Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Mueller, William 1866 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

WILLIAM MUELLER.

    William Mueller, postmaster of the thriving little city of Springfield, this
county, and for many years a well-known cigar manufacturer and retailer of that
city, is a native son of Brown county, having been born in the city of New Ulm,
March 31, 1866, son of Matthew and Mary (Brunner) Mueller, both natives of
Germany and for years well-known residents of New Ulm.

    Matthew Mueller was born in the Rhine province of Germany and came to this
country when about eighteen years of age, proceeding directly from the port of
entry to Minnesota and settling at New Ulm, where he speedily found employment
at his trade as a plasterer and where he made his permanent residence, spending
the rest of his life in that city, his death occurring in July, 1913. He was
there during the days of the Indian uprising and assisted valiantly in the
defense of the city. He married a German girl, whose parents were among the
early settlers of Brown county, and established a home in New Ulm, his children
being reared in that city. There were five of these children, of whom the
subject of this sketch is the eldest, the others being Clara, John, Albert and
Ferdinand.

    William Mueller was reared at New Ulm and received his education in the
schools of that city. At the age of six teen he took employment with the Berg
Cigar Company at New Ulm and for thirteen years was connected with that firm,
acquiring a thorough acquaintance with the business of manufacturing and
distributing cigars. He then entered the manufacturing business on his own
account, establishing a cigar factory at Springfield, this county, which he
successfully operated for twenty-four years, conducting a quite extensive retail
and wholesale business in connection with the same, and was thus engaged at the
time he received the appointment to the office of postmaster of Springfield in
1914, since which time he has given his practically undivided attention to the
important duties of his official position.

     On November 25, 1890, William Mueller was united in marriage to Emma
Hauenstein, one of the ten children of Weigand and Regina Hauenstein, pioneers
of Brown county, and to this union two children have been born, Richard J. and
Norman, the former of whom is connected with an automobile establishment in
Springfield. For some years before her marriage Mrs. Mueller served as assistant
clerk of Brown county, in the court house at New Ulm and she, as well as Mr.
Mueller, takes an earnest interest in the public affairs of the county. Mr.
Mueller is a Democrat and for years has been looked upon as one of the leaders
of the party in his part of the county. He was state oil inspector under
Governor Johnson for two years.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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