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Author: Will T. Hale

   FRED DAHNKE, secretary and treasurer of the Union City Ice & Coal Company,

Union City, Tennessee, was born in Nashville, Illinois, in 1875, and is a

brother of George Dahnke, of whom biographical record is made on another page of

this work.



   Mr. Dahnke received his schooling in his native town. In his early 'teens he

came to Union City, Tennessee, and from 1889 to 1894 was connected with the

Dahnke Cafe of this city, referred to in the personal sketch of his brother.

Then he took charge of the Dahnke Cafe at Fulton, Kentucky, where he remained up

to 1898, and from whence he went to Dyersburg, Tennessee, where also the Dahnkes

ran a cafe, of which he took charge, and where he remained up to 1900. Then

returning to Union City, he resumed work in the cafe here. He had charge of this

place until 1906, when he succeeded his deceased brother, Henry Dahnke, as

secretary and treasurer of the Union City Ice & Coal Company. This ice and coal

business was established in 1895 by Messrs. George and Henry Dahkne, who by

strict business methods built up a trade second to none in northwestern

Tennessee, the immediate credit for the success of the enterprise being due to

the individual supervision of Henry Dahnke, who confined his energies to

promoting the business and placing it on a paying and solid financial basis. It

is now one of the most up-to-date ice and coal companies in this part of the

state, manufacturing pure distilled ice and dealing in Bon Air and other leading

coals. The firm is incorporated and its officers are as follows: George Dahnke,

president and general manager, and F. Dahnke, secretary and treasurer.



   October 5, 1911, Fred Dahnke was united in marriage with Mrs. Irene Watson

Dahnke, the widow of his brother Henry. Mrs. Dahnke has two children by her

former husband, namely: Henry and Fred.



   The fraternal orders with which Mr. Dahnke is affiliated are the F. & A. M.,

K. of P. and B. P. O. E.



Additional Comments:
From:



A history of Tennessee and Tennesseans : the leaders and representative men in

commerce, industry and modern activities

by Will T. Hale

Chicago:  Lewis Pub. Co.,  1913



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