Frederick Yuengling ( ) (January 26, 1848 – January 2, 1899) was an American businessman and the second president and owner of America's oldest

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Personal life

Frederick Yuengling was born to David Yuengling and wife Elizabeth (

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Betz) on January 26, 1848. He attended

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and then the Manhattan Business School in

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, New York. In 1871, his father sent him to Europe to learn more about brewing, where he studied in Munich, Stuttgart and Vienna. 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. 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

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. On one occasion, Yuengling took a group of friends to Europe on a grand tour and then back to

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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. 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.Noon. p. 51 On January 3, 1899, the ''

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'' announced that Yuengling had died of

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the day previously. Yuengling was almost aged 51 at the time of his death. The ''New York Times'' had routinely covered Yuengling during his life.

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuengling, Frederick American brewers American people of German descent People from Pottsville, Pennsylvania German-American culture in Pennsylvania 1848 births 1899 deaths Deaths from pneumonia in New York (state) Yuengling family 19th-century American businesspeople