Bio of WEHMANN, Hermann (b.1861), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol II, pg 676-677
HERMANN WEHMANN
The flour-milling industry has carried the name of Minneapolis to all parts of
the world and through his activities in this field Hermann Wehmann has been a
dominant factor in promoting the commercial development and upbuilding of this
city. He was born in Bremen, Germany, May 29, 1861, and acquired his education
in the schools of that country. For four years he was employed by a grain
importing firm of Bremen and in 1881, when a young man of twenty-one years, he
sought the broader opportunities for advancement presented in a new and rapidly
developing country. After reaching New York city he made his way to River Falls,
Wisconsin, where he engaged in the flour-milling business until 1891. He then
came to Minne­apolis and entered the same line of business, organizing the firm
of H. Wehmann & Company, of which he is serving as president, being associated
for one and a half years with his former employer. They are exporters of flour
and mill products and under the able direction of Mr. Wehmann the business has
expanded from year to year, now ranking with the largest enterprises of the kind
in the city. He has been vice president of the M. W. Savage Factories Company
since its organization and is also connected with the International Sugar Feed
Company, which he serves in the same capacity. He is an astute, farsighted
business man of marked executive ability and his initiative spirit has carried
him into important relations.
In 1891 Mr. Wehmann was married to Miss Frances W. Coggeshall of River Falls,
Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of two sons, Charles G. and Hermann
Ccggeshall, both of whom are graduates of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr.
Wehmann is appreciative of the social amenities of life and has membership with
the Minneapolis, Lafayette, Aero, Automobile, Saddle and Bridle, and Minneapolis
Athletic clubs. He is forceful, energetic and determined in the control of his
business interests and well deserves classification with those men whose labors
have been a direct agency in making Minneapolis the foremost city of the
Northwest.