- Eberhard Anheuser
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name = Eberhard Anheuser
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birth_date = 1805
birth_place =Bad Kreuznach flagicon|Germany
death_date = death date|1880|5|2|mf=y
death_place = St. Louis, Missouri flagicon|United States
occupation = Soap and Candle maker, Co-Founder of Anheuser-Busch
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children = Lilly Anheuser
(son-in-lawAdolphus Busch )Eberhard Anheuser (1805
Bad Kreuznach -May 2 ,1880 ) was a German-born soap and candle maker as well as the father-in-law ofAdolphus Busch , the founder of theAnheuser-Busch Company. He and 2 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 becameAnheuser-Busch in 1879.ee also
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Anheuser family External links
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9309 Eberhard Anheuser] at Find-A-Grave
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