Jacob Best

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Johann Jacob Best (born May 1, 1786 in Mettenheim , † February 26, 1861 in Milwaukee ) was a German entrepreneur and brewer . He was the founder of the Best and Company , which later became known as the Pabst Brewing Company .

Life

Best learned the brewing trade in Mettenheim and opened a brewery there, which he operated until he emigrated in 1844. His parents were Johann Lorentz Best (born March 29, 1759 Schornsheim) ⚭ May 13, 1783 in Mettenheim Eva Maria Zatzmann (born March 9, 1752 Mettenheim). In 1842 his sons Jacob Best, Jr. and Charles emigrated to the United States and settled in Kilbourntown, one of the earliest settlements in Milwaukee . There they founded the Empire Brewery .

Best followed with his sons Phillip and Lorenz in 1844. The family ran the Empire Brewery together , which was soon renamed Best and Company (also Best and Sons ). The brewery was on Chestnut Street. In addition to beer, the family also made whiskey and vinegar. In order to meet the increasing demand for beer, they left the whiskey and vinegar business.

In 1850, the sons Charles and Lorenz left the family business and founded their own brewery, the Plank Road Brewery , which later became known as the Miller Brewing Company .

Best retired in 1853 and handed over the management of the brewery to his son Phillip. He renamed the brewery six years later the Phillip Best Brewing Company . The brewery changed its name to Pabst Brewing Company in 1889 .

In his retirement, Best worked as a local politician. Among other things, he worked as a school representative.

Jacob Best is buried in the Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee .

Familys

Jacob Best was married to Eva Maria Schmidt (born April 29, 1790 Mettenheim, † Sept. 1867 Milwaukee). Together they had four sons and two daughters:

  • Lorenz Best (* 1809 Mettenheim; † 1853)
  • Jacob Best, Jr. (* 1811 Mettenheim; † Nov. 16, 1870)
  • Frederick Charles Best (* Jan. 26, 1812 Mettenheim; † Sept. 1877 Milwaukee) ⚭ Anna Margaretha Kleinschrod (* Oct. 20, 1822; † Oct. 13, 1889)
    • Margarethe Best (* March 28, 1840 Mettenheim; † Aug. 23, 1915)
    • Philip Best (born Dec. 3, 1853 Milwaukee; Oct. 7, 1907)
  • Phillip Best (* October 26, 1814 Mettenheim; † 1869 Altenglan) ⚭ February 20, 1841 Anna Maria (Marie) Muth (* February 2, 1823 Sandhof bei Eich (Rheinhessen) , Worms; † June 10, 1871)
    • Maria Best (born May 16, 1841 Mettenheim; † Oct. 3, 1906 Milwaukee) ⚭ 1862 Friedrich (Frederick) August Pabst . He took over half of the Philip Best Brewing Company in 1864.
    • Elisabeth / Lisette Best (* September 4, 1848; † 1905) ⚭ 1866 Emil Schandein . He was Vice President of the Philip Best Brewing Company from 1873 until his death in 1888.
    • Heinrich Best (born Feb. 20, 1853)
  • Marie Best (* December 12, 1823 Mettenheim; † Sep. 10, 1898 Milwaukee)
  • Margaretha Best (* 1825 Mettenheim) ⚭ Moritz Schöffler (* 1813 Zweibrücken; † 1875), emigrated to the USA in 1842 and printed the first German-language newspaper in Wisconsin there.

literature

  • Helmut Schmahl: Rheinhessen brewers in Milwaukee . In: transplanted but not uprooted . Frankfurt / Main 2000.
  • Walter Schwamb: Undenheim. Family book of a Rheinhessen village. Volume 2 local history . Self-published 2012.
  • Wormser Zeitung: A good beer for America . February 11, 2013.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Jacob Best in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 14, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc .: A History of Milwaukee and Wisconsin Breweries ( Memento of the original from August 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed June 17, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.slahs.org
  3. ↑ a b Wisconsin Historical Society: Jacob Best, Sr. (English), accessed June 17, 2013
  4. ^ Eva Maria Schmidt Best in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 14, 2017 (English).
  5. ^ Günter Reich: Eicher Familienbuch, 2nd part 2009, p. 67
  6. ^ Maria Best Pabst in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 14, 2017 (English).
  7. ^ Frederick Pabst in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved September 14, 2017 (English).
  8. ↑ http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2597&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=people&letter=S
personal data
SURNAME Best, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Best, Johann Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and brewer
DATE OF BIRTH May 1, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Mettenheim (Rheinhessen)
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1861
Place of death Milwaukee