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Author: B. F. Bowen (1904)

FREDERICK ULRICH.

   Throughout his entire business career, dating from early life to the present,
Frederick Ulrich has been engaged in the bakery business and is now following
that pursuit In Columbus, where he has won for himself creditable standing, as
well as desirable success, in business circles. He is a native of Germany, his
birth having occurred in Weddam, in the county of Highbrau, on the 15th of
August, 1824. His father was a farmer and manufacturer of wine and owned and
cultivated a vineyard in Germany, where he spent his entire life. His wife was
also a native of Germany and died there during the early boyhood of her son
Frederick. The boy was then reared by a step-mother, who was very good and kind
to him, and he takes pleasure in paying a worthy tribute to her memory. He
attended the schools of Germany until he was about fourteen years of age and was
then apprenticed to a baker, under whose guidance he learned the business,
becoming an expert workman in that line. He has always followed the same
pursuit, and his persistency of purpose has undoubtedly been one of the strong
elements of his success. When a young man, unmarried, he came to America. He had
a ticket which called for transportation as far as Cincinnati, Ohio, and there
he remained for a short time. He then came to Bartholomew county, Indiana, in
1852, and now for more than a half a century has resided within its borders. He
worked at different occupations at which he could earn an honest living until he
could make arrangements to go into business on his own account. When he had
saved some money he bought a lot on Fourth and Franklin streets, erected a
building and has since been located here. He was without capital when he came to
America, but he possessed strong courage, resolution and determination and
gradually these have enabled him to surmount all the difficulties in his path
and to climb steadily toward the goal of success. During the period of the Civil
war he was employed as a baker by the government and baked thousands of loaves
of bread, which were distributed among the soldiers. He still conducts a bakery
in Columbus, and his enterprise is one of the important business establishments
here. His manufactured goods are of such excellent quality that he finds a ready
sale for them, and his patronage is an extensive one, bringing to him a good
income.

   The lady who now bears the name of Mrs. Ulrich was also born in Germany. She
came to America, stopping first at Cincinnati and subsequently removed to
Columbus, Indiana. She bore the maiden name of Johannah Jagger and this was
changed in 1852, when she gave her hand in marriage to Mr. Ulrich. They became
the parents of nine children, but only three are now living: Elizabeth, the wife
of W. H. McFarren, a resident of Terre Haute, Indiana; John F. is living in
Anderson, this state, and Fred C. is engaged in the restaurant business in
Columbus. He married Miss Ida S. Shields, daughter of Felix G. Shields, and they
now have five children: Charles, Jeannette, Mary, Dora and Fred. Fred C. Ulrich
is a member of the Masonic fraternity, also of the Knights of Pythias lodge and
the Improved Order of Red Men.

   In his political views Mr. Ulrich is a Republican, and has given his support
to that party continuously since casting his first presidential ballot for
Abraham Lincoln. Since 1857 he has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church, his life being in consistent harmony with its teachings. For more than
half a century he has lived in Columbus and is one of its oldest business men.
No record of the city's interests would be complete without mention of Mr.
Ulrich, whose career has been a credit alike to his native country and his
adopted land. His history shows conclusively that success may be won in this
country if one has determination and energy, guided by sound business judgment.
When he came to Columbus he accepted positions in which the salaries were small,
but, like many other energetic young men who came to Bartholomew county in the
day of small things and have since left their impress upon the development of
the county seat, he did not wait for especially grand openings; indeed, he could
not, and his natural industry would not have permitted him to do so even if his
financial circumstances had been such as to make it possible. His mental and
physical activity—the only capital that he brought with him—combined with his
poverty to make immediate employment a necessity, brought forth the elemental
strength of his character, and at that time he showed conspicuously the traits
of character that have made his life successful. He performed all the duties
that devolved upon him, however humble and however small the recompense might
be, conscientiously and industriously. At length he was enabled to engage in
business for himself, and since then his prosperity has steadily increased. He
might not have found all the days equally-bright in his business career, but he
has made the most of his opportunities, and his strict integrity and business
judgment have been so universally recognized that he has enjoyed public
confidence to an enviable degree, and annually this has brought to him a
lucrative patronage. Moreover, his life has ever been in harmony with the
strictest principles of upright manhood, and thus he has gained the unqualified
regard of those with whom he has been associated.


Additional Comments:
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BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF BARTHOLOMEW COUNTY
INDIANA

INCLUDING BIOGRAPHIES OF THE GOVERNORS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS OF INDIANA

ILLUSTRATED

1904

B. F. Bowen PUBLISHER


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