Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Luth, August G ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/il/ilfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines ddhaines@gmail.com November 10, 2007, 9:40 am Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County AUGUST G. LUTH, superintendent of the cooper shop of Norton & Co., at Lockport, was born in Prussia, Germany, September 30, 1857, a son of John and Mary Luth, also natives of Prussia. His father, who was the son of a hero of Waterloo, was for years connected with a large estate in Prussia, but in 1871 brought his family to America and settled in Detroit, Mich., where he has since made his home. Of his five children, the second forms the subject of this sketch. He was educated principally in his native land. In 1871 he came with the family from Hamburg to New York, thence to Detroit, where he was employed in a tobacco house for a time. For two years he worked at the painter's trade, but the business proved very unhealthful, and he was obliged to make a change. Next he served an apprenticeship of three years to the cooper's trade in a large cooper shop in Detroit, after which he worked with John Wagner, of the same city, for ten years. His next position was in the Anchor works, where he spent two years. He assisted in the organization of the Detroit Co-operative Cooper Works, and was the first superintendent of the shop, which he managed for two years. On resigning the position he traveled for B. M. Madlock in the cooper business, his route extending through New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Canada. After two years as traveling salesman he resigned the position. The year 1893 found Mr. Luth in Lockport as superintendent of the large cooper shop of Norton & Co., which position he has since filled with recognized efficiency. The shop turns out more than one thousand barrels per day and other articles of a similar nature are also manufactured. Under his supervision the machinery was remodeled and the plant enlarged, thus increasing the producing quality. He devotes himself very closely to his work and takes little time for recreation or participation in public affairs. While he is not active in politics, he keeps himself posted and votes with the Republican party in national elections. Fraternally he is connected with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is also a member of the Order of Rebekahs. In Detroit, Mich., Mr. Luth married Miss Catherine Lockman, by whom he had six children. Edward is with his father in the cooper shop. William, the second son, was accidentally shot in the hand by a blank cartridge on the 4th of July, 1899. Blood poisoning set in and he died of lockjaw on the 9th of the same month. The other children are August, Ella, Emma and Harry. Additional Comments: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/il/will/bios/luth1091gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ilfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb