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JOHN F. NEUMANN.

    For many years John F. Neumann now living in retirement at New Ulm, was one
of the most enterprising merchants of Brown county. He was born in East Prussia,
Germany, February 21,1840, and is a son of Carl and Louisa Neumann. The father
was a farmer in the old country. His family consisted of nine children, of whom
John F. was the second in order of birth. John F. Neumann spent his boyhood in
Germany and there attended school until he was fourteen years of age, when he
went to work in a dry goods store. He was for some time a soldier in the light
cavalry and took part in the war against Hanover in 1866, being promoted to a
corporal for good conduct. He immigrated to the United States in 1868 and worked
a year on the Union Pacific railroad, laying ties from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to
Ogden, Utah. He then came to Rochester, Minnesota, and worked on a farm six
months, then secured employment in a store, in which he spent six months. In
February, 1870, he came to New Ulm and peddled dry goods and notions around the
country, starting a store the following year in partnership with Frank Friedman,
selling out to his partner a year later and started a saloon and store in
combination, finally giving up the saloon and continued in general
merchandising. By good management and close application he prospered with
advancing years, building up the largest department store in New Ulm and doing
an extensive business which extended over a wide territory. He continued in this
line for over forty years, then, in 1910, sold out and retired from active life,
having accumulated a handsome competency for his declining years. He still owns
his business block in Minnesota street, New Ulm.

     John F. Neumann was married in October, 1870, to Theresa Rosskopf, a native
of Wisconsin and a daughter of Zavier Rosskopf. To this union eight children
were born, five of whom are still living, namely: Louisa, who married Fred
Pfender, the present postmaster of New Ulm, and they have four children, Walter,
Armen, James and Theresa; Prof. John Achs, single, is a teacher in the
University of Wisconsin at Madison; Mamie is the wife of Albert Pfender and they
have two children, Hans A. and Marion; Anna married Frank Rinher and two
children were born to them, Grace and Thelma; Aurora is the wife of Louis Quast
and has one child, Lois.

     After the death of his first wife, in May, 1888, Mr. Neumann was united in
marriage, on October 1, of that year, to Amelia Kuhnel, a native of Nicollet
county, Minnesota, and a daughter of Gotleib Kuhnel, and four children have been
born to this union, namely: Victor took up a homestead in North Dakota where he
now lives; Holland is a physical culture instructor in the high school in St.
Louis,, Missouri; Lawrence is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin; Phyllis
is a student in the New Ulm high school.

     Mr. Neumann is a member of the Turnverein. He is a man of public spirit and
has always been one of New Ulm's most enthusiastic boosters, having done much
for the general welfare of the city and community.


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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