Biographical Sketch of Christian A. Hubacher, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Christian A. Hubacher, manager of the Eagle Milling Company, was born in 1843, at Fraubrannen, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and when six years old, came with his mother to the United States. They arrived at New Orleans, and went to St. Louis, Missouri, remaining for six months. From there Christian came to St. Joseph, in 1849, where, after having received his education, he was employed in a bakery and grocery until 1863. Having had the desire to see the Far West, he went to Montana, where he opened a store, which he kept with great success for three years and a half. In 1866, he returned to St. Joseph, and was in the employ of Hartwig & Brother until 1873, when a partnership was formed with C. N. Mayer, in the boot and shoe business. From this Mr. Hubacher retired in October, 1873. In June, 1874, he became business manager of the Eagle Milling Co., which responsible position he still holds. The company is able to turn out one hundred barrels of flour daily. He was married May 3, 1869, to Miss Hannah L. Schmidt. They have five children: Theodore Rudolph, born May 5, 1870; Charles Edwin, born July 6, 1872; Albert Wilhelm, born November 14, 1875; Eda Fredericka, born January 6, 1878; Clara, born April 19, 1880. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================