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Jasper Peck Sears was born in West Bloomfield, New York to a family that can trace its roots back to Plymouth Colony. Both of his parents died...

Johann Phillip Best, son of Jacob Best, originally a cooper then a brewer, was born.

Peter Joseph Uedelhoven was born in Tondorf, Prussia.  In 1848 he married Gertrude Blindert and within months they emigrated to Amer...

Jacob Darmstaetter was born in Framersheim Germany. His family emigrated to America in 1845, when Jacob was just 12. They settled in New York ...

Jacob Darmstaetter was born in Framersheim Germany. His family emigrated to America in 1845, when Jacob was just 12. They settled in New York ...

Casper Koehler was born in Germany.

Christoph "Christof" Müller was born in Thiersheim, Germany.  He ran a brewery in Jefferson in and around 1870.  He d...

Adam Leopold Kuehlthau was born in Hessen, Germany.  He emigrated to America at age six with his parents.  The family settled in Germanto...

William Netzhammer, future proprietor of the Bluff City Brewery of Alton, Illinois, is born in Baden Germany.

Jacob Weiskircher was born in Germany.   He was the president of the Tube City Brewery in McKeesport, Pennsylvania from its founding unti...