David Rohrer
David Rohrer, distiller, Germantown, is a son of Christian and Margaret Rohrer, and was born in German Township November 10, 1835, receiving his education in the school of his district until seventeen years old, when he entered his father's distillery, where he worked faithfully until twenty-two years of age, at which time his father gave him an interest in this business. This partnership continued several years, when it was dissolved by mutual consent, his father retiring and David remaining in the business, renting the distillery from his father. Here our subject continued to do a successful business, but, being a man of enterprise, he resolved to prosecute his calling on a larger scale, so purchasing thirty-one acres of land one and a half miles west of Germantown, he erected thereon a large distillery with a capacity of manufacturing thirty barrels of choice Bourbon whisky per day, which brands have acquired an enviable reputation from the Atlantic to the Pacific, having a market in many of the leading cities of the Union. He was married February 1, 1865, to Miss Ada V. Rohrer, daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Rohrer, a sketch of whom will be found in this work. She was born in German Township April 18, 1840, and has had five children, four of whom are living--Josie, Ada V., Eugene and Albert. Mr. Rohrer is the owner of 400 acres of land, besides his distillery, is a public-spirited, enterprising man, whose success has been marked by upright dealing in all the affairs of life, and who has won and retained the friendship of a large circle of Montgomery County's leading citizens.
From History of Montgomery County, Ohio, W. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1882
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