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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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LOUIS CONSTANS, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, was born October 14, 1842, and is a son of Peter and Charlotte (Blessing) Constans, natives of Alsace, France, now Germany, who immigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1841 and in 1849 moved to Newport where Peter Constans established a brewery, Louis Constans was educated in Newport, and in September, 1861, he entered the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteers as a private, but was mustered out as second lieutenant, having served through the entire war. He returned to Newport in 1867, was elected city treasurer, and also served as mayor of Newport ten months, when he resigned. He was elected city treasurer in 1879. In 1864 he married Miss Margaret Schraffenberger, a native of Germany, who bore him eight children. Mr. Constans is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Honor and also of the G. A. R.
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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell 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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