Frederick Buhl
Frederick Buhl | |
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Mayor of Detroit | |
In office 1848–1848 | |
Preceded by | James A. VanDyke |
Succeeded by | Charles Howard |
Personal details | |
Born | November 27, 1806 Butler County, Pennsylvania |
Died | May 12, 1890 (aged 83) Detroit, Michigan |
Spouse | Matilda Beatty |
Frederick Buhl (November 27, 1806 – May 12, 1890) was a businessman from Detroit, Michigan. He served as the city's mayor in 1848.
Biography
Frederick Buhl was born in Zelienople, Pennsylvania on November 27, 1806, the second of eleven children.[1] He went to Pittsburgh at the age of 16 to learn to be a jeweler, but ill-health forced him to change plans, and in 1833 he moved to Detroit.[1] There, he formed a partnership with his brother Christian H. Buhl, a trained hatter. The brothers began selling hats, but soon branched out into furs, establishing a large and successful company under the name of the F & C H Buhl Co.[1] They remained in business together for 20 years, after which Christian retired from the trade and Frederick Buhl continued in business independently under the name F. Buhl and Company.[2] In 1887, Buhl sold the company to his son Walter; the business was eventually sold to Edwin S. George in 1898.[1]
In addition to his furrier business, Frederick Buhl was the director of two banks, the president of Harper Hospital, president of the Fort Wayne and Elmwood Street Railway,[3] and one of the original directors of the Merchant's Exchange and Board of Trade.[1]
Buhl was a Republican,[4] and served on the city council, and was mayor of Detroit in 1848.[3]
In 1836 he married Matilda Beatty;[5] the couple had six children.[3] Frederick Buhl died May 12, 1890.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d e Silas Farmer (1889), THE HISTORY OF DETROIT AND MICHIGAN, pp. 1038–1039, 1043–1044
- ^ Paul Leake (1912), History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, Volume 3, The Lewis Publishing Company, pp. 924–925
- ^ a b c Carlisle, Fred, ed. (1890), Chronography of Notable Events in the History of the Northwest Territory and Wayne County, Detroit: O.S. Gulley, Bornman, p. 260, OCLC 13694600
- ^ Paul Leake (1912), History of Detroit, a chronicle of its progress, its industries, its institutions, and the people of the fair City of the straits, Volume 3, The Lewis Publishing Company, pp. 925–926
- ^ Compendium of History and Biography of the City of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan, Henry Taylor & Co, 1908, pp. 279–280
- ^ The government of the city of Detroit and Wayne County, Michigan: 1701 to 1907, historical and biographical, 1907, p. 26, ISBN 9780598455529
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Preceded by James A. VanDyke | Mayor of Detroit 1848 | Succeeded by Charles Howard |
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