A Little piece of Paradise… College Hill, Ohio - SELFCRAFT

John C. Daller 17 ” president of The Clemens Oskamp Company, wholesale and retail dealers indiamonds, watches and jewelry, has been identified since 1860 with the house of which he is now thehead. Starting as a boy entirely upon his own resources, he has climbed to the top of the ladder, and therecord of his life cannot fail to be an encouragement to ambitious young men who are willing to labor andpractice economy and self-denial early in their life in order to possess a competency in later years. Mr.Daller was born in Germany, September 26, 1846, and is a son of Clemens and Francisca Daller. Thefather came to America with his family about 1849, when the subject of this review was in his infancyand located on wild land in Colerain township, Hamilton county, Ohio. He was obliged to clear away theunderbrush and heavy growth of trees, but labored industriously and developed this place into one of theproductive farms of the county. The village of Creedville 18 is now located on the spot upon which Mr.Daller settled more than sixty years ago. Mr. Daller Sr. died in 1867, at the age of forty-seven years, andthe mother was called away in 1885, at the age of fifty-eight. Both are buried in the cemetery atCreedville.In a primitive log schoolhouse near his country home John C. Daller received his introduction to therudiments of book learning. His education was very limited, as he left school in his tenth year to providefor his maintenance. He began his contact with the business world by apprenticing himself to thewatchmaker’s trade, spending four years at Ripley, Ohio. He then came to Cincinnati and secured aposition with the firm with which he has ever since been connected. He worked at the bench continuouslyfor ten years and was the promoted to the position of traveling salesman, a branch of the business whichhe liked so well that he has never entirely given it up, notwithstanding his responsibilities as president ofthe company, and he is now the oldest salesman traveling out of Cincinnati. Mr. Oskamp died in 1887 andhis widow became sole heir to the estate. The son Alfred and Mr. Daller of this review purchased themother’s interest but after five or six years Alfred Oskamp retired from business and his mothersucceeded him as a partner of Mr. Daller. The business was so conducted until her death, in 1899, whenMr. Daller acquired the entire interest. Three years later he organized the corporation now known as TheClemens Oskamp Company, of which he is president, the other officers of the company being: A. O.Daller, vice president; John C. Daller, Jr., secretary; and Charles D. Baker, treasurer.On the 22d of May, 1872, Mr. Daller was married at Cincinnati to Miss Amelia Oskamp, the eldestdaughter of Clemens Oskamp, and they became the parents of six children, namely: Clemens, who is withthe John Douglas Plumbing and Supply Company at Cincinnati; Geneva O., who married WilliamRickelman, a leather merchant; Gertrude O., who married Dr. George C. Kolb and died in 1903, leaving ayoung son; John C., Jr., who is secretary and manager of The Clemens Oskamp Company; Adele O., thewife of William F. Ray, secretary of the Crystal Distilling Company; and Adrian O., who is alsoassociated with his father.Mr. Daller and his wife make their home in a beautiful residence which he erected in 1893 at No.5651 Belmont avenue, 19 College Hill. Dr. Kolb 20 and his son, a lad of six or seven years, are alsomembers of the family. Essentially a man of business, Mr. Daller of this review has found greaterpleasure in developing the important enterprises with which he has been so long connected than in anyother pursuit and his energies are, therefore, given to his business. He is a life member of the Benevolentand Protective Order of Elks and is today one of the most highly respected citizens of Cincinnati and alsoone of the most successful jewelers this city has known.”The Daller house became a dormitory for the O. M. I. and was torn down to build Aiken High17 Cincinnati-The Queen City, Cuvier Press Club, 1914.18 Located in the area where Blue Rock Road crosses Cheviot Road.19 by the O.M.I.20 Dr. Kolb had offices in College Hill and Peach Grove.180