Civil War
Co. E 19th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
1st Lieutenant
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Source: "HISTORY OF CHICAGO From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, In Three Volumes," Volume III, From The Fire Of 1871 Until 1885.
Author: A. T. Andreas, Pages 326-327
David Francis BREMNER was born at Ottawa, Canada, on January 30, 1839, and came to Chicago, with his parents, in the fall of 1848. He received his schooling at the old University of St. Mary's. His first business after leaving school was clerking in his father's clothing
store. He afterward kept books for a South Water Street commission house until the breaking out of the Rebellion [Civil War].
He had been a member of the Chicago Highland Guards since 1857. On January 14, 1861, the company, by a unanimous vote, tendered its services to the Government, which were accepted on April 23, 1861, and Mr. Bremner elected second lieutenant. On June 17, 1861, it was mustered into service as Co. "E" 19th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at which time Lieutenant Bremner was promoted to be first lieutenant. John Gabriel having left the service, Lieutenant Bremner was afterward promoted captain. The 19th Illinois, and with it the Highland Guards, were in the Army of the Cumberland, under General Thomas, and Captain Bremner commanded his company at the battle of Stone River, and all
the subsequent engagements of the regiment.
At the close of the War, Mr. Bremner was married to Miss Catharine M. Michie, daughter of James Michie, one of the old settlers of Cook County, and popularly known as "Squire Michie."
Mr. Bremner first established himself in the baking business at Cairo, Illinois [circa 1865], but after nine months came back to Chicago. He here established himself in the bread trade, running a large number of wagons and obtaining his supplies of the Dake and Woodman bakeries. In 1871, he had secured a large line of customers, and when the great fire burned out Woodman, Dake and others, he saw he must look elsewhere for his supplies or lose his trade. With commendable foresight and dispatch, before eight o'clock of Monday, October 10, he had rented a part of the old Mechanical Bakery, and had men at work fixing it up. Within forty-eight hours thereafter, he was supplying his old customers with his own bread and cakes. In the spring of 1872, he built a bakery with three ovens at his present location. In 1874, he began to make crackers for the city jobbing trade, and, in 1876, his business warranted sending men into the country. In 1879, he began the manufacture of the brand of bread known as "Eureka," and succeeded in revolutionizing the entire bread trade of Chicago. That Chicago has the reputation of having the best bread in the world is due largely to the adoption of his manner of making it.
[JS Notes: From the Bremner web site we have these notes. "In 1865, David F. Bremner began operating his first bread bakery in Cairo, Illinois. He moved to Chicago in 1871 to supply bread to the devastated public after the Great Fire. The bread was baked with his initials D.F.B. stamped on the top, and for this reason D.F. Bremner's bread became known as "Damn Fine Bread." So, it appears there are some date conflicts.]
In 1881, Mr. Bremner established a dairy farm on some land he owned at Orlando, Cook County, on the Wabash Railroad, for the purpose of securing a steady supply of strictly pure milk for his bread. He has about one hundred cows, and uses the entire yield from the herd. He has seven bread ovens, three reel-ovens for crackers, etc., and uses
about two hundred and fifty barrels of flour daily. The full capacity of his bakery is about four hundred barrels a day. At various dates he greatly enlarged his building, and now he has one of the largest and best appointed institutions in the country. He gives employment to a total of one hundred and fifty men in all departments of his business. His engine is a finely built, noiseless Corliss of eighty horse-power. Mr. Bremner was the pioneer in Chicago in the introduction and use of machinery for mixing bread; it is of his own invention and is a great saving of time and labor.
[JS Notes: In 1889-1890, with the assistance of attorney Adolphus Green the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co. is formed through the amalgamation of 40 Midwestern bakeries including Sommer-Richardson Baking Company, St. Joseph, Missouri; Aldridge Bakery and Bremner Bakery, Chicago; Carpenter & Underwood, Milwaukee; Dozier Baking Co., St. Louis; Langeles Bakery, New Orleans and Loose Brothers, Kansas City. Its headquarters is also in Chicago, Illinois. David Bremner is president.
United States Baking Company, with bakeries in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania is also organized with the assistance of Adolphus Green. Sylvester S. Marvin, prominent Philadelphia baker, is president.
In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (often referred to as N.B.C.) was established through merger of American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, New York Biscuit Company and United States Baking Company. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois, and Adolphus Green becomes president.
Contributed by John Sutherland, Find A Grave volunteer #47703806.
Co. E 19th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
1st Lieutenant
..........................................
