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Title: A history of Kentucky and Kentuckians; the leaders and representative men in commerce, industry and modern activities
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Johnson, E. Polk, 1844- Lewis Publishing Company
Subjects: Kentucky -- History Kentucky -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, Lewis Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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the city ofLouisville was the late Frank Fehr, who wasa citizen of sterling character, honored by allwho knew him and infiuential in both civicand industrial affairs in the city that so longrepresented his home and in which his deathoccurred on the 15th of March. 1891. Frank Fehr was born at Zinsweiler, Ger-many, in the year 1841, and in his native landwas reared to maturity, there receiving theadvantages of the excellent common schoolsand also learning the brewery business undermost favorable conditions. Dependent uponhis own resources, he determined to establishhis home in America, where he felt assuredhe could find better opportunities for the win-ning of success and independence through hisindividual efforts. As a young man he emi-grated to the United States and he landed inthe city of Baltimore. He passed some timein various eastern cities and then made hisway to Chicago, wdiere he was employed fora period. . He next went to Cincinnati andfrom that citv he removed to Madison, In-
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(^^^kt^/^ ^<^^^ MTSA, L£«®:< HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS 1835 diana. to assume charge of a brewery. In spirited as a citizen and enjoyed marked pop-1868 Mr. Fehr came to Louisville, Kentucky, ularity in both business and social circles inwhere he took the practical management of his home city. He attained to the thirty-the plant of the Phoenix Brewing Company, second degree of the Ancient Accepted Scot-In October, 1872, he leased the old Otto brew- tish Rite of the Masonic fraternity, was affil-ery for a term of fifteen years, and through iated with the local organizations of thehis excellent management of the business, with Knights of Pythias and Knights of Honor,the unvarying excellence of the products of was identified with the Firemens Benevolentthe plant, he built up a most successful enter- Association and held membership in otherprise and developed one of the best brewing civic organizations of representative character,plants in this section of the country. Whe

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