Heinrich Carl and Katherine Gunkel
Information comes from various sources.
Heinrich Carl Gunkel was born 5 September 1825 in Schwarzenburg,
Germany, the son of Heinrich Christian Gunkel. He
was thoroughly educated in Germany and graduated in medicine and surgery in the
Berlin universities. After coming to America he pursued his studies and
also received a degree from the Cincinnati Eclectic Medical College.
He arrived in the United States in 1854 and on 10 February
1856 in Newport, he married Katherine Weber. Catherine Weber was born 29 June
1838, the daughter of Johannes Weber and Magdalene Ellinger. She died 5 Jan 1893
in Newport.
Dr. Heinrich Gunkel located in Newport and there carried on his practice for nearly fifty-five years, or until his death at the age of eighty-four years.
Henry joined the Union Army 3 June 1861, Company B, Ohio 10th Infantry. He was promoted to Full 1st Sergeant and mustered out on 8 Nov 1852. After serving in the Civil War, Heinrich became a physician as did three of his children. Dr. Gunkel died 24 May 1909 in Newport and was buried in Evergreen.
Dr. Heinrich Carl Gunkel 1909 obituary
Children of Heinrich Carl Gunkel and Katherine Weber
1. Johannes Heinrich Gunkel b-28 Feb 1857 in
Newport; became a doctor; d-2 May 1892 in Newport and was buried in Evergreen
2. Frederick Carl Gunkel b-24 Feb 1859 in Newport; became a doctor; d-22 Jan
1943 in Cincinnati; br-Evergreen; m-Charlotte Heinrod in 1884
3. Edwin Gunkel b-15 Sep 1861 in Newport; d-6 Sep 1879 in Newport
4. Dr. Emma
Magdalena Gunkel b-8 Feb 1864 in Newport; became a doctor but never married.
d-24 May 1899 in Newport and was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery
5. Dr. Louise Gunkel b-13 Oct 1867 in Newport; d-9 May 1957 in Manhattan New York; br-Evergreen; m-James
Monroe Rainey in 1895
6. Henry
Carl Gunkel b-13 Jan 1870 in Newport; became a lawyer; never married; d-20
Feb 1919 in Newport and was buried in Evergreen
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Children of Frederick Carl Gunkel and Charlotte Heinrod
1. John Henry Gunkel b-15 Feb 1885 in Cincinnati; d-24 July 1948 in Boonsboro Beach, Clark Ky. br-Evergreen; m-Norma Esberger 17 June 1920 in Cincinnati
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Children of Louise Gunkel and James Monroe Rainey
1. Kathryn Rainey b-17 Dec 1896 in Newport;
d-Nov 1978 in Moraga California; m-Ray H Davies 4 Aug 1910 in St Joseph Indiana
2. Dorothy Rainey b-2 Jan 1891 in Newport; d-25 Oct 1921 in Lexington Ky. br-Evergreen
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 July 1884, page 1
DR. HENRI GUNKEL
President of the First National Bank-Newport Ky. Mr. Gunkel was born in Toba, a little village in Germany, on the 5th of September 1825. He migrated to America in 1850 and resided here for two years; then he returned to his old home. In 1853 he came back to the United States and settled in Newport Ky. in June of the same year, where he has since resided.
He was educated in Germany and when he started in his profession he was not possessed of a single dollar that he could call his own. By his close attention to business, industry and perseverance he has accumulated about $100,000. He has been President of the bank for the past four years and commands the largest practice of any physician in Northern Kentucky. He has a wife and five children-three sons and two daughters. Two of his sons are regular practicing physicians. He is generous and very charitable. His early life was one of hardship and trouble, the incidents of which would fill a history.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Jan 1893, page 5
GUNKEL-Katherine, beloved wife of Dr. Henry Gunkel, aged 54 years, at her home in Newport Ky. died 5 Jan 1893 at 3 pm. Funeral from family residence No 11 E Sixth St. Sunday January 8, 1893 at 11 AM. No flowers. Burial private.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 January 1897, page 5
Newport
HOW A RECONCILIATION HAPPENED-Dr. Henry Gunkel, ex-President of the defunct (First National) bank, denied positively and emphatically the story that he was willing to sign the note to borrow sufficient money to temporarily relieve its embarrassment, and that he was about to sign when his pen was wrested from him by his son Dr. Charles Gunkel and his daughter, Dr. Emma Gunkel.
"That is foolish talk" Dr. Gunkel said, "Why I knew that three times $50,000 would not save the bank and knowing this I would have been a fool to sign a note that would only have postponed the inevitable collapse. My son or my daughter could not have influenced me had I thought the bank could be saved with the loan from the Covington bankers, but I knew it was not enough and that it was all that could be borrowed."
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 26 September 1897, page 22
CAMPBELL COUNTY CYCLERS
The run to Erlanger, Sunday, September 18, was a decided success and well attended by all the members. The following were the guests of the club: Messrs. George Noonan, Joseph Hembrecht and Harry Kline. What has become of Duncan McLaren? He has not attended the meetings or runs of the club.
Harry Gunkel must have been out very late Saturday evening, as he did not attend the run Sunday. Ask Dr. Gillam who had that beautiful fall last Sunday on the Lexington pike hill. Dr. Gillam will not be able to attend the run next Sunday on account of the bruises which he received. The following are officers and members of the club: President Dr. J O Jenkins; Vice President Harry Gunkel Jr. Secretary and Treasurer, Leroy Theis.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 4 June 1906, page 7
FT THOMAS KY
John Ermsterhoff, a former member of the Highland Board of Trustees, was severely injured by being thrown by a horse near his home on the Alexandria pike Saturday night. He was tossed against a fence, cutting a large gash in his left jaw. Dr. Gunkel, of Newport, closed the wound with four stitches.
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Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Dec 1908, page 11
Newport Briefs
At the meeting of the German Pioneer Society
last night, Secretary Staudtmeister reported that looking over the records of
the organization, he discovered that Dr. Henry Gunkel is the only living charter
member. The charter of the society was secured May 25, 1877, and the
records show that Dr. Gunkel has always been a member in good standing and that
he has always manifested great interest in the society. He is 83 years of age,
having been born in Germany in 1825. He came to America in 1845. It
was voted to send a copy of the records to the family of Dr. Gunkel with an
expression of pride in having him for a member.