Biographical Sketch of Henry August Duetemeyer

Duetemeyer, Henry August; cabinetmaker; born, Essen. Germany, Dec. 24, 1857; son of Frederick and A. Gerkepotte Duetemyer; educated, Lutheran parochial school in Essen (Wittlage), Hannover; married, Cleveland, Jan. 21, 1890, Elizabeth Flick, of Parma, O.; in October, 1886, started, with C. L. Kaufman, a furniture and undertaking business, under the firm name of Duetemyer & Kaufman, cor. Myer Ave. and Pearl St.; retired from same in 1907; in 1905, took an interest in The National Tool Co.; vice pres., sec’y and treas. of the company since 1910; vice pres. South Side German Building Ass’n for thirteen years.