Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Huber, Albert C. 1874 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

ALBERT C. HUBER.

    The prosperity of any city or locality depends upon its commercial and
industrial activity, and the early upbuilders of a town are they who
successfully conduct business enterprises. A representative of this class is
Albert C. Huber, who is now engaged in dealing in groceries, market supplies and
coal in East Chicago. He is a native of Ohio, his birth having occurred in
Seneca county, that state, on the 14th of February, 1874. Little is known
concerning the ancestral history of the family save that the Hubers are of
German lineage. The paternal grandfather spent his entire life in Germany, and
in that country Michael Huber, the father of Albert C, was born, the place of
his nativity being Luxemburg. In early life he learned the wagon-builder's trade
and about 1830 he came to America, locating in Berwick, Seneca county, Ohio,
where he was engaged in wagon building. There he died in the year 1876. His wife
survived him until January 13, 1903, and passed away at the ripe old age of
seventy-four years. Both were communicants of the Catholic church. Mrs. Michael
Huber, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Sachas, was also a native of
Luxemburg, Germany, and was a daughter of Nicholas Sachas, who was born in
Germany and came to the United States in 1830 with a small colony of people that
established a settlement in Seneca county, Ohio. He was a carpenter and bridge
builder, and in Seneca county spent his remaining days, departing this life at
an advanced age. In his family were five children.

    To Mr. and Mrs. Michael Huber were born ten children, five sons and five
daughters, of whom five are yet living, namely: Elizabeth A., a resident of
Pullman, Illinois: Mary, who is the wife of D. H. Chapman, of Kensington,
Illinois; Michael W., who is living in Austin, a suburb of Chicago; Ida, the
widow of Thornton Berry, and now of Pullman, Illinois; and Albert C., of this
review.

    Albert C. Huber resided in Seneca county, Ohio, until sixteen years of age
and in his boyhood days attended the parochial and public schools there. When
nineteen years of age he began learning the tinsmith's trade, which he followed
continuously until 1899. He then turned his attention to the grocery business in
East Chicago, forming a partnership with Thornton Berry under the firm style of
Huber, Berry & Company. This relationship was maintained until 1902, when Mr.
Berry died, and since that time the business has been conducted, under the firm
style of A. C. Huber & Company, his sister Elizabeth becoming his partner. He
has a well appointed grocery store, and in addition also conducts a meat market.
The tasteful arrangement and neat appearance of the store secures a good
patronage, and Mr. Huber is always able to retain his customers because of his
honorable business methods. He is likewise connected with the Lake Coal Company
as a partner. In 1903 he established the Empire restaurant in East Chicago, but
later sold out to Leo McCormack.

    On the 12th of February, 1901, Mr. Huber was united in marriage to Miss
Caroline M. Reiland, a daughter of John S. and Henrietta (Meisenbach) Reiland.
They have one daughter, Helen Ruth Huber. The parents hold membership in the
Catholic church, and fraternally he is associated with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks and with the Royal League. Politically he is a
Republican, having firm faith in the principles of the party as set forth in its
platform. He is now serving as president of the board of education in East
Chicago and is a citizen whose interest in the welfare of the town is deep and
sincere and is manifested by active co-operation in many movements for the
general good. He is yet a young man, but has already attained creditable success
through honorable effort, untiring industry and capable management, while in
private life he has gained that warm personal regard which arises from true
nobility of character, deference for the opinion of others' kindness and
geniality.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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