Source: "HISTORY OF CHICAGO From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, In Three Volumes," Volume III, From The Fire Of 1871 Until 1885.
Author: A. T. Andreas, Pages 326-327
David Francis BREMNER was born at Ottawa, Canada, on January 30, 1839, and came to Chicago, with his parents, in the fall of 1848. He received his schooling at the old University of St. Mary's. His first business after leaving school was clerking in his father's clothing
store. He afterward kept books for a South Water Street commission house until the breaking out of the Rebellion [Civil War].
He had been a member of the Chicago Highland Guards since 1857. On January 14, 1861, the company, by a unanimous vote, tendered its services to the Government, which were accepted on April 23, 1861, and Mr. Bremner elected second lieutenant. On June 17, 1861, it was mustered into service as Co. "E" 19th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at which time Lieutenant Bremner was promoted to be first lieutenant. John Gabriel having left the service, Lieutenant Bremner was afterward promoted captain. The 19th Illinois, and with it the Highland Guards, were in the Army of the Cumberland, under General Thomas, and Captain Bremner commanded his company at the battle of Stone River, and all
the subsequent engagements of the regiment.
At the close of the War, Mr. Bremner was married to Miss Catharine M. Michie, daughter of James Michie, one of the old settlers of Cook County, and popularly known as "Squire Michie."
Mr. Bremner first established himself in the baking business at Cairo, Illinois [circa 1865], but after nine months came back to Chicago. He here established himself in the bread trade, running a large number of wagons and obtaining his supplies of the Dake and Woodman bakeries. In 1871, he had secured a large line of customers, and when the great fire burned out Woodman, Dake and others, he saw he must look elsewhere for his supplies or lose his trade. With commendable foresight and dispatch, before eight o'clock of Monday, October 10, he had rented a part of the old Mechanical Bakery, and had men at work fixing it up. Within forty-eight hours thereafter, he was supplying his old customers with his own bread and cakes. In the spring of 1872, he built a bakery with three ovens at his present location. In 1874, he began to make crackers for the city jobbing trade, and, in 1876, his business warranted sending men into the country. In 1879, he began the manufacture of the brand of bread known as "Eureka," and succeeded in revolutionizing the entire bread trade of Chicago. That Chicago has the reputation of having the best bread in the world is due largely to the adoption of his manner of making it.
[JS Notes: From the Bremner web site we have these notes. "In 1865, David F. Bremner began operating his first bread bakery in Cairo, Illinois. He moved to Chicago in 1871 to supply bread to the devastated public after the Great Fire. The bread was baked with his initials D.F.B. stamped on the top, and for this reason D.F. Bremner's bread became known as "Damn Fine Bread." So, it appears there are some date conflicts.]
In 1881, Mr. Bremner established a dairy farm on some land he owned at Orlando, Cook County, on the Wabash Railroad, for the purpose of securing a steady supply of strictly pure milk for his bread. He has about one hundred cows, and uses the entire yield from the herd. He has seven bread ovens, three reel-ovens for crackers, etc., and uses
about two hundred and fifty barrels of flour daily. The full capacity of his bakery is about four hundred barrels a day. At various dates he greatly enlarged his building, and now he has one of the largest and best appointed institutions in the country. He gives employment to a total of one hundred and fifty men in all departments of his business. His engine is a finely built, noiseless Corliss of eighty horse-power. Mr. Bremner was the pioneer in Chicago in the introduction and use of machinery for mixing bread; it is of his own invention and is a great saving of time and labor.
[JS Notes: In 1889-1890, with the assistance of attorney Adolphus Green the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co. is formed through the amalgamation of 40 Midwestern bakeries including Sommer-Richardson Baking Company, St. Joseph, Missouri; Aldridge Bakery and Bremner Bakery, Chicago; Carpenter & Underwood, Milwaukee; Dozier Baking Co., St. Louis; Langeles Bakery, New Orleans and Loose Brothers, Kansas City. Its headquarters is also in Chicago, Illinois. David Bremner is president.
United States Baking Company, with bakeries in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania is also organized with the assistance of Adolphus Green. Sylvester S. Marvin, prominent Philadelphia baker, is president.
In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (often referred to as N.B.C.) was established through merger of American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, New York Biscuit Company and United States Baking Company. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois, and Adolphus Green becomes president.
Contributed by John Sutherland, Find A Grave volunteer #47703806.
Civil War
Co. E 19th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
1st Lieutenant
..........................................
