1871–1937

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 7, 1871, Wa­ter­loo, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Died: May 15, 1937, Kit­chen­er, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Buried: First Men­non­ite Ce­me­te­ry, Kit­chen­er, On­tar­io, Ca­na­da.

Biography

Aaron was the son of Ja­cob Zieg­ler Kolb and Ma­ria Bow­man, and hus­band of Phoe­be Mu­maw.

Around 1888, he moved to Elk­hart, In­di­ana, where he worked with the Men­non­ite Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny owned by John F. Funk. He later served as first sec­re­ta­ry of the Elk­hart In­sti­tute (lat­er Go­shen Col­lege).

In 1907 he moved to Her­bert, Sas­kat­che­wan (where he farmed and was the first post­mas­ter), and in 1931 to Kit­chen­er.

Sources

Music

  1. Cagayan de Oro

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Kolb (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),