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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JOHN DORSEL, of Covington, Ky., was born in Prussia, Germany, December 31, 1832, came to the United States in 1854, and took up his residence in Covington in 1855. Although he had little or nothing with which to begin a business life, by industry he accumulated sufficient means to start, in 1869, in partnership with Frank Wuttange, in the manufacture of rye whisky, and succeeded in establishing the largest distillery in Covington, and now owns a plat of fifty acres in the county, and considerable real estate within the city limits, notwithstanding the loss, by fire, of his distillery in the spring of 1887. He is a member of the Catholic Church, and from 1878 to 1880 was president of the orphan society. His first marriage was to Elizabeth Curry, a native of Oldenberg, Germany, who died in 1877, the mother of five children, viz.: Frank, Louisa, John, August and Josephine. His second marriage was in 1878 to Miss Minnie Staggenberg, of Germany, who bore him four children: Louise, Fred, Mary and Nettie.
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This family biography is one of 150 biographies included in the Kenton County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company. For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7
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