Julius Ochs (1826 - 1888)

Born 29 Jun 1826 in München, Königreich Bayern

Husband of Bertha (Levi) Ochs — married 1 Mar 1855 in Davidson County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1888 at age 62 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Julius Ochs migrated from Germany to United States.

Julius Ochs has Jewish Roots.

Julius Ochs was born in 1826 in Munich (München), Stadtkreis München, Bavaria (Bayern), in what is now Germany. He was the son of Lazarus Ochs and Nannie Wetzler. Julius came to America in 1848 where relatives were already established in Kentucky. He lived variously in Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, and New York serving in the civil war and many public positions. ^[1]

Julius Ochs married Bertha Levy, a fellow German Jewish immigrant, in 1855 in Davidson County, Tennessee.^[2] After their marriage, they resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, where several of their children were born.

Their children were:

1. Adolph Simon Ochs, 1858-1908^[3]
2. Nannie Ochs (daughter born in Cincinnati, Ohio) 1860-1947^[4]
3. George Washington Ochs^[5]
4. Milton Barlow Ochs, 1864-1955^[6]
5. Ada Ochs
6. Mattie Ochs

During the U.S. Civil War, Julius Ochs was an officer in the Union Army stationed in Cincinnati, engaged primarily in guarding the Ohio River. His wife Bertha, however, was sympathetic to the Confederacy. According to family lore, she smuggled quinine to Confederate sympathizers in Covington, Kentucky, by loading it into her baby carriage and walking her baby across the river from Cincinnati to Covington. When she was discovered by guards, she escaped punishment because of her husband's status as a Union Army officer.^[7] After the war the Ochs family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, where Bertha's opinions were less unpopular than in Cincinnati.^[8]

Julius Ochs and his family moved from Knoxville to Chattanooga after his son Adolph Ochs became publisher of the Chattanooga Times newspaper in 1878. Adolph employed his brothers and his father in his new enterprise. When the 1880 U.S. Census recorded the family in Chattanooga, Julius Ochs, age 54, was described as a newspaper manager; Adolph S. Ochs, 22, and George W. Ochs, 18, were journalists; and Milton Ochs, 16, was a printer.^[9]

He died in 1888 ^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ Rothrock, Mary U., ed. The French Broad-Holston County - a History of Knox County, Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 1946. Biography of Julius Ochs, pages 463-464.
2. ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD3P-VP1 : 11 February 2018), Julius Ochis and Bertha Levy, 01 Mar 1855; citing Davidson,Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 200,295.
3. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS4P-KFV : 13 September 2018), Bertha Levy in entry for Adolph S. Ochs, 8 Apr 1935; Death, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
4. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W5R-HTB : 10 February 2018), Bertha Levy in entry for Mannie Ochs, 11 Dec 1947; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,133,884.
5. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2WV1-125 : 10 February 2018), Bertha Levy in entry for George Ochs Or Oakes, 26 Oct 1931; citing Death, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 2,069,352.
6. ↑ "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NS97-G3N : 13 September 2018), Bertha Levy in entry for Milton Barlow Ochs, 30 Apr 1955; Death, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.
7. ↑ Columbia Oral History Project, John B. Oakes Oral History Transcript, Part 4, Session 1, pages 310-311, Dec. 3, 1996. Accessed 3 December 2020.
8. ↑ Ezzell, Timothy P. Adolph Simon Ochs (1858-1935), Tennessee Encyclopedia, Tennessee Historical Society, Nashville. Accessed 24 November 2020.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD78-ML7 : 13 July 2016), Julius Ochs, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 51, sheet 141D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1259; FHL microfilm 1,255,259.
10. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 September 2018), memorial page for Julius Ochs (29 Jun 1826–26 Oct 1888), Find A Grave Memorial no. 40344409, citing Mizpah Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, USA ; Maintained by Randy Adams (contributor 46984413) .