August Uihlein
August Uihlein ( born August 25, 1842 in Wertheim, † October 11, 1911 ) was a German entrepreneur and head of Joseph slot Brewing Company.
Biography
August Uihlein was born 1842 in Wertheim am Main. There, operated his parents, Joseph Benedict Ühlein and Katharina Krug, the " Gasthaus zur Krone ". In 1850, the eight -year-old Uihlein accompanied his grandfather, George Pitcher, to America. His uncle, August Krug, where he ran a tavern with brewery. Both narrowly escaped death when during the crossing went down their ship. Pitcher and Uihlein had to cling to a floating box until they were rescued by the American sailing ship " Devonshire ".
In Milwaukee Uihlein attended the German - English Academy. Then he studied from 1855 to 1857 at St. Louis University. 1858, after only nine weeks after completing his studies, the 16 -year-old Uihlein persuaded the successor of his uncle, Joseph slot to hire him as an accountant. There he presented the current system over to double-entry bookkeeping. At the same time Uihlein was employed by the Second Ward Savings Bank.
In 1860, Uihlein started to work as an accountant, clerk and archivist for Joseph Uhrig Brewing Company. There he was promoted to General Manager with 20 years. When he returned to Milwaukee in 1867, he climbed into the slot Joseph Brewing Company as a bookkeeper. In his will, the owner of Joseph slot appointed him as his successor. After his death in 1875, Uihlein was responsible together with his brothers Henry, Alfred and Edward for the management of the company. They drove the expansion of the company including through the creation of a rail network for product distribution moving forward. Uihlein was elected in 1880 as Chief Executive Officer. He held this position until his death.
When Joseph slot ' widow, Anna Maria Krug - slot, in 1887, died the Uihlein brothers took over the company. By the year 1895 they had expanded slot Beer third largest brewery in the U.S..
Besides his work with Joseph slot Brewing Company Uihlein has also been involved in finance, real estate and other transactions.
In his spare time Uihlein dealt with trotting. He was the owner of the successful horse " Harvester ". In addition, he donated large sums of money to the German - English Academy and the Milwaukee Public Library.
August Uihlein died in 1911 during a home visit to Germany. It is located on the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee buried.
Family
August Uihlein married Emily career Hoff, by whom he had eight children, two of whom died young:
- Clara Uihlein (* January 15, 1873; † August 27, 1873 )
- Anna Uihlein (* January 15, 1873; † August 20, 1873 )
- Ida Uihlein Pabst (* 1874, † 1968) later married Frederick Pabst, Jr., son of the president of the Pabst Brewing Company.
- Joseph E. Uihlein (* 1875, † 1968) rose in 1906 in the management of Joseph slot Brewing Company a.
- Paula Uihlein (* August 13, 1877, † May 16 1968 )
- Thekla Uihlein (* 1879, † 1947)
- Robert A. Uihlein (* January 26, 1883, † May 13, 1959 ) went into the management of Joseph slot Brewing Company and the First Wisconsin Bank.
- Erwin " Ike" C. Uihlein (* April 18, 1886, † October 20, 1968 ) rose in 1933 in the management of Joseph slot Brewing Company a.