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FREDERICK RISCH, blacksmith, Georgetown, was born in Germany October 12, 1852. He is a son of William Risch, also a native of Germany, and a baker by trade. He came to America in 1855 or 1856, locating in Cincinnati, where he departed this life a few years later. Mr. Risch’s mother was Julia Risch, who was accidentally shot on the Fourth of July, 1858. She was the mother of five children, three of whom are living, one son serving in the Union army during the civil war. Mr. Risch resided in his native land till fifteen years of age. He then accompanied his grandmother to America, first stopping at New York, and subsequently in Cincinnati, where he learned his trade. He remained there about eighteen months, and then engaged to work on a farm near Delhi, Ohio. On May 1, 1868, he came to Georgetown, and was employed at his trade for Jacob Lyman, and afterward for James Wilson for five years. Mr. Risch then opened a shop for himself. He has succeeded in building up a remunerative trade, and at present owns both a blacksmith and carriage shop, and employs three men to carry on his business. He has toiled early and late, and well deserves the success which has attended him. Mr. Risch is a member of the Masonic Lodge, Chapter and Council, and connected with the Presbyterian Church. Politically, he is neutral, always voting for the man who will best subserve the interests of the people, but on National elections, usually casts his vote for the Democratic nominee. He was married, January 9, 1873, to Charlotte Hurst, a daughter of Christian Hurst, a prominent German, of Georgetown. Mrs. Risch departed this life, February 11, 1879, leaving one daughter — Anna L.