Klingler, Hermann Julius

Anderer Ereignisse und Attribute:

• Wohnort: 1844, USA; Immigration
• Wohnort: 1900, Butler,Butler County,Pennsylvania,USA

Notizen:

HERMANN JULIUS KLINGLER, deceased, was a captain of industry in Butler, Pennsylvania. He was the founder of the great industry of which he was the head, and founder of the house of H. J. Klingler & Company. He was born in Wurttemburg, Germany, and came to this country, settling in Manor Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, where he went on a farm. He belonged to a family of millers, and his natural bent was soon to assert itself. At the age of eighteen he married and moved to Kittanning, where he was employed as clerk in a store. Coming to Butler in 1849 he bought the United States Hotel at Main and Jefferson streets. In 1852 he demolished the old structure and erected in its place the Lowry House, which he conducted for eight years. With James Campbell as a partner he engaged in the dry goods business, thereafter opening a store at the southwest corner of Main and Mifflin streets. The firm was Campbell & Klingler. His next venture was in the foundry business, which he entered in partnership with Martin Reiber, under the style of Reiber & Klingler. He sold his hotel in 1860, and built himself the large and elegant dwelling house he occupied at Jefferson and McKean streets. In 1862 he gave up all his other interests to engage in the oil industry. With John Berg, Sr., he operated above Oil City. They made the first shipments to Europe, the consignment being to Liverpool, England, in 1863. In 1865, Mr. Klingler, in association with John Berg, Jr., organized the Butler County Oil Company. Mr. Klingler was its superintendent for the two years of its existence. He was the leader in acquiring 12,000 acres in Butler, Armstrong and Beaver counties, extending from Parker to Millertown. For test wells were drilled and no oil was found. In a later period, the drill was sent down through the second stratum of sand, and oil was found in abundance ; so that the field became one of the richest in the whole United States. In 1867, Mr. Klingler turned to milling, and built a grist mill, which took the name of Klingler's Mills. In 1876 he erected the main office at No. 139 East Jefferson Street. In 1877 he remodelled the mill and introduced an improved grinding process, which utilized a small millstone and resulted in economical consumption of the grain. Rolls were invented, and he was among the first to try them out. He began carefully and the results were so satisfactory that in 1883-1884 he installed the roller system throughout and the company took the name of the Oriental Roller Mills. In 1885 he built a shipping house, 50x100 feet, opposite the West Penn Railroad station. In 1886 he took in as partners his two sons, Harry S. and Fred J. Klingler, and arranged for a large expansion of the business. In 1889 he erected the Specialty Roller Mills and the West Penn Elevator on the side of the shipping house. In 1891 the Oriental Rolling Mills were remodelled outside and inside, and the growing business compelled their remodelling and overhauling again in 1907 and 1908. Mr. Klingler was an organizer and one of the first board of directors of the First National Bank of Butler. He resigned after a few years to devote his attention to the Butler Savings Bank. He assisted in organizing the German National Bank of Millertown, of which he was a director. He was a director and president of the National Gas Company; of the Butler Improvement Association at the time of its organization ; and before there was a Chamber of Commerce he took the initiative in bringing new enterprises to Butler, among them the Standard Plate Glass Factory, of which he was the president and general manager. In 1890 he bought 12 acres and plotted 39 lots between Mifflin and Penn streets. In this tract he erected many houses. Mr. Klingler was a Lutheran in his religious faith. He was treasurer of Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, the institution conducted by the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and adjacent states. He was a delegate in 1893 from the Pittsburgh Synod to the General Council of the Lutheran Assembly at Fort Wayne, Indiana. In politics he was a Democrat.
Mr. Klingler was married, October 24, 1848, to Anna Barbara Reiber, daughter of Martin Reiber, Sr. They were the parents of eight children, of whom two survived their parents : Harry Samuel, of whom further mention is made ; Frederick Julius, and Paul Gerhardt. Charles Washington died, leaving a wife and six children, four of whom died in their youth.
Harry Samuel Klingler, now deceased, was the eldest son. He was educated in the public schools of Butler and at Capital University, Columbus. In 1875, just out of college, he entered the mill of his father to learn the milling business in all its details. His aptitude was great, and in 1878 he became general manager, and afterwards a member of the firm. He gained a wide reputation as an expert practical miller. He disclosed literary abilities and wrote valuable articles. Some of them he read before the Pennsylvania Millers' State Association, while others were published in leading trade papers. In July, 1883, he won the prize offered by the "American Miller" for the best essay on "The Handling of Middlings, and the Use of Purifiers." He contributed other articles to the "American Miller" during 1884-1885, and for four years he supported informally with his pen the "Milling Engineer," besides writing other trade papers. His column, "Random Reflections", in other journals of the trade attracted wide attention, and proved him a writer and paragrapher of superior talents. In December, 1886, he was a prime mover in the organization of the Pennsylvania Millers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company, after which he was a director for many years. He took an interest in all the social and civic affairs of Butler, but never to the neglect of his life-work, milling. Brought up in the faith of the Lutheran Church, he continued one of its steadfast adherents, and was a useful worker in the Butler congregation. For ten years he served acceptably as superintendent of the Sunday School ; and at the fifty-first convention of the Pittsburgh Synod of the General Council held at Greensburg, Pennsylvania, September 13-20, 1893, he was elected a trustee of Thiele [sic] College, Greenville. His death occurred November 14, 1912.
Harry S. Klingler was married February 8, 1878, to Louisa Catherine Keck, daughter of Jacob Keck, of Butler. Seven children were born to them: Charlotte Frederica; William Julius, of whom further; Alberta Barbara ; Clara Louisa ; Harry Samuel, Jr.; Florence Elizabeth ; and Ethel Pauline.
William Julius Klingler was educated in the public and high schools of Butler and was graduated from Capital University, Columbus, Ohio. On leaving college he entered the plant of his father and uncle, the H. J. Klingler & Company. After learning the business thoroughly he took over the entire management for the heirs in 1920. In this he was associated with Paul E. Eisler. They have continued to administer the property ever since. In 1924, with H. 0. Carson, Mr. Klingler established the Klingler-Carson Company, manufacturers of cement blocks, and the leaders of this line in Butler County. Mr. Klingler is a Republican in politics, and a member of the Board of Commerce.
William Julius Klingler married, April 25, 1907, Nettie Virginia Allen, and they are the parents of two children: Virginia Allen, and Charlotte Ann. The address of Mr. Klingler is Lookout Avenue, Butler.

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South Cemetery

Hermann heiratete Reiber, Anna Barbara am 24 Okt 1848. Anna (Tochter von Reiber, Johann Martin und Fetzer, Maria Barbara) wurde geboren am 6 Aug 1824 in Gönningen [72770],Reutlingen,Baden-Württemberg,Deutschland. [Familienblatt] [Familientafel]

1. Klingler, Harry Samuel wurde geboren am 3 Jul 1856 in Butler,Butler County,Pennsylvania,USA.
2. Klingler, Frederick Julius wurde geboren am 22 Jan 1859 in Butler,Butler County,Pennsylvania,USA.
3. Klingler, Charles Washington wurde geboren am 12 Apr 1861 in Butler,Butler County,Pennsylvania,USA.
4. Klingler, Rev. Paul Gerhardt wurde geboren am 19 Aug 1867 in Butler,Butler County,Pennsylvania,USA.