Background
Kroger, Bernard Henry was born on January 24, 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John Henry and Mary Gertrude (Schlebe) Kroger.
Kroger, Bernard Henry was born on January 24, 1860 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Son of John Henry and Mary Gertrude (Schlebe) Kroger.
Education common schools.
Began in the grocery business, 1883. Formerly Chairman of the Board Kroger Grocery & Baking Company. Chairman of the Board Provident Savings Bank & Trust Company.
Chairman of the Board First National Bank in Palm Beach, Florida. Former director Cincinnati branch Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, resigned, 1936. Trustee Charles Fleischmann Endowment Fund, Cincinnati Institute Fine Arts, Cincinnati Bureau Governmental Research.
Member board Cincinnati Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies. Donor of ground and buildings for Kroger Hill Camp, for anæmic white children, Kroger Health Camp Company 2 for anæmic colored children. Active in Red Cross and Community Chest campaigns, World War.
Member board Cincinnati Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies. Donor of ground and buildings for Kroger Hill Camp, for anæmic white children, Kroger Health Camp Company 2 for anæmic colored children. Active in Red Cross and Community Chest campaigns, World War.
Married Mary Emily Jansen, April.; married second, Alice Farrington Maher, March 3, 1928. Children: Gertrude (Mistress Irving Wolford Pettengill), Lucille (Mistress Albert Berne, deceased), Bernard Henry (deceased), Helen (Mistress Rudolph Homan), Chester Frederick, Gretchen (Mistress Bruno Graf), Raymond William (deceased).