Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Kullmer, Philip 1832 - 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   Philip Kullmer, furniture dealer, Attica, was born in Rhenish Palatine,
Germany, October 11, 1833. His father's christian name was Philip and his
mother's maiden name was Elizabeth Bechtel. He came to America in 1851 and
remained the first year in New York; then he pushed on west and stopped in La
Fayette, where he began to learn the cabinet trade. In 1853 he settled in
Attica, arriving on the 21st of October. He finished his trade with Daniel
Rhine, and January 1, 1857, started in business with Charles Rees under the firm
name of Rees & Kullmer. In April, 1861, Mr. Kullmer bought out Rees, and the
latter went into the army. He was alone in business until January 1, 1864, when
he associated C. F. Rohlfing with himself under the style of Kullmer & Rohlfing.
In 1870 the latter retired, and then he took his brother-in-law, John Meitzler,
into partnership, firm of Kullmer & Meitzler. On January 1, 1878, the latter
sold his interest to David B. Martin, and the present firm is Kullmer & Martin.
The business house used by this firm is a three-story brick, 42x60 feet, owned
by Mr. Kullmer, and was built by him in 1866. Mr. Kullmer was married October
26, 1858, to Katherine Meitzler, who was born in the same country as himself
August 21, 1838. They have six children: Elizabeth E., born September 15, 1859;
Frank, February 11, 1861; Minnie, April 22, 1862; Katie, January 4, 1868; George
M., July 15, 1875; and Anna Lotta, August 21, 1877. Mr. Kullmer was city
councilman from 1861 to 1865. He has been an Odd-Fellow since 1860. In politics
he is a republican. In 1869 he visited his native home; all of his father's
family live in the old country.

Additional Comments:
Logan Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.


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