Pueblo-Denver County CO Archives Biographies.....Stumpf, George J. 1867 - 
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Author: Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)

GEORGE J. STUMPF.
    George J. Stumpf, secretary and manager of the Dixon-Stumpf Bottling
Company, conducting business in Pueblo, was born in Denver, Colorado, on the
29th of October, 1867, a son of Lorenz and Elizabeth (Schachtel) Stumpf, who
were married in St. Joseph, Missouri, and who in 1867 removed to Denver, where
the father established business as a brewer. He continued active along that line
until his death, which occurred July 15, 1887. He is still survived by his
widow. Their family numbered three children, including two daughters.

    George J. Stumpf. the eldest of the family, was educated in the old Arapahoe
street school of Denver and in the University of Denver, in which be completed a
business course as a member of the class of 1885., He then took up the brewing
business in Pueblo, the family having removed from Denver to Pueblo in the year
1881. He was active in that business until legislative enactment caused the
state to go dry. In March, 1916, he assisted in organizing the Dixon-Stumpf
Bottling Company, which was incorporated in December of the same year and
established at its present place of business on the 1st of January, 1917. They
employ six men in the manufacture of soft drinks, which are shipped to all
points in the valley, and their business has grown rapidly in two years,
increasing two hundred and fifty per cent, so that the company is now conducting
a very profitable and growing enterprise.

    On the 30th of April. 1891, Mr. Stumpf was married to Miss Mary J. Koch and
to tbem have been born three children: Inez E., Mona I. and Frances J. In
politics Mr. Stumpf is a republican and fraternally is connected with the
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Woodmen of the World, the Improved
Order of Red Men and the United Commercial Travelers. He is greatly interested
in the state and its development. Born in Denver, he was never outside the
boundaries of Colorado until he was forty years of age and his interest has
always centered here and he has put forth active and effective work for the
general good. He and his family reside at No. 713 West Abriendo avenue and are
widely known in Pueblo, where Mr. Stumpf has made his home since 1881.



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HISTORY OF COLORADO

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME III

CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1918


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