Source: "HISTORY OF CHICAGO From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, In Three Volumes," Volume III, From The Fire Of 1871 Until 1885.
Author: A. T. Andreas, Pages 326-327
David Francis BREMNER was born at Ottawa, Canada, on January 30, 1839, and came to Chicago, with his parents, in the fall of 1848. He received his schooling at the old University of St. Mary's. His first business after leaving school was clerking in his father's clothing
store. He afterward kept books for a South Water Street commission house until the breaking out of the Rebellion [Civil War].
He had been a member of the Chicago Highland Guards since 1857. On January 14, 1861, the company, by a unanimous vote, tendered its services to the Government, which were accepted on April 23, 1861, and Mr. Bremner elected second lieutenant. On June 17, 1861, it was mustered into service as Co. "E" 19th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at which time Lieutenant Bremner was promoted to be first lieutenant. John Gabriel having left the service, Lieutenant Bremner was afterward promoted captain. The 19th Illinois, and with it the Highland Guards, were in the Army of the Cumberland, under General Thomas, and Captain Bremner commanded his company at the battle of Stone River, and all
the subsequent engagements of the regiment.
At the close of the War, Mr. Bremner was married to Miss Catharine M. Michie, daughter of James Michie, one of the old settlers of Cook County, and popularly known as "Squire Michie."
Mr. Bremner first established himself in the baking business at Cairo, Illinois [circa 1865], but after nine months came back to Chicago. He here established himself in the bread trade, running a large number of wagons and obtaining his supplies of the Dake and Woodman bakeries. In 1871, he had secured a large line of customers, and when the great fire burned out Woodman, Dake and others, he saw he must look elsewhere for his supplies or lose his trade. With commendable foresight and dispatch, before eight o'clock of Monday, October 10, he had rented a part of the old Mechanical Bakery, and had men at work fixing it up. Within forty-eight hours thereafter, he was supplying his old customers with his own bread and cakes. In the spring of 1872, he built a bakery with three ovens at his present location. In 1874, he began to make crackers for the city jobbing trade, and, in 1876, his business warranted sending men into the country. In 1879, he began the manufacture of the brand of bread known as "Eureka," and succeeded in revolutionizing the entire bread trade of Chicago. That Chicago has the reputation of having the best bread in the world is due largely to the adoption of his manner of making it.
[JS Notes: From the Bremner web site we have these notes. "In 1865, David F. Bremner began operating his first bread bakery in Cairo, Illinois. He moved to Chicago in 1871 to supply bread to the devastated public after the Great Fire. The bread was baked with his initials D.F.B. stamped on the top, and for this reason D.F. Bremner's bread became known as "Damn Fine Bread." So, it appears there are some date conflicts.]
In 1881, Mr. Bremner established a dairy farm on some land he owned at Orlando, Cook County, on the Wabash Railroad, for the purpose of securing a steady supply of strictly pure milk for his bread. He has about one hundred cows, and uses the entire yield from the herd. He has seven bread ovens, three reel-ovens for crackers, etc., and uses
about two hundred and fifty barrels of flour daily. The full capacity of his bakery is about four hundred barrels a day. At various dates he greatly enlarged his building, and now he has one of the largest and best appointed institutions in the country. He gives employment to a total of one hundred and fifty men in all departments of his business. His engine is a finely built, noiseless Corliss of eighty horse-power. Mr. Bremner was the pioneer in Chicago in the introduction and use of machinery for mixing bread; it is of his own invention and is a great saving of time and labor.
[JS Notes: In 1889-1890, with the assistance of attorney Adolphus Green the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co. is formed through the amalgamation of 40 Midwestern bakeries including Sommer-Richardson Baking Company, St. Joseph, Missouri; Aldridge Bakery and Bremner Bakery, Chicago; Carpenter & Underwood, Milwaukee; Dozier Baking Co., St. Louis; Langeles Bakery, New Orleans and Loose Brothers, Kansas City. Its headquarters is also in Chicago, Illinois. David Bremner is president.
United States Baking Company, with bakeries in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania is also organized with the assistance of Adolphus Green. Sylvester S. Marvin, prominent Philadelphia baker, is president.
In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (often referred to as N.B.C.) was established through merger of American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, New York Biscuit Company and United States Baking Company. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois, and Adolphus Green becomes president.
Contributed by John Sutherland, Find A Grave volunteer #47703806.
Co. E 19th
Illinois Volunteer Infantry,
1st Lieutenant
..........................................
