Frederick Closs
For more than twenty years Frederick Closs has been engaged in the practice of law at Cincinnati and has gained high rank, the value of his judgement being recognized by members of the bar as well as by many that have sought his advice. His application and ability have been productive of gratifying returns and he enjoys a competency to which he is fairly entitled by conscientious devotion to the duties of his chosen calling. Born at Cincinnati August 13, 1868, he is a son of Frederick and Regina Closs, both of whom are deceased.
Frederick Closs acquired his early education in the public schools of this city and in the schools of Franklin County, Indiana. As he grew to manhood he decided upon the pursuit of law as his life vocation and entered the Cincinnati Law School from which he was graduated with the degree of LL.B. in May 1890. He immediately began practice in Cincinnati and has ever since continued in this city. As a lawyer he has been from the start highly energetic and capable and has had any important cases entrusted to his care, discharging every responsibility with a fidelity which gained the approval of clients and reflected upon himself the highest credit. Endowed with a large capacity for work, excellent judgement and common sense, his energies have been wisely directed and he has gained more than an ordinary measure of prosperity. In addition to his law practice he has made a special study of investments and as a result of carefully conducted inquiries and investigations he is a firm believer in Cincinnati real estate. He has made extensive investments in Cincinnati property, no man having greater faith in the benefits to be ultimately derived from real-estate improvements in this city. He regards Cincinnati as one of the great coming interior cities of the country.
On the 27th of October 1897 at Cincinnati, Mr. Closs was married to Miss. Florence E. Franz, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.H. Franz. The parents are of good German stock and are prosperous and highly respected. They reared six children in their family. To Mr. and Mrs. Closs four children have been born: Regina, Margaret, Dorothy and Freda. In politics Mr. Closs accepts the principles of the republican party as being in harmony with advanced ideas of government, but he is a stanch advocate of honesty and recognized ability as qualifications for candidates and his efforts are always directed, especially in local elections, in favor of the best man irrespective of party affiliation. Fraternally he is a valued member of the Masons and Odd Fellows, and being of a genial, sociable disposition, he can claim a host of friends outside of all organizations.
From Cincinnati, The Queen City, Volume III by Rev. Charles Frederic Goss, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912