Adam Baes
Adam Baes, retail liquor dealer, Kent, was born in Port Washington, Tuscarawas Co., Ohio, June 8, 1857. He was reared and educated in his native town, and worked at the baker's trade from fourteen to sixteen years of age in New Philadelphia. He served in liquor stores of that place and Kent (where he came in 1873) up to 1882, in which year he embarked in the liquor business on his own account, and has had a successful trade. He was married, August 17, 1879, to Catherine, daughter of George and Catherine Ginther, of Stow, Summit Co., Ohio, by whom he had one child—Minnie. Mr. Baes is a thorough business man. In politics he is a Democrat.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885