ALBERT FUHRMANN - Biography

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Commemorative and Biographical Record of Columbia, Sauk and Adams Counties, 
WI. Chicago: Ogle, 1901, p 296-299 


ALBERT FUHRMANN, the well-known proprietor of the Reedsburg Brewery, and an 
influential citizen of Reedsburg [Sauk County, WI], was born 09 Feb 1853 at 
Grupenhagen, Pommerania, Germany, and is the only male representative of the 
family in America. His parents were Ferdinand and Christina (PLATK) 
FUHRMANN. The father was a dealer in eggs and other produce, which he 
shipped to Berlin, and he served for three years in the German army. He died 
at Baversdorf, Pommerania, in 1873, at the age of 44 years, but his father, a 
farmer by occupation, reached the advanced age of 90. After the death of her 
husband, the mother of our subject came to the U. S., and died at Oshkosh 
[Winnebago County], WI, 17 Feb 1899, aged 70 years.

In his native land Albert FUHRMANN learned the brewing business, beginning at 
the age of 19 years in a brewery at Schlawe, Pommerania, where he continued 
to work until his emigration to America in 1882. He first located at Neenah, 
WI, where he was employed in a brewery for six months, and then went to 
Oshkosh. In 1896 he came to Reedsburg and purchased the brewery of GEFFERT & 
PAUL, which he has since conducted with marked success. The capacity of the 
plant is 3,000 barrels per year, most of which is marketed at Reedsburg, and 
in the manufacture of the beer a large quantity of the barley grown in this 
vicinity is consumed.

[p 299] In 1875 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. FUHRMANN and Miss 
Carolina JENRICH, of Carwitz, Germany, and to them have been born five 
children: Albert, Otto, William, Esther and Charlie. The family are 
identified with the Evangelical Lutheran church of Reedsburg, of which Mr. 
FUHRMANN is a trustee. He takes little interest in political agitation, but 
is active in many other public affairs, being a stockholder in the Reedsburg 
Agricultural Society and a contributor to the Public Library. He is widely 
and favorably known, and receives and merits the respect of his fellow 
citizens.