Louis Constans
Kentucky: A
History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1912
Louis Constans, a native of Montgomery County, Ohio, was born Oct 14, 1842,
and is a son of Peter and Charlotte (Blessing) Constans, natives of Alsace,
France, now Germany, who immigrated to Montgomery County, Ohio, in 1841.
In 1849 moved to Newport where Peter Constans established a brewery. Louis Constans was educated in Newport, and in September, 1861, he entered the Fifteenth Kentucky Volunteers as a private, but was mustered out as second lieutenant, having served through the entire war.
In 1864 he married Miss Margaret Schraffenberger, a native of Germany, who bore him eight children. He returned to Newport in 1867, was elected city treasurer, and also served as mayor of Newport ten months, 1874-1875, when he resigned. He was elected city treasurer in 1879.
Mr. Constans is a member
of the Masonic fraternity, of the Knights of Honor and also of the G. A. R.
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