CATHARINE KRELL, hotel keeper, Adrian, was born in Luxemburg, Germany, December 28, 1832, daughter of John and Susan Herrig, natives of Germany, who immigrated to Seneca County, Ohio, in 1851, settling near Bascom, where they remained until their death. Our subject was united in marriage, September 15, 1857, with J. N. Krell, born in Belgium in 1826, a son of Peter Krell, who departed this life in Germany. Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Krell first settled in Tiffin, Ohio, where they remained until 1865, thence moved to Adrian, this county, where the family have since resided. They were the parents of six children, of whom five are now living: Jennie, Kittie, John P., Anna I. and William H., Alphonso is deceased. Mr. Krell, clerked in a dry goods store for several years, then engaged in keeping the hotel which he continued in until his death, which occurred April 3, 1868. The hotel is now managed by his widow and her children. The family are all members of the Catholic Church.


Trancribed by Bonnie Walsh.
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1886
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part IV, p.723-724
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