Charles Timeus
Charles Timeus, Grocer, was born in Baden Germany, April 4, 1838, where he lived until 1857 when he came to America with his mother and landed at New York. From New York he came to Sidney, arriving in December, 1857. The next spring he bought a farm three miles south of town and moved to it. In 1864 he moved back to Sidney and engaged in the grocery business on Poplar Street in the place now owned by Mrs. Sophia Young. In 1865 he moved to ‘his present place of business. In 1860 he married Miss Sophia Rensch. They have seven children, named Jacob G., Maggie S., Edward C., George L., Lena, Jennie, and Carrie. When he first started in Sidney he handled groceries and liquors exclusively, but soon afterwards put wagons on the road, and in 1870 conducted a bakery and confectionery with his other business. In 1870 he also started the first street ice-wagon. In 1872 he engaged in butchering and pork packing, and in 1876 bought a slaughter-house, enlarged his business and began handling as many as two thousand hogs annually. He also purchased large quantities of wool which he shipped to Philadelphia. He has always taken a lively interest in city affiars. He is a director of Graceland Cemetery, and was its treasurer a number of years.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883