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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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JACOB F. ROTHENHOEFER was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, September 13, 1832, and is a son of Jacob and Christiana Rothenhoefer, natives of Germany, who still reside there. Jacob immigrated to this country in 1854, and settled in Wilmington, Ohio, where he went into the bakery and confectionery business. In 1855 he married Miss Mary Goetz, and moved to Cincinnati, where he went into the hotel business, then called the Bevis House, until 1871, when he and his family made a visit to his parents, in Germany. Returning, later in the same year, he settled in Covington, Ky., where he started in the wine and liquor business at 31 Park Street, where he may still be found.
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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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