Biographical Sketch of Jacob Hauck, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO >From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri. ********************************************************************** Jacob Hauck, of the firm of Hauck & Bro., millers, is a native of Germany, born June 10, 1820, South Germany. When eleven years old he came with his parents to America, and landed at New York. After a short rest they went to Cincinnati, where his family settled. Jacob assisted his father in the butcher and lard oil manufacturing business until 1844. Hearing of the prospects offered at the grow- ing city of St. Joseph, Missouri, he came to this place in 1852, and formed a partnership with his brother-in-law in the business of man- ufacturing soap, candles and lard oil. Two years later, in connect- ion with this business, he engaged in packing, which they continued with great success until 1865. In this year he went into the milling business with his brother, George M. Hauck, by opening the Excelsior Mills, first working on a small scale. With great industry and giving all their attention to the business, they had an increase every year. Now having four runs, they are able to turn out one hundred barrels of flour per day. They ship to St. Louis and the States of Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. He married June 23, 1846, Miss Christine Pinger, at Cincinnati, Ohio. They had eight children: George William, born April 2, 1847; Mary, born August 28, 1849; Lydia, born March 8, 1853, died in January, 1873; Emilia, born June 4, 1855; John P., born April 6, 1859; Charles and Wesley, twins, born February 10, 1862; Wesley died when six months old, and Emma, born July 12, 1864. ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================