Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Gund, John 1830 - 
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JOHN GUND, of the John Gund Brewing Company, has been a resident of La Crosse 
since August, 1854. He was born in Baden, Germany, in 1830. His father, George 
M. Gund, came to the United States with his family in 1848, and settled in 
Freeport, Ill. He died of Cholera, July 29, 1850, and his wife died with the 
same disease three days after. Mr. Gund worked two years in Dubuque, Iowa, 
then went to Galena, Ill., and rented a brewery, which he managed till 1864, 
and then came to La Crosse. He first built a small brewery on corner of Front 
and Division streets, and resided on the same lot till 1873. In 1858, he, in 
company with G. Heilman, built the City Brewery, and continued in partnership 
with him till the fall of 1872, then sold out his interest to Mr. Heilman, and 
commenced the erection of the Empire Brewery, which he still owns. The John 
Gund Brewing Company was organized May 1, 1880, and consists of John Gund, and 
his two sons, George and Henry. Mr. Gund has five children - Louisa, now Mrs. 
Charles Michel, of La Crosse; Emma, now Mrs. William Luening, of Milwaukee; 
George; Henry, and John, Jr. Mrs. Gund died May 18, 1880, at the age of 49 
years and 6 months.

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From History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 759.

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