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James P. Kramer, The senior member of a firm of Kramer and Chaney, leading hardware merchants in Bowling Green, was born April 14, 1846, in Franklin County, Ohio.
David Kramer his father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1805, of an old and highly respected Dutch family, settled in early manhood upon a farm in Franklin County, Ohio. He was married there to miss Elizabeth Moore, who was born of new England parents in 1809. They were consistent members of the United Brethren Church, in Canal Winchester, Ohio, for many years, the father dying in February, 1859, the mother in June, 1890. Of their 12 children, seven lived to maturity, Eliza, who married the late J. B. King, Of Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in Columbus; Mary, deceased, formerly the wife of John Gehm; Ellen, the wife of George Powell, of Canal Winchester; Levi, a hardware merchant at the same town; Benton, a resident of Young County, Texas; James; and David, now in Colorado.
Mister Kramer attended the common schools of Franklin County during boyhood, and after working for a year on a railroad, he continued his studies in Dayton and Westerville, Ohio. He prepared himself for teaching, in 1868 went to Iowa hoping to find an opening in that profession, but that locality was not then sufficiently developed to provide profitable employment in that line, so he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in Marshall County, Iowa, for three years. Returning to his old home, he continued the same business for 13 years, and then opened a hardware store in Canal Winchester. He sold this in 1887, and removed to Bowling Green, where he and his partner, Mister Chaney, bought out the stock of Lynch Brothers, to which they have added until they now have one of the best hardware stores in Wood County.
Mister Kramer married miss Marilla Waters, of Columbus, Ohio, and has one child, Mildred, the wife of Elmer Spafford, the well-known civil engineer, of Bowling Green. In politics James adheres to the faith of his father, and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers,1897, P. 826 Contributed by Lavidaloca
James died from pneumonia at the age of 81 years 1 month and 29 days.
Obituary: Wood County Sentinel, 6/17/1897, p.3 Col.5
James P. Kramer, The senior member of a firm of Kramer and Chaney, leading hardware merchants in Bowling Green, was born April 14, 1846, in Franklin County, Ohio.
David Kramer his father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1805, of an old and highly respected Dutch family, settled in early manhood upon a farm in Franklin County, Ohio. He was married there to miss Elizabeth Moore, who was born of new England parents in 1809. They were consistent members of the United Brethren Church, in Canal Winchester, Ohio, for many years, the father dying in February, 1859, the mother in June, 1890. Of their 12 children, seven lived to maturity, Eliza, who married the late J. B. King, Of Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in Columbus; Mary, deceased, formerly the wife of John Gehm; Ellen, the wife of George Powell, of Canal Winchester; Levi, a hardware merchant at the same town; Benton, a resident of Young County, Texas; James; and David, now in Colorado.
Mister Kramer attended the common schools of Franklin County during boyhood, and after working for a year on a railroad, he continued his studies in Dayton and Westerville, Ohio. He prepared himself for teaching, in 1868 went to Iowa hoping to find an opening in that profession, but that locality was not then sufficiently developed to provide profitable employment in that line, so he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in Marshall County, Iowa, for three years. Returning to his old home, he continued the same business for 13 years, and then opened a hardware store in Canal Winchester. He sold this in 1887, and removed to Bowling Green, where he and his partner, Mister Chaney, bought out the stock of Lynch Brothers, to which they have added until they now have one of the best hardware stores in Wood County.
Mister Kramer married miss Marilla Waters, of Columbus, Ohio, and has one child, Mildred, the wife of Elmer Spafford, the well-known civil engineer, of Bowling Green. In politics James adheres to the faith of his father, and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers,1897, P. 826 Contributed by Lavidaloca
James died from pneumonia at the age of 81 years 1 month and 29 days.
Obituary: Wood County Sentinel, 6/17/1897, p.3 Col.5
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James P. Kramer, The senior member of a firm of Kramer and Chaney, leading hardware merchants in Bowling Green, was born April 14, 1846, in Franklin County, Ohio.
David Kramer his father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1805, of an old and highly respected Dutch family, settled in early manhood upon a farm in Franklin County, Ohio. He was married there to miss Elizabeth Moore, who was born of new England parents in 1809. They were consistent members of the United Brethren Church, in Canal Winchester, Ohio, for many years, the father dying in February, 1859, the mother in June, 1890. Of their 12 children, seven lived to maturity, Eliza, who married the late J. B. King, Of Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in Columbus; Mary, deceased, formerly the wife of John Gehm; Ellen, the wife of George Powell, of Canal Winchester; Levi, a hardware merchant at the same town; Benton, a resident of Young County, Texas; James; and David, now in Colorado.
Mister Kramer attended the common schools of Franklin County during boyhood, and after working for a year on a railroad, he continued his studies in Dayton and Westerville, Ohio. He prepared himself for teaching, in 1868 went to Iowa hoping to find an opening in that profession, but that locality was not then sufficiently developed to provide profitable employment in that line, so he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in Marshall County, Iowa, for three years. Returning to his old home, he continued the same business for 13 years, and then opened a hardware store in Canal Winchester. He sold this in 1887, and removed to Bowling Green, where he and his partner, Mister Chaney, bought out the stock of Lynch Brothers, to which they have added until they now have one of the best hardware stores in Wood County.
Mister Kramer married miss Marilla Waters, of Columbus, Ohio, and has one child, Mildred, the wife of Elmer Spafford, the well-known civil engineer, of Bowling Green. In politics James adheres to the faith of his father, and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers,1897, P. 826 Contributed by Lavidaloca
James died from pneumonia at the age of 81 years 1 month and 29 days.
Obituary: Wood County Sentinel, 6/17/1897, p.3 Col.5
James P. Kramer, The senior member of a firm of Kramer and Chaney, leading hardware merchants in Bowling Green, was born April 14, 1846, in Franklin County, Ohio.
David Kramer his father, who was born in Pennsylvania, in 1805, of an old and highly respected Dutch family, settled in early manhood upon a farm in Franklin County, Ohio. He was married there to miss Elizabeth Moore, who was born of new England parents in 1809. They were consistent members of the United Brethren Church, in Canal Winchester, Ohio, for many years, the father dying in February, 1859, the mother in June, 1890. Of their 12 children, seven lived to maturity, Eliza, who married the late J. B. King, Of Dayton, Ohio, and now lives in Columbus; Mary, deceased, formerly the wife of John Gehm; Ellen, the wife of George Powell, of Canal Winchester; Levi, a hardware merchant at the same town; Benton, a resident of Young County, Texas; James; and David, now in Colorado.
Mister Kramer attended the common schools of Franklin County during boyhood, and after working for a year on a railroad, he continued his studies in Dayton and Westerville, Ohio. He prepared himself for teaching, in 1868 went to Iowa hoping to find an opening in that profession, but that locality was not then sufficiently developed to provide profitable employment in that line, so he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed in Marshall County, Iowa, for three years. Returning to his old home, he continued the same business for 13 years, and then opened a hardware store in Canal Winchester. He sold this in 1887, and removed to Bowling Green, where he and his partner, Mister Chaney, bought out the stock of Lynch Brothers, to which they have added until they now have one of the best hardware stores in Wood County.
Mister Kramer married miss Marilla Waters, of Columbus, Ohio, and has one child, Mildred, the wife of Elmer Spafford, the well-known civil engineer, of Bowling Green. In politics James adheres to the faith of his father, and is a member of the Democratic Party.
Biographical Record of Wood County, Beers,1897, P. 826 Contributed by Lavidaloca
James died from pneumonia at the age of 81 years 1 month and 29 days.
Obituary: Wood County Sentinel, 6/17/1897, p.3 Col.5
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