Charles Manegold, Jr.

Charles Manegold, Jr., a founding father of the Milwaukee Parks Department. Manegold was president of the Milwaukee-Waukesha Brewing Company, with plant at No. 155 South Water street in Milwaukee, was born September 15, 1851, in the city which is still his home. His father, Charles Manegold, was a native of Braunschweig, Germany, and came to the United States in 1848. For a time he resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, and then removed to Milwaukee. He was a blacksmith by trade but in later life turned his attention to the ice business in this city and in 1868 built a flour mill on South Water street, which he continued to own and operate until his death in May, 1879, his son Charles, Jr., being associated with him in this undertaking. He was a most active and progressive business man and he enjoyed the respect and confidence of all. His father was Henry Manegold, who was likewise a blacksmith by trade. The mother of Charles Manegold, Jr., bore the maiden name of Wilhelmina Notbohm, and she too was born in Braunschweig, Germany, while her death occurred in Milwaukee in 1909. Our subject has two brothers, Henry and William, who are yet regents of Milwaukee, the former now living retired. Two other brothers, Fred and Albert Manegold, are deceased.

Education and early career

Charles Manegold, Jr., obtained a public school education in his native city, after which he learned the miller's trade in bis father's mill, serving an apprenticeship to Eugene Hotchkiss, who had rented the mill. He thoroughly mastered the business in principle and detail and in 1871 was admitted to a partnership under the firm style of Hotchkiss & Manegold. Later in the same year, however, the firm went out of business. Mr. Manegold afterward operated the mill for his father and an uncle, August Manegold, for a period of three years. At the end of that time August Manegold died and Charles Manegold, Jr., became an equal partner with his father in the business. He remained an active factor in the conduct of the enterprise until 1910.

Mid career

In 1876 he had become a partner of Charles James Kershaw in the ownership of the Northwestern Marine elevator and in 1878 he and his father purchased the Reliance Flour Mill at West Water street. He took an active part in the successful management and control of all three of these business enterprises and was actively associated with the milling business until 1910. In the meantime he had become interested in the Milwaukee Malting Company in 1886 and was identified therewith until 1898, when the company sold out to the American Malting Company.

Milwaukee Waukesha Brewing

In 1899 Mr. Manegold became the owner of tne business carried on under the name of the Milwaukee-Waukesha Brewing Company, of which he is now the president. They have breweries in Waukesha, Wisconsin downtown and nearby at Fox Head Springs, a business has been developed to substantial proportions and in its conduct Mr. Manegold has displayed the same spirit of enterprise, determination and progressiveness which characterize him in his other industrial and commercial connections.

Family life

On the 16th of October, 1875, Mr. Manegold was married to Miss Anna Kretschmar, a daughter of Robert Kretschmar, a native of Saxony, Germany, who conducted business as a butcher and meat packer. Mr. and Mrs. Manegold have become parents of three daughters: Emily, now the widow of A. S. Lindeman, of Milwaukee; Ella, the wife of Frank Boesel, a lawyer of this city; and Irma, now the wife of Dr. Edwin Henes. of New York, but now residing in Milwaukee. Emily has two daughters, Alice and Charlotte, while Mrs. Boesel has three children, Charles, Frank and Marianna, and Mrs. Henes has two children, Viriginia and Edwin.

Community service

Mr. Manegold has taken a deep and helpful interest in public affairs. He was one of the first Milwaukee Park commissioners of the city, filling the office in 1889 when the park system was inaugurated. He gave much time to the project for a period of ten years and as a member of the first park board he made the original purchase of what is now Lake Park, Washington Park, Kosciuszko Park and other parks of the city. His cooperation can at all times be counted upon to further any plans or measure for the general good. Politically he maintains an independent course nor has he ever held or desired elective office.

Social Organizations

He is identified with many social organizations and societies which have to do directly with the benefit and upbuilding of Milwaukee. He has membership in the Association of Commerce, the Milwaukee Athletic Club, the Wisconsin Club, the Calumet Club, the Blue Mound Country Club and also in the Milwaukee Art Institute. He greatly enjoys bowling and fishing and turns to these for recreation when leisure permits.

Travel

He has also benefited greatly by travel abroad and has visited Spitsbergen. Egypt, the Holy Land, South America and other points of wide interest. He went to Alaska in 1898, the year gold was discovered there, but he did not learn of the discovery until he had returned to Seattle. He has also visited the West Indies, saw the Panama Canal in the making and has traveled throughout Mexico. He has always been accompanied by his wife or other members of the family and he has f»und his greatest happiness in promoting the welfare and happiness of the members of his own household. As a member of the Milwaukee Chamber of Commerce he served for twenty years as one of the committee on arbitration. He has closely studied the questions which are vital to the welfare and progress of the city and state in which he makes his home, and his support of any measure is an indication of his firm belief in its value as related to good government.

References

Sources

• History of Milwaukee by Bruce & Curry: Charles Manegold, Jr.
• Chicago Tribune 1892: New Bank for Milwaukee organized

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