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Charles Mendel
Charles Mendel, Muhlenberg County was born in Germany, January 13, 1855, and is the sixth of seven children born to Alexander and Eva (Kahn) Mendel, natives of France and Germany, respectively. Charles received a good education in his native country, which he left in October, 1869, for the United States; located in Cromwell, Ohio Co., Ky., where he engaged as salesman in a dry goods house for his brother for three years. In 1873 he engaged in business for himself in Morgantown, Butler County, where he remained until 1880, then located in Greenville, and has one of the largest dry goods stores in the county.
He was married September 6, 1882, to Minnie Oppenheimer, of Owensboro, daughter of J.M. Oppenheimer, a native of Heidelberg, Germany, and Carrie (Shields) Oppenheimer, of Baltimore, Md. One child blesses their union: Raymond L. Mr. and Mrs. Mendel are members of the Jewish faith.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 914.
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