Source: "HISTORY OF CHICAGO From The Earliest Period To The Present Time, In Three Volumes," Volume III, From The Fire Of 1871 Until 1885.
Author: A. T. Andreas, Pages 326-327
David Francis BREMNER was born at Ottawa, Canada, on January 30, 1839, and came to Chicago, with his parents, in the fall of 1848. He received his schooling at the old University of St. Mary's. His first business after leaving school was clerking in his father's clothing
store. He afterward kept books for a South Water Street commission house until the breaking out of the Rebellion [Civil War].
He had been a member of the Chicago Highland Guards since 1857. On January 14, 1861, the company, by a unanimous vote, tendered its services to the Government, which were accepted on April 23, 1861, and Mr. Bremner elected second lieutenant. On June 17, 1861, it was mustered into service as Co. "E" 19th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, at which time Lieutenant Bremner was promoted to be first lieutenant. John Gabriel having left the service, Lieutenant Bremner was afterward promoted captain. The 19th Illinois, and with it the Highland Guards, were in the Army of the Cumberland, under General Thomas, and Captain Bremner commanded his company at the battle of Stone River, and all
the subsequent engagements of the regiment.
At the close of the War, Mr. Bremner was married to Miss Catharine M. Michie, daughter of James Michie, one of the old settlers of Cook County, and popularly known as "Squire Michie."
Mr. Bremner first established himself in the baking business at Cairo, Illinois [circa 1865], but after nine months came back to Chicago. He here established himself in the bread trade, running a large number of wagons and obtaining his supplies of the Dake and Woodman bakeries. In 1871, he had secured a large line of customers, and when the great fire burned out Woodman, Dake and others, he saw he must look elsewhere for his supplies or lose his trade. With commendable foresight and dispatch, before eight o'clock of Monday, October 10, he had rented a part of the old Mechanical Bakery, and had men at work fixing it up. Within forty-eight hours thereafter, he was supplying his old customers with his own bread and cakes. In the spring of 1872, he built a bakery with three ovens at his present location. In 1874, he began to make crackers for the city jobbing trade, and, in 1876, his business warranted sending men into the country. In 1879, he began the manufacture of the brand of bread known as "Eureka," and succeeded in revolutionizing the entire bread trade of Chicago. That Chicago has the reputation of having the best bread in the world is due largely to the adoption of his manner of making it.
[JS Notes: From the Bremner web site we have these notes. "In 1865, David F. Bremner began operating his first bread bakery in Cairo, Illinois. He moved to Chicago in 1871 to supply bread to the devastated public after the Great Fire. The bread was baked with his initials D.F.B. stamped on the top, and for this reason D.F. Bremner's bread became known as "Damn Fine Bread." So, it appears there are some date conflicts.]
In 1881, Mr. Bremner established a dairy farm on some land he owned at Orlando, Cook County, on the Wabash Railroad, for the purpose of securing a steady supply of strictly pure milk for his bread. He has about one hundred cows, and uses the entire yield from the herd. He has seven bread ovens, three reel-ovens for crackers, etc., and uses
about two hundred and fifty barrels of flour daily. The full capacity of his bakery is about four hundred barrels a day. At various dates he greatly enlarged his building, and now he has one of the largest and best appointed institutions in the country. He gives employment to a total of one hundred and fifty men in all departments of his business. His engine is a finely built, noiseless Corliss of eighty horse-power. Mr. Bremner was the pioneer in Chicago in the introduction and use of machinery for mixing bread; it is of his own invention and is a great saving of time and labor.
[JS Notes: In 1889-1890, with the assistance of attorney Adolphus Green the American Biscuit & Manufacturing Co. is formed through the amalgamation of 40 Midwestern bakeries including Sommer-Richardson Baking Company, St. Joseph, Missouri; Aldridge Bakery and Bremner Bakery, Chicago; Carpenter & Underwood, Milwaukee; Dozier Baking Co., St. Louis; Langeles Bakery, New Orleans and Loose Brothers, Kansas City. Its headquarters is also in Chicago, Illinois. David Bremner is president.
United States Baking Company, with bakeries in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania is also organized with the assistance of Adolphus Green. Sylvester S. Marvin, prominent Philadelphia baker, is president.
In 1898, the National Biscuit Company (often referred to as N.B.C.) was established through merger of American Biscuit & Manufacturing Company, New York Biscuit Company and United States Baking Company. Its headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois, and Adolphus Green becomes president.
Contributed by John Sutherland, Find A Grave volunteer #47703806.
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