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Subject: Asmann.Charles.b1831-Germany.Kenton.BIOS


Charles Asmann September 29 1831 - unknown
Kenton County KyArchives Biography

Author: The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky, 
J. M. Armstrong & Company

Charles Asmann, Jeweler, was born September 29, 1831, in Germany, where he 
learned the jeweler's trade, and, in 1854, came to America; and, after working 
for a time in the jewelry business in Cincinnati, located in Covington, 
Kentucky. Until 1863, he was engaged in the house of George W. McDonald, and, 
in that year, bought out Mr. McDonald, and has since continued the business 
with great success, having always kept up to the demands of the public in his 
line; has accumulated considerable property, and is now the oldest and most
influential jeweler of Covington. In 1865, he was elected member of the
City Council, serving in that body two years; was one of the original
movers in the organization of the German Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of
which he was elected first President, and is now one of its Directors;
takes an active interest in all public affairs, is modest and unassuming in
manners; is connected with several social organizations; is an energetic,
enterprising, and upright business man; and one of the most substantial and
worthy citizens of Covington. Mr. Asmann was married, in 1856, to Miss Emma
Albrecht, of Cincinnati. They have six children.


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