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==Early life and education== Ochs was born in [[Cincinnati]], Ohio, on March 12, 1858, to Julius Ochs and Bertha Levy, both [[German Jewish]] immigrants. His father had left [[Bavaria]] for the United States in 1846.<ref name=eb>{{Cite EB1922|wstitle=Ochs, Adolph S.}}</ref> Julius was a highly educated man, fluent in six languages, and he taught at schools throughout the [[Southern United States|South]]. He supported the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].<ref name=":0">Lukesh, Susan S. [http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=32 "Adolph Ochs"]. In ''Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present'', vol. 2, edited by William J. Hausman. German Historical Institute. Last modified June 19, 2012.</ref> Ochs' mother Bertha came to the United States in 1848, fleeing the [[Revolutions of 1848 in Germany|German Revolutions]] in [[Rhenish Bavaria]], and lived in the [[Southern United States|South]] prior to her 1853 marriage to Julius. She sympathized with the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]] during the [[American Civil War]], but the conflicting sympathies between husband and wife did not separate their household.<ref name=nyt>[https://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0312.html Obituary], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 9, 1935.</ref> Following the end of the Civil War, the family moved to [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], in the eastern, Union-affiliated part of the state.<ref name=nyt /> In Knoxville, Adolph studied in the public schools. During his spare time, he delivered newspapers.<ref name=eb />
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