John F. Kring passed the period of his boyhood in Fairburg, Illiniois, receiving a good common school education. After leaving home, he farmed, four years in Illinois, and, in December of 1881, came to Montgomery county, and passed the first year, in Independence. IN 1882, he came to Cherryvale, where he started a butcher business. Two years later, he added a stock of groceries and has, since, carried the double stock. He is well located and does a flourishing business.
Home life with Mr. Kring began October 28, 1880, when he was happily joined in marriage with Alice B. Brumbaugh, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Hawtome) Brumbaugh. Mr. Brumbaugh died, in 1896, at the age of seventy-three, and Mrs. Brumbaugh is a resident of Marysville, Kansas. Besides Mrs. Kring, there were four children: Bertha, Mrs. Charles Ewalt, of Clearfield, Iowa; Oliver P., a painter and paper-hanger, of Cherryvale; Emma, Mrs. Frank Hutchison, of Marysville, Kansas; and Mae, Mrs. Edward Reed, of Marysville.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kring have been born: Bertha, Madge and Mae, and the mother and the two oldest daughters are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Kring is a member of the I.O.O.F., the Modern Woodmen, and of the A.O.U.W. Politically, he is a Republican, and is ranked among the most substantial and worthy citizens of the city.
*Parents per FortheKing (47433387) 3/7/2015
John F. Kring passed the period of his boyhood in Fairburg, Illiniois, receiving a good common school education. After leaving home, he farmed, four years in Illinois, and, in December of 1881, came to Montgomery county, and passed the first year, in Independence. IN 1882, he came to Cherryvale, where he started a butcher business. Two years later, he added a stock of groceries and has, since, carried the double stock. He is well located and does a flourishing business.
Home life with Mr. Kring began October 28, 1880, when he was happily joined in marriage with Alice B. Brumbaugh, a native of Illinois, and a daughter of Alexander and Elizabeth (Hawtome) Brumbaugh. Mr. Brumbaugh died, in 1896, at the age of seventy-three, and Mrs. Brumbaugh is a resident of Marysville, Kansas. Besides Mrs. Kring, there were four children: Bertha, Mrs. Charles Ewalt, of Clearfield, Iowa; Oliver P., a painter and paper-hanger, of Cherryvale; Emma, Mrs. Frank Hutchison, of Marysville, Kansas; and Mae, Mrs. Edward Reed, of Marysville.
To Mr. and Mrs. Kring have been born: Bertha, Madge and Mae, and the mother and the two oldest daughters are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Kring is a member of the I.O.O.F., the Modern Woodmen, and of the A.O.U.W. Politically, he is a Republican, and is ranked among the most substantial and worthy citizens of the city.
*Parents per FortheKing (47433387) 3/7/2015
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