Joseph Siefert
Joseph Siefert was born December 11, 1810, at Baden, Germany. Coming directly from that country to Ohio, he settled in Cincinnati in 1834. For eight years he was a member of the city council, twelve years director of the Longview Lunatic asylum, and two terms, or twelve years, president of the Cincinnati Relief union, of which society he was a member for twenty-one years. lie paid the relief fund to the soldiers' widows during thirteen years, for five years was appointed by the governor, and the remainder of the time held the place through the council. His wife, Elizabeth Siefert, was born in Europe November 1, 1813, and died December 7, 1875. Of the seven children, Charles only remains a resident of this township. Elizabeth Huy resides in Richmond, Indiana, and Ellen Drum, Rosa Hegle, Mary, Josephine, and Frank Joseph, are in Cincinnati.
From History of Hamilton county, Ohio, Henry & Kate Ford, L. A. Williams & Co., Publishers, 1881