Eberhard Anheuser
| Eberhard Anheuser | |
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| Born |
September 27, 1806 Kreuznach (Nahe), French Occupied Electoral Palatinate, First French Empire |
| Died |
May 2, 1880 St. Louis, Missouri, USA |
| Occupation | Soap and candle maker, co-founder of Anheuser-Busch |
Eberhard Anheuser (September 27, 1806 – May 2, 1880) was a German American soap and candle maker, as well as the father-in-law of Adolphus Busch, the founder of the Anheuser-Busch Company. He and two of his brothers moved to America in 1842. He was a major creditor of the Bavarian Brewery Company, a struggling brewery founded in 1853. When the company encountered financial difficulty in 1860, he purchased the minor creditors' interests and took over the company.
Eberhard Anheuser became president and CEO and changed the company name to the Eberhard Anheuser and Company. His daughter Lilly married Adolphus Busch, a brewery supply salesman, in a double wedding with Anna Anheuser (Lilly's older sister) and Ulrich Busch (Adolphus' brother) in 1861. The company became Anheuser-Busch in 1879.
Anheuser died in 1880 and was buried in Bellefontaine Cemetery in St. Louis.
See also
External links
- Eberhard Anheuser at Find-A-Grave
- Eberhard Anheuser at Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies
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