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AUGUST VOS, one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Covington, Ky., was born in the city of Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 17, 1846, and is the son of John H. and Anna Maria (Peters) Vos, natives of Hanover, Germany, who immigrated to America, and settled Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1838, removing to Covington, Ky., in 1862. August Vos received a liberal education in the public schools of Cincinnati, Ohio, and in the year 1863 entered the wholesale clothing house of Heidelbach, Seasongood & Co., of that city, being connected therewith twelve years, serving as an errand boy four years, and thereafter as confidential man and cashier of said firm eight years. He graduated in the Cincinnati Law School in 1875, and began the practice of his profession in his native city, at the same time being cashier of the old firm, and later of Heidelbach, Friedlander & Co., which firm he is still connected with in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1876 he married Eliza Koch, daughter of Henry and Margaretha (Gerding) Koch, natives of Germany, the former a wholesale coffee and spice dealer in Cincinnati, Ohio. Their union has been blessed with three children, viz.: Margaretha A., Anna M., Wilhemena and Sophia Louisa. Mr. Vos is a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity, in politics a Republican, and religiously a member of St. John’s German Evangelical Protestant church, corner 12th and Elm Streets, Cincinnati, Ohio.