John Philip Kastner

    John Philip Kastner, baker and ice dealer, Aurora, was born in Bavaria, November 19, 1819, where he received a common school education. His father, Godfrey, was born in Bavaria in 1790, and died in 1860; his mother, Savilla Miller, was born in the same province in 1795 and died in 1865.

    John Philip came to America in 1839 and worked in Cincinnati, Ohio, for four years. He then came to Aurora and engaged in the grocery and bakery business with a brother. In 1846 he sold out and went to Germany, returned in 1847 and worked for his brother.

    He was married March 15, 1848, to Miss Mary Huckery, who was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1834. Unto them have been given eight children: Dorothea, Mary, Andy, Louisa, Matilda, Igena, Gustave and Edward. Mr. Kastner started in the ice business in 1854, and is the oldest businessman of German extraction in the city. He was school trustee in 1864, and is a member of the Pioneer Society of Cincinnati, Ohio. His wife and daughter are members of the Catholic Church.

Source: History of Dearborn and Ohio Counties, Indiana by F.E. Weakley & Co., 1885.