Dallas County AlArchives Biographies.....Maas, Aaron July 23 1848 - living in 1893
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Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
    AARON MAAS was born in Bavaria, Germany, July 23, 1848. When he was about
five years old his parents, Leopold and Eva (Simon) Maas, of whom mention is
made in the sketch of Simon Maas, brought him to the United States. At
Claiborne, Ala., Mr. Maas, gained a fair education. His early business life was
spent as a clerk in a mercantile establishment. For brief periods he clerked at
Enterprise, Miss., at Toledo, Ohio, at Mobile, Ala., at Claiborne, Ala., at
Oxford, Miss., and afterward at Pleasant Hill in the employ of his brother, S.
Mass, whose partner he subsequently became, continuing as such for three years
after he came to Selma, in 1883. In 1886 he began business for himself, and has
since continued thus engaged, following different lines of business at different
times. At the present time he is engaged in the cotton commission business and
is very successful. Mr. Maas began business with a very limited capital-what he
had saved out of his earnings-and by virtue and by close attention to business,
by following economic methods and by making judicious investments he has amassed
comfortable property, which he could not have done unless he had possessed
business qualifications. He has always taken an interest in the, progress of
Selma. He is a member of and treasurer of the congregation Mishkan Israel, is a
master Mason and member of the Knights of Honor. He has been twice married, the
first time to Miss Regina Levi, in 1877, who died leaving him two children; the
second time in 1890, to Miss Hattie Karpe, who has borne him one child, and who
still survives.



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from "Memorial Record of Alabama", Vol. I, p. 885-886
Published by
Brant & Fuller (1893)
Madison, WI

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