Milton Barlow Ochs (1864 - 1955)

Born 29 Jan 1864 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Frances Lavinia (Van Dyke) Ochs — married 26 Apr 1893 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Apr 1955 at age 91 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Milton Ochs has German Roots.

Milton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1864. He was the son of Julius Ochs and Bertha Levi, both German Jewish immigrants to America.

The family moved to Knoxville, Tennessee, when Milton was very young. He attended the Bell House School and Hampden Sidney Academy in Knoxville. At age 7 he began delivering newspapers, a youthful job that his brothers had also performed.^[1]

After his older brother Adolph purchased The Chattanooga Times newspaper in 1878, 14-year-old Milton joined him in Chattanooga, Tennessee, working as a printer's devil for The Times. ^[1]

Milton married Fannie Lavina Van Dyke, daughter of Major and Mrs. William Vandyke of Chattanooga, in Chattanooga on 26 April 1893.^[1][2] Their children were sons Col. William Vandyke Ochs and Adolph Shelby Ochs, both residents of Chattanooga as of 1955, and Mrs. Theodore DeCue Palmer of (as of 1955) West Orange, New Jersey. ^[1]

He died in Chattanooga on 30 April 1955 and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga.^{[1] [3]}

Research Notes

FamilySearch ID LTGG-VSF including several census records

• Fact: Residence (1880) Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States

Palmer-22728 is his granddaughter.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Col. Milton Ochs, Publisher, Dead. Vice President Since 1922 of The Chattanooga Times Printing Company Was 91. The New York Times, May 1, 1955. Page 89.
2. ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHD1-V57 : 3 November 2017), Milton B Ochs and Fannie L Van Dyke, 26 Apr 1893; citing Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. 7099, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,047,892.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK15-GC2K : 15 December 2015), Milton Barlow Ochs, 1955; Burial, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States of America, Forest Hills Cemetery; citing record ID 143490276, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

See also:

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 September 2018, 02:59), entry for Milton Barlow Ochs(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHLM-HTG); contributed by various users.