Will County IL Archives Biographies.....LESER, HENRY 
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HENRY LESER, brewmaster and superintendent of E. Porter Brewing Co. 's Eagle 
brewery in Joliet, was born in Lahr, Baden, Germany, February 28, 1854, a son 
of Jacob L. and Charlotte (Zuker) Leser, and grandson of John Leser (a 
manufacturer of fire hose) and Christian Zuker (a gardener). He was one of two 
sons and two daughters comprising the family, his brother being Jacob Leser, a 
lithographer in Chicago. His education was received in the gymnasium in his 
native town. When eighteen years of age he entered the army and served in the 
artillery as corporal for three years. After receiving an honorable discharge 
he learned the brewer's trade at Offenburg, Baden, and later traveled as a 
journeyman in Switzerland as well as in Baden and Wurtemberg. For some years 
he was employed as brewmaster with a large brewing firm in Baden. Coming to 
America in 1885, Mr. Leser worked at his trade in New York, Cincinnati, St. 
Louis, Sedalia and Kansas City, being brewmaster in Hines' brewery in the last-
named city. In March, 1888, he came to Joliet as a brewmaster of the Eagle 
brewery, which position he has since filled with great success. At the time he 
accepted the position the company sold only about eight thousand barrels, but 
their sales now reach more than thirty-two thousand barrels a year, this large 
increase being almost wholly due to his energetic management. At the time of 
the incorporation of the E. Porter Brewing Co., in 1893, he became a 
stockholder, and was made superintendent of the brewery, which now ranks as 
among the largest in the state. The products manufactured include a good 
quality of Winer, lager, ale and porter. He is a member of the Brewmasters' 
Verein of the United States, also belongs to the Saengerbund and the Sharp- 
shooters Association of Joliet. Politically he is a Democrat. While in St. 
Louis, Mo., Mr. Leser married Miss Maria Schleret, who was born in Wurtzburg, 
Bavaria, Germany, and by whom he has four children, Henry, William, Lottie and 
Bertha. 

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