Nevada Genealogy Trails EurekaCounty Henry Kind Biography

HENRY KIND, one of the most public-spirited as well as successful of the pioneer merchants and business men of Eureka, has had an enviable career in business since coming to this country forty years ago, at which time his equipment for a career in the new world did not even extend to a knowledge of the language, but he did have the quick business acumen of his race and the unflagging energy and perseverance which bring success anywhere. He has a fine business in Eureka, and the town and county have greatly benefited by his generous efforts toward improvement and development.

Mr. Kind was born in Bohemia in 1847, a son of Adolph and Mary (Lank) Kind, also natives of that country, where the former died when Henry was a boy. He was educated there, and in 1862 set out for the new world, landing in New York. The following year his mother and her three sons and three daughters followed him. He went to San Francisco, and thence to Auburn, Placer county, California, where he was a clerk in a store for a year, after which he was taken in the business as partner, and continued in the general merchandise trade there with good success for nine years. He came to Eureka, Nevada, in 1872, and established a store in the lower end of the town, where he carried on business for twelve years. He then bought the stock of W. H. Clark, and has done business at this stand ever since. His store is a substantial stone building twenty-five by one hundred feet, with two stories and a basement, and he also has a large warehouse. His large stock of general merchandise is the best in the town, and attracts a patronage from all directions about Eureka. Mr. Kind has given close attention to the development of this enterprise, and he merits the large trade which he now enjoys. He owns two other store buildings in the town. which he rents, and he is a partner in the firm of E. Marks and Company at Tonopah. Besides this he has valuable mining interests, and his business relations extend well over the county and state.

While a life-long Republican in principle, Mr. Kind gives his vote and influence to the silver cause. He has served his town as school trustee for ten years, and his county as commissioner, and has given a helping hand to every enterprise intended to foster the advancement and well-being of town or county. He is a blue lodge and Royal Arch Mason, and has served as treasurer of his lodge for six years. He is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, in which he has passed all the chairs, and belongs to the B. B. Lodge at Reno.

In 1874 Mr. Kind was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Lobner, a native of New York city and a daughter of Leopold Lobner, of that city. Seven children have been born of this union in Eureka, as follows : Eddie, who was educated in San Francisco and is now in New York; Frederick, a graduate of the Eureka high school, is with his father; Rose is at school in San Francisco; Leon is also a student in San Francisco; Clarence is in his father's business in Tonopah; May Ethel is a successful teacher; and Harold is at school. They are adherents of the Hebrew faith. In November. 1903, Mr. Kind with his family moved to Tonopah, Nevada, intending to locate there. His business interests in Eureka continue as before.

Source:
A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People
By Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company
Published by The Lewis publishing company, 1904
Contributed by Barbara Z.