The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . y; but he had won agood name. After a while he bought three buildinglots on the corner of Fifth and Cherry streets, uponwhich he built a brewery. It was only a smallconcern, a frame building twenty by forty feet, hisbusiness increased, and he employed five men. ? In 1864 he associated himself in business withMax Fueger, and two years later they built a brickbrewery, forty by eighty feet, with malt houseattached. These buildings have also since receivedadditions and have been supplied
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . y; but he had won agood name. After a while he bought three buildinglots on the corner of Fifth and Cherry streets, uponwhich he built a brewery. It was only a smallconcern, a frame building twenty by forty feet, hisbusiness increased, and he employed five men. ? In 1864 he associated himself in business withMax Fueger, and two years later they built a brickbrewery, forty by eighty feet, with malt houseattached. These buildings have also since receivedadditions and have been supplied with newer andlarger utensils and machinery, and from the humblebeginning has sprung a large well-regulated andcomplete establishment, embracing brewery, malthouses, ice houses, and large vaults for stprihg business continued to increase and he hasgrown and is steadily growing in wealth and repu-tation. In i860 he was elected member of the city counciland in 1862 was reelected; was a member of thelegislature in 1865 : one of the founders and presi-dent of the Milwaukee Mechanics Mutual Fire In-. THE UNITED STATES BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARV. 197 surance Company, subsequently, and to the presenttime, its treasurer; was made president of the Brew-ers Fire Insurance Company of America : was schoolcommissioner, and has held other offices. Mr. Obermann was married September 2, 1843, toMary Schmitt, who died September 12, 1852, leav-ing five children, one having died previous to herdeath. In January, 1853, he married BarbaraSchmitt. His eldest son, George, has finished alaw course, and is now in a mercantile business inNew York city. Two of his sons are at the presenttime employed in the brewery. It is Mr. Ober-manns view that every child — boys as well as girls — should be taught how to support themselvesin case of need. Mr, Obermann takes a deep interest in the publicschools, and has been unremitting in his efforts toestablish free German schools. In the year 1846 he, wit
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