Ernst Horschel
Successfully conducting one of the attractive and popular meat markets of the city of Ironton, Mr. Horschel has shown marked ability and circumspection in catering to the demands of an appreciative patronage and is one of the substantial and loyal business men of the Iron City.
Mr. Horschel was born in Germany, on the 16th of June, 1844, and is a son of Frederick and Barbara (Blackschmidt) Horschel. who passed their entire lives in the German Fatherland, where the father was a farmer and butcher, his birth having occurred in 1801, and his death in 1871, in which year occurred also the death of his wife, who was born in 1798 and who was thrice married, the name of her first husband having been Horn, and that of her second husband Cronacher. Henry Horn was the only child of the first marriage, and Frederick Cronacher the one child of the second marriage. Of the six children of the third union, Ernst Horschel, of this review, is the only one living, he being the youngest of the number. The names of the deceased children were as here noted: Andrew, Ernestina, Sophia, Edward, Rosina and Ernst.
Ernst Horschel attended the schools of his native land until he was fourteen years of age, and thereafter he was employed at farm work and in the butcher shop of his father until 1864, when, at the age of twenty years, he immigrated to the United States. He made Ironton, Ohio, his destination and here he found employment in the meat market conducted by his two half-brothers, Henry Horn and Frederick Cronacher. In 1884 he opened a market of his own, and he has since continued without interruption in the meat-market business in Ironton, being now the pioneer representative of this line of enterprise in the city and having won success through industry, careful management and reliable service.
Retaining the best traditions of his native land, Mr. Horschel has entered fully into the progressive spirit of the United States and is emphatically loyal and appreciative as an American citizen. He is aligned as a supporter of the republican party, and he and his family are communicants of the Lutheran church. Mr. Horschel has been ambitious and self-reliant and has made good use of the advantages afforded in the land of his adoption, with the result that his material success is on a parity with his personal hold upon popular confidence and good will. He is a stockholder in the Masting Steel Company, the Poster Stove Company, the Citizens' National Bank of Ironton, and a stockholder and director of the First National Bank of this city, besides which he is the owner of valuable real estate, including twenty-four acres of attractive hill land in Upper township, a residence and business building at 272 South Third Street and three business blocks opposite his meat market building on South Third Street.
On the 18th of June, 1869, at the home of the bride's parents, in Scioto county, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Horschel to Miss Elizabeth Froncin, daughter of the late Frederick Froncin, and she has proved his valued helpmeet and devoted companion during the long intervening years. Concerning their children, the following brief record is given in conclusion of this sketch: Ernst F., who is the manager of the Ironton Automobile Garage, wedded Miss Anna Gills, and they have two children; Henry C, who is associated with his father in the meat-market business, married Miss Lizzie Mahoney, and they have one child; Frederick F., who is engaged in the insurance business and is serving as city treasurer of Ironton, married Miss Ida Delaney, and they have two children; Ernestine, who remains at the parental home, is a talented artist who devotes special attention to china painting; and Jacob is likewise associated with his father's business.
From "A Standing History of the Hanging Rock Iron Region of Ohio" by Eugene B. Willard, Daniel W. Williams, George O. Newman and Charles B. Taylor. Published by Lewis Publishing Company, 1916