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August Hohl, a German lithographer, druggist, and amateur archaeologist and artifact collector, was born on April 9, 1845,
immigrated to the United States in January 1848, and settled in Philadelphia. By 1860 he resided in the boarding house of
Philip Hohl at 431 Callowhill Street (Ward 12) and worked as a lithographer. He left Philadelphia and enlisted as a musician
in Company C, Regiment 29 of the New York Infantry in the spring of 1861 and was mustered out in 1863. By 1867 Hohl returned
to Philadelphia, found employment as a clerk and druggist, and resided once again in Philip Hohl's hotel at 429-431 Callowhill
Street. By 1874 he set up his own drug store at the northeast corner of Fourth Street and Girard Avenue, where he exhibited
relics and curiosities from his travels abroad, including a piece of blue marble from the tomb of St. Luke at Ephesus, pebbles
from the banks of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea, and other items found during excursions through Jerusalem, Egypt, Europe,
and the Mediterranean. Hohl remained at Fourth and Girard until the end of the century. He married Julia A. S. Burr (1846-1899)
and resided in the same property as his shop. A member of the Athelstan Lodge, No. 482, A.G.M. Kensington Chapter No. 233,
Anna M. Ross Post, No. 94 G.A.R. Veteran Association, German Society, Philadelphia Turngemeinde, and the Quaker City Tourist
Club, Hohl passed away on November 30, 1908 and was buried in Monument Cemetery.
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