BIO: John VEESER, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 513 & 514.
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  JOHN VEESER, a reliable and prosperous business man of Madera, who is one-half 
owner and proprietor of the Veeser Brothers Brewery, which is located on the 
Houtzdale road, about one and one-half miles from Madera, Pa., was born December 
22 1857, in Germany.  His parents, Thomas and Julia Veeser never came to 
America.  They had the following children:  Mary, who is the wife of Charles 
Mussgung; Cecelia; Elizabeth; and Andrew, who died in August, 1908, survived by 
his widow, who was formerly Elizabeth Dett, and two children, Julia and John E.
  John Vesser came to the United States in 1881.  He had few educational chances 
as he went to work in a brewery when only thirteen years of age, but he learned 
this business very thoroughly, and has engaged in it all his mature life.  He 
spent some ten years mainly in Allegheny county, and came to Madera in 1891 and 
worked at the plant of which he is now half owner, for two years before he and 
his brother, Andrew, bought it.  They conducted it under the name of Veeser 
Brothers and the name has not been changed since Andrew's death, his widow and 
children still retaining the half interest.  The plant was built in 1887 and 
became the property of the Veesers in 1894, when they obtained their first 
license.  Three acres of land surround the brewery.  The output is 1500 barrels 
of beer a year and two men are given employment all the time.
  John Veeser has never married.  He was reared in the Catholic faith and 
belongs to St. Lawrence Catholic church at Houtsdale.  In politics he is 
nominally a Democrat, but exercises his own judgment to a large degree when 
casting his vote.