Ferdinand Pfennig (1795 - 1872)

Born 1795 in Paradise Muhle, Barntrup, Germany

Died 1872 at about age 77 in Paradise Muhle, Barntrup, Germany

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Biography

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Birth

1795

Paradise Muhle, Barntrup, Germany^[1]

Death

1872

Paradise Muhle, Barntrup, Germany^[2]

User ID

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Sources

• Source: S60 Abbreviation: Commemorative biographical record of prominent and... Title: J.H. Beers & Co., Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine & Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin (1906; reprint, Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1906), ; digitized by google, (: accessed . Subsequent Source Citation Format: &, Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine & Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin, . BIBL &, J.H. Beers Co. Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine & Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin. 1906. Reprint. Chicago: J.H. Beers & Co., 1906. Digitized by Google. : . TMPLT TID 339 FIELD Name: Author VALUE J.H. Beers & Co. FIELD Name: Role FIELD Name: Title VALUE Commemorative biographical record of prominent and representative men of Racine & Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin FIELD Name: SubTitle FIELD Name: Edition FIELD Name: OriginalPubDate VALUE 1906 FIELD Name: PubPlace VALUE Chicago FIELD Name: Publisher VALUE J.H. Beers & Co. FIELD Name: PubDate VALUE 1906 FIELD Name: NewFormat VALUE Digitized by Google FIELD Name: Creator FIELD Name: WebsiteTitle FIELD Name: URL Repository: #R14 Page: 569 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 569 FIELD Name: ItemofInterest FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate
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1. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: 569-570; Charles C. Pfennig; 21 August 2011 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 569-570 FIELD Name: ItemofInterest VALUE Charles C. Pfennig FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate VALUE 21 August 2011 Data: Text: CHARLES C. PFENNIG, president of the Charles Pfennig Company of Kenosha and for many years engaged there as a dealer in groceries, flour, feed, etc., is as his name indicates of German lineage, and the line can be traced back to the latter part of the seventeenth century. CONT The first of whom there is now record is Ferdinand Pfennig, who was born in 1684. and died in 1761. His grandson. Franz Henry was born March 9. 1770, and died in 1814. A miller by trade, he built the first mill at Paradise, Barntrup Muhl, and spent his life in the work there. He married a Miss Becker, by whom he had eight sons. One of them Henry was the father of Charles C., while the next younger was named Ferdinand, was born in 1705 and died in 1872. CONT Henry Pfennig was born Aug. 2. 1793. His military service was done during the war between France and Germany. Otherwise his life was spent as a miller, in the same place where his father was before him, and he carried on a flour mill, saw mill, oil mill. etc. He died Sept. 11, 1849, at Paradise. Barntrup Muhl, but his wife survived him many years. She was before her marriage Miss Ella Kraft, born June 21, 1802, and was one of a large familv. The father was a paymaster in the German army and lived at Polle an der Weser, Koenigreich Hanover. One of the children is still living, a resident of Germany. Mrs. Ella (Kraft) Pfennig lived to be seventy-five vears of age. Like her husband she belonged to the Evangelical Church. They were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, all now deceased, except the following: Frederick, of Antigo, Wis.; Charles C.; Henry, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; and Mary, Mrs. Myers, of Bega, bei Barntrup, Lippe-Detmold, Germany. CONT Charles C. Pfennig was born in Prussia Oct. 25, 1835, and remained there for the first twenty years of his life, attending the common schools and learning the milling business under his father. In 1855 he came to the United States, landing at New Orleans and going from there direct to Woodstock, Canada. There he married and remained until after the birth of his first child. He then came to the United States, and for several years was engaged in the mills at Neenah, Wis. From there he went to Racine, and formed a partnership with his brother Henry in the grocery business, but after a few years he sold his interest to his brother and went into business alone in the same line in Kenosha, establishing himself there in the fall of 1873. He has been very successful and is one of Kenosha's prominent and influential citizens. CONT Mr. Pfennig has found a true helpmate in his wife, to whom, as Miss Barbara Fettick, he was united Nov. 8, 1865 at Woodstock, Canada. Thev have had two sons and a daughter, namely: Frederick, who died Sept. 5, 1888 at the age of twenty-two years; Charles H., who served two years as mavor of Kenosha, 1902-1904, and is now vice president of the Charles Pfennig Company: and Helen Eleanor, who is now secretary and treasurer of the Charles Pfennig Company. Mr. Pfennig and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Republican and an active one, doing his utmost to promote the political welfare of Kenosha. CONT The Charles Pfennig Co. was incorporated July 1, 1905 and is now engaged in the grocery business at 163-165 Market St., as successor to Chas. C. Pfennig, who is the president of the company.
2. ↑ Source: #S60 Page: 569-570; Charles C. Pfennig; 21 August 2011 TMPLT FIELD Name: Page VALUE 569-570 FIELD Name: ItemofInterest VALUE Charles C. Pfennig FIELD Name: AccessType FIELD Name: AccessDate VALUE 21 August 2011 Data: Text: CHARLES C. PFENNIG, president of the Charles Pfennig Company of Kenosha and for many years engaged there as a dealer in groceries, flour, feed, etc., is as his name indicates of German lineage, and the line can be traced back to the latter part of the seventeenth century. CONT The first of whom there is now record is Ferdinand Pfennig, who was born in 1684. and died in 1761. His grandson. Franz Henry was born March 9. 1770, and died in 1814. A miller by trade, he built the first mill at Paradise, Barntrup Muhl, and spent his life in the work there. He married a Miss Becker, by whom he had eight sons. One of them Henry was the father of Charles C., while the next younger was named Ferdinand, was born in 1705 and died in 1872. CONT Henry Pfennig was born Aug. 2. 1793. His military service was done during the war between France and Germany. Otherwise his life was spent as a miller, in the same place where his father was before him, and he carried on a flour mill, saw mill, oil mill. etc. He died Sept. 11, 1849, at Paradise. Barntrup Muhl, but his wife survived him many years. She was before her marriage Miss Ella Kraft, born June 21, 1802, and was one of a large familv. The father was a paymaster in the German army and lived at Polle an der Weser, Koenigreich Hanover. One of the children is still living, a resident of Germany. Mrs. Ella (Kraft) Pfennig lived to be seventy-five vears of age. Like her husband she belonged to the Evangelical Church. They were the parents of nine children, five sons and four daughters, all now deceased, except the following: Frederick, of Antigo, Wis.; Charles C.; Henry, of Fond du Lac, Wis.; and Mary, Mrs. Myers, of Bega, bei Barntrup, Lippe-Detmold, Germany. CONT Charles C. Pfennig was born in Prussia Oct. 25, 1835, and remained there for the first twenty years of his life, attending the common schools and learning the milling business under his father. In 1855 he came to the United States, landing at New Orleans and going from there direct to Woodstock, Canada. There he married and remained until after the birth of his first child. He then came to the United States, and for several years was engaged in the mills at Neenah, Wis. From there he went to Racine, and formed a partnership with his brother Henry in the grocery business, but after a few years he sold his interest to his brother and went into business alone in the same line in Kenosha, establishing himself there in the fall of 1873. He has been very successful and is one of Kenosha's prominent and influential citizens. CONT Mr. Pfennig has found a true helpmate in his wife, to whom, as Miss Barbara Fettick, he was united Nov. 8, 1865 at Woodstock, Canada. Thev have had two sons and a daughter, namely: Frederick, who died Sept. 5, 1888 at the age of twenty-two years; Charles H., who served two years as mavor of Kenosha, 1902-1904, and is now vice president of the Charles Pfennig Company: and Helen Eleanor, who is now secretary and treasurer of the Charles Pfennig Company. Mr. Pfennig and his wife are members of the Lutheran Church. He is a Republican and an active one, doing his utmost to promote the political welfare of Kenosha. CONT The Charles Pfennig Co. was incorporated July 1, 1905 and is now engaged in the grocery business at 163-165 Market St., as successor to Chas. C. Pfennig, who is the president of the company.

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