Adolphus Busch (1839 - 1911)

Born 10 Jul 1839 in Mainz-Kastel. Wiesbaden, Hesse, Germany

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth Lilly (Anheuser) Busch — married 11 Mar 1861 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Descendants

Died 10 Oct 1911 at age 72 in Lindschied, Hesse, Germany

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Biography

Adolphus Busch is Notable.

Adolphus Busch has German Roots.

"The families of Anheuser and Busch, the principal owners today of the far-flung brewery and industrial concern, have been closely connected with the company of Anheuser-Busch since the middle of the last century. In 1857, the German immigrant Eberhard Anheuser assumed ownership of a Bavarian brewery that was heavily indebted to him. In 1857, Adolphus Busch had come to St. Louis from Mainz, where his father was in the wine business. He fought in the Union Army during the Civil War. At the end of the war, he took over the direction of the brewery, and in this capacity came in contact with Anheuser. The firm of Anheuser-Busch, producers of Budweiser Beer, dates from 1870. Beer production increased from 3000 barrels in 1865 to 700,000 barrels in 1870.

Adolphus Busch became a legendary figure in St. Louis as a successful businessman (he was the first to have refrigerated railroad cars built in order to be able to ship beer to distant points) and as a patron of the arts and host who entertained Europe's elite (among them, Edward VII of England) in his castle on the Rhine. Having witnessed the San Francisco earthquake on April 17, 1906, he initiated a vast aid program to which he sent $100,000 as his contribution. With his son-in-law, Hugo Reisinger (husband of Edmee Busch), he founded Harvard University's Busch-Reisinger Museum of Germanic Culture. His principles, including the spirit of philanthropy, are carried on by grandson, Gert von Gontard, who has been the principle force behind the German Theater, Inc., in New York, since 1946"^[1]

Adolphus Busch was born in Kastel, Mainz, Hessen, Germany in July 1839^[2]. He was the son of Ulrich Busch and Barbara Pfeiffer^[2].

Sources

1. ↑ Gerard Wilk, Americans from Germany, Second Printing, German Information Center, Second printing 1987(copywrite 1976), page 8
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "Deutschland Geburten und Taufen, 1558-1898," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NZKC-9BC : 28 November 2014), Adolphus Busch, 12 Jul 1839; citing ; FHL microfilm 996,880.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Busch
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M38T-9S3 : accessed 1 September 2017), Adolphus Busch, Precinct 9 City of St. Louis Ward 9, St. Louis, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 137, sheet 9A, family 205, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,892.
• Find-A-Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/154/adolphus-busch