Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, ed. 8-B,
Pulaski County

John Slessinger, a merchant of Somerset, Ky., is a native of Baltimore, Md.,
and was born December 31, 1857.  He is a son of Samuel and Mina (Rosenthal)
Slessinger.  Samuel Slessinger was born in Hammelburg, Bavaria, Germany, in
1821; he came to the United States about 1845, remained in Baltimore, MD,
about ten years, then went to Cincinnati, Ohio.  He was at Millersburg, and
Paris, Ky., each one year; he was a tailor by trade, and was a son of John
Slessinger, who was also a native of Germany.  Mina (Rosenthal) Slessinger
was born in Germany, a daughter of Samuel Rosenthal.  John Slessinger is the
eldest of three living children, the other two being Henry and Lewis.
Henry, who is a partner in the store, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April
15, 1860, and received his education at the public schools of that city.  He
was a salesman in Isaac Zeiller & Sons' wholesale house in Cincinnati for
thirteen years.  He moved to Somerset in 1885 and formed partnership with
his brother, the subject of this sketch, under the firm name of Slessinger
Bros.  Lewis Slessinger is in Cincinnati. John Slessinger also received his
education at the public schools of Cincinnati.  He was engaged at the
Volksbratt, a German printing office, for six years, and is a practical
printer.  In 1880 he opened a general store in Somerset.  June 18, 1884, he
married Sallie Frank, of Cincinnati, a daughter of Simon and Fannie Frank.
One child has blessed this union, Helen.  Mr. Slessinger is a member of the
Sons of Israel Lodge, of Cincinnati.  In politics he is a Republican.

Slessinger Rosenthal Frank
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MD Germany OH

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