Frank Ullrich

    Frank Ullrich, cooper, Aurora, was born in Bavaria June 3, 1828, where he obtained a common school education. He came to America, January 15, 1854, and landed at New Orleans. In two months he went to Arkansas Post, where he worked on a farm for one year; thence to Norfolk River, and worked in a saw mill until 1856; then moved to Lawrenceburgh, Indiana, where he remained one month; thence to Petersburg, Kentucky, and worked in the distillery and learned the cooper trade. September 13, 1861, he moved to Aurora, and has followed coopering ever since.

    Mr. Ullrich was married, in the fall of 1848, to Anna M. Kinscherf who was born in Bavaria January 20, 1824. Mr. and Mrs. Ullrich are the parents of four children, viz.: Frank J., Kate, Margaret and John: Frank J. was in Company G., One Hundred and Forty-fifth Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served eight months. He died in the spring of 1884. They are all members of the Catholic Church.

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