Justus Goebel, Sr. (July 21, 1858 – March 11, 1919) of

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was a

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delegate to the

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and a tax-reform advocate. He was president of Lowry & Goebel.

Biography

He was born on July 21, 1858 in

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to Wilhelm Goebel and Augusta Groenkle. He had brothers

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and Arthur Goebel and sister Minnie Goebel Braunecker. He married Elizabeth Reynolds and they had three children, Lieutenant Justus Goebel II (1892–1957); Captain William Arthur Goebel (born 1887 ), who both served in the

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; and Lilie Goebel Heusch, of

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Career

Goebel was a co-owner of the Lowry & Goebel carpet company. A tax attorney, he was an advocate of tax reform in Kentucky and advocated for reevaluation of corporate assets. In a speech after his brother's assassination in 1900, Gobel accused corporate interests of being behind the crime and demanded that "The guilty in high places be uncovered, and justice be done to them." His brother died in 1900, and in 1901 Goebel was indicted for bribery. In 1910 he moved to near

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for health reasons. He was a delegate to the

from Kentucky. He died on March 11, 1919, in

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of the

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. Goebel was buried at Highland Cemetery in Covington. File:Ollie James and Justus Goebel (1912).jpg, Ollie James and Goebel at the 1912

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