Genesee-Saint Clair County MI Archives Biographies.....Springer, Herman A 1851 - 1933
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Author: Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer, and Tuscola Counties, Michigan; pub. 1892 Chicago by Chipman Bros. page 277

HERMANN SPRINGER 
Few business men at the comparatively early age of fifty are able to retire from
active life and to pass the remainder of their days in quiet and comfort, yet
such is the case with Hermann Springer, an ex-farmer and business man of Mussey
township, having his residence in Capac. Hermann Springer was born in Pommern,
Germany October 19, 1851, a son of William and Amelia (Schaar) Springer, she
dying in 1868. In June, 1869, William and Hermann came to Michigan and both were
employed in the construction of the Grand Trunk Railroad during that summer. In
the winter of 1870 William Springer was married to a Mrs. Tosch, who lived on an
eighty-acre farm two miles north of Capac, and he operated that farm for a few
years, then came to Capac and resumed work at his trade of cabinetmaker. He now
makes his home with his son Hermann, his wife having passed away about eight
years ago. To William and Amelia (Schaar) Springer were born six children, of
whom August and William also came to America some years later, the first now
living in North Dakota and William at Flint, Michigan.  
Hermann Springer continued to work on the railroads, in the lumber woods and in
the brick yards until 1876, when he purchased a tract of one hundred and sixty
acres of wild land in Lynn township, going in debt about one thousand dollars,
which he cleared, improved and lived upon until 1884, when he entered the place
and engaged in the furniture business in Capac. From this he withdrew in 1886,
selling out to advantage. He paid a visit to North Dakota, but the land not
being in market, he returned and clerked for Mr. Lester about two years until he
opened a meat market, which he conducted until 1890. Then starting a grocery, he
conducted it until January 1891, when he took in the Jonas brothers as partners
and made it a general store under the firm name of Springer & Jonas Bros. After
about eleven years of successful mercantile life, he retired form active
connection, disposing of his interests to his partner, who continues the store.
In the meantime, during the fall of 1901, he erected a three-store, two-story
brick block, which returns a good rental, being used for business and office
purposes.  
Mr. Springer was united in marriage September 6, 1874, with Miss Katherine
Weimer, a daughter of William Weimer, of Flint, Michigan. Mr. Weimer was one of
the early settlers of Flint, a stonemason by trade, and a highly respected
citizen, who died in 1900. To Mr. and Mrs. Springer have been born two children,
Clara and Ida. The mother of these children, who was a most amiable and
accomplished lady, was most untimely called away July 10, 1901, leaving a void
in the family circle that can never be filled. With his children, Mr. Springer
is now passing his declining years in his desirable brick residence at Capac. 


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Buried in Glenwood Cemetery Flint MI

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