- ADOLPH LOEWI, the proprietor of a fine clothing and furnishing
store in Beloit, Rock County,
- illustrates in his own career the possibilities of life in
this country. He began life with little or nothing save a brave
spirit, good natural abilities, and a profound determination
to win out; and today, while he is by no means an old man, he
has already achieved a success that many men fail to reach in
a long life.
- Mr. LOEWI was born in Germany, near Nurnberg, Bavaria, June
2, 1854, and is a son of Jacob
- and Minnie (SCHERER) LOEWI, both German born and bred. They
were the parents of six sons and six daughters, and six of their
children are now living: Louise, wife of Abraham STRAUSS, of
Brooklyn, N.Y.; Herman, of Philadelphia; Joseph, of Baltimore;
Sigmund of Adelsdorf, Germany; Adolph; and Fannie, wife of Simon
STRAUSS, of Adelsdorf. The senior LOEWI was a dealer in leather,
shoemaker's supplies, and crockeries, and afterward in grains
and hops, in addition to other lines. He died in 1878, at the
age of seventy-six. His wife died in 1870, when fifty-seven.
They were Hebrews, and always held loyally to their ancestral
faith. His father lived to be ninety years old, and reared a
family of three sons and five daughters. Mrs. LOEWI's father
died in Germany after reaching the age of ninety.
- Adolph LOEWI received his early schooling in Germany, attended
business college at Bamberg
- for a year or more, and was well fitted for a commercial
life. In 1868, when he was fourteen, he left home, and emigrated
to the United States. He landed in Brooklyn, and secured an
engagement as clerk in a clothing store the day after his arrival.
He was steadily employed as a clerk until 1881, in March of
which year he came to Beloit, and opened his present establishment,
which under efficient management has become a pronounced success.
For twelve years Mr. LOEWI was a partner with Moses REITLER,
under the firm name of M. REITLER & Co. At the end of that
time Mr. LOEWI bought out his partner, and the style of the firm
since the purchase has been A. LOEWI & Co. His store is
known as the Golden Eagle Clothing House, and he requires the
help of four clerks and a lady cashier. Our subject was a director
in the Second National Bank of Beloit for three years.
- On Oct. 8, 1884, Adolph LOEWI and Miss Sarah COHEN were united
in matrimony, and they
- have one son, J. Victor. Mrs. LOEWI's mother is Mrs. Rosina
COHEN. Mr. and Mrs. LOEWI are of the Hebrew faith, and are true
to their faith and blood. He belongs to the Odd Fellows and
the Modern Woodmen, and is much esteemed as a devoted and reliable
member of these fraternities. He is a Republican, and prides
himself upon the fact that he votes a straight ticket. His home
is at No. 623 Park avenue, where he built a fine residence in
1898.
- Mr. LOEWI is a prosperous and successful merchant, has an
elegant store, and does a large
- business, which he has very largely developed by his own
capacities and business energies. He is a typical self-made
man, as he began a poor boy, and has conquered fate unaided,
and is a highly respected citizen of the community.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c)1901, pp. 531-532.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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