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History of the Great Lakes
Illustrated, In Two Volumes, Vol. II
Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co., 1899

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              PHILIP J. MINCH, one of the earlier vessel men on the lakes,
           was born in Blankenheim, Hessen-Cassel, Germany, May 14, 1820.
           In his native country he learned the trade of shoemaker, which
           he followed for a livelihood until coming to this country in
           1840. Landing in New York he came directly to Ohio and located
           at Vermilion, where he established himself in his trade. Soon
           after his arrival in Vermilion he married MISS ANNA C. LEIMBACH,
           by whom he had eight children, four of whom died between the
           ages of one and six years. The others were as follow: MRS.
           CATHERINE HASSENFLUE, CHARLES P., PETER G. and MRS. SOPHIA
           STEINBRENNER. MRS. HASSENFLUE died at the age of twenty-nine,
           after eight years of married life, leaving four children, one
           son and three daughters, who were taken home, some by their
           grandparents and others by their uncle. The son, JOHN W.HASSEN-
           FLUE, is now a practicing physician at White House, Ohio. The
           daughters are all married. CHARLES P. MINCH died at the age of
           twenty years, his death being a severe blow to his parents.
           PETER G. MINCH was drowned when the steamer Western Reserve was
           lost in 1892. MRS. STEINBRENNER, who lives at No. 90 Kinsman
           street, Cleveland, Ohio, is the only surviving member of the
           family.
              PHILIP J. MINCH continued in the shoemaking business until he
           had so far prospered as to be able to engage in shipbuilding.
	   The first boat he built was the scow Linden, which was capable
	   of carrying about fourteen cords of stone, and MR. MINCH went on
	   board of her as captain, and continued to manage her about two
	   years. He built other boats, among them the schooners C. J.
	   Roeder, I. W. Nicholas, Burton Parsons, H. J. Webb, Charles P.
	   Minch, Fred A. Morse, Samuel Mather, George H. Warmington and
	   Sophia Minch, all of which were constructed at Vermilion. After
	   living thirty-five years at that place, he removed to Cleveland,
	   where he died June 20, 1887, aged sixty-seven years, one month
	   and six days. After coming to Cleveland he began to build
	   steamboats, among these being the John N. Glidden and the A.
	   Everett, the latter of which was lost in the spring of 1895, on
	   Lake Huron. MR. MINCH was interested in the building of the
	   Onoko, and was made managing owner, which position he held up to
	   the time of his death.

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