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FREDERICK KANTZ, proprietor general store, Arnheim, was born in Franklin Township, Brown Co., Ohio, September 13, 1848. His father, Jacob Kantz, is a native of Baden, Germany, and came to America in 1838. The following year, he located in Franklin Township, this county, where he still resides. He owns a farm of 110 acres on the Georgetown & Brownsville road, but for the past twenty-four years has suffered from total blindness. He married Sallie Berry, also a native of Germany. Of the eleven children born to this union, seven are living. The subject of this sketch remained on the home farm till twenty-four years of age, with the exception of one summer. He then rented a farm of his father, which he operated two years. Seeking to better his condition financially, in 1875 he purchased the general stock and trade of Fred. Hanniman, at Arnheim, where he has since been engaged in business, and has met with fair success. Mr. Kantz is connected by membership with the United Order of Forresters, at Higginsport, and the Democratic party. He was married, in 1873, to Catherine Grosse, a native of Brown County. Four children have been sent to bless this union, three living — Albert David, Herman Adolph and Elmer Frederick. Mr. and Mrs. Kantz are consistent members of the Reformed German Church of Arnheim.