Philipp Jung (December 23, 1845 – July 10, 1911) was a German immigrant to the United States who became a prominent businessman in Wisconsin.

Personal life

Jung was born on December 23, 1845 in Dorn-Assenheim,

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, which today is a part of Reichelsheim in

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, Germany.Term: Jung, Phillip 1845 - 1911
" ''Dictionary of Wisconsin History''. He immigrated to the United States in 1870, living first in New York and Cincinnati, and finally settling in Milwaukee. Jung married Anna D. Best, daughter of the brewer

Jacob Best Jacob Best Sr. (1786 – 1861) was a German-American brewer who founded what would later become known as the Pabst Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Life and career Best was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, where he learned the trade and ran a s ...

, and they had six children: Philipp Jr., Elizabeth, Adolph, Helen, Anna, and Ernst. He died July 10, 1911 and was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee.

Career

After his arrival in the United States, Jung was employed by ''Rogge and Feigenhaln Brewing Company'' in New York.Milwaukee County Historical Society,
Jung Family, 1852 – 1993
He also worked as the maltster for the ''Foss, Schneider and Brenner Brewing Company'' in

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. After moving to Milwaukee in 1873, Jung became second foreman for the ''Phillip Best Brewing Company'', then first foreman, and finally superintendent of the company's south side plant. In 1879, he left Best to form a partnership with Ernst Borchert, founding the ''Jung & Borchert Brewing Company''. In 1888 this became the '' Falk, Jung & Borchert Brewing Company'' in one of the earliest mergers involving Milwaukee breweries. The company became a rival to the ''Philip Best Brewery'', which was operated by

Frederick Pabst Johann Gottlieb Friedrich "Frederick" Pabst (March 28, 1836 – January 1, 1904) was a German-American brewer for whom the Pabst Brewing Company was named. Biography Early life Pabst was born on March 28, 1836, in the village of Nikolausrieth, ...

and later became the ''

Pabst Brewing Company The Pabst Brewing Company () is an American company that dates its origins to a brewing company founded in 1844 by Jacob Best and was, by 1889, named after Frederick Pabst. It is currently a holding company which contracts the brewing of over ...

''. Jung was considered "an important factor both as a manufacturer of large quantities and also as one who gave a distinctive quality to the goods sent out from his plant."

Ellis Baker Usher Ellis Baker Usher (June 21, 1852April 21, 1931) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician. He served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 1887 to 1890, and was publisher of the La Crosse ''Chronic ...

,
Wisconsin: Its Story and Biography 1848-1913
'. Lewis Publishing Company, 1914, pp. 1836-1837. In 1896, Jung purchased the '' Jacob Obermann Brewery'' at Fifth and Cherry Streets in Milwaukee, where he established ''The Jung Brewing Company''. This firm grew and outlived its founder, finally closing because of

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References

External links

Falk, Jung, and Borchert Brewing Company print
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jung, Philipp 1845 births 1911 deaths American brewers German emigrants to the United States Defunct brewery companies of the United States Companies based in Milwaukee 19th-century American businesspeople