Joseph Krebs
Joseph Krebs, merchant, Dayton, was born in Bavaria, Germany, October 5, 1842, and emigrated to America, with his parents, at the age of four years. After receiving a limited education in the Catholic school of Dayton, he commenced market gardening, which he followed for ten years. In 1869, he came into Dayton and opened a grocery, flour and feed store, in which business he has since continued, with the exception of two years, in which he kept a shoe store. He had built two storerooms, and by his polite and affiable treatment of patrons he has established a large and prosperous trade. He was married in 1869 to Elizabeth Hochwalt, daughter of George Hochwalt, of Dayton, by whom he has nine children, six of whom are living, viz.: Clara, Josephine, Joseph, Bertha, Karl H. and Anna R., the latter being the surviving one of twins.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882