Adolphus Zimmermann

Adolphus (or Adolph) Zimmermann (February 23, 1812 – July 15, 1891) was an American brewer and politician from

Mequon

, Wisconsin.

Born in the village of

lager beer, at first in partnership with his brother-in-law William F. Opitz, later by himself.^[1]

In 1856, he was a member of the Astrea Masonic Lodge in Port Washington.^[2]

Public offices

He, at one point, held the titles of postmaster and justice of the peace of Mequon, and county

Board of Supervisors

: he served as chairman of the town for a total of nineteen years, and Chairman of the County Board for eleven; and held various other local offices.

Zimmermann served in the

independent Rudolph Schmidt.^[3]^[4]

He was not a candidate for re-election, and was succeeded by Horn.

Later life

In 1876, Zimmermann leased the brewery to his son Francis and a partner. Francis was one of Fredericka and Adolphus' six children. She died July 6, 1884.

Always a Democrat, Zimmermann was a delegate to a number of state and local Democratic conventions, and to the 1880 Democratic National Convention.

He died July 15, 1891, and is buried with his wife in the Opitz Cemetery in Mequon.

Notes

^ Corrigan, Walter D., Sr. History of the town of Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, brought down to about 1870 Mequon: Mequon Club, [1950]; pp. 10, 12
^ Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, at the Grand Annual Communication, Held at the City of Milwaukee, Commencing on Tuesday the 10th Day of June, A. D. 1856—A. L. 5856 Mineral Point, Wisconsin:"Democrat" Print, 1856; p. 119
^ Turner, A. J., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Thirteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; p. 465
^ History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin ... and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution ... Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881; pp. 756-57

[1] Corrigan, Walter D., Sr. History of the town of Mequon, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin, brought down to about 1870 Mequon: Mequon Club, [1950]; pp. 10, 12

[2] Proceedings of the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin, at the Grand Annual Communication, Held at the City of Milwaukee, Commencing on Tuesday the 10th Day of June, A. D. 1856—A. L. 5856 Mineral Point, Wisconsin:"Democrat" Print, 1856; p. 119

[3] Turner, A. J., ed. The legislative manual of the state of Wisconsin: comprising the constitutions of the United States and of the state of Wisconsin, Jefferson's manual, forms and laws for the regulation of business; also, lists and tables for reference, etc. Thirteenth Annual Edition. Madison: Atwood and Culver, Printers and Stereotypers, 1874; p. 465

[4] History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin: Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources ... Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early Settlers; the Whole Preceded by a History of Wisconsin ... and an Abstract of Its Laws and Constitution ... Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1881; pp. 756-57

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