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Author: Luther A. Ingersoll, Editor (1893)

J. H. MENKE, one of the most prosperous business men of Salinas, has been a
resident of the State of California since 1869. He is a native of Hanover.
Germany, and came to America in 1865. His first stopping place was New York
city, where he worked for two years in a ship-chandlery store, but in 1869 he
made his way to San Francisco, where he engaged in work in a grocery store.
Later he removed to Santa Cruz, where he remained until 1874, when he purchased
an interest in the brewing business of Messrs. Louis & Wagner. In 1877 he bought
out Mr. Wagner, and in 1891 he erected a spacious and complete brewery, 50x112
feet in size, three stories in height, with a capacity of about twenty-five
barrels per day. He ships the product of the Salinas brewery to adjoining towns,
besides supplying a large local demand.

  Mr. Menke married Emma Tholcke, of Salinas, in 1879, and they have six
children, namely: William, Leta, Emma, Henry, Maria and Carl. Mr. Menke is
serving his second term on the City Board of Trustees; is a popular officer and
an enterpaising [sic] and successful business man.


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Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California.

Illustrated.

Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the
Earliest Period of its Discovery to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of
its Auspicious Future; Illustrations and Full-Page Portraits of some of its
Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of many of its Pioneers, and Prominent
Citizens of To-day.



HENRY D. BARROWS,
Editor of the Historical Department.

LUTHER A. INGERSOLL,
Editor of the Biographical Department.

"A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will
never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote
descendants."-Macaulay.


CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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