Arrived at NYC on 25 Sep 1848 on the ship Hermine when he was just 18 months old. His parents traveled via Buffalo and arrived in Cincinnati in 1849.
In 1862, at the age of 15 Herman enlisted in the 106th OVI Co. G where he was a musician. His father sued and he was paroled from the Army 19 Mar 1863 due to being underage (age 16). On the 6 Apr 1864, age 17, he enlisted in the 13th OVC Co. A. He fought at the battle of Petersburg, VA. and was honorably discharged 4 Jul 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
He was a proud member of the Wm. H. Lytle Post No. 47, Department of Ohio, G.A.R., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the 1870's he moved to northern Illinois to work in the steel industry. He moved back to Cincinnati about 1881 and took over his father's saloon on Vine Street in Corryville.
In 1897 he and his son Herman went to the Alaska for the gold rush. Herman Sr. never make it to the Yukon because he returned home when he became ill with scurvy.
Next he opened a saloon at the corner of Torrence and Grandin Roads in the Cincinnati neighborhood of O'Bryonville. In about 1905 he sold his business to his son Herman and retired to Norwood and lived on Ivanhoe St.
In 1862, at the age of 15 Herman enlisted in the 106th OVI Co. G where he was a musician. His father sued and he was paroled from the Army 19 Mar 1863 due to being underage (age 16). On the 6 Apr 1864, age 17, he enlisted in the 13th OVC Co. A. He fought at the battle of Petersburg, VA. and was honorably discharged 4 Jul 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
He was a proud member of the Wm. H. Lytle Post No. 47, Department of Ohio, G.A.R., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the 1870's he moved to northern Illinois to work in the steel industry. He moved back to Cincinnati about 1881 and took over his father's saloon on Vine Street in Corryville.
In 1897 he and his son Herman went to the Alaska for the gold rush. Herman Sr. never make it to the Yukon because he returned home when he became ill with scurvy.
Next he opened a saloon at the corner of Torrence and Grandin Roads in the Cincinnati neighborhood of O'Bryonville. In about 1905 he sold his business to his son Herman and retired to Norwood and lived on Ivanhoe St.
Arrived at NYC on 25 Sep 1848 on the ship Hermine when he was just 18 months old. His parents traveled via Buffalo and arrived in Cincinnati in 1849.
In 1862, at the age of 15 Herman enlisted in the 106th OVI Co. G where he was a musician. His father sued and he was paroled from the Army 19 Mar 1863 due to being underage (age 16). On the 6 Apr 1864, age 17, he enlisted in the 13th OVC Co. A. He fought at the battle of Petersburg, VA. and was honorably discharged 4 Jul 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
He was a proud member of the Wm. H. Lytle Post No. 47, Department of Ohio, G.A.R., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the 1870's he moved to northern Illinois to work in the steel industry. He moved back to Cincinnati about 1881 and took over his father's saloon on Vine Street in Corryville.
In 1897 he and his son Herman went to the Alaska for the gold rush. Herman Sr. never make it to the Yukon because he returned home when he became ill with scurvy.
Next he opened a saloon at the corner of Torrence and Grandin Roads in the Cincinnati neighborhood of O'Bryonville. In about 1905 he sold his business to his son Herman and retired to Norwood and lived on Ivanhoe St.
In 1862, at the age of 15 Herman enlisted in the 106th OVI Co. G where he was a musician. His father sued and he was paroled from the Army 19 Mar 1863 due to being underage (age 16). On the 6 Apr 1864, age 17, he enlisted in the 13th OVC Co. A. He fought at the battle of Petersburg, VA. and was honorably discharged 4 Jul 1865 at Amelia Court House, VA.
He was a proud member of the Wm. H. Lytle Post No. 47, Department of Ohio, G.A.R., Cincinnati, Ohio.
In the 1870's he moved to northern Illinois to work in the steel industry. He moved back to Cincinnati about 1881 and took over his father's saloon on Vine Street in Corryville.
In 1897 he and his son Herman went to the Alaska for the gold rush. Herman Sr. never make it to the Yukon because he returned home when he became ill with scurvy.
Next he opened a saloon at the corner of Torrence and Grandin Roads in the Cincinnati neighborhood of O'Bryonville. In about 1905 he sold his business to his son Herman and retired to Norwood and lived on Ivanhoe St.
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