Showing posts with label Herb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Herb. Show all posts

Saturday, October 16, 2010

Advertisement from the Herb and Myers Co.

This newspaper advertisement from the Herb and Myers Co. appeared in the June 24, 1928 issue of the Sandusky Register. From 1900 to 1929, Michael R. Herb and Frank H. Myers were partners in the Herb and Myers Store on East Market Street in downtown Sandusky, Ohio. Prior to the 1900, the C.L. Engels Store was in operation at the location of the Herb and Myers Store.

By 1931, Frank H. Myers was associated with the the Sandusky Folding Box Company,which he founded along with James Plain; and the store formerly known as the Herb and Myers Store was now known as the M. R. Herb Co., with Michael R. Herb serving as the company president. In 1939, the M.R. Herb Co. was destroyed in a large fire, and Mr. Herb retired.

On November 6, 1962, Michael R. Herb died at the age of 92. He had been active in the Sandusky Chamber of Commerce, Elks Club, St. Mary's Church, and the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Herb is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Sandusky.













Frank H. Myers passed away on February 22, 1965. Mr. Myers was a member of Grace Episcopal church, the Rotary club, and Science Lodge 50. He is buried in Section L of Sandusky's Oakland Cemetery.

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Tombstone Tuesday: Mrs. Cecilia Herb Kromer























Mrs. Cecilia Kromer's tombstone is found at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery at Sandusky, Ohio. Her tombstone inscription is written in German.
























Translated into English, it reads:

Here Lies
Cecilia Kromer
Born (Herb)
On 5th October, 1837
At Altdorf (Baden)
Died 29th May, 1876
R.I.P.

Cecilia's husband Joseph Kromer, now widowed, is listed in the 1880 U.S. Census in Margaretta Township of Erie County, Ohio, with several children: William, age 23; Anthony, age 21; Joseph, age 20; Thrissa, age 14; Michael, age 12; and Anna, age 10. Later Joseph Kromer would marry Mary Ochs.

Extended hands, symbolizing Cecilia being welcomed into Heaven are found at a the base of her tombstone.
















Scrolls and a wreath adorn the top of Cecilia Herb Kromer's tombstone.



Many descendants of Cecilia and Joseph Kromer still live in Erie County, Ohio to this day.