My Genealogy Hound

C. F. KENTZEL, gardener, post office West View, was born Dec. 12, 1851, in Ross township, a son of Charles and Christine (Razer) Kentzel, natives of Alsace, Germany. His parents emigrated to America in 1840, and settled in Allegheny, where the father worked on the canal. Later he bought thirty acres of land, to which C. F. (our subject) added, in 1887, twenty-five acres, and was engaged successfully in gardening. His wife disposed of their garden produce in the Allegheny market for forty-six years. The father had been a soldier in Louis Philippe’s cuirassiers in France, and was a very tall, powerful-looking man. He died in April, 1885, aged eighty-two years; his widow still survives him. The family were the first charter members of the Lutheran Church, and took an active interest in church work. C. F. Kentzel married Christine L. Dietsch, a native of Allegheny, of German descent, and they have four children: Charles J., Harry M., Herbert F. and Clara C. Mr. and Mrs. Kentzel are Lutherans.