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George D. Klein George D. Klein, engaged in the active practice of law, was born in Chili, Crawford township, Coshocton county, March 19, 1872. His parents, Charles and Elizabeth (Miller) Klein, were both natives of Germany and came to the United States in early manhood and womanhood, their marriage being celebrated in Crawford township. The father was a shoemaker by trade and was connected with that line of business until 1882 when he engaged in farming. He was killed in a runaway in the spring of 1907, when sixy-four years of age, and his death was the occasion of deep regret to his many friends who esteemed him for his sterling characteristics. His widow still survives and is now a resident of Fresno, Ohio. Careful home training qualified Mr. Klein to meet the demands of the world when he started out for himself. He was afforded good educational privileges, supplementing his public-school course by study in the Scio (Ohio) College and in the Ohio State Normal at Ada. He began teaching at the age of twenty years and successfully followed the profession for fifteen years, during which time he was principal of the Chili school for two years and also taught the grammar department in Baltic and Roscoe schools. He was an able educator, imparting readily and clearly to others the knowledge he had acquired, but believing that he would find a more congenial and profitable field in connection with other professions, he took up the study of law while still engaged in teaching. Judge Roche acting as his preceptor and directing his reading until he entered the law department of the Ohio State University at Columbus, in September, 1907. So thorough had been his preliminary reading and research that he was admitted to the bar on the 4th of December, of the same year. Mr. Klein then returned to Coshocton and entered into partnership with George E. Roche, a business relation between them continuing until the 1st of September, 1908, when Mr. Klein entered upon an independent practice. He is one of the younger members of the bar but his friends predict for him a sucessful future, as he is thorough and painstaking in all that he undertakes and is well versed in the law. Moreover, he has broad general knowledge and is a fluent German scholar. Mr. Klein numbers many friends among his fellow members of Fidelity Lodge, No. 135, K. P. He belongs to the Methodist Episcopal church and to the Coshocton Bar Association. He is pleasantly situated in his hime relations and the Klein household is a most attractive one. He was first married in May, 1899 to Miss Ella Barth, of Chili, who died in January, 1902, leaving one son, Carl F. In October, 1903, Mr. Klein was again married, his second union being with Miss Loretta M. Deeds, a daughter of Solomon Deeds, a prominent factor in democratic circles, in this county. To this union a daughter was born August 3, 1908, Thelma Loretta Klein. Mr. Klein is also an ardent advocate of democratic principles but has never been an aspirant for office. He prefers to concentrate his energies upon his business affairs and possessing laudable and firm determination he will undoubtedly earn for himself a prominent place in the ranks of the legal fraternity, being already numbered as a leader among the younger members of the bar.
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