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Born 1844
From A centennial biographical history of Seneca County, Ohio (1902), History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; h (1886)
THOMAS J. KINTZ (ex-county recorder of Seneca County) abstracts, Tiffin, was born in Canton, Stark Co., Ohio, February 14, 1844. His parents, George and Lueinda (Conaghan) Kintz, were natives of Ohio. His mother dying when our subject was an infant, he was placed under the guardianship of her brother, Joseph Conaghan, of Seneca Township, this county, and there he grew to manhood. His early life was unpropitious, being an invalid, and at fifteen he had little or no education. He, however, had a determination to excel, and we find him at twenty-one enrolled uponthe list of teachers of Seneca County. April 17. 1807. he accepted a clerkship in the recorder's office, and he continued in this capacity for eight years, although it must be admitted for a fair portion of that time he was the de facfo official. In 1874 he was appointed de/acfo recorder to succeed Mr. DeWitt, and in the following convention received the nomination and was elected to fill the office for each consecutive term till 1882, at which time he had nearly completed a set of abstract books of the county, showing the title to every piece of land or town lot. Said books were his individual property, and thus opened his new work, which has ah-eady become the place to look at and examine titles. His accuracy and efficiency justly deserves the confidence of the whole people of Seneca County. Mr. Kintz was married in Tiffin, February 1 5. 1872, to Miss Addie'V. 'Weller. a lady of estimable attainments, daughter of the late Nelson Weller, formerly a prominent merchant and business man of Prince Edward County. Ontario. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Ix. Kintz is an active business man and an enterprising citizen, and has a strong hold upon the good wishes of many of Seneca County's citizens. He is a member of the corporation of the Ohio Stove AYorks, of which he has held stock for several years. He has served his ward (Second) in the councils of the city.
As printed in History of Seneca County, Ohio, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages ... portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of the Northwest territory; h (1886). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
THOMAS J. KINTZ.
One of the prominent citizens of Tiffin, Ohio, is Thomas J. Kintz, who is cashier of the Tiffin Savings Bank, and who is also financially interested in a number of successful enterprises in this locality, in addition to being identified with public affairs.
Mr. Kintz is a native of Ohio, having been born at Canton, Stark comity, February 14, 1844. His parents were George and Eliza (Conaghan) Kintz, the former of whom was a native of Pennsylvania. In his young manhood he came to Ohio and located in Stark county, and there for a period of about twelve years, he was engaged in the hotel
2i8 CENTENNIAL BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY, business. He then lived for a short time in Tennessee, going from that state to Indiana, where he went into business, making his home in Terre Haute, where he died at the age of eighty years.
The mother of our subject was a daughter of Dennis Conaghan, who was born in Ireland, but who became a resident of the United States in his youth, his marriage occurring in the state of Pennsylvania, where his children were born. Mrs. Kintz became a resident of Ohio at the time of her marriage, and she died, of typhoid fever, at her home in Canton, at the early age of thirty-five years. She was a woman of many virtues, a devoted mother, and a consistent member of the Catholic church. Thomas J., of this sketch, was a babe of eighteen months when he was thus deprived of his mother's care and aflFection, and he was then taken to the home of his grandfather Conaghan, in Wyandot county, Ohio. Here he lived until he was three years of age. when his uncle, Joseph Conaghan, who was a prosperous farmer in Seneca township, Seneca county, took the little lad into his househokl and there he remained until he was twenty-one. He grew up on the farm and assisted his uncle, but he was given excellent educational advantages by this kind relative. After finishing a preparatory course in the common schools of Seneca township, at the age of eighteen he entered Heidelberg College, at Tifiin. After one term of study Mr. Kintz engaged in teaching and by this plan was enabled to continue at the college, following this profession for five years.
In 1867 Mr. Kintz was selected for the position of deputy recorder of Seneca county, filling the position with so much efficiency for eight years that he was made recorder, upon the death of the former incumbent. This vacancy he filled for the unexpired term of one year anr two weeks, and at the expiration of that time he was honored with an election to the office and subsequently re-elected, the combined terms covering a period of upwards of seven years. During this service Mr. Kintz had not been unmindful of the interests of the Democratic party, of which he is an active member, and by which he has been frequently honored.
For the ten years succeeding his long service in the recorder's
Google office, from 1880 to 1890, Mr. Kintz was engaged in the abstract and real-estate business in this city. When the project of establishing the Tiffin Savings Bank was agitated, Mr. Kintz was one of the financiers who recognized the wisdom of this move and he became one of the organizers of this enterprise. The bank began business on March 3, 1890, Mr. Kintz entering as cashier, which position he has faithfully filled ever since. The financial disturbances of the country in 1893 left no trace on the business of this institution. Its capital stock is fifty thousand dollars, of which Mr. Kintz owns eleven thousand. The deposits range from three hundred and ninety to four hundred thousand dollars, and it is considered one of the safest banking institutions in the state of Ohio, the careful, conservative methods of its management meeting with the approbation of the public and gaining unqualified confidence. Mr. Kintz has other large business interests in this city. He is also interested in a large amount of real estate, one valuable holding being his handsome residence on Perry street.
On February 15, 1872, Mr. Kintz was united in marriage to Miss Adalaide V. Weller, who was born in Belleville, Ontario, Canada, where she was educated and reared, but who later became a resident of Rochester, Xew York, and still later of Tiffin, Ohio.
Ever since his first entrance into political life Mr. Kintz has been a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, and in 1873 he was elected on its ticket a member of the city council, his personal popularity having an influence, as his residence was then in a Republican ward. Upon removing fromthe ward within the next year he resigned his position, but he was recalled by the council in 1898 and again in 1900, and he is still serving the city, being one of its most loyal officials. Fraternally our subject is a member of Seneca Lodge, No. 35, I. O. O. F., of Tiffin, and also of the B. P. O. E. of this city. Both he and his wife are valued members of the Methodist, church, and for a time he served as a member of its building committee.
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As printed in A centennial biographical history of Seneca County, Ohio (1902). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Joseph Conaghan
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