, left the parental home at the age of twenty-one and bought 112 acres adjoining his father's farm. He also became quite prominently identified with fishing interests, employing from four to fifteen men in this work, and he shipped fish to all parts of the United States. The Nickel Plate Railroad ran through his land, and building a switch three quarters of a mile in length he opened a sand pit and shipped large quantities of sand, averaging from 200 to 700 carloads each year, but in January of 1905 he sold his interests there for $45,000 and in March. 1905, bought the John Rilcy farm of ninety-seven acres, on Middle Ridge. Amherst Township. He has since remodeled all of the buildings on his place, has sunk gas wells, planted orchards and otherwise added greatly to the value of his homestead. Mr. Kolbe was at one time a stockholder in the One Hundred Dollar Savings Bank of Lorain. and at the present time holds stock in the Lorain Banking Company. He was one of the organizers of the Amherst German Bank Company and is its vice president, and was one of the organizers and a present director of the Amherst Supply Company. He owns valuable real estate in Amherst.
His first marriage occurred in 1876. Paulina Hageman. of Black River township, by whom he had five sons, two of whom, Frank and Harry, are deceased, the others being. August C. and George W. both Huntington Township farmers; and Henry P.with his father. This wife died in 1888, and in October of 1889 he wedded Louisa Noderer, from Cleveland, and three children were born of that union. Alva R. and John, both at home with their father, and Elizabeth Louisa, who died at the age of three months. The mother of these children died on February 15, 1898, and on August 13, 1903, Mr. Kolbe married for his third wife Katherine Elizabeth Ruth, of Brownhelm Township, a daughter of Peter John and Anna Katherine (Springer) Ruth, from Hesse Cassel, Germany. The two sons of this third union are Oliver Peter and Carl William. Mr. Kolbe is allied with the Republican Party, and he was six years a school director in Black River township. Both he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church.
[Western Reserve Google Book]
Mother: Ann Elizabeth Heusner
Spouse: Pauline R. Hageman
Spouse: Louisa Norderer
Spouse: Katherine Elizabeth Ruth
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- Born Kalkobes, Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse, Germany
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PROMINANT LOCAL FARMER DIES AT HOSPITAL SUNDAY
Henry Kolbe, wealthy, and weell known farmer passed away at the age of 70 years at the local hospital at 5:00 Sunday evening. Death was due to Brights disease.
He is survived by his widow, Katherine [Ruth] and seven sons, August of Huntington, George of Huron,Henry Jr, Alvin, John, Oliver & Carl who reside in this community; eight grandchildren, two brothers, Adam Kolbe of the Lake Shore and William of Erie PA, and 3 sisters, Mrs. Spiegelberg, Mrs. John Nieding, and Mres. D. W. Bechtel.
The funeral service was heldt his afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. Rev. N. Neumeister of the Stone church and Rev. Herkner of Lorain officiating andf burial was made in the Cleveland Avenue Cemetery.
Mr. Kolbe was a success in the financial world and a very friendly and social man and a large circle of friends. He is the owner of the Kolbe block here, holds an interst in the local telephone company, water works and many other concerns..
He was a regular attendant of the Stone church and contributed heavily to its support. He was a kind husband and a loving father and will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Conrad Zilch had charge of the funeral. The deceased formerly resided at the Oak Point where for many years he was engaged in fishing and sand business. He moved onto the Middle Ridge 18 years ago. He was thrice married first to Pauline Hageman and second to Louise Norderer both of whom preceeded him in death.
[Amherst News Times Thursday, March 16 1923]
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Henry Kolbe.—The name of Henry Kolbe represents large financial interests in Lorain County, and he is prominently and widely known as a successful agriculturist, banker, public official and as a citizen. He was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, September 17, 1852, and his parents. Henry W and Elizabeth ( Heussner) Kolbe. were also from that country. Coming to the United States, the family in 1855 became residents of Black River Township, Lorain County, Ohio, where Mr. Kolbe. The father, worked as a laborer for a time and then engaged in the buying of cord-wood and shipping it to Cleveland, while for eight years he worked at teaming. Trading the property which he first purchased for what is now Oak Point, he continued the cultivation of the latter estate until about the year of 1890. when he retired and he died three years later, in 1893. Mrs. Kolbe survived her husband until April 3, 1905. Their family numbered nine: children, three sons and six daughters.
Henry Kolbe, the fifth born in the above family, left the parental home at the age of twenty-one and bought 112 acres adjoining his father's farm. He also became quite prominently identified with fishing interests, employing from four to fifteen men in this work, and he shipped fish to all parts of the United States. The Nickel Plate Railroad ran through his land, and building a switch three quarters of a mile in length he opened a sand pit and shipped large quantities of sand, averaging from 200 to 700 carloads each year, but in January of 1905 he sold his interests there for $45,000 and in March. 1905, bought the John Rilcy farm of ninety-seven acres, on Middle Ridge. Amherst Township. He has since remodeled all of the buildings on his place, has sunk gas wells, planted orchards and otherwise added greatly to the value of his homestead. Mr. Kolbe was at one time a stockholder in the One Hundred Dollar Savings Bank of Lorain. and at the present time holds stock in the Lorain Banking Company. He was one of the organizers of the Amherst German Bank Company and is its vice president, and was one of the organizers and a present director of the Amherst Supply Company. He owns valuable real estate in Amherst.
His first marriage occurred in 1876. Paulina Hageman. of Black River township, by whom he had five sons, two of whom, Frank and Harry, are deceased, the others being. August C. and George W. both Huntington Township farmers; and Henry P.with his father. This wife died in 1888, and in October of 1889 he wedded Louisa Noderer, from Cleveland, and three children were born of that union. Alva R. and John, both at home with their father, and Elizabeth Louisa, who died at the age of three months. The mother of these children died on February 15, 1898, and on August 13, 1903, Mr. Kolbe married for his third wife Katherine Elizabeth Ruth, of Brownhelm Township, a daughter of Peter John and Anna Katherine (Springer) Ruth, from Hesse Cassel, Germany. The two sons of this third union are Oliver Peter and Carl William. Mr. Kolbe is allied with the Republican Party, and he was six years a school director in Black River township. Both he and his wife are members of the German Evangelical church.
[Western Reserve Google Book]
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