Otto Kadgihn, Sr., one of the best-known residents of Bloomington, Illinois, died at the home of his son, Otto, Jr., on West Grove Street.
Mr. Kadgihn was a native of Prussia. In his early manhood he worked as a bookkeeper for a grain firm in the old country, and also learned the drug business. He emigrated to this country in 1857, first locating in Galveston, Texas, where he remained a short time, and then went to San Antonio, New Orleans and St. Louis. At the latter, he learned the painter's trade. In 1859 he came to Bloomington and this city has been his home ever since. He engaged in the grocery business, and also started the Sebastopol Saloon on East Front Street, a noted resort in the early days. He also opened a restaurant which became famed all-over central Illinois for the skill and delicacy with which game was cooked and served. The reputation followed him during all the years of his active business life. For many years he conducted a saloon and restaurant on North Center Street.
He married in the old country, his wife being of Russian nativity. She survives him with three sons and two daughters, Herman, Otto and Mrs. Clara Hodler of Bloomington; and Henry and Mrs. Minnie Anderson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Oct. 27, 1899, Page 9.
Mr. Kadgihn was a native of Prussia. In his early manhood he worked as a bookkeeper for a grain firm in the old country, and also learned the drug business. He emigrated to this country in 1857, first locating in Galveston, Texas, where he remained a short time, and then went to San Antonio, New Orleans and St. Louis. At the latter, he learned the painter's trade. In 1859 he came to Bloomington and this city has been his home ever since. He engaged in the grocery business, and also started the Sebastopol Saloon on East Front Street, a noted resort in the early days. He also opened a restaurant which became famed all-over central Illinois for the skill and delicacy with which game was cooked and served. The reputation followed him during all the years of his active business life. For many years he conducted a saloon and restaurant on North Center Street.
He married in the old country, his wife being of Russian nativity. She survives him with three sons and two daughters, Herman, Otto and Mrs. Clara Hodler of Bloomington; and Henry and Mrs. Minnie Anderson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Oct. 27, 1899, Page 9.
Otto Kadgihn, Sr., one of the best-known residents of Bloomington, Illinois, died at the home of his son, Otto, Jr., on West Grove Street.
Mr. Kadgihn was a native of Prussia. In his early manhood he worked as a bookkeeper for a grain firm in the old country, and also learned the drug business. He emigrated to this country in 1857, first locating in Galveston, Texas, where he remained a short time, and then went to San Antonio, New Orleans and St. Louis. At the latter, he learned the painter's trade. In 1859 he came to Bloomington and this city has been his home ever since. He engaged in the grocery business, and also started the Sebastopol Saloon on East Front Street, a noted resort in the early days. He also opened a restaurant which became famed all-over central Illinois for the skill and delicacy with which game was cooked and served. The reputation followed him during all the years of his active business life. For many years he conducted a saloon and restaurant on North Center Street.
He married in the old country, his wife being of Russian nativity. She survives him with three sons and two daughters, Herman, Otto and Mrs. Clara Hodler of Bloomington; and Henry and Mrs. Minnie Anderson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Oct. 27, 1899, Page 9.
Mr. Kadgihn was a native of Prussia. In his early manhood he worked as a bookkeeper for a grain firm in the old country, and also learned the drug business. He emigrated to this country in 1857, first locating in Galveston, Texas, where he remained a short time, and then went to San Antonio, New Orleans and St. Louis. At the latter, he learned the painter's trade. In 1859 he came to Bloomington and this city has been his home ever since. He engaged in the grocery business, and also started the Sebastopol Saloon on East Front Street, a noted resort in the early days. He also opened a restaurant which became famed all-over central Illinois for the skill and delicacy with which game was cooked and served. The reputation followed him during all the years of his active business life. For many years he conducted a saloon and restaurant on North Center Street.
He married in the old country, his wife being of Russian nativity. She survives him with three sons and two daughters, Herman, Otto and Mrs. Clara Hodler of Bloomington; and Henry and Mrs. Minnie Anderson of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The Weekly Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois), Oct. 27, 1899, Page 9.
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Burial Oct. 27, 1899. The date of death on the headstone, Oct. 27, 1899, differs from his obituary, Oct. 25, 1899.
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