Frederick Yuengling

Frederick G. Yuengling
Born 26 January 1848
Died January 2, 1899(1899-01-02) (aged 50)
Cause of death Pneumonia
Citizenship United States
Education Pennsylvania State College; Manhattan Business School
Known for D. G. Yuengling & Son second president
Home town Pottsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Spouse(s) Minna Dohrman
Children Frank D. Yuengling
Edith Louise Yuengling
Parent(s) David Yuengling
Elizabeth Yuengling

Frederick Yuengling (/ˈjɪŋlɪŋ/ ( listen) YING-ling) (January 26, 1848 - January 2, 1899) was the second president and owner of America's oldest brewery, D. G. Yuengling & Son.

Personal life

Frederick Yuengling was born to David Yuengling and wife Elizabeth (née Betz) on January 26, 1848. He attended Pennsylvania State College and then the Manhattan Business School in Poughkeepsie, New York. In 1871, his father sent him to Europe to learn more about brewing, where he studied in Munich, Stuttgart and Vienna.[1]

Yuengling married his wife, Minna Dohrman of Brooklynn, on April 3, 1873. Minna was from the "uppermost social class" in New York and enjoyed the mannered social scene in Pennsylvania.[1] The newlyweds purchased a townhouse on Mahantongo Street, a street known for its "opulence" at the time. The house had six bedrooms, formal living rooms, formal dining rooms, a music room, tiled entryways, a Spanish crystal chandelier and German stained-glass windows.[2]

On one occasion, Yuengling took a group of friends to Europe on a grand tour and then back to New York City without allowing them "to spend a cent". On the top floor of the Yuengling brewery there was a famous room where Yuengling entertained his friends on a lavish scale.[3]

Yuengling and his wife had two children. Frank D. Yuengling was born September 27, 1876. Daughter Edith Louise Yuengling followed on March 18, 1878. Louise died on October 6, 1883, at 5 years old. This left son Frank as the sole heir of his parents.[4]

On January 3, 1899, the New York Times announced that Yuengling had died of pneumonia the day previously.[5] Yuengling was almost aged 51 at the time of his death. The New York Times had routinely covered Yuengling during his life.[6][7][8]

Business

In 1873, Yuengling joined his father at the brewery, where the business name was changed from D.G. Yuengling to D.G. Yuengling & Son.[9]

Yuengling was vice president of the Schuylkill Electric Railway Company, which started 1889.[10]

Yuengling also served as the president of the Pottsville Gas Company, a position that his father had held as well. He was also director of the Pottsville Water Company and of the safety deposit box, both positions that had previously belonged to his father.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 Noon, Mark A. (2005). Yuengling: A History of America's Oldest Brewery. McFarland. p. 49. ISBN 9780786486595.
  2. ↑ Noon. p. 50
  3. ↑ Noon. p. 82
  4. ↑ Noon. p. 51
  5. ↑ "Frederick G. Yuengling Dead" (PDF). New York Times. 3 January 1899. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Wanted For Assault" (PDF). New York Times. 26 January 1893. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  7. ↑ "Yuengling A Defendant" (PDF). New York Times. 4 April 1893. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "TWO HURT IN RUNAWAY.; Sinclair Tousey and Frederick Yuengling Thrown from a Wagon" (PDF). New York Times. 30 October 1901. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  9. ↑ Musson, Robert A. (2013). D.G. Yuengling & Son, Inc. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439642085.
  10. ↑ Wiley, Samuel T. (1893). Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania: Comprising a Historical Sketch of the County. Windmill Publications. p. 159.
  11. ↑ "David Gottlieb Yuengling (1808-1877)". Immigrant Entrepreneurship. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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