Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Kammer, Andrew 1838 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

ANDREW KAMMER.

    Andrew Kammer, postmaster at St. John, has been a well known man of affairs
in this town for a number of years. He has held his present office almost
continuously for seventeen years, which in itself shows his popularity with the
community and his prestige as a public-spirited and energetic citizen. The first
few years of his life were passed in his native land of Germany, but he was
practically reared and has been identified with American institutions all his
life. He has followed various lines of business, and during his connection with
Lake county affairs has acquired property interests in several places. He is an
influential citizen, and a hearty worker in any cause that he takes up and
believes to be for the general welfare of the community.

    Mr. Kammer was born in Hesse-Darnstadt, [sic] Germany, September 2, 1838,
and at the age of eight years accompanied his parents to America, landing at
Baltimore. He remained in that city until 1860, gaining his education and
learning the tailor's trade. He followed that business in Cumberland, Maryland,
until 1868, and then returned to Baltimore, where he continued in business for a
year. In 1869 he came out to Lake county, Indiana, locating at St. John, and for
the first six years taught school during the winter seasons. For ten years he
was traveling in the interests of the Catholic Volkszeitung, Baltimore,
Maryland, and did much business for that paper. He was also on the road eight
years as the representative of a liquor house. In December, 1887, he was
appointed to the office of postmaster of St. John, and with the exception of
eight months has held the office continuously to the present time. Some years
ago he built three tenant houses in Whiting, being one of the first to make that
kind of investment in that town, and he still owns this property and rents it.

    May 3, 1860, Mr. Kammer married Miss Katherine Wagner, who was born in
Germany and came as a girl to America, having lived in this country since she
was fourteen years old. Mr. and Mrs. Kammer have seven children living:
Elizabeth; Mary; Nicholas; Michael; Theodore A., a teacher in the public schools
of St. John; Andrew; and Catherine. The family are members of the St. John
Catholic church.


